The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux) - Page 35

Gemini Cricket · 04-25-2006, 10:00 AM

Does Bush saying he's going to look into it have anything to do with a 32% approval rating that just came out?

scaeagles · 04-25-2006, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Does Bush saying he's going to look into it have anything to do with a 32% approval rating that just came out?

Yeah. I'm sure it does. It just makes me like him less, though - not that he has been ranking highly with me lately, though.

Gemini Cricket · 04-25-2006, 03:20 PM

Pelosi today:

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"If you want to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and therefore improve our national security situation, you can't do it if you're a Republican because you are too wedded to the oil companies. We have two oilmen in the white house. The logical follow-up from that is $3 a gallon gasoline. There is no accident. It is a cause and effect. A cause and effect. How dare the president of the United States make a speech today in April, many, many, many months after the American people have had to undergo the cost of home heating oil. A woman told me she almost fainted when she received her home heating bill over this Winter. And when so many people making the minimum wage, which hasn't been raised in eight years, which has a very low purchasing power have to go out and buy gasoline at these prices? Where have you been, Mr. President? The middle class squeeze is on, competition in our country is affected by the price of energy and of oil and all of a sudden you take a trip outside of Washington, see the fact that the public is outraged about this, come home and make a speech, let's see that matched in your budget, let's see that matched in your policy, let's see that matched in and you're separating yourselves yourself from your patron, big oil, cut yourself off from that anvil holding your party down and this country down, instead of coming to Washington and throwing your Republican colleagues under the wheels of the train, which they mightily deserve for being a rubber stamp for your obscene, corrupt policy of ripping off the American people."

Gemini Cricket · 04-25-2006, 10:02 AM

This makes me want to talk to my friend in Monterey who made his Jetta run on french fry oil from McDonalds...

wendybeth · 04-25-2006, 12:54 PM

Hey, now that Bush had relaxed EPA standards for gas, maybe we will get to test that GW theory a little sooner than we all thought!

Why do I get the feeling this was the ****ing plan all along?

scaeagles · 04-25-2006, 03:31 PM

I would argue that Pelosi is wedded to radical environmental extremists so she opposes any and all domestic oil exploration and/or production.

Pelosi, let me know when you're willing to talk about reducing the taxes on gas and oil prodicts or you are willing to support increased domestic production. Perhaps then I'd be more willing to listen to your drivel.

Edited to add....the middle class squeeze? Right now, in spite of high oil prices, consumer confidence is high and the economy is doing well.

wendybeth · 04-25-2006, 03:59 PM

We're middle-class and definitely being squeezed- and not in a good way. I know so many people who are struggling to get by, and this past winter we had to (and were glad to) help several family members pay their heating bills.

Get used to the anger- it's going to get a lot worse.

Not Afraid · 04-25-2006, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Edited to add....the middle class squeeze? Right now, in spite of high oil prices, consumer confidence is high and the economy is doing well.

I got out of my car not 10 minutes ago and they were talking about how comsumer confidence was dropping.

scaeagles · 04-25-2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I got out of my car not 10 minutes ago and they were talking about how comsumer confidence was dropping.

Who is "they"? Read the link I just posted.

scaeagles · 04-25-2006, 04:06 PM

While I do feel for you having gone through "the squeeze" at times myself, and of course there are always people hurting regardless of conditions, economic numbers do not agree anger will get worse. There isn't a whole lot of it now.

Consumer confidence highest in four years

Oil decreased yesterday from 75 to 73. It isn't going to go higher in the near future, but declines will be a bit slower than $2/day. And in terms of inflation adjusted dollars, gas prices are still lower than during the late 70s.

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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I would argue that Pelosi is wedded to radical environmental extremists so she opposes any and all domestic oil exploration and/or production. Pelosi, let me know when you're willing to talk about reducing the taxes on gas and oil prodicts or you are willing to support increased domestic production. Perhaps then I'd be more willing to listen to your drivel. Edited to add....the middle class squeeze? Right now, in spite of high oil prices, consumer confidence is high and the economy is doing well. Last edited by scaeagles : 04-25-2006 at 03:53 PM.
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	We're middle-class and definitely being squeezed- and not in a good way. I know so many people who are struggling to get by, and this past winter we had to (and were glad to) help several family members pay their heating bills. Get used to the anger- it's going to get a lot worse. __________________
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	While I do feel for you having gone through "the squeeze" at times myself, and of course there are always people hurting regardless of conditions, economic numbers do not agree anger will get worse. There isn't a whole lot of it now. Consumer confidence highest in four years Oil decreased yesterday from 75 to 73. It isn't going to go higher in the near future, but declines will be a bit slower than $2/day. And in terms of inflation adjusted dollars, gas prices are still lower than during the late 70s.
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