Why have gas prices doubled since the Democrats took control of Congress and
only went up 15% during the entire time the Republicans held Congress under
Bush?

If this trend continues and Democrats run the government, say goodbye to
Stinkpot Cruisers.

Since Congress (Red or Blue) seems unable to do anything significant, like
pass the EPA Clean Water Act exemption for recreation vessels, what makes
you think gas prices have anything to do with them? They drones under the
dome don't set gas prices. Increasing demand in China, India, and other
rapidly developing nations, together with eight years of disasterous and
stupid foreign policy in the oil producing areas of the world are what sets
the prices.

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in
:

Since Congress (Red or Blue) seems unable to do anything significant,
like pass the EPA Clean Water Act exemption for recreation vessels,
what makes you think gas prices have anything to do with them? They
drones under the dome don't set gas prices. Increasing demand in
China, India, and other rapidly developing nations, together with
eight years of disasterous and stupid foreign policy in the oil
producing areas of the world are what sets the prices.

--
Roger Long





I don't believe any of that. Gas prices are fixed by demand, yes, but a
much larger factor is the fact that the Yankee dollar is near worthless.
That blame lays firmly at the feet of the Federal Reserve Privately
Owned Bank Corporation, the bankers behind the curtain.

It's why gold is constantly creeping its way back up to $1000/oz. The
value of gold hasn't changed in 10,000 years. The money has, quite
simply, gotten more worthless as the FED runs the printing press 24
hours a day loaning money to the US Government and failing American
banks with nothing but a promise to back it up.

You barely hear a thing said on the Propaganda Channels (cable news)
about failing banks like the biggest one to close in US history this
week:

http://www.indymac.com/

Notice the slick bank webpage has been completely replaced by serious
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp text.

Pages like this:
http://web.archive.org/web/200708271...ndymacb2b.com/
and all others, have simply vanished....along with a substantial amount
of depositors' money.

Who do you think will cough up the $US8,000,000,000 FDIC will pay in
insurance? Who will crank up the money printing presses to print
it....raising fuel prices even further.

We're going to be in VERY serious trouble, very soon, as OPEC is moving
operations away from the useless Yankee dollars sliding over the falls
and onto the more stable EURO. Gas will really jump on that day as the
conversion is nearly 1.5:1 at the moment and widening.

Actually the oil futures market has ballooned from $60 billion to $260
billion in the past 7 years because of deregulation pushed by Republican
Senators and Congressmen. It just took a little time for the chickens to
start roosting and the droppings to pile up.

--
Glenn Ashmore

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"Mike" wrote in message
...
Why have gas prices doubled since the Democrats took control of Congress
and only went up 15% during the entire time the Republicans held Congress
under Bush?

If this trend continues and Democrats run the government, say goodbye to
Stinkpot Cruisers.

Mike,

Here is some actual data:

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx

Gasoline went up more than 15% during Bush/Repo Congress and did not double
during the Demo Congress.

However, there is a big jump in prices since the Democrats took over
Congress. I cannot help but notice the gas price curve is very similar to
this one:

http://pangea.stanford.edu/~jshragge...s/image007.gif

If one is silly enough to believe that the latter curve proves that man is
causing global warming, then it is intuitive that the Democrats are causing
the rise in gas prices.

"Mike" wrote in message
...
Why have gas prices doubled since the Democrats took control of Congress
and only went up 15% during the entire time the Republicans held Congress
under Bush?

If this trend continues and Democrats run the government, say goodbye to
Stinkpot Cruisers.

Don't forget the overall diminuation of U.S. "street cred" due to blundering
military adventures, crazy foreign policy, and an obvious mental defective
in the top job. That translates directly into loss of confidence. The
value of the dollar is largely based on that confidence. The dollar was
the standard by which most other currencies were valued just eight years
ago. Now the "gold standard" is the oil standard. As the world has
shifted from dollars to oil as the basic economic unit, one has gotten
cheaper and one has gotten more expensive. Guess how that looks from our
end of the telescope.

--
Roger Long

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:14:30 +0000, Larry wrote:

"Roger Long" wrote in
:

Since Congress (Red or Blue) seems unable to do anything significant,
like pass the EPA Clean Water Act exemption for recreation vessels,
what makes you think gas prices have anything to do with them? They
drones under the dome don't set gas prices. Increasing demand in
China, India, and other rapidly developing nations, together with
eight years of disasterous and stupid foreign policy in the oil
producing areas of the world are what sets the prices.

--
Roger Long



I don't believe any of that. Gas prices are fixed by demand, yes, but a
much larger factor is the fact that the Yankee dollar is near worthless.
That blame lays firmly at the feet of the Federal Reserve Privately
Owned Bank Corporation, the bankers behind the curtain.

It's why gold is constantly creeping its way back up to $1000/oz. The
value of gold hasn't changed in 10,000 years. The money has, quite
simply, gotten more worthless as the FED runs the printing press 24
hours a day loaning money to the US Government and failing American
banks with nothing but a promise to back it up.

You barely hear a thing said on the Propaganda Channels (cable news)
about failing banks like the biggest one to close in US history this
week:

http://www.indymac.com/

Notice the slick bank webpage has been completely replaced by serious
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp text.

Pages like this:
http://web.archive.org/web/200708271...ndymacb2b.com/
and all others, have simply vanished....along with a substantial amount
of depositors' money.

Who do you think will cough up the $US8,000,000,000 FDIC will pay in
insurance? Who will crank up the money printing presses to print
it....raising fuel prices even further.

We're going to be in VERY serious trouble, very soon, as OPEC is moving
operations away from the useless Yankee dollars sliding over the falls
and onto the more stable EURO. Gas will really jump on that day as the
conversion is nearly 1.5:1 at the moment and widening.

More than that Larry,

An English historian, Toynbee (sp?) postulated that the vital life of
any empire in history is about 200 years. Depending on when you date
the start of the American empire, I would say that it is fast coming
to an end though will still survive as a powerhouse for some time to
come. It started before the sinking of the Maine and the takeover of
Spanish colonial possesions such as the Philippines and the
economic/political colonialsim of the United Fruit Company.

Interesting that in 1868 Commodore Perry forced open the doors of
Japan to trade with the US - apart from WWII, look what happened to
your home economy when that tiger awoke.

Then the Nixon admin. wanted China to open its doors to international
trade - 30 to 1 dollar trade imbalance now and it hasn't ended yet.
China has the largest armed forces in the world and is rapidly
acquiring advanced technilogical weaponry. The last three wars of
Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that superior technology
doesn't necessarily mean you win.

The World Bank has predicted that the four top economies of the world
in 2020 will be India, Russia, China and Brazil. The USA will only be
in 5th place by countries but will be behind the EEC.

You simply cannot move your production and jobs offshore without
something giving - at least that is what we were once taught in
Keynsian economic model at university.

It's amazing how fast living standards can slip. New Zealand once had
the 4th highest standard of living (don't know the criteria by which
it was measured) and a few years ago it was only about 21st in the
world.

Awaiting a flame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kxTkhwR_Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldET...eature=related






"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Roger Long" wrote in
:

Since Congress (Red or Blue) seems unable to do anything significant,
like pass the EPA Clean Water Act exemption for recreation vessels,
what makes you think gas prices have anything to do with them? They
drones under the dome don't set gas prices. Increasing demand in
China, India, and other rapidly developing nations, together with
eight years of disasterous and stupid foreign policy in the oil
producing areas of the world are what sets the prices.

--
Roger Long





I don't believe any of that. Gas prices are fixed by demand, yes, but a
much larger factor is the fact that the Yankee dollar is near worthless.
That blame lays firmly at the feet of the Federal Reserve Privately
Owned Bank Corporation, the bankers behind the curtain.

It's why gold is constantly creeping its way back up to $1000/oz. The
value of gold hasn't changed in 10,000 years. The money has, quite
simply, gotten more worthless as the FED runs the printing press 24
hours a day loaning money to the US Government and failing American
banks with nothing but a promise to back it up.

You barely hear a thing said on the Propaganda Channels (cable news)
about failing banks like the biggest one to close in US history this
week:

http://www.indymac.com/

Notice the slick bank webpage has been completely replaced by serious
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp text.

Pages like this:
http://web.archive.org/web/200708271...ndymacb2b.com/
and all others, have simply vanished....along with a substantial amount
of depositors' money.

Who do you think will cough up the $US8,000,000,000 FDIC will pay in
insurance? Who will crank up the money printing presses to print
it....raising fuel prices even further.

We're going to be in VERY serious trouble, very soon, as OPEC is moving
operations away from the useless Yankee dollars sliding over the falls
and onto the more stable EURO. Gas will really jump on that day as the
conversion is nearly 1.5:1 at the moment and widening.

Herodotus wrote in
:

The last three wars of
Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that superior technology
doesn't necessarily mean you win.


My only problem with your post is the "you" in the above sentence.

The American government isn't run by the people of the United States,
and hasn't been since 1913 when the Federal Reserve Bank Corporation,
owned by a shadowy group of secret bankers, took control of our
government by controlling its money supply. Even its creation was done
without the permission of the American people as it was by a quick voice
vote when most of our representatives had gone home for the holidays.
They didn't even count the votes because the count would have meant it
didn't pass. The IRS (Internal Revenue Service), hated by most all
Americans like the Germans hated the Gestapo, was created at the same
time in the same manner.

Bankers and Think Tankers run America, not its citizens. We citizens
are as much victims, having been used for cannon fodder in the constant
wars the bankers use to keep the interest on national debt rolling into
their pockets, as any Iraqi or Afghan. Our elections are a scam:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iVlZTWH7u8w
Watch all 9 parts in order.

Only the most stupid Americans still think Arabs with box cutters made
THREE huge steel reinforced buildings fall straight down into their own
footprint at freefall speed, an airliner crashed into the Pentagon and
simply vanished, an airliner crashed in Pennsylvania and didn't leave a
single seat or piece of luggage or massive titanium engine....just a
gouge in the ground with no wreckage.

The Nazy Ministry of Propaganda were amateurs compared to American cable
news networks controlled by Zionists.

George Orwell had the date set too soon.....but not by far.

1984

"You" never wins. WE, the yous of America, only end up face down in the
killing fields of Europe, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and soon to
be Iran. These men will stage another "attack" to justify Iran, just
like they have since Pearl Harbor....

.....a day that lives in infamy, indeed.

Meyer Rothchild said, "Let me control a nation's money supply and I care
NOT who makes its laws." He's still right, today.

We Americans go on arguing about the employees of these
bankers...presidents, politicians, senior bureaucrats....just as if it
made a difference who we voted for. Our current presidential candidates
are all:
Freemasons
Council on Foreign Relations
Trilateral Commission

hand picked by the bankers who run the place.....

We get to vote for the "Lawyer of their choice"....

It's why non-member Ron Paul wasn't allowed to debate them....and screw
up the farce being broadcast.