Bought gas today at $1.98 - THANKS DEMOCRATS

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> Sancho Panza wrote:
> > > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> >
> > > I totally agree with your point that a shortage of refinery's is part
> > > of the cause of high gas prices. And who could blame oil companies
for
> > > not investing in new refineries during the Clinton era where 8 years
of
> > > unprecedented peace and prosperity resulted in low oil prices.
> >
> > To the vast majority of the world, that would appear to be a backward
> > analysis--putting the effect before the cause.
>
> The stats don't lie, something the vast majority of people in the world
> do understand. Peace and prosperity under Clinton were good for oil
> prices.

At what cost? But you don't want to know because just below you say you
don't care anything about history. But the people involved in the Kosovo,
Somalia and the Israel-Palestinian conflicts sure do.



> > If you are going to blame Bush for higher gasoline prices as you do in
the
> > next paragraph, an intellectually honest approach would have to ask why
> > prices were so low in the Clinton years. Could it be the Camp David and
Wye
> > River giveaways? Could it be Hillary lip locking with Suha Arafat?
>
> If you were intellectually honest you would admit there was a direct
> correllation between the war in Iraq and increasing oil prices. Even
> Blind Freddy can see that Oil prices increased from 2003 to 2005
> coinciding with the Iraq war.

They also increased in the 1973 war and in the original Camp David peace
accords. Notice a pattern here?


> > And as shown above, there are clear reasons why the price of crude oil
fell
> > from the 80's to the 90's, which for some reason you did not see fit to
> > post.
>
> Duh, because the entire history of crude oil prices is not relevant to
> the discussion as to why crude oil prices have gone up during Bush's
> term as a direct result of the Iraq war. Are you so blind you can't
> see the bleeding obvious?

You say it yourself. Thirty-five years of history is useless. Why pay any
attention? Why notice any patterns? We're only interested in the here and
now. That's our agenda--two inches in front of our fat belly buttons.

Sancho Panza wrote:
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > Sancho Panza wrote:
> > > > wrote in message
> > > oups.com...
> > >
> > > > I totally agree with your point that a shortage of refinery's is part
> > > > of the cause of high gas prices. And who could blame oil companies
> for
> > > > not investing in new refineries during the Clinton era where 8 years
> of
> > > > unprecedented peace and prosperity resulted in low oil prices.
> > >
> > > To the vast majority of the world, that would appear to be a backward
> > > analysis--putting the effect before the cause.
> >
> > The stats don't lie, something the vast majority of people in the world
> > do understand. Peace and prosperity under Clinton were good for oil
> > prices.
>
> At what cost? But you don't want to know because just below you say you
> don't care anything about history. But the people involved in the Kosovo,
> Somalia and the Israel-Palestinian conflicts sure do.
>
>
>
> > > If you are going to blame Bush for higher gasoline prices as you do in
> the
> > > next paragraph, an intellectually honest approach would have to ask why
> > > prices were so low in the Clinton years. Could it be the Camp David and
> Wye
> > > River giveaways? Could it be Hillary lip locking with Suha Arafat?
> >
> > If you were intellectually honest you would admit there was a direct
> > correllation between the war in Iraq and increasing oil prices. Even
> > Blind Freddy can see that Oil prices increased from 2003 to 2005
> > coinciding with the Iraq war.
>
> They also increased in the 1973 war and in the original Camp David peace
> accords. Notice a pattern here?
>
>
> > > And as shown above, there are clear reasons why the price of crude oil
> fell
> > > from the 80's to the 90's, which for some reason you did not see fit to
> > > post.
> >
> > Duh, because the entire history of crude oil prices is not relevant to
> > the discussion as to why crude oil prices have gone up during Bush's
> > term as a direct result of the Iraq war. Are you so blind you can't
> > see the bleeding obvious?
>
> You say it yourself. Thirty-five years of history is useless. Why pay any
> attention? Why notice any patterns? We're only interested in the here and
> now. That's our agenda--two inches in front of our fat belly buttons.