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Topic: Gas
Posted By: Hoytshooter
Subject: Gas
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:17pm
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At my house in Western North Carolina gas was 4.00 a gallon as of an hour ago. Now we're out Completly out no gas stations have any gas. So if you live some where that still has gas fill up now. ------------- I shoot a Hoyt http://img414.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theusgovrnsucks6xn.png"> 
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Posted By: tightness79
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:18pm
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DAMN!!! ------------- Ans GX-3 Dye ultra light E2 JAckhammer LPR ANS gen-x 2 reg eclipse QEV's nexus ram Egg 2 68/3000 carbon fiber tank Uni-mount |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:18pm
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Because of katrina? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors"> 
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Posted By: tightness79
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:19pm
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Yup ------------- Ans GX-3 Dye ultra light E2 JAckhammer LPR ANS gen-x 2 reg eclipse QEV's nexus ram Egg 2 68/3000 carbon fiber tank Uni-mount |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:20pm
Yeah, ours went up about 45 cents today becuase of Katana. 
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Posted By: Hoytshooter
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:21pm
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Yeah there is pipe line that runs from the gulf to a refinery or something like that in Spartenburg SC but now the line is dry. So the gas station have no gas. They have 100 gallons at each station but its for EMT Police and fire
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Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:23pm
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Filled up this morning. 2.59 baby...
Can't believe that I said that... ------------- 
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Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:24pm
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wow! that's awful. gas here is $2.73 for regular. It went up 10 cents after Katrina. The U.S. has to do something. This is getting out of hand. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: Frozen Balls
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:26pm
I can't believe you have such a neat avatar... ------------- 
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reclusivetorrid wrote:Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:26pm
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"1.20 a gallon or we nuke you." Ide love that. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:26pm
Yeah. I wish that damned President Bush would clap his hands and make there be more gas. He can do it. I saw it the other day. |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:26pm
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yeah, gas at a station near my house just shot up like 45 cents in one day. the government just released 7mil barrels of oil out to the country today, it was on reserve in texas for situations like this. hopefully it will stabalize the prices back about 45 cents or so. ------------- 
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Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:26pm
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about 2.68 here. I just got gas last night.
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Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:29pm
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2.47 here.
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Posted By: mutt98
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:30pm
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drill in alaska ------------- i was at a barbeque the other day and there was this chick. her hair was on fire. but she was all about herself. you know the type. "help ME! put ME out!" |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:35pm
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I was being serious. Bush can do something about it if he wanted to, but why would he want to do something aobut it. He has stock in the oil companies. There is a law that keeps businesses from raising the price of anything due to a disaster. For instance when a hurricane comes you can't raise the price of ice or you could be sent to jail, but yet the gas prices have steadily went up every hurricane that has come through. I don't see anyone punishing them. That's just one example. This is ridiculus. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:35pm
So that poor you can spend a little less for the time being? What happens when we get into WWIII and we use all that up, and our allies can spare us none. I think we might just be up poo-poo creek. |
Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:37pm
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At 7am this morning it was $2.99. At 2:30pm this afternoon, it was
$3.50 in western Michigan area. My friend went and got gas during 2nd
hour and warned me it was going up to $3.50 all around here. So I left
during lunch and got gas for $3.00. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:37pm
This pertains to the simple law of suppy and demand. Because of Katrina the supply went way down while the demand stayed the same. The only thing they can do is raise the prices. They are not raising it because Katrina happend. Rather, they are raising it because of the damage Katrina inflicted. Big difference. Oh, please do tell me some things Bush can do to alleviate the situation. I'm all ears. |
Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:38pm
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$2.63ish.
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Posted By: mutt98
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:39pm
------------- i was at a barbeque the other day and there was this chick. her hair was on fire. but she was all about herself. you know the type. "help ME! put ME out!" |
Posted By: Hoytshooter
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:48pm
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Ok every gas station is out of gas now. The stations say 4-6 weeks for the next expected delivery. So basically were screwed. And Buncombe County schools (my school district) only has like 1000 gallons of deisel fuel for our buses (that means it will last about 4 days) so were probably gonna get out of school. I just called my shop teacher and he said I could ride a horse to school, since my 1st period is Equine Science and I can put it in the shop. ------------- I shoot a Hoyt http://img414.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theusgovrnsucks6xn.png">
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Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:49pm
I think they are using that as an excuse. They make more than enough money as it is. It's just people being greedy. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: Fat Stalin
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:50pm
They are not raising it because of Katrina, in a way. Katrina shut down oil rigs and this is all the basics of supply and demand. This isn't a get rich quick scheme, there really is a shortage of the oil. ------------- 
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Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:52pm
power will do that to you. -------------
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:54pm
No, I did not already say the exact same thing... |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:57pm
i was about to say that. -------------
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:59pm
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 5:08pm
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Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 6:30pm
I have an apology. I just went to the gas station, it was mass chaos. I didn't realize that it was like this. I was refering to the normal jumps in prices after a hurricane or other disaster. Like twenty or thirty cents or something. I dunno now ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
.Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 6:32pm
Just for laughs, I want to know how it is usually Bush's fault, and how he can fix it normally. |
Posted By: Mag-a-Man
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 6:34pm
| 1.40 ca usually .95 ish |
Posted By: Homer J
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 7:05pm
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I think that hurricane was generated by OPEC just to jack up the prices of gas.
You may be thinking that that would be stupid on their part, but I'm thinking the cost of their lost oil is being made up by money from investors, such as North Korea, that are interested in their hurricane-generating machine for use in attacks against the U.S. Time for my thorazine already? |
Posted By: HITMAN187
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 7:16pm
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Katana? ------------- ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME. |
Posted By: Homer J
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 7:39pm
| My principal calls it Hurricane Kateener. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:07pm
http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=140640&PN=1 - http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=1 40640&PN=1 Some good suggstions there. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mag-a-Man
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:34pm
the name of the hurricane i think |
Posted By: WGP guy
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:39pm
No, the hurricane was named Katrina. Katana is not a name. |
Posted By: Jim Paint
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:49pm
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I filled up at 2.57 yesterday, its now $3. There have been two fist fights at the pumps in a few hours yesterday. Good fun. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mag-a-Man
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:52pm
ya i just heard it on the news i never even new there was the hurricane last night, my parrents were away and i had better stuff to then watch the news |
Posted By: jesus freak
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:53pm
| i filled up at 2.51 yesterday and am glad i did . . . its like $3 now |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:55pm
| we're around the 3$ mark in southern indiana, havent heard anything about stations running out though, could be because of the refinery at the bottom of the hill that my school sits on, which kinda makes ya wonder, wouldnt it be cool to see what would happen if that thing went up one day during school? i just hope i dont drive 136 miles before gas prices go back down. yep, thats all i got |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:11pm
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My parents were thinking ahead and they had me go to the gas station and fill up all of our vehicles... that's when it was $2.55 here in Michigan
Drove to ortho today and it's now $3.85 ------------- 
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Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:18pm
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Im pissed its like 2.80 now. The freaking day before I planned on filling. Grrrrr. ------------- I need a new Sig... |
Posted By: Hoytshooter
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:45pm
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yeah evrybody should fill up now if you can ------------- I shoot a Hoyt http://img414.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theusgovrnsucks6xn.png">
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:55pm
From a thread earlier today. I knew it was Katrina, hence the " ". |
Posted By: meteora
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 10:00pm
itll keep going up, we cant do anything about it filled up at 2.48$ about 10 miles from my house  shortly after there was no place for under 3.00$w00t. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:34pm
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"Well, all I know is if John Kerry would have been president, the war
would be peacefully ended, and gas would be $1.25." (sarcasm) -Matt-man (DJ for my local rock radio) ------------- |
Posted By: Impulse.
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 12:20am
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$3 here. I'm gonna start riding my goped now. ------------- [IMG]http://www.word-detective.com/berry.gif"> |
Posted By: fishsticks
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 12:42am
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i paid 2.74 on monday... its 3.39 at the same station today. ------------- A gun is not a weapon... It's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a harpoon, or...uh, a...an alligator. |
Posted By: Saint
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 12:47am
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Woah, we're still under $3
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 3:14am
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We broke 3 bucks here today. At some stations anyway. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 3:22am
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hmmm the logical economic solution or the extremeist government conspriacy theory ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 3:24am
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I personaly think that something can be done through diplomatic talks. But bush has nothing to lose if the oil companies are making more money. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 4:09am
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oil companies arn't making more, OPEC is.
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Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 7:06am
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Gas came up about .45 around here too. We're sitting at 3.06, but the tapered up the price over a couple of days.
The gas stations here are very paranoid about jumping prices ahead of official word from their company headquarters. After the Sept. 11th attacks there were people freaking out over what they thought would be an impending gas shortage. Cars were lined up for blocks to get gas and stock up, and gas stations jumped prices to 4.50 a gallon or more, back when gas was still 1.20-1.40 a gallon. The city came back and fined them for price gouging. The fine was something like $250, per gallon. Every station that got fined was shut down for a week also. I don't think any of them without major corporate backing (franchise places) survived. ------------- 
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Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 7:22am
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w00t, gas just dropped 10 cents this morning. we're at 2.89 now. -------------
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 7:47am
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Yes, I guess the whole "War for oil" argument was a bogus one eh? If that was the case.....where the hell is the oil? It'd come in handy right about now I think. Even drilling in alaska would be pointless for an immediate solution. Our refineries in this country are improperly equipped to handle a large influx of oil and can only produce so much at a time. Its such an antiquated system that by the time we got any of the oil from Alaska produced, it'd be like 5 years vefore the consumer saw any of it. ------------- ? |
Posted By: RedLion56
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:08am
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no offence but don't you americans realise about global warming there will be more tornadoes and stuff every year because of it. And in 2014 it is predicted that we will be having tornadoes in england!! and america will be 70% of its size and america will be having giant tornadoes weekly i hope im dead before all this happens hopefully ill det ran over by a golf caddy or a old man on a bicycle going at 4mph ------------- A5 12"Bigshot Pure energy 20ozCo2x2/AntiSyphon 32 degrees Black X_chamber Pen spring mod Polished Internals |
Posted By: RedLion56
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:09am
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dont you live in Ireland (UK) ------------- A5 12"Bigshot Pure energy 20ozCo2x2/AntiSyphon 32 degrees Black X_chamber Pen spring mod Polished Internals |
Posted By: ArmySyko
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:44am
Well, you better hope you do because there was a US proposal to
start buying gas from Europe. I spent 5.50 Euro/pint for gas in
Bosnia. I forgot that it wasn't in gallons when I went to pay at
the register. Thankfully they have ATM's in some parts of that
country. What's better is that gas will get spendy and farmers can't afford
to get their crops out of the field. So much for cereal and grain
prices being low. Oh, BTW, 3.20 in Indiana today. |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:46am
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Oil isn't the problem. Finished Oil Products is.
Bush released some of the strategic reserves... there's your oil. Now what? It's like handing you goo for your paintball guns. Here's your paint! But it's not encapsulated. Here's your oil... but it's not refined. Oil companies put too many of the eggs (refineries) in one basket. The basket got stomped on by Katrina... and now WE suffer because of it. Given the rising demand of our nation, oil companies SHOULD have invested in more refineries... but they didn't. And they won't. Gasoline production is not "profitable enough" for them. Refined product profit margins are only 5-7%, and investors are not willing to put their money down for something with such a "low" return. So the nation is crippled, not just because of the greed of the companies themselves... but because of the greed of their shareholders who want higher returns on their investments. You can stomp your feet and say "Why doesn't the Government do this?" and "Why doesn't Bush do this?"... or think up ways to get more OIL from more places. Oil isn't the issue. Refined products is. Supply and demand is also causing the spikes. The Media, as usual, has incited public panic regarding gasoline shortages and price increases... causing all of you to run to the gas station to fill your tanks before the end of the world. So what happens when you all rush to the station (demand)? Supply goes down. Demand goes up, Supply goes down... price goes up. Basic economics. So the $3+ prices are here to stay. And if they haven't hit you yet, check the prices again later today and tomorrow. They'll probably be higher due to the public's stupidity and lack of comprehension with the above 'basic econ' concept. Don't wait for the Gubmint or Georgie to come save you. They can't. And don't blame them for the mess, it ain't their doing. Don't blame OPEC, they have little to do with it. If you blame anyone at this point... blame mother nature, and blame the corporate greed mongers and their shareholders for looking after their own pocketbooks, and not the well being of the country they live in. |
Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:48am
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:50am
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Gas prices arent going down? If i ever honest to god meet one of the gas ceo guys. He is getting an earful and a swift kick in the pants. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:54am
| More so than the CEO guy, get the steel toed shoe out for a couple hundred (if not thousand) other folks. That same CEO has to answer to his shareholders... they call the shots and determine what the company should and should not invest in, based on profit margin. |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 12:34pm
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It just upsets me, not long ago it was like 99 cents a gallon. Then not 6 months ago it was like 1.60.. This is disgusting price gouging. Its upsetting me that no one is doing anything, insurance companies pay for a little bit of your hospital bill, the government could cut military spending and help subsidize gas prices. We spend too much money on the military anyway. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 12:47pm
Yeah, those stupid soldiers...what the heck are they thinking asking for body armour................ -------------
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Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 12:49pm
| Last time I checked, we lived in a capitalist economy. You don't get to complain about prices in a capitalist economy. |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 12:53pm
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We talk about it at night durin dinner all the time. My mom decides special pay benifits for the Army. Stupid policies are why our bill is so high. And units claiming special pays they dont deserve.
This is my favorite example. Soldiers work under contract, they get special pay benifits acording to a specific pay structure. Danger Pay, is a big benifit soldiers love during time of war. You get danger pay when you are in a theater of combat. Soldiers in Iraq are getting danger pay. Soldiers in Korea are not.. Soldiers in Korea are upset they are not getting sent to Iraq to make money. So what does Rumsfeld do? He gives special pay to soldiers in Korea, paying them to stay there and do nothing. And then pays the guys in Iraq, its stupid stuff like this that makes our military sooo expensive. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 1:11pm
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If the Gubmint is to subsidize anything, they should subsidize improvements in current fuel infrastructure and development of alternative energy sources. Invest in the future.
I don't want the Gubmint to subsidize my gasoline anymore than they might already do. Short term solution that we pay for forever. HEAL the wound, just don't slap a bandaid on it. If it means I pay higher gas prices, so be it. Tough lesson for a society bent on big inefficient vehicles and driving 30 yards to the grocery store. Develop and purchase better vehicles, get off yer fat butt and walk. Reality check for the nation, too bad we're collectively too stupid to ever learn from it. |
Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 1:33pm
The closest grocery store is 10 miles away... 
But you are correct -------------
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Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 1:35pm
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My Dad was teling me of how during the 70's gas jumped from 16 cents a
gallon to 32 cents a gallon and everyone was outraged over that.
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Posted By: Dazed
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:07pm
| Check the stock reports from the last year, the gas companies are posting some of their highest profits ever. The problem isn't even so much of one of supply and demand, but corporate greed, government corruption, and human stupidity. |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:09pm
I think this is the problem at hand. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Dazed
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:11pm
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The wife also read that OPECs excuse for a recent price hike was the rising cost of shipping.
Does it really take a rocket scientist to figure that one out? |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:42pm
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From what i heard it only costs 50,000 a day to ship the oil, in a tanker. I think i heard some CEO on the news say that. That should be almost nothing. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Jim Paint
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:44pm
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*fills up 4 55 gallon drums at 3.09*
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Posted By: model98custom
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:46pm
| 3.35 here in north carolina. the outerbanks are now out of gas. and the prices are raiseing every 5 min. i went the the gas station and people are filling up huge tanks with gas. |
Posted By: whoknowswho
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:57pm
 I can't beleive I didn't figured that out! |
Posted By: whoknowswho
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:58pm
 I am well aware of the double post. |
Posted By: Dazed
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:58pm
| People panicking about the gas shortage is what is causing the gas shortage. Wonderful irony, how I love your ways. |
Posted By: whoknowswho
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 3:05pm
| It makes me laugh when someone gripes about gas prices/availability while leaning on his truck with a 454 under the hood and a massive lift kit running on some huge meats, considering that the most challenging terrain he faces is *gasp* a vicious pothole. |
Posted By: RedLion56
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 3:13pm
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