RE PUBLIC AN OIL wrote on May 23, 2008 4:39 PM:
" I heard that all registered republicans will be able to file for a EXCESSIVE OIL PROFIT REBATE on their 2008 taxes (if the election goes thier way).
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Re Chris King wrote on May 22, 2008 1:55 PM:
" Oh, we already met ignorant leadership.We need to also conserve abd demand that all conserve as well. "
Chris King wrote on May 22, 2008 11:43 AM:
" The environmentalist do have it right that we need to develop alternative sources of energy and put those alternatives into widespread use. With that said, in the mean time, yes we should drill the hell out of Alaska, the Dakotas, and anywhere there may be oil. Furthermore, the oil companies need to re-invest some of those record profits into increasing the number of refineries and the capacity of the existing ones.
This is quickly reaching the crisis stage, and we have been told for years that it was coming. Yet, our government refused to take the steps to fix the problem before it got this bad, we are guilty of driving our big cars and SUVs, myself included. Gas and energy prices will CRIPPLE this nation and crime will rise dramatically, and we have nobody to blame but ourselves for putting these morons in charge!
Finally, Iran is quickly becoming target #1 for their puppeteering in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East. When, I don't believe if, we begin surgical strikes at various targets inside Iran, oil will go through the roof. In return, our gas prices will reach, and I don't mean to cry that the sky is falling, $10.00/gallon. America is facing the perfect storm of circumstances meeting ignorant leadership! "
Oil wrote on May 22, 2008 11:17 AM:
" Price of a barrel: $135
How 'bout them Brewers? "
Govt Mess wrote on May 22, 2008 8:50 AM:
" It's the government screwing this energy thing up. Prices will not go down because the the demand around the world is going up and will only continue to do so. The answer is use our own oil and coal resources. Thanks to environmental pee-brains in our country/government we will just sit on these resources. The enemy is our own government and the sooner people realize this the sooner something will be done. "
Re Hey Dandy Hey Dover wrote on May 22, 2008 8:38 AM:
" You two guys are killing me! I guess during these tuff times, a sense of humor about it is all you can do. I look at it this way right now, if it comes down to gas/food over bills and other misc.things then I guess that's what it comes down to. "Hi Mr. Dandy, just calling because you haven't paid your bill yet." Suggested response: "Well no kidding Mr. Bill Collector! Have you seen the prices on gas lately? You'll get it when you get it, and that's that!" What are they going to do that the govt. and oil companies haven't already done? Something's going to come to a head, sooner or later, and it probably won't be pretty, so brace yourselves America, for one heck of a reality action film coming to a theater near you! "
Mavis Dandy wrote on May 21, 2008 3:32 PM:
" It would take a lot of rowers to move me around on my innertube. "
Re Hey Ben Dover wrote on May 21, 2008 1:32 PM:
" Quit being lazy, row your boat out to the middle of that lake or "no fish fry for you!"
And for the rest of you, get rid of your American made pick-up trucks and start thinking small. It's o.k. you don't need them. You may not be able to haul your precious boats, or campers, or ATV's, or snow mobiles, or trailers, but maybe you'll save yourself a buck or two. "
Frustrated wrote on May 19, 2008 8:16 PM:
" My father is a disabled vet and lives on an extremely fixed income. His money goes towards his living expenses whick doesn't leave any room to pay for the gas to fill his wheelchair access van, which is old and costs over $100 to fill. He can't buy another vehice, the family pooled together to pay for this one. Why can't the government put a cap on the prices and how do we go about striking against the current prices now. Everyone in the country has to get back and forth to work and school. It is a losing situation. If the president really cared he would have helped us a long time ago, but since he is leaving office he doesn't care. How do we fix this? "
Ben Dover wrote on May 19, 2008 2:05 PM:
" I need cheaper gas for when I go boating on Lake Tomah with the Dandy brothers this summer. If this keeps up, we'll only get out once or twice. "
Ben Double Crossed wrote on May 19, 2008 11:44 AM:
" How America became dependent on foreign oil and why it remains that way:
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT
The United States agreed to transfer jobs and technology to developing countries under the Algiers Declaration in March of 1975:
A major portion of the planned or new petrochemical complexes, oil refineries and fertilizer plants be built in the territories of OPEC Member Countries with the co-operation of industrialized nations for export purposes to the developed countries with guaranteed access for such products to the markets of these countries. [Read sections 10 and 11]
FOREIGN TAX CREDITS
In 1977 Representative Benjamin Rosenthal of New York produced secret Internal Revenue Service documents going back to 1950. They showed that the tax laws of Saudi Arabia were drafted with the help of Aramco to call the added price of oil not a "royalty" or "cost of doing business," as was proper, but an income tax." The Saudis did this knowing that income tax paid to a foreign country is deductible from the income taxes an oil company pays the United States on all income received in the United States by the parent firm. From Pgs. 61-64 The Media Monopoly by Ben H. Bagdikian 5th edition paperback color emphasis added
"Since that time the major multinational U.S. oil companies have paid hardly a penny of U.S. income tax on their foreign income." page130 BANKS. BORROWERS, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT
REFINERIES IN AMERICA OPERATING AT 85% CAPACITY
Excerpt from Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois floor statementhttp://durbin.senate.gov/showRelease.cfm?releaseId=296989 below:
That is fact. The oil companies say: Well, the problem is we do not have enough refineries. If we had more, then we would have more product and we might have a smaller spread and we would not be. Let me tell you what: Today, the refineries in America are operating at 85 percent of capacity. Do not buy this argument that it is about refineries. They have more capacity. They are holding back so they can keep their product dear and limited and short, and so the consumers will ultimately pay more.
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Ben Double Crossed wrote on May 19, 2008 11:42 AM:
" Demand $2 a Gallon Gas
Oil was $127 a barrel recently.
Germany fought WWII with synthetic fuel from coal. America, with 1/3rd of Earths coal, can be energy independent for an estimated $55 a barrel, including the infrastructure and labor force necessary to operate plants. It is proven technology.
Synfuels are cleaner burning than gasoline and carbon sequestration can remove CO2.
Visit http://governor.mt.gov/hottopics/faqsynthetic.asp
Furthermore, reducing our trade imbalance keeps jobs in America. Every billion of trade deficit costs 13,000 jobs. $400 billion for oil last year: do the math.
And we stop sending billions to countries that sponsor terrorism.
Harness your anger at the pump. Call you're US Senators and demand they break ground on America's energy independence by encouraging an American synthetic fuel industry in this decade. If you dont raise your voice the oil companies and politicians will assume you are ready to pay even more. "
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