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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:09 AM Original message |
GASOLINE- Kucinich calls hearing on prices |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. Kooch!!! |
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Rude Horner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is overdue |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. I saw $3.47 for regular where I live in Nor Cal. $4.45 in San Francisco. For Regular!!! |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
69. graph of gasoline prices shows low prices around last election |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. I was wondering who would be the first to investigate gas prices. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. Every time the gas goes over $3.00 someone |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I am sad to say... |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Precisely.... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yeah, but this will be the first time in six years |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. You know normally I would agree with you... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. They never have investigations, they have hearings, but no investigations. |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 05:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
64. Prices |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 06:08 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Funny you should mention that, there was a story about a franchise |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. In WI, we have "minimum pricing" |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. That's outrageous. Who the hell is responsible for that? n/t |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. some oil exec will say |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
78. This time those oil company f*cks |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. I hope he exposed the pattern to the price increases |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. The whole gas price thing is an oil company/bush** admin scam. They |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. And yet they're not chartging so much that we're willing... |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That's the thing - we've got to make a living, we can't stop driving. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
79. Oil and gas prices |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. I think it's a large-scale behaviorist experiment, |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. After Hurricane Katrina... |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
67. One of the few things that I have agreed with the boy king about |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Arizona has cleared the way for building a refinery there and the industry simply |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. Company Response: Because Dick Cheney said we could charge |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. Glad to be 5th rec - this needs to be investigated and their obscene profits |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. The cheapest gas near my house is $3.40/gal. The premium is $3.60/gal. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. The gas companies are whining about not being able to refine |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. They had plenty of opportunity. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Or reopen the ones they shut down.... |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. Just wrote my Representative and both Senators. |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
13. You can bet that the oil company representives will be under oath 'this time". |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I love the smell of perjury charges in the morning. n/t |
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DemSoccerMom (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. Kick |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. What a bunch of short sited responses |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Don't confuse the underlying swell with the ripples |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'm going to vote for any democratic candidate during the general elections, |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Me too. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Will these hearings touch upon the subject of the environmental devastation |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
59. Hey, pal, we don't take kindly to you rational types 'round here. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. K & R |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. While I appreciate the endeavor ... |
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Greylyn58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's about freakin time |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. gasoline could be $20/gallon & inflation would still be at .01% |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. kool--Now ask them about the Cheney Energy Task Force |
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gillamonster (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. He never stops. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. He is listening to the people |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Unique concept, isn't it? n/t |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
36. Having two oil men in charge is like letting the fox guard the hen house |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. Dennis RULES! |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. I have cut my gasoline usage a lot. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. He is listening to the people, BUT "the people" are wrong in this case |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Exactly. If high gas prices cause us to drive less, |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Thank you, Lydia |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. I have nothing else to add except...... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
82. Ah, yes, just continue to be bent over an oil barrel, after all, it's good for us |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. One word... |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
44. Dennis TAKES THE INITIATIVE AGAIN. Clinton? Obama? Kerry? Biden? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. The wealthier candidates don't seem to mind paying $3 to $4 per gallon |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Long overdue, the repukes would never have initiated such hearings |
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misternormal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
49. I have a unique idea.... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
51. Or, we could all just DRIVE A LITTLE LESS. But bitching instead of doing is the Maerican Way, yes? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Yes, we have some of the LOWEST gas prices in the non-OPEC world |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. Its Called a Free Market ... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. Actually the cost of gasoline is still too low. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. OK With That, IF The Taxes Are Used to Build The RAILROADS WE NEED! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Yes, a federal gas tax dedicated to building high-speed rail |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. I would ride a train daily |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
60. It's gouging, plain and simple. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
61. $3.67 in Humboldt County, CA! Record profits from gouging-Yes, corporate oil monopolies, pure greed! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
62. Someone still needs to find out what DeadEyeDick was doing in those energy task force meetings |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
63. Hopefully he'll also look at collusion in the market. n/t |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
65. No gas |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
70. There he goes again, |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
74. Will the hearings produce any concrete results, or just |
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Bushknew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
75. How much is the cost of gas in Venezuela? |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
76. Saw Schumer on CNN this morning talking about this hearing as well. |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
77. Dennis sure earns his paycheck. Here he shows another dimension |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
80. I would be happy to pay more for gasoline |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
81. Let 'em go up Kucinich. Spend yer time increasing fuel efficiency. |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
83. Will he start with OPEC? |
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