Gas Prices Taking Priority in Campaign

[CatWoman]

WASHINGTON - It's the presidential campaign season, gasoline prices are climbing, and the challenger is demanding that the president get more oil on the market and stop foreign suppliers from "holding our nation and our consumers hostage."

So it went in 2000, with the Republican challenger George W. Bush accusing a Democratic administration of failing Americans by letting prices go so high. Today, not much has changed — except Bush is president and prices are higher still.


By several broad measures, the cost of a gallon of gas has hit record-breaking heights. By any measure, prices have entered a political discomfort zone that could become combustible if the summer driving season puts yet more pressure on the expense of getting around.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20040324/ap_on_el_pr/gas_prices_politics

[Skittles]

1. Streak leads a band of feline siphoners

she's getting hers. :evilgrin:

[CatWoman]

6. LOL

You're always picking on poor Streak

:hi:

[Skittles]

7. maybe if you got a better picture of her

come on, she looks like a crack whore in that lineup. :7

[blimbaugh]

2. Boycott them one at a time

I received the message below back in February 2003. Boycotting would be good;
however, to be effective everyone needs to concentrate on one company.
Shell oil the largest importer of Saudi oil should be first. Do you realize
that through tax loop-holes this Dutch company does not pay one red cent in
taxes??? They should be boycotted for this alone. After we (the people)
have driven Shell out of the U.S. we could ask the other oil companies "Who
wants to be next"? Then we would have some strength. I have been saying
all along that with 2 oilmen in the Whitehouse we would have $2.00 per gal
gas by July 4th 2004 and $3.00 per gal by Jan,2005 and if Bush is elected in 2004 it will be over $4 per gal by the end of his term. We must act and act
UNITED. Please read the following original message keeping always in mind that the “W” as in Geo. W. Stands for weasel.

Subject: Gas Purchases to benefit America
>
>
> > The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should
> > > > return the favor. An interesting thought is to boycott their
> > > > GAS. Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid
> > > > putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia.
> > > > Just buy from gas companies that don't import their oil
> > > > from the Saudis.
> > > >
> > > > Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every
> > > > time I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people
> > > > who are trying to kill me, my family, and my friends. I
> > > > thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil
> > > > companies are the best to buy gas from and which
> > > > major companies import Middle Eastern oil (for the
> > > > period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01):
> > > >
> > > > Shell............................205,742,000 barrels
> > > > Chevron/Texaco.........144,332,000 barrels
> > > > Exxon /Mobil................130,082,000 barrels
> > > > Marathon/Speedway...117,740,000 barrels
> > > > Amoco.........................62,231,000 barrels
> > > >
> > > > If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount
> > > > to over $18 BILLION!
> > > >
> > > > Here are some large companies that do not import
> > > > Middle Eastern oil:
> > > >
> > > > Citgo....................0 barrels
> > > > Sunoco............. ..0 barrels
> > > > Conoco............. ..0 barrels
> > > > Sinclair............... 0 barrels
> > > > BP/Phillips.......... 0 barrels
> > > > Hess...................0 barrels
> > > >
> > > > All of this information is available from the Department
> > > > of Energy and each is required to state where they get
> > > > their oil and how much they are importing.They report
> > > > on a monthly basis. Keep this list in your car; share it
> > > > with
> > > > friends. Stop paying for terrorism.............
> > > >
> > > > But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions
> > > > of gas buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't wimp
> > > > out at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how
> > > > simple it is to reach millions of people!!
> > > >
> > > > I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of
> > > > you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and
> > > > those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)
> > > > ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth
> > > > generation of people, we will have reached over THREE
> > > > MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited
> > > > and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million
> > > > people will have been contacted! If it goes one level
> > > > further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION
> > > > PEOPLE!!! Again, all you have to do is send this to 10
> > > > people. How much would all that take? If each of us
> > > > sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day
> > > > all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted
> > > > within the next eight days!
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Streetdoc270]

9. Never repost e-mail junk without Snopes!

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/nogas.htm

That E-mail was debunked in 2002, try agin...

[Bush Pouts]

3. Gas prices up?

Can demands to drill in the AWLR be far behind?

[stevebreeze]

4. expect the strategic oil reserves to be tapped soon

at least that is my best guess.
:kick:

[Catfight]

5. Drilling in Florida and Alaska next

Bu$h once again caters to the oil industry instead of creating alternatives. It's Bu$h's way or build another highway.

[Name removed]

8. Deleted message

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[daleo]

10. That seems doubtful to me

It will take years before new oil could flow from any wells that could be drilled in the Alaska wildlife refuge. Is there anything else in the bill that would have much affect? I will admit to some ignorance here.

[daleo]

11. Whoops, guess he won't be answering.

n/t