Gas prices not so bad according to CNN..

[kerryin2004]

Compared to nasal spray and Starbucks coffee it is a real steal..I guess none of TIme Warner business' rely on the use of gas.. Better yet those fuckers paychecks must be huge because it is kicking my budget's ass right now.

[jobycom]

1. wow, they have a point. It's cheaper than Dom Perignon, too.

Next time I'm at a wedding, I'll keep that in mind.

[Cobalt Violet]

14. And cheaper than Johnnie Walker Blue too.

I guess I should have a gasoline on the rocks with a twist and save some money.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

47. And when it equals the price of Dom Perignon it will still be cheaper than

a bottle of Chanel No. 5

[getmeouttahere]

2. The more money I spend on gas, the less I have...

to spend elsewhere, and I'm considered middle-class. Imagine the folks who can't make it work now.

[gokar]

43. The money spent on gas finds its way into the economy..one way

or the other. It creates more profits for the gasoline retailers,
the refiners, the drillers, OPEC, etc. etc. All that money finds its
way into the economy. OK, so clothes and toothpaste wont sell as much
but that does not mean retail is losing overall.

[xray s]

3. TASS used to print stories like that in the USSR too.

You know that things are getting bad when our news media has falle to the level of TASS.

[Jamison]

4. Sorry, can't compare gas to nasal spray and Starbucks.

Who do you know that has to use 15 gallons of nasal spray, or drinks 15 gallons worth of Starbucks a week?

[Waya]

6. Not so bad, huh.....

as supposed to ...what?
Maybe if the taxpayer would foot the bill for my gas consumption like we do with Shrub's motorcade whenever he feels the need to go somewhere, I would be saying that too. But as long as I have to pay for my own gas - yea, it's bad.

[Skink]

8. 15 Gallons of Starbucks.

That'll do me for a couple of days.:woohoo:

[leesa]

19. Why do you buy from a corporation that has put thousands of coffee shops

out of business via monopoly?

[Skink]

30. cause they are the only ones left.

[Lochloosa]

37. LOL

:spank: :rofl:

[baldguy]

56. Starbucks & Walmarts

Pretty soon , there'll be nothing else left.

[nookiemonster]

33. Really plays hell with your fuel injectors,

and from what I hear, the donut police are really cracking down on driveoffs.

:silly:

[Roland99]

49. Just don't get decaffeinated or your car will be a bit sluggish

;)

[jobycom]

16. I don't know... Sniffing gas does clear your sinuses pretty well.

[Glenda]

5. What kind of nasal spray?

Just curious :)

[Inland]

7. CNN's right. I stopped putting coffee and nasal spray in my car years ago

Just stretching a dollar

[Cobalt Violet]

15. I was going to switch my nasal spray to gasoline to save money.

:sarcasm:

[0007]

53. LOL!

[tjdee]

9. That's the mentality of the 'haves'. They don't care.

The jackass who wrote that copy probably gets paid double what I do.

So I guess it's not hurting them that badly. Plus, they probably live in a major metropolitan area (NYC, Atlanta) that doesn't require them to buy gas as much as people who have to drive in.

:grr:

No one HAS to buy Starbucks or nasal spray. If I don't put gas in my car, I'm not going to work.

How irresponsible and totally Republican of them to make an asshat comment like that.

[OneTwentyoNine]

27. Yup...Wonder if they quit the idiot analogy of bottled water vs gas?

That was all the rage when prices first started going through the roof. People spending a dollar or more for 12 oz of water vs a gallon of gas.

Uhhh for the DIP WADS at CNN,I DON'T have to BUY bottled water idiot stick, but I do have to BUY gas from assholes that are RAPING us daily.

[corker]

10. that sure makes me feel better

next time I'm going to spray gas up my nose, just think of the money I'll save.

[kestrel91316]

12. Come here right now and clean up all this beer you made me snort

all over my computer!!!

BAD corker.

[niallmac]

11. CNN has a point. If you just disconnect your cable service

you get almost another tank of gas a month plus no twit brained CNN gas stories.

[fortyfeetunder]

26. Yeah, disconnect!!!!

:rofl:

[Hidden Stillness]

13. The Slogan is More Real Than the Working People, on TV

It's just unbelievable to think that these rich corporate-media sluts think that their spinning and framing can make up for and supercede your own knowledge of your own experience, in your own mind. The price of gas is getting to be a Goddamned panicking crisis to the middle class and poor, it is getting so that your paycheck is not covering these things anymore, and you can never, anymore, just take the car out, unless you plan things first--calculating until the next paycheck.

The media, of course, has the same brain-numbing routine every single time they "cover" this story: 1) "Gas prices are going up, and up"--grotesque close-ups of signs showing prices; 2) "We asked people just like you what they think.."--several inane quotes unrelated to the actual situation, basically, "This is horrible"; 3) Someone from AAA (talk about keeping the message under control, like this is an objective, non-corporate source) "explains" why prices are high, putting the blame on us; 4) "We're working for you--we'll tell you where you can drive 15 miles and get the cheapest gas." Then of course, they go to a commercial, and surprise--it is the petroleum industry. Where is our country?

[raccoon]

39. Your description of the media's "coverage" of high gas prices is

right on target.

[Roland99]

48. In 2000, *co was bitching Clinton and Gore about $1.50/gal prices

[DemoTex]

17. I just drove to Atlanta and back ...

I filled my tank yesterday at a gas station exactly 100 miles from Atlanta. I stopped at the same station today for a top-off before getting into the mountains of NC. It cost me exactly $20 to go 200 miles. Fortunately, I drive very little nowadays. But these gas prices are going to break many: commuters and truckers especially.

[leesa]

18. The Bushbots will buy that spin.

[Jack Rabbit]

20. I'm glad CNN told me gas prices aren't so bad

Otherwise, I wouldn't have known.

[hatrack]

21. I've been such a FOOL!

I forgot that a gallon of gasoline is far, far cheaper than a gallon of Remy Martin, a gallon of Courvoisier VSOP or a gallon of 1907 Madeira. Thanks for the perspective, CNN!!! :eyes: :puke:

[Julius Civitatus]

22. Gas is a steal compared to russian caviar and filet mignon!!!

Wow, this tells you a lot about the detatchment of these media bobble-heads in the MSM. They live in a bubble, like their adored Bush.

[Stinky The Clown]

23. Today in NYC: $3.21 per gallon

I heard that on 1010 WINS New York whole driving through New York. It was just one Gulf station in Brooklyn ..... but that's "not so bad"?

Hey ... CNN ... blow it out yer shortz, ya fuckkwads

[thiscrowlives]

29. Holy crap!

$3.21/gallon ....... that's insane! It's time for me to get a rain poncho and start pedaling my fat ass to work ......... :)

[Imagevision]

52. Today in San Francisco Gas = $3.09 a gallon

[Rainscents]

24. CNN is a Moron!

They really think people are going to buy into their bull shit? CNN... go fuck yourself! I diconnected long time ago!!!

[OneTwentyoNine]

25. I'm so sorry for bitching about Shell and its NET profit 4.6 BILLION in

91 days and showing a 37% increase for ONE QUARTER. Exxon did about the same,my humble apologies and could you both please raise the price another 40 cents per gallon over the next two weeks??

[Zynx]

31. Only $4.6 billion? They need a tax break.

That's what our legislators said anyway.

[flpoljunkie]

32. Media either too stupid or covering for Big Oil to let folks know this.

Am afraid it is some of both.

Except for this recent article in the Washington Post called, "How Those Big Bucks End Up in Big Oil's Pocket."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/05/AR2005080501997_pf.html

[gasperc]

28. I wish they'd use a four by four

to fuck themselves with

[KayLaw]

34. Gas is expensive

But it's really only one part of what I see as the real story -- expensive oil.

[E-Z-B]

35. Dubya's World pic:

[Dawgs]

36. Maybe CNN should go to a busy gas station some time...

Whenever I go, complete strangers talk about how ridiculous it's getting. This is America. Strangers don't talk to each other.

CNN Sucks anyways.

[raccoon]

38. I guess CNN made no mention of high gas prices having

a ripple effect throughout the economy?

[MadHound]

41. Of course not, can't let the sheeple in on the secret,

Even if it is an open one.

Yep, high gas is going to set America up for the perfect economic storm. Ripple effects through the economy will send the prices of virutally everything through the roof, food, FedEx, lumber, electricity, etc, etc. Couple this inflation with rising interest rates, the deflation of the housing bubble, and we're going to see the economy really start to tank in the New Year. Probably going to be another bad Christmas for retailers also.

But don't worry, Bushco will take care of all that bad news. We'll be on the receiving end of another "terrorist attack" here shortly, and then Bushco can blame the bad economy on the terrorists, spin that the scared sheeple will again buy unconditionally, just as they will buy such an attack as reason enough to go to war in Iran:eyes:

Geez, I'm starting to get a bit worried about what is awaiting us in September. We're having many many uncanny paralells to August '01.

[TheCowsCameHome]

40. So what's the moral here? Don't use $35 per gallon paint in your tank?

What the hell does this have to do with anything, CNN?

[gokar]

42. For crying out loud, milk is now cheaper than gasoline................n/t

[MaineDem]

44. Today reg unleaded is $2.57; last week it was 2.29

Not so bad? I don't think so!

[devinsgram]

46. Same here in the Hershey area,

seeing a decrease in tourists also.

[cquik18]

45. Safe bet that was reported by Daryn Kagan....

Rush Limbaugh's new honey....she must have really been hard up to take up with Porky....she sees Rush naked....and LIKES it! EWWWWW!!!

[Roland99]

50. $3.49 in Kirkwood, CA

http://www.gaspricewatch.com/new/default.asp?gg=95646

[howmad1]

51. Geeez, I don't know why you folks are complaining.

According to the experts, we're only paying .39 a gallon; if we adjust for inflation. }(

[Roland99]

54. Hmm...interesting. Man buys 2nd car to combat gas prices. Wise move?

Nightly news tonight interviewed a guy who has parked his full-size conversion van, which got 12mpg, and he went out and BOUGHT a $10,000 used Toyota Camry that gets 24mpg.


Ok...say $3.00/gallon and driving 20,000 miles/yr (that's a lot of driving). He'll only need two years at $3.00/gallon to break even on his new purchase.

[dansolo]

55. How much has the price of Starbucks coffee gone up in the past year?

[Robeson]

57. The fact they could even consider passing that story off, shows what...

...sheeple people must be in this country. For them to consider it, much less do it, just illustrates how many Morans we have, and that they knew would buy it. This isn't media, its old school Tass.