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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 08:51 AM
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Attention D.U....fight this media bias!
Edited on Tue Apr-25-06 10:34 AM by newyawker99
Ready to fight media bias?

Read this:


http://www.yahoo.com/s/135781/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060425/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

Bush Orders Probe Into Gas Price Cheating (um...haven't the Dems been calling for that for a looooong time? It's not mentioned in the article.)

More...



During the last few days, Bush asked his Energy and Justice departments to open inquiries into whether the price of gasoline has been illegally manipulated, said White House press secretary Scott McClellan. Bush planned to announce the action Tuesday during a speech in Washington.

(uh..huh...what other line can they throw out. Did the number 32 hit home?)

And more...

Republicans who control Congress have become concerned that the high cost of filling up could become a problem for them in the November elections. Polls suggest that voters favor Democrats over Republicans on the issue, and Bush gets low marks for handling gasoline prices.

The administration sent letters Tuesday to state attorneys general urging them to vigorously enforce state law "against any anticompetitive, anticonsumer conduct in the petroleum industry."

"Consumers around the nation have expressed concerns about what they have perceived as anticompetitive or otherwise unfair conduct by the world's major oil companies," said Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras. Their letter said federal agencies had substantially increased efforts to monitor, detect and prevent any violations of the law.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., urged Bush in a letter Monday to order a federal investigation into any gasoline price gouging or market speculation.

"There is no silver bullet," Frist said Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America," but "we need to make sure that any efforts at price-gouging be addressed and addressed aggressively." Meanwhile, Frist said, consumers should take steps to conserve gasoline — drive at slower speeds, tune up car engines for maximum efficiency and carpool.
that there is no price gouging," McClellan said.



Bothered by the fact that only one paragraph of with only 2 sentences was devoted to Harry Reid and the Democratic side?


Then contact them here:


If anyone would like to join me in contacting yahoo, here is the 'contact us' link.

More at link:

http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/contact.cfm

EDIT:COPYRIGHT: PLEASE POST ONLY 4 OR 5 PARAGRAPHS
FROM THE COPYRIGHTED NEWS SOURCE PER DU RULES.

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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 08:53 AM
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1. Here is the same article from msn.com
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 09:09 AM
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