How much longer are we going to allow this oil-fed administration and the oil companies s***w us for fun?

Question

are the Americans really just that dumb that we just happily take whatever Bush and Cheney tell us and let them do whatever they please to destroy the planet so that they can keep the oil companies happy with their bursting wallets?

Answer 1

Ok, tell me exactly what new policy the oil companies implemented that made gas jump from $1 to $4...

Go ahead, I'll wait......

That's right, nothing. The "evil oil companies" have not changed 1 thing between now and when gas was $1 per gallon.

The things that have changed (plummeting dollar, worldwide demand growth, lack of refining, out of control speculators, etc.) have nothing to do at all with the oil companies.

Get a clue.

Answer 2

ride your bike or something.  I use a camel to do my shopping and never have to pay for gas.

Answer 3

You are parroting a absurd liberal rant which is USED to deceive  and distract from the fact that CONGRESS has pandered to anyone anything that will help "support"(= $$,perks,powers and of maybe voters) them retain their prestigious,perk filled jobs.

    Corporations ARE legal fictions that have not, do not, and never will bear the burden of taxation. Only people pay taxes. Corporations pass on their tax burden in the form of higher prices to consumers, lower wages to workers, and/or lower returns to investors. The idea that taxing a corporation reduces taxes on, say the working poor, is a cruel hoax. A corporate tax only makes what the working poor buy more expensive, costs them jobs, lowers their lifestyle, or delays "their retirement.

DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT  OIL COMPANIES were forced by the dimwits in Congress to :

1. buy oil from the Oil Cartel (aka Mob thugs) because the DIM / Dem's consistently blocked /restricted  any efforts to expand (find tap new sources),maintain/upgrade oil facilities/refineries,or Coal,Shale  industry

OR "approve "new facilities (>5yrs to get the feds/state to "process,issue" permits, certificates or send out their inspectors (who must have the same # of vacation days that congress does)

3, Failed to even review the new technology (environmentallly sound) developed by oil, coal, shale,Nuclear companies

Congress CHOSE to Ignore or act on securing the nation's resources and projected energy needs. Congress Chose to pander to special interest groups, conglomerates and waste TAXPAYERS time and $$ playing political power games.

They are obsessed with working ONLY  on items that will advance their individual  or party ideology > Most also use their "job" as a means to guarantee re-election (thus not losing their perks, travel prestige) .They serve up pork, grants, contracts,recommendations IN RETURN for Back door contributions to their war chests,"sweetheart deals" or proxy ownership /direct personal investment  in the industries ,companies that will receive Federal "subsidies"

(aka= the FED funded billions issued to help the alt energy companies "start-up",( build their facilities, get discount prices for their ingredients (corn,soy, ..)In addition there is the expedited certification,permits, impact studies/inpections) PLUS the fed funded "projects" that will enhance their soon to be built facility such as roads, power,water grids, rail lines, etc) )  SO when do they announce that the idea sounds good but the TECHNOLOGY is not "quite" worked out since it costs more $$ and energy to produce  than that which we use now. There is also the nagging concern that the environemental "effects" have only been"partially" assessed or proven based on assumptions fed into a computer model..

((i.e. wind farms create air turbulence from the turbines use to collect the wind energy. Down wind from the acres of turbines the environment is hotter and dryer. This change in the environment (down wind )MAY or MAY NOTcause environmental changes.such as  (animal /plant species, more usage of water, power (ex. air conditioning ) etc . TOthers changes that do occur are the production of hot cold surface temperatures due to the redirection,or alteration of wind. Meteorologists know that storms,tornadoes are effected by the updrafts/downdrafts caused by wind and differing surface temps. What NOBODY knows is whether messing with the "normal pattern of the westerlies that blow across the nation can alter typical weather patterns such as provide an increase/decrease in rainfall,spark more opportunities for tornadoes due to the surface cold hot sinks and their up/down drafts.    We after learning the hard way did figure out that damming a river causes other problems such as death down stream due to loss of silt,or more flooding or streams drying up..

IF YOU believe  that "rich" people/businesses , should be forced to support those that have not achieved the wealth,/life style they desire then WHYare you not demanding that there be a tax on the rich entertainers,movie mongles, ..? Are they not s******g you by demanding high prices for a CD,movie ticket, ipod, Hi Def plasma tv, car.sport tickets, vacation costs.... Fair is using the fruits of ones labor  as they chose. Charity is not subject to legislation.

Answer 4

Bush and his Cronies knew what was coming up ahead, and told us to "go out and buy new cars" and "everything is fine", that's when they were packing up all the cash they could get before it all came tumbling down~!!!

back when the last scare came about $3.00 gas they knew what was comin down, and they set us up big time~!!!

if you look you will find that these frigging jerks got a piece of anything that makes a profit off of us~!!!

right now Hunt Oil is getting drilling rights set up with Iraq, and Bush and his Administration had memos stating that if they have any problems, give us a call~!!!

we still are being played, big time~!!

its like they are laughin in our faces and saying, "what can they do about it, we run the show"~!!!!

Answer 5

if the U.S. is not part of OPEC , then why isn't our domestic $20 a barrel averaged into the 30% @ $140  we import ? i believe it is a last ditch effort by bush administation war profiteers to drain the last dimes from the middle class ,and  to make us believe we 'need' to open off shore and alaskan  preserves .

Answer 6

Well, you can thank Obama, Pelosi and the Democratic congress for not wanting to allow drilling off our coastlines when other countries are already drilling there on OUR coastlines for oil. We taxpayers pay for THEIR gasoline, so they don't care how much WE pay while they are filling up their limos.

When the U.S. sends jobs overseas and imports cheap goods from countries like China and India, then those people have disposable income to spend on gasoline and cars. Think about how many people are in those two countries. World demand is going up, even if U.S. demand for oil goes down.

An energy expert on PBS said that in about 9 years from now there will be no more gasoline WORLDWIDE. This will affect overseas shipping of foods and other goods by boat or by plane, interstate commerce (for things like non-local produce), semi truckers jobs, SUVs and trucks (will be useless), police and fire services, emergency services, where we work (how far away), etc. It is not a pleasant prospect, if they don't think of alternatives soon.

Answer 7

if the liberals would let us drill we would be ok

Answer 8

Global warming is a hoax.  Energy is the life blood of our economy.  If it is too expensive or not available, our economy starves.  

I'm for any source of alternative energy but am pragmatic enough to realize that we can't have that overnight.  In the meantime, we need oil to keep the economy going.

It is foolish not to use the resources that are in this country.  We are crippling ourselves by not trying to use them and it adds to the trade deficit.  Not to mention the thousands of jobs that could be added to our economy by utilizing these resources.

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Answer 9

Just so people know, there is a educated answer to the question why "OffShore Drilling is Banned."

Look it up.

Answer 10

Obviously people are too ingrained to think for themselves.  The FIRST need to turn the TV off and then after 2 weeks look at FACTS as they present them and not the twists and lies that the media feeds people.