Well DUH!!! I'm fully aware of waht things cost irrespective of my HUMMER. I'm just sick of Liberal turds blaming SUV driving folks for this mess. This mess was mostly caused by greedy bankers, a tanking U.S. Dollar and our idiotic government sending all of our jobs to China. But my HUMMER has nothing to do with it and I'd like to see a Prius pull a camper!

 

Hey RJ did you read my rant on this from yesterday? Sounds like the same tune. OPEC and hedge funds are the biggest reasons for the price we are currently paying for oil. If the government doesn't address the monopolistic production and speculative price manipulation the prices will just keep ratcheting up. It can be controlled. A few of these hedge fund managers need to be looking at SEC investigations and jail time and a lot of this nonsense would stop overnight.

 

Exactly right Rich. Add in the Ethanol BS and you can account for food inflation. Layer no nukes on top of that and you have the mess we find ourselves in now.

On this point... we were pissed and wanted blood for 9-11 but we don't want to pay the price it takes to do that now. Was, and still am, willing to pay for it. Go Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines!

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Who mentioned shortage? I thought we were talking about price?

 

Shortage is one the excuses for the higher price

 

Amen Brotha! Just takes 10 sec. of the video footage of 9/11 to remind me.

 

Seriously, we've been here done this all before!! Gas prices jumped in the late 70's and we lived!! If people areloosing their jobs at such an alarming rate, why aretheApril 2008 DOL unemployment figures lower than March 2008.Although there are pockets of higher unemployment in some areas, 96% of the USis employed!! In addition,and if you really look, you might justfind that there are apercentage of these jobs going unfilleddue to the lack of skilled employees, and the will to collect the maximum number of weeks of unemployment before seeking gainful employment. Part of freedom this country enjoys is a free trade system that allows for the outrageous oil prices here in the US. To coin an old phrase, we just need to stay the course.

 

Our own Government strangles the system with regulation and taxes (no new refineries since 1977, that's what almost 30 years). We get taxed to death. The problem is they don't regulate Wall Street or themselves with all of the porkthey take for stupid stuff. If you want to see waste go to the official Govt. Grant Sight and seeall of the money that is "given" away.AS far as the cost of gas we are still getting off cheap compared to other developed countries. I also think there trying to change our mind set about what we driveandshould feel guilty about it. I don't see the Govt talk aboutcreating a state of the art Public/mass transit system.JMO.

 

I'm fine with leaving our oil safe in the ground while we use up the rest of the worlds supply first.

 

May not be any consulation but Australia is exactly the same. Most were behind supporting you guys but slowly the tree huggers rant and rave, we have a change of Government to a bunch a gutless socialists and bingo, they rip our boys out before the job is done. To get elected they were also going to solve global warming, control petrol and fuel prices and curb inflation. So far the hot air they have generated has increased global warming, petrol and food prices continue to sky rocket and inflation is heading ever upward.

They have set up 2 million committees though so that should solve everything! I am manufacturer and have not been able to get workers with any work ethic for4 years. Unemployment is 4% and they are the unemployable whose only skill is knowing how to work the system to continue to collect Government benefits. The last 6 people we employed over the last 3 weeks.......1 worked a day and didn't come back, 1 left before smoko (2 hours), 1 left because he wasn't allowed to have his mobile phone in the factory, 1 left becasue he wasn't allowed tohave a radio in the factory so after being told twice he couldn't, he bought 1 in and turned it on, 1 left because his mate got the sack for having the radio, and 1has lasted 3 weeks.

85% of new employees take a day off in the first week, which is really code for sack me so I can go back on benefits.

I am going to take a deep breath and have a drink!