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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:45 PM Original message |
did the oil companies, with the help of the bu$h* administration, gouge the country for 8 years? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. I seen the same thing |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. the food costs more because gas costs them more for transport |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I'm sure that played in there somewhat |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Not just increased transport costs, theres also greed by the food companies |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Don't forget how high fuel costs were last spring and summer |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Fuel is a big overhead in food production, sometimes a large percent of cost |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. It was a combination |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. Helps explain lying America into a war. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. yep |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes they did. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. i wonder if the cost of gasoline would naturally drop over 2 dollars...i don't see fewer cars |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes you are.... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. then there should be a lot less traffic around me in the am...there's not |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's like saying... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. explain the spike |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. No oversight of the NYMEX & ICE commodity exchanges |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. i.e. gouging |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yep! |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yup and they stole your stimulus check last summer - every last bit of it |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. i showed them, i didn't get one!!!! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. LOL. Same here. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Shell game.... n/t |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. 2005 |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. When bush's mantra is: money trumps peace, what do you think? |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Answer to captioned question answered with a question: does the sun rise in the |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. Did the bear shit in the woods? |
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