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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [avalon02wh] by gagrice
Jul 11, 2008 (7:06 am)

Replying to: avalon02wh (Jul 11, 2008 6:45 am)

Thank you for correcting the error. So many just think all the oil comes from one spigot. We also get a lot of refined product from the EU that has a surplus of gasoline. Too bad they use so much diesel. Not sure how much refined product comes down from Canada as well.
 
Didn't Phil Gramm just say "We've sort of become a nation of whiners."
 
Yes he did and the Left was not happy. So McCain had to distance himself from another friend. Seems when politicians tell the truth the media do not want to hear it.
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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [gagrice] by imidazol97
Jul 11, 2008 (7:30 am)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 11, 2008 7:06 am)

Gramm was right. We complain about things and want government to fix it for us--free because it's from the gov'nmt. $500,000 mortgage on $60,000 salary--no problem. Oooops, interest rate went up; complain and maybe gov'nmnt will give me my house free.
 
Someone recently said we're in a mental recession. For most of us we are afraid of spending so we hold back. We also are told by the media relentlessly how bad it is. So we haven't been spending (me and my spouse and son) like we normally would. We are impacting the others who have lost jobs.
 
So we're currently shopping for carpet and a third car again.
 
If it follows the Bush 1 pattern the economy will be terrible (not starting to improve) through the election and soon as a Democrat (Clinton) is elected the media will start soft talking and tell how wonderful the outlook is becoming.
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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [imidazol97] by fintail
Jul 11, 2008 (7:34 am)

Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 11, 2008 7:30 am)

We complain because the banks who pay souless coward Gramm's meal ticket allowed people with a 60K income to buy a 500K house, and now we are all paying for it.
 
Liberal media conspiracy at work again?
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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [fintail] by gagrice
Jul 11, 2008 (8:05 am)

Replying to: fintail (Jul 11, 2008 7:34 am)

I think if you dig deep enough into that mortgages to those that should not have them, it was just as many Democrats pushing for it as Republicans. Gramm is doing what most do when they leave Congress. They become lobbyist. That way they can still have lunch with their old buddies and write it off.
 
Did you see who he beat in his first bid for the Senate. Our friend Ron Paul.
 
I say get rid of em all. I will vote for NO incumbent.
 
Unless they promise to sell me gas for under 2 bucks
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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [gagrice] by jae5
Jul 11, 2008 (9:28 am)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 11, 2008 8:05 am)

"...I think if you dig deep enough into that mortgages to those that should not have them, it was just as many Democrats pushing for it as Republicans..."
 
I'm in total agreement; this seems to get lost repeatedly. Dems blaming Repubs and vice-versa when all were drinking from the fountain of false wealth and gluttony.
 
Whatever happened to "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."? Just keeps ringing in my ears and I wasn't even born when Kennedy made the speech.
 
Sorry for the side-track.
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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [gagrice] by fintail
Jul 11, 2008 (10:07 am)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 11, 2008 8:05 am)

Both sides let the banks buy their souls...and nobody will dare go after the banks, as they have had reigns on the American national direction since the Fed was created.
 
Gramm has no right to be so sanctimonious and loud. Get rid of them in many ways.
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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [fintail] by fezo
Jul 11, 2008 (11:48 am)

Replying to: fintail (Jul 11, 2008 10:07 am)

I accept Gramm's thought that we whine too much but the man is everything that is wrong with the country. Bought and paid for many times over. This is the author of the Enron loophole so when you are paying $4 for your gallon of gas rest assured a good buck or two of that is thanks to Phil Gramm.
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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [fezo] by fintail
Jul 11, 2008 (1:20 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Jul 11, 2008 11:48 am)

Exactly
 
If there were less Phil Gramm's in the world, we wouldn't whine so much.
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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [gagrice] by tpe
Jul 11, 2008 (1:35 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 11, 2008 8:05 am)

I say get rid of em all. I will vote for NO incumbent.
  
Unless they promise to sell me gas for under 2 bucks
 
I will vote for no incumbent unless they promise to keep gas above $4/gallon.
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Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [imidazol97] by snakeweasel
Jul 11, 2008 (1:49 pm)

Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 11, 2008 7:30 am)

If it follows the Bush 1 pattern the economy will be terrible (not starting to improve) through the election and soon as a Democrat (Clinton) is elected the media will start soft talking and tell how wonderful the outlook is becoming.
 
Pretty much the opposite of what happened in 2000.

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