lol! Yeah, now you really got those oil producers shaking in their boots :)


>The US has enough oil to survive for a while. Remember, this is all about
>money. When OPEC starts feeling it in the wallet, they'll cave.
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>>If President Bush called OPEC and told them we weren't going to buy their oil, they would probably call our bluff. Guess who would lose that game of chicken?
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>>>Isn't it time our goverment officials stand up and do something about the
>>>rediculous gas prices?
>>>
>>>ExxonMobil posted earnings last quarter that were the greatest earnings ever
>>>posted by any company anywhere. Is seems unlikely that Big Oil could be posting
>>>record earnings if the there truly was a shortage of gas.
>>>
>>>If the refineries in the south were so badly damaged, as we've been told, that
>>>gas production capacity were diminished to the point where it would take billions
>>>to repair, then how can they be posting such enourmous profits? Greed is the answer.
>>>
>>>A study taken 2 years ago showed that all the oil companies have to do is raise
>>>the price of gas 1 cent at the pump and they make hundreds of millions. Consider the
>>>hike in gas prices over the last year and it's no wonder the posted upsurd earnings.
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>>>First of all, OPEC has far too much control over us in this area. Why should the
>>>United States be subject to arab oil prices? If the President called up OPEC and
>>>said 'We are no longer buying your oil until the prices come down', they would
>>>drop the prices in a flash, as we are one of the their biggest customers. And we have
>>>enough oil in the strategic reserve to do it (for a while).
>>>
>>>Second, it's time the goverment regulate the gas prices. This situation is approaching
>>>monopoly standards, as we the consumers have no say in it or any control over the
>>>prices.
>>>
>>>Hey W, wanna score points across the nation, keep your tax refunds and do something
>>>about the ubsurd gas prices.