[SampleMan]

But not others? Really AP? No doubt those others are mainly minorities.

[thackney]

I have seen something about an oil boom in Kansas,,,,is that shale ?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2908779/posts?page=4#4

Ping

[txrefugee]

Oil companies are leasing land like crazy all over Texas. Lucky for US consumers, there will be new supplies of oil and gas entering the pipeline, unless Obama is re-elected, of course.

[cardinal4]

And home prices are going way up because people who are flush with cash can afford to pay higher prices for property that suddenly is in high demand. It’s hurting many residents, especially young people, said Allie Woods, a resident of Harper.

Woods said she pays $400 a month for a rental house, but has to move because the home is being sold. A similar house that she looked at is renting for $1,000 a month, she said.

She should get a job with the oil companies..

[count-your-change]

The most brilliant statement of the whole article:

“The ones that are getting money (from the oil boom) are enjoying it,” she said. “The ones who aren’t don’t like it so much.”

What can one say in the face of such ironclad logic?

[Iron Munro]

Kan. oil boom gives boost to some, but not others

Maybe Obama can implement some Social Justice and take money from those who have gained and redistribute it to those who have not.