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President Vows to Investigate High Gas Prices
A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative ^ | 23 April 2011 | John Semmens

Posted on 04/24/2011 1:21:05 PM PDT by John Semmens

While contending that “high gas prices are, on balance, good forAmerica,” President Obama vowed he would have his people “look into the matter to ensure that any wrongdoing is punished.”

“If having to pay more to fill up the SUV encourages a driver to switch to public transit, that’s a good thing,” the President argued. “The fewer cars there are on the road, the cleaner our air is going to be. Who could be against cleaner air?”

“But trying to profit from higher prices, well, that’s something entirely different,” Obama added. “Profit comes from charging prices in excess of costs. It expropriates value that, by right, ought to belong to all of the people. It is this type of expropriation that will not be tolerated by my Administration.”

In line with the President’s directive on this issue, Attorney General Eric Holder has formed the Financial Fraud Enforcement Working Group and has promised “to haul profiteers and speculators in to explain themselves with regard to the prices they’re charging for fuel.”

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http://azconserv1.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/nlrb-assumes-control-over-business-location-decisions/


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: energy; environment; satire; transportation
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To: Mr. Blond
"Gas prices set to double..."

Yes. Instead being scared, investors have obviously become angry. Oil futures still way up there. And...

China Proposes To Cut Two Thirds Of Its $3 Trillion In USD Holdings



21 posted on 04/24/2011 4:20:39 PM PDT by familyop ("Nice girl, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice." --Foghorn Leghorn)
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To: Mr. Blond
Ah...the link for that:

"Gas prices set to double..."

Yes. Instead being scared, investors have obviously become angry. Oil futures still way up there. And...

China Proposes To Cut Two Thirds Of Its $3 Trillion In USD Holdings
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2709808/posts


22 posted on 04/24/2011 4:21:29 PM PDT by familyop ("Nice girl, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice." --Foghorn Leghorn)
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To: John Semmens

Hey!


23 posted on 04/24/2011 4:24:54 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: John Semmens

Hey, 0bama! You want to investigate high gas prices? Sign up for an Economics-101 class, genius!


24 posted on 04/24/2011 4:44:04 PM PDT by Matthew James (SPEARHEAD!)
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To: John Semmens

Find a mirror, Im sure there are many where you are temporarily housed.


25 posted on 04/24/2011 4:53:17 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (V)
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To: John Semmens
So high gas prices are good, so long a no one makes any money... in Obama's world.

Got it.

This guy is blanking out of his mind and needs to be removed from office.

26 posted on 04/24/2011 5:35:47 PM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: John Semmens

My third post and still no one caught on.


27 posted on 04/24/2011 5:37:22 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: John Semmens

This is from the same person who said in 2008 that he was fine with gas at $4/gallon, but only wished it hadn’t gone up so fast.

Damn hypocrite. FUBO!


28 posted on 04/24/2011 5:39:05 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: John Semmens

investigate yourself president asshole....


29 posted on 04/24/2011 8:39:12 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now, and in the future)
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