Made at the U.S. Mint with $50 Dollars U.S. on the back.
Posted on 10/14/2012 2:00:18 AM PDT by pansgold
TO THE HONORABLE CONGRESSMAN DEVIN NUNES
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Dear Sir,
As your constituent and as a registered voting Republican I am sending you this letter to confirm the telephone call I made to your Washington D.C. office last week.
I expressed concern and even anger at the high price of gasoline and demanded that the congress in the interest of national security, nationalize all oil refining in the United States and use Army reservists to take-over and run them. Refining should be under the direct control of the government and in particular, the Army Corp of Engineers.
The Army Corp of Engineers already controls 100% of national hydroelectric energy produced by control of dams and waterways.
I believe the government should now control oil and regulate the value thereof much as it does the price of gold.
Nationalization of oil and gas refineries will have a number of desired effects.
1.) Reduce the price of gasoline and diesel fuel needed to move products. 2.) Reduce the price of store products with reduced transportation costs. 3.) Provide a standard fuel grade for all 50 states. 4.) Regulate the amount of exported oil and fuel.
By standardizing fuel grades nationally, fuels can now be transported interstate without blend restrictions or seasonal state adjustments.
Any state wishing to tinker with the fuel blend must then do so at their own cost and have their own way to blend and distribute their own product. Congress should make a law declaring no state shall import or export across their state line any modified fuel. In short, California couldn’t supply Los Angeles, much more the entire state with blended fuel. That’s their states right and let the voters deal with those in state government for fuel shortages and high prices.
The government now controls and regulates offshore oil leasing, all oil drilling on federal lands and waters, nuclear energy, hydroelectric energy, fuel emission standards, fuel mileage standards, interstate pipeline construction, and import and export tariffs.
It’s time the government stops price gouging at the pumps by greedy refineries that create artificial shortages at the pump by shutting down refineries and switching seasonal blends while continuing to sell fuel to foreign countries.
In closing, we here in Tulare County that live on a fixed income can no longer afford the crushing effect of high gasoline prices.
I needn’t remind you congressman, the last time fuel costs were this high, oil was $147.00 a barrel. It is now at $92.00 per barrel yet gasoline is over $6.00 per gallon in Los Angeles County and near $5.00 per gallon in Springville, California.
That’s greed. That’s gouging. That’s price fixing. That’s crime and someone should be jailed for it.
Thanks for your time Congressman Nunes.
Sincerely,
Name and address withheld
so enlighted your representative with your brillient idea to lower pump price. I’m sure they can use your wisdom.
BTW I ran a service station in 1973-74 and those gas shortages that drove the prices up. History repeats itself again.
OMG there’s a cloud in the Gulf of Mexico! EVACUATE!!
It’s time ONE grade of fuel is used by ONE nation. ONLY the feds can mandate a blend a standard fuel that meets THEIR standards for emissions.
It’s the ONLY way to end this ridiculous state seasonal/custom blending by idiots like Cali’s ARB.
Shows what you choose to ignore. In the first place there are at least two very necessary grades of diesel, and what I consider at least three or four necessary grades of gasoline, but we agree completely about the many other seasonal grades as long as the octane necessity for the many engines on the road is taken care of and winter is accomodated as well.
IIRC there is a low octane fuel for engines allowing eighty five octane. Eighty seven octane is the industry standard of today, Ninety one high octane. There is also a need for a racing fuel, and 100LL for aircraft use, and that doesn’t cover jet fuel, and a whole lot of other needs.
For years the INDUSTRY has been able to take care of the needs of transportation in this country without the meddling of the federal government. Why is it, having shown us their meddling hand, you are willing to give the agency causing the problems, more power to wield against those who know the industry and needs of the nation? Private industry is fully capable of fullfilling the needs of the nation.
That you, Maxine?
Now YOU do your part and let YOUR Representative know how you feel only leave out the personal attacks like:
knucklehead
Did you get lost on your way to DU?
You’re on drugs.
HHC’s husband.
Dude, You really need the /Sarc tag or someone will think that you are serious
BRILLIENT! It's time to sleep. Frogive <===the typo's in my posts. :-)
umm, what?
Let me guess...
“and the state gets to blend fuel for seasonal use and to their standards for emmissions even if it means poisioning all of us here with MTBE”.
You have a state representative as well. How about getting control of or eliminating the CA ARB along with all the radical environmental midgets, whose loud raspy voices have undermined common sense, especially in CA (aplologies to normal midgets everywhere).
Isn’t gold a commodity who’s value is fixed at $50.00/troy oz by Congress, you know, the part about coining money and regulating the value thereof?
Isn’t oil a commodity too?
You are kidding yourself.
“How about getting control of or eliminating the CA ARB...”
All I can do is continue voting or do you have a better idea?
... and your idea to lower gas prices is ...
All I can do is continue voting or do you have a better idea?
Move before it is too late.
Pray for a miracle.
CA, awarded best example of a democrat controlled state doing what democrats do best, expecting continued positive results in a down economy with shrinking population, heavy debt and deficits high taxes, bountiful state benefits, and excessive retirement obligations. Could probably fill several pages.
I would call you a perfect IDIOT however, I am well aware that no one is perfect!
Deregulate and then hang all progressives of both partys.
Progressive = socialist = communists.
Capitalism works fine as long as government stays the hell out of the way.
Some people have to be forced into slavery, others embrace it willingly. Just wait until you reach the status of "pet" and then the final gov't goal of "livestock". You must be part of the 47% Mitt was talking about - those who want the Gov't to take care of them at the expense of of others.
Gold a fair traded commodity purchased in large part by people outside of the US; congress has nothing to say about the value of gold.
If you know anyone willing to sell gold at $50/oz. please get back in touch. Last time I checked it was a bit north of $1,750/ oz.
For you I would suggest moving out of the state of fruits and nuts. If you do, please leave your socialistic, communistic and central planning convictions at the California border, preferably well within in its border.
“For you I would suggest moving out of the state of fruits and nuts. If you do, please leave your socialistic, communistic and central planning convictions at the California border, preferably well within in its border”
But ... PLEASE don’t come to Texas!!!
We already have enough of you limp brain ex-Californians that are trying to ruin our state just as you did California.
You come here, you play by our rules. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Made at the U.S. Mint with $50 Dollars U.S. on the back.
Gold Eagle Denominations
American Gold Eagle Coins are offered in four different fractional weights. Each fractional weight carries a different denomination or legal tender face value.
•1 ounce: $50 face value
•1/2 ounce: $25 face value
•1/4 ounce: $10 face value
•1/10 ounce: $5 face value
I have an 1824 quarter. Do you imagine it’s worth $.25? Do you imagine you can buy a current gold eagle for $50? Have you spent a sober day yet this month or are you just tired of your meds?
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