Sticker Shock-$3 a gallon gas? Some links

various FR links | 03-17-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

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http://powerlineblog.com/archives/013920.php

Rogues' Gallery

There was a modest turnout for an anti-war demonstration in New York today. Check out this shot of some of the rally's leaders: Jesse Jackson, Cindy Sheehan, Al Sharpton and Susan Sarandon:

And the National Organization for Women; what's their theory? That a Baathist/al Qaeda takeover would be good for the women of Iraq? Then there's this:

Can anyone explain what that sign is supposed to mean? It's an article of faith among these ignoramus lefties that the Iraq war must have something to do with oil. But what, exactly?

UPDATE: Joe Malchow points out that Dilbert's creator, Scott Adams, has expressed puzzlement over the "no war for oil" theory: More: Allah Pundit has fun with moonbat arts and crafts.

Moronic Convergence Draws Thousands of Moonbats

The angry left threw another big tantrum in Manhattan today, just a few miles away from Ground Zero: Iraq Protest Draws Tens Of Thousands. (Hat tip: LawHawk.)

The usual clowns performed.  link: 196 comments " That sign says it all. 9/11 means nothing to these anarchists. As long as your not an American, your evil transgressions and intent are dismissed. Actually lauded and praised."

Why don't moonbats "get" that they are free to be moonbats and protest and march and carry signs bearing ridiculous lies and cavort nekkid and be complete ijits because they live in a free country - a country that does not cut off hands or stone people to death, nor bag up its women, nor suppress opposing ideas...goddamn, these people should be ashamed of being so stupid.  These moonbats are so 1960's.

One of the LGFers stated something the other day that I think is right on the money. "War on Terror" is a misnomer. It's the "War on Civilization" - and WE didn't start it.

http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2006/04/creeping-socialism-for-thee-but-not.html

Creeping socialism for thee, but not for me. 

posted by Joe Noory @ 10:35 AM

Creeping socialism always seems to follow the pattern of a successful society's non-productive sector promoting a growing ignorance of economics. While ‘our betters’ in the MSM are too well educated to let common sense get in the way, they go wild over the 7 percent Exxon makes. Not surprisingly there is no outcry over the 19.5 percent margin of profit on a newspaper. The old routine where they feign a concern for people must feel pretty good to those idiots who need others to be miserable in order to nobly pity them.

Rich Tucker highlights the finer points of this ridiculous routine the left keeps using: It takes the piss out of the other leftist lie that (supply and demand be damned,) energy should cost more.That creeping “redistributionism” cum folk-Marxism brings the stagnation that impacts the disadvantaged the most.

 

Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense: the myths about high oil prices

 

Natural Gas Economy Is Losing Steam

 

PEAK OIL Congress Declares War on Big Oil

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Admin would open 2M acres of Gulf to drilling

Democrats Ask, Who do you trust to Lower Gas Prices?

Kennedy’s opposition to wind farm is suspicious ( NIMBY Alert )

 

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Government Remains Biggest Oil Profiteer(Excellent piece!)

 

A LOOK AT OIL PROFITEERING:  In other words, gasoline prices were lower than at anytime since 1919 for much of recent history. Some conspiracy! Maybe somebody should have been investigating consumers for "gouging" the oil companies.(Via NewsAlert). Yes. As I've noted before, a lot of the people commenting on this stuff need some remedial education.

 

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Cuba and Bolivia don't have any oil.

Cuba does now. They're slant-drilling the deposits off of Florida that the environmentalists won't let us drill.

 

Energy Policy for Idiots

 

ILLINOIS STYLE: UI researcher makes crude oil from pig manure

 

As gas prices soar, Democrats ready for political profit

 

Sharp Reaction to G.O.P. Plan on Gas Rebate--it's an election year bribe, pure and simple. The only things that will lower gas prices are more production or refinement, getting rid of some of the gasoline regulations, or lowering the taxes on the stuff. Giving everyone $100 doesn't do a thing about the problem.

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Will $3 gasoline be enough?

 

Scientists Discover (Biggest Ever) Oil field of U.S. Coast--Castro will get to it first from the other side of the oil field...

 

Gasoline Price Hits $7 a Gallon in England

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Ex-CIA Chief: Oil Key to U.S. Security

At the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, here’s some straight talk about our dependence on foreign oil from ex-CIA chief James Woolsey: Oil key to U.S. security."If terrorists took out the sulfur-cleaning towers in northeastern Saudi Arabia, as described in the beginning of Robert Baer’s book, “Sleeping With the Devil,” crude oil prices could easily top $150 a barrel and stay there for more than a year, Woolsey said."  link: 25 comments

‘‘Gasoline Taxes and Rising Fuel Prices,’’ Tax Notes, July 18, 2005, p. 345.

 

Take it slow and save big on gas

 

Democrats Manufacture "Economic Crimes"

 

Ending America’s addiction to Middle East oil

 

Bolivia takeover alarms powerful allies

 

Canada's oil sands show big potential

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http://www.instapundit.com/

The Glenn and Helen Show: Alternative Fuels and Alternative Media

We talk to Jim Meigs of Popular Mechanics about alternative fuels, and Henry Copeland of Blogads.com about the new Blogads reader survey and the future of the blogosphere.

Popular Mechanics has just published an extensive look at alternative fuels like ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, and hydrogen (you can see the article here), and we had Editor-in-Chief Jim Meigs on to talk about what they found, and what the prospects are for getting away from gasoline -- and for the political system's getting rational about energy and fuel.

We also talk with Henry Copeland of Blogads.com about the future of the blogosphere. Blogads has just released the results of their survey on blog readers, and Henry talks about the results, the blog-advertising business, whether the blogosphere is too commercialized, and what's likely to come next. Ads on podcasts? Who knows?

You can listen directly (no iPod needed!) by clicking right here, or you can get it via iTunes. There's an archive of previous podcasts here, and you can get a low-fi version suitable for dialup here.

Music -- appropriate for both biofuels and blog advertising -- is Audra and the Antidote's "Sugar Daddy," available for download here.

As always, my lovely and talented cohost is taking comments and suggestions.

Axis Of Idiocy

White House: Forget gas-tax cut (won't solve high energy prices over long haul, economist says) --This is typical Washington speak for "Screw you. We want to keep stealing your money through every imaginable tax."

 

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$5 a Gallon!

Massive Oil Discovery off of Louisiana--Extraction can begin within two years.

This will be bottled up in courts for decades.

Executive order; start drilling and tell the envirofascists to pound salt.

"Stroke of the pen, law of the land, kind of cool..." (I think) was the quote of Der Schlickmeister. Let's turn their tactics on them.

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 Scientists Discover Biggest Ever Oil field off U.S. coast

 

China and Russia to construct floating nuclear power plants

 

Friends of Teddy Kennedy Try to Kill Offshore Wind Farm

 

Big Media Records Massive Profits - Investigations Needed

 

Why a Gas Tax Is Good for You (Jimmy Carter Treasury Employee says adopt a gas $2-$3 per gal...)

 

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: DNC Chairman on Oil ( and Jews )

 

House passes anti-gouging bill

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New Offshore Drilling = More Oil and Fish(Great Piece!)

 

Brazil's giant offshore oil discoveries

 

Oil Prices Sink Below $70 a Barrel (Congress sad because they can't pander anymore)

CA: Sufficient power expected for summer

 

MIT issues call to arms on energy ~ need policies to avert a "perfect storm" forming around energy.

 

The new Mississippi oil boom

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Why the World Is Not About to Run Out of Oil

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The Supply-Side Cure to the Energy Crisis

 

The Real Price Gougers

 

Hyping High Gas Prices, Hiding Good News--During the Reagan-Bush years, the media pushed numerous stories on the homeless/bum problem. During the Clinton years, nary a word on the homeless/bum problem. As soon as George W gets elected, stories on the homeless/bum's. I also remember in 92, leading up to the election, nothing but bad news on the economy. The next effing day, as soon as Clinton is elected, the media switches gears and says the economy is getting better and has been for several months.

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Lingle Signs Bill To Repeal Gas Cap [Hawaii] --I don't know what the price is in Hawaii, but in California it is getting high.

These are the old prices.

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http://www.velociworld.com/Velociblog/Oldvelocity/002731.html

Veloci-Fury  ... A friend of mine put it all into perspective ... "I may not like paying $5.00 a gallon for gasoline, but I sure the hell want to pay for it in U.S. Dollars, and not Mexican Pesos!"

 

Administration favors Cape Cod wind project (drunk fat ted is saddened)

 

Gas-Price Voters Aren't Pumped Up

Ignoring Growth, Eyeing Gas Gauge(MSM Naysayers)

 

Blanco vetoes natural gas port --The last poll I saw, I think it was in March, had Blank-0's approval rating in the mid-20's. Having known her and her family for over a decade before she was foisted on this state, I warned anybody who would listen that she was a complete buffoon. Katrina merely proved what I'd been saying for years.

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http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/006921.php

We Found The Oil Conspiracy!

Ever since prices began spiking at the gas pumps last year, people have demanded an investigation into why the costs of filling one's tank has skyrocketed. Conspiracy theories have abounded, especially in the blogosphere, complete with energy executives deliberately overbidding for crude oil and artificially holding down refinery capacity. Now, however, the New York Times has found the conspiracy in Washington DC, where they meet every day under a big dome and plot to run our lives and spend our money: Congress- The best part of the story is that oxygenates aren't even necessary in modern automobiles. Comments (3) |  ...here's a monthly chart of gasoline prices...http://www.tfc-charts.w2d.com/chart/UG/M

Gas fumes are getting to the GOP

Gasoline at $2 per Gallon?

 

Hawaii Gives Up on Its Attempt to Control Gas Prices

 

Evo Morales: Brazil's Barbarian At The Gate

Hawaii Gives Up on Its Attempt to Control Gas Prices

Evo Morales: Brazil's Barbarian At The Gate

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Democrats want price gouging a federal crime--what the Dem's consider price gouging is the  market at work.

 

Want better gas mileage? Try nitrogen in your tires

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Raytheon Technology Shows Promise in Extracting Oil from Shale Economically

 

Sun's Output Increasing in Possible Trend Fueling Global Warming

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Computer-Savvy Thieves Rip-Off Gas Stations

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A RATHER CRITICAL LOOK at Bush's energy policy, over at The Truth About Cars.

 

As Cuba Plans Offshore Wells, Some Want U.S. to Follow Suit--If we don't, Castro is going to drill and suck it right out from under us...

Asks What Wells Do They Drill? [Chinese oil rigs 50 mi from Key West thanks to President ------]--I don't know that we can stop them from drilling there, but we can definitely drill there ourselves. Why the heck we are letting them have the oil, I don't know. I wrote my Senator a nasty letter asking that question. Needless to say, I don't expect him to do anything about it. We've got fools of the utmost extreme running our government.

 

Cheap gas fuels fracas in Caracas (Three-cents-a-litre has its downside)

 

Giant Wind Turbines ... Floating wind farms offshore could lead to affordable electricity

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http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/006946.php

Cuba Giving China And India Access To Caribbean Oil

The US and Cuba have had a pact in place for almost thirty years dividing the Florida Straits between the two nations for ownership of the oil and natural gas underneath the ocean. Up to now, Cuba has been unable to drill for the resources, and the US has been unwilling to do so. Now, with energy prices skyrocketing due to rising demand, Cuba has leased its field to China and India. Both will begin drilling within sight of the US,   Comments (23)

Pumping profits back into drilling

Pain At The Pump: Government Gas Secrets (MPG Deception)

Ethanol Fueling a New Economy

China, Cuba reported in Gulf oil partnership (US Congress a day late and dollar short)--I truly see that there is no effective leadership in Washington, Republican or Democrat. To allow China to partner with Cuba to tap oil reserves 200 miles off our coast is a strategic and economic blunder. We need energy to drive our economy and we're not going to get it from driving hybrid cars. We need to stop giving into the environmentalists and the left. We need to drill in ANWAR and off the Gulf Coast to insure the strength of our country. Developing these reserves is going to take years. I wonder how long it would take them to make a move on the Panama Canal?

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Crude-oil prices fall as supplies rise

PIN OIL PRICES ON THE DONKEYS

Produce More Domestic Energy, Now! --The two Liberal (Leftist) Democrats running for governor in California, Angelides and Westly, are proudly running ads on TV stating that, if elected, they will stop  drilling offshore. A perfect example of two Liberals without a brain cell working when the people in California are paying $3.35 a gallon for gasoline. To top that lunacy, they also want to raise taxes. The joke here is that the idiots in California will elect one of these schmucks. Sadly, Arnold hasn't proven to be much better. The GOP better get it's act together ASAP or the entire country will suffer from brainless Liberals like these two.