[softwarecreator]

Pool on the day it first hits $100/barrel?

Can you believe this?  $70 a barrel!!  I get a shock every time I go to the gas station and fill up.

So much for the "No war for Oil" crowd.  Funny how we haven't heard much from them lately, huh?

[M. Espinola]

"So much for the "No war for Oil" crowd. Funny how we haven't heard much from them lately, huh?"

The last time those pinkos went to their local gas station they went into shock! :)

[american spirit]

Something I've been curious about.......if Iraq's production is in the range of 1-2 million barrels per day and Saddam is no longer in power who's controlling those revenues and is any of it being used to offset the cost of our occupation?

[MNJohnnie]

Can you believe this? $70 a barrel!! I get a shock every time I go to the gas station and fill up.

Let's see. Jack the price up to $3.00 a gallon. $3.00 x 30 gallons (a lot for a non commercial driver) x 52 weeks gets you


$4680.00 A YEAR.

In the same year the average family will pay at least $15-20,000 in direct and indirect taxes. And you people think I should be pissed about GAS prices????????

[RustysGirl]

So much for the "No war for Oil" crowd.

Here's a what-if scenario: What if the price of oil hits a level that begins to cripple the US economy? The US military is still in Iraq. US soldiers are still dying. We're spending huge sums of money to liberate the Iraqis (what is it currently -- $1 or $2 billion a week?). Why shouldn't we take some of that Iraqi oil, if not as "payment" for our expenses, then at least to keep our own economy going. Because if our economy crashes, then the Iraqis will definitely have no hope.

Just a thought. Maybe a bad one. But just a thought.