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Bush Says Little Can Be Done About High Gas Prices
Sierra Times ^
| 4/22/2006
| AP Staff
Posted on 04/24/2006 4:59:57 AM PDT by FerdieMurphy
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To: Don'tMessWithTexas
My guess that a lot of the whiners have no concept of finance at all.
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posted on
04/24/2006 6:45:12 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: kabar
LOWER GAS TAXES You know, when this first happened in 2000, two things were said. Then candidate Bush said he would call his friends the Saudi's to turn the taps on and Limbaugh said that Clinton with the stroke of a pen could remove the federal taxes on gas as well as drop the additive expectations with both actions lowering cost.
Was that call made to his friends and why hasn't the stoke of a pen happened?
To: Alberta's Child
Correction -- YOU voted for someone you thought would be a leader.
Uhh... CORRECTION -- Bush claimed that he would tackle all manner of America's ills, from rebuilding the military to fixing Social Security to simplifying the tax code... Now, my Webster's dictionary must be outdated, because it defines a leader as somone who influences or induces; someone who conducts by holding or guiding; someone who commands or directs; somone who is at the head (of something). I know it's a huge stretch of the imagination, but bear with me... when you claim to be the man who will lead the country in this new direction (and you hold a majority in both houses;), you're claiming to be a leader rather than a do-nothing political hack.
Democratic governments don't have leaders
Huh? My understanding of world history, and of US history, and of the definition of democracy and representative republic must be waaaaay off. Guess I'll have to get rid of that outdated copy of Webster's.
BTW, Reagan was one hell of a president, and the nanny-state attitude was already well-established. Bush has been an improvement over Clinton, but we've been robbing Peter to pay Paul if his (and the Republican House and Senate's) choices mean a return to the democrat party regime.
143
posted on
04/24/2006 6:48:37 AM PDT
by
snowrip
(Liberal? YOU HAVE NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT. Actually, you lack even a legitimate excuse.)
To: linda_22003
Because, he lets me pick his brain on projects that I don't know how to handle.
They are rich, his wife is a doctor and he stays at home.
144
posted on
04/24/2006 6:49:14 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: Ramius
The reality is that global demand for gas is spiking, especially in China and India. China alone is importing about 100 Million tons of oil a year that they weren't 5-6 years ago.
145
posted on
04/24/2006 6:50:35 AM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: glockmeister40
"It appears that the president wants a democratic congress and senate in 2006." Regardless his intention(s), that'll be the result as sure as God made little green apples.
"Saying there is little he can do just pisses people off."
People don't like "leaders" who're "helpless", I know I don't.
The nation has an election coming up in a few months and the citizens will surely express their anger at the polls.
"His comments show a callous disregard for common people."
Maybe, maybe not.
Depends who's ears the impotent attempt at sympathy falls.
In any event the Liberal-Socialists will pitch-in to help this POTUS clarify his comment(s).
...all the way up to November's elections. ;^)
146
posted on
04/24/2006 6:51:10 AM PDT
by
Landru
(A sucker's born every minute, now we're swamped.)
To: from occupied ga
The day that I saw a woman pay over 30.00 for a birthday cake with her little EBT card I decided to say something about the taxpayers would really have like her to buy a cake mix and a tub of frosting. I even offered to pay for the candles, since they were not allowed.
147
posted on
04/24/2006 6:51:59 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: mariabush
Still, it might be interesting to ask him if he needs to pour out so much exhaust while he's visiting. ;)
To: wequalswinner
and scare those a-wipes into lowering the price. Given the ones that are the problem right now, it would drive up prices further in the short run. Right now, in fact, Iran's rhetoric is part of the problem, and because of our division on the Iraq war, threats aren't going to cut it - Iran doesn't believe we'll actually attack them.
149
posted on
04/24/2006 6:53:12 AM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Fighting Irish
No he hasn't. It just looks like to you.
150
posted on
04/24/2006 6:53:22 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: wequalswinner
I'm seriously thinking the next vehicle to buy is the hybrid variety How long will your ROI be for that?
151
posted on
04/24/2006 6:54:40 AM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: mariabush
And there are still long lines at Starbucks.
152
posted on
04/24/2006 6:55:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: lepton
They could suspend the federal tax on gas tomorrow and at the same time cut out some costly additives, but they won't.
153
posted on
04/24/2006 6:56:09 AM PDT
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: linda_22003
In TX defence, sometines those babies just come whether planned or not.
154
posted on
04/24/2006 6:56:38 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: mariabush
In some places around me it's actually illegal to idle your car, and you can receive a pretty hefty fine if you get caught!
155
posted on
04/24/2006 6:56:46 AM PDT
by
jpl
To: mariabush
I'm certainly not criticizing having kids, planned or unplanned, just saying that once you do, gas prices are the least of your expenses. ;)
To: linda_22003
157
posted on
04/24/2006 6:59:03 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: dfwgator
Starbuck's could cut cost as well. That coffee is so strong that you could stand a spoon up in it.
158
posted on
04/24/2006 7:00:18 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: snowrip
Go back over the last 30 years and take a look at what passes for political discourse and debate. Politicians are among the most thoroughly mediocre, half-@ssed people you will meet in any walk of life. If you went through each elected member of the U.S. government -- regardless of political affiliation -- you'll likely find that the most common attributes these people have are excessive (often pathological) ambition and marginal intelligence.
Just listen to all these jack@sses complaining about "price-gouging" in the oil industry, and complaining about that $400 million retirement package for ExxonMobil's CEO as if it were some kind of crime against humanity. If these people weren't so dopey and self-aggrandizing, they'd change careers and become oil executives.
159
posted on
04/24/2006 7:01:27 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: Mayflower Sister
Didn't Hawaii put a cap on gas prices? Can't there be a federa cap on gas prices?
160
posted on
04/24/2006 7:01:37 AM PDT
by
brwnsuga
(Black, Proud, Conservative!)
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