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32:1? Today Show's Curry Hopes for Worst in Wake of BP Shutdown
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| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 08/07/2006 5:27:11 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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Today Show/NewsBusters gas-price ping to Today show list.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
A recalculation indicates Ann was suggesting a price hike 'only' 28 times greater than the proportion of global crude oil production lost.
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posted on
08/07/2006 5:37:11 AM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
As far as infobabes go, Ann Curry doesn't do anything for me.
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posted on
08/07/2006 5:39:58 AM PDT
by
BaBaStooey
(I heart Emma Caulfield.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Of course Curry is going to do some heavy lifting for her Democratic brethren. If Curry and the rest of the MSM can continue to fan the flames of discontent over high gas prices perhaps they can get the change in Congress that they are so desperately hoping for.
I loathe the MSM types for NEVER pointing out that we are thus affected by such a small shut down in large measure because environmental wackos - whom she, and the rest of the MSM wholeheartedly supports - have completely restricted our access to ANWAR, offshore drilling, and nuclear power! Is there any wonder why a small pebble in our shoe completely debilitates us??
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posted on
08/07/2006 5:42:24 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: BaBaStooey
As far as infobabes go, Ann Curry doesn't do anything for me.
I wholeheartedly agree.
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posted on
08/07/2006 5:42:29 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Curry closed by telling Insana to "come back when you have good news." Somehow you sensed she didn't mean it.You could bet the farm on this one. No way Curry/NBC/MSM are looking for any good news.
Thanks for watching GLGB. I still cannot bear to watch, but am most appreciative of you doing so.
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posted on
08/07/2006 5:46:51 AM PDT
by
Chuck54
To: Chuck54
Thanks, Chuck - my pleasure. Curry's rooting-for-the-worst was so blatant.
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posted on
08/07/2006 5:49:45 AM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Why has no one seen the obvious. This is a stunt by BP, no doubt at the behest of the oil industry AS A WHOLE, to force oil prices even higher on some lame pretext. If you believe that BP really is shutting down that line because of corrosion, I have a summer home in Al-Anbar Province I can sell you for a song!
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posted on
08/07/2006 5:52:37 AM PDT
by
katyusha
(Those who fail history are doomed to go to summer school)
To: Obadiah; All
"...we are thus affected by such a small shut down in large measure because environmental wackos...
Amen! Also, ever notice how MSM reporters are now asking for more and more conclusions from the person reporting the story, rather than backing up any conclusions/generalizations with hard research? Watch the evening news and listen for: "According to a recent ABC (or fill in your own MSM network) poll, the demand for crude oil is now perfectly inelastic." (or some other equally stupid statement). They're making up their own news! I even asked to see an ABC poll a few years back about building power plants and was told: "The poll is not available to the general public". Believe me, anyone who is adept at writing questionnaires can word them in ways that produce the results they want.
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posted on
08/07/2006 6:00:23 AM PDT
by
econjack
To: katyusha
This is a stunt by BP, no doubt at the behest of the oil industry AS A WHOLE, to force oil prices even higher on some lame pretext.
What's the basis for your conclusion? Hate for the oil industry or hard evidence?
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posted on
08/07/2006 6:03:06 AM PDT
by
econjack
To: econjack
Merely common sense and an understanding of human nature. When I was a young person like you, I, too, had total faith in the market.
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posted on
08/07/2006 6:11:22 AM PDT
by
katyusha
(Those who fail history are doomed to go to summer school)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Curry: "How much? $10 [per barrel]?"
Insana: "In a single day that would be a lot."She could have said $100 [per barrel]... and Insana would have said the same thing.
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posted on
08/07/2006 6:11:43 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Looks Democrats were lying when they said oil from Alaska would be a mere drop in the bucket.
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posted on
08/07/2006 6:13:24 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(It's a small world after all. I'd rather have Israelis as neighbors than have Hizb'allah as neigbors)
To: governsleastgovernsbest; All
I thought OIL was not the real issue, the real issue is REFINERIES.
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posted on
08/07/2006 6:14:21 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: katyusha
At first, I thought what you're saying was silly. But, on further thought,,,,,
How could these pipes have corroded so quickly? I 'm the operator of a small water company, and our tanks have been in use for almost 50 years. They were inspected last year, and the inspector said they were good for another forty years at least. And they're full of rising and falling water, not a lubricant type material. What did they make these pipes out of? Tinfoil?
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
yep..they skimped on the steel..you know ..big Government projects...unions...the mob...just like the big dig....skimp on the cement..payoff the inspector...
we should be building nukes, drilling for oil all over the place...getting ourselves away from the middle east terrorists....lets get going US...besides it creates great jobs..and Democrats like that...right?
To: syriacus
Looks Democrats were lying when they said oil from Alaska would be a mere drop in the bucket.Great point!! Except that for the MSM, 400,000 barrels/day is only a lot when it's being subtracted from the market, not added ;-)
To: syriacus
I really think your point here is brilliant. I've added it to the original NewsBusters item and given you a big hat tip.
To: katyusha
When I was a young person like you, I, too, had total faith in the market. Thanks for the compliment, but I'm two years younger than dirt, having taught university-level economics for over 20 years. Anyway, please don't fall into the "we ought to punish the oil companies and levy an excess profits tax on them!" crowd. Which would you rather do: 1) levy an excess profits tax and have Washington get a windfall income increase, or 2) let the companies who produce oil have the profits and use them to find more (profitable) oil? Oil companies during the last quarter made a 10% profit on gross sales. Given that the "easy" oil is already being drilled, they need the extra income to absorb the greater costs and risks associated with current exploration. This is even more true because of the "tree huggers" opposition to less expensive exploration (e.g., the Gulf of Mexico).
As to giving the govt more income via an excess profits tax, Congress levied an "alternative fuel tax" in the mid-1970's to pay for alternative fuel sources. I don't know about where you are, but they don't seem to be selling any of that alternative fuel in my neighborhood, but they're still collecting the tax.
No...the market can solve a billion simultaneous equations per day a heck of a lot better than some money-grubbing politician in Washington. I will always trust free markets more than politicians or tree-huggers.
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posted on
08/07/2006 6:41:47 AM PDT
by
econjack
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