[Vote 4 Nixon]

Me too. The American people are being screwed over by big oil. If they fixed that pipeline next month gas prices would never drift back down to what they were a few weeks ago. We are being conditioned like cattle to gradually accept the higher prices. What drives me crazy is the fact that the vast majority of people couldn't seem to give a care less.

[lonestar]

The American people are being screwed over by big oil.

I pay about the same for a gallon of milk and I don't think I'm being "screwed over" by cows!

[katyusha]

--The American people are being screwed over by big oil. If they fixed that pipeline next month gas prices would never drift back down to what they were a few weeks ago. We are being conditioned like cattle to gradually accept the higher prices. What drives me crazy is the fact that the vast majority of people couldn\'t seem to give a care less--


How can you say such things? Oil companies would NEVER do anything underhanded to boost their profits. (sarc) Your penance is to face Wall Street 5 times a day and chant Market Akhbar, Market Akhbar!
Seriously, though people in our conservative movement have to stop drinking the free-market kool-aid the oil companies are handing out. Ever notice how you never see oil companies advertise for more drilling in ANWR or the coasts? Oil is like diamonds. The more you find, the less valuable they become. It is in the oil industrys interest (paradoxical but true) to have the envirowackos prevent oil drilling in key areas. It is good to see someone on these boards who understands the big picture.

[ThinkDifferent]

The American people are being screwed over by big oil. If they fixed that pipeline next month gas prices would never drift back down to what they were a few weeks ago.

As I keep asking and never get a coherent response, if Big Oil has this omnipotent ability to fix prices, why were we ever paying less than $1/gallon? If there were a conspiracy, prices would be high and *stable*.