Rush Limbaugh Live Thread Wednesday 10-18-2006

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | 10-18-2006 | Rush Limbaugh

[MNJohnnie]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720277/posts

Why Gas Prices Dropped money.cnn.com ^ | October 16 2006 | Nelson D. Schwartz

Posted on 10/16/2006 10:31:49 AM CDT by kellynla

(Fortune Magazine) -- If the recent plunge in gas prices is the result of a conspiracy by President George W. Bush to help the Republicans retain control of Congress, as 42 percent of Americans believe, according to one Gallup poll, a lot of Wall Streeters wish they'd been in on the plot.

So what really drove prices down - if not an Oliver Stone-worthy scenario involving the Commander-in-Chief, the House of Saud and Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson cajoling his cronies at Goldman Sachs to sink the crude market?

By late summer, hedge funds and other investors had poured billions into long positions in oil, gasoline, natural gas and the rest of what traders call the "energy complex," all betting on a replay of the severe 2005 hurricane season that sent prices soaring in the wake of Katrina and Rita. But one day after oil reached a monthly high of $76.98 a barrel on Aug. 7, government meteorologists downgraded their hurricane forecast and cautioned that a repeat of 2005 was "unlikely."

That announcement, combined with the end of the summer driving season and a recalibration of the Goldman Sachs (Charts) commodity index that reduced the weighting of gasoline, prompted speculators to head for the exits even faster than they'd piled in.

The switch in Goldman's basket of commodities had been previously announced by the firm, but that didn't stop the conspiracy theorists.

[Sensei Ern]

I call you crazy, but not for that, and not to your face. x);-)

Just Kidding.

I'll call you crazy to your face...but I don't hear you being crazy.

[KevinDavis]

There is veto override also.. Which I think some people forgot about it..

[mnehring]

Teaching Republicans a lesson for only being 50% conservative (or whatever number you want to assign) is as intelligent as taking away a solders gun in the middle of a battle because he misses a shot.

[takeemout]

Exactly! I am staying optimistic. We will keep the House and Senate!

[ChicagoConservative27]

Great post.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Rush seems to think winning is simply defeating democrats regardless the political priorities.

And you believe in rewarding the Democrats for their continual 5 year drumbeat of bashing America?

[spatso]

Schuler

[angcat]

No I missed it. Was he on again last night?

[suburban_republican]

The crazy thing is that those supposed conservatives staying home to teach the pubbies a lesson for not doing what they want turn out to be the dumbest of the dumb.

rodguy, the thought process of the stay at home conservatives goes something like this ---- by punishing conservatives they feel are not conservative enough (and they think RICK SANTORUM IS ONE), in the next election, the party will "wake up" and find the uber conservative.

Un.believable.

[TexasPatriot8]

VERY WELL SAID!!! You hit the nail on the head!!! Thanks for that post. I couldn't have said it better myself!!! The Democrat party is a shadow front for global socialism, and THAT is the biggest threat to the country, second only to islamo fascist terrorism. But in one way, the socialistic Democrats are a bigger threat than the terrorists, because they can destroy real freedom and liberty in America in a way that the terrorists cannot. Democrats can legislate liberty to its grave.

[b4its2late]

Scarborough probably neglected to mention this about Sara Evans husband:

.....Schelske (her husband) having sex with other women, and that Schelske maintains “Craigs Lists” on his computers

[angcat]

That would have sent me over the edge. I would probably be in jail. Lord help me if I see anything like that.

[AliVeritas]

Ethical Lapses Ignored
http://www.floppingaces.net/

Witness at Saddam Trial Recalls Massacre
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/18/international/i051047D40.DTL

Starvation is Paradise
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24942

L.A. Teachers for Terror
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24970

Opeds Count More in War than Bullets
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24988

From Ms. Underestimated:

What's At Stake In North Korea
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/008306.php

Miller on North Korea (LOL)
http://www.msunderestimated.com/2006/10/14/dennis-millers-real-free-speech-on-hc-north-korea-video/

For those who missed War Stories: Jihad
http://www.msunderestimated.com/2006/10/16/the-jihad-an-historic-look-by-oliver-north-videos/
Or: the youtube page, while it lasts
http://www.msunderestimated.com/2006/10/17/ollie-norths-expose-on-the-jihad-youtube-videos/

Steyn re: American Alone on H&C
http://www.msunderestimated.com/2006/10/16/america-alone-mark-steyn-on-hc-video/

CSI: Baghdad
http://www.msunderestimated.com/2006/10/16/csi-baghdad-premieres-by-navy-journalist-2nd-class-john-j-pistone/

Scalia smacks around Ms. ACLU
http://www.msunderestimated.com/2006/10/18/scalia-vs-aclu-president-video/

Video from my personal favorite (you just have to watch it)
http://www.msunderestimated.com/2006/10/18/a-long-long-time-ago-we-were-wild-things-video/

[ChicagoConservative27]

Yes,tonight also.

[beyond the sea]

I don't even want to think about what might happen if we dont win,

"don't even want to think" --- Don't begin something new all of a sudden!

(just kidding)

;-)

[Sensei Ern]

I don't feel calling for Hastert to step down will affect the Republican turn out. Most people think every congressman is a crook, except their own.

[rodguy911]

The last ten days of the news cycle may be important, I'm still in a wait and see, but I concede nothing to the rats. Why concede anything to a party that stands for nothing?

[AliVeritas]

Remains of 10,000 Year Old Democrat Found

[rodguy911]

leaves you speechless.

[EmilyGeiger]

LOL, good analogy. :)