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Rush Limbaugh Live Thread Wednesday 10-18-2006
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| 10-18-2006
| Rush Limbaugh
Posted on 10/18/2006 9:03:11 AM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
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To: MNJohnnie
Glad to find the real thread today.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:12:21 AM PDT
by
Fudd Fan
(Some pray for peace; I pray for the VICTORY that will ensure it.)
To: Unrepentant VN Vet
And the economy. The Dow has passed 12000 and is rising! I remember the phrase "its the economy stupid." Interesting they are trying so hard to quell any mention of it now.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:12:22 AM PDT
by
takeemout
(God Bless Jesse Helms!)
To: MNJohnnie
LOL...Rush right outta the gate with FR talking points.
We should get credit.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:12:34 AM PDT
by
evad
(sarcasm may be introduced at any moment of any post)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Absolutely! Carpenter is ready to go tonight.
Oh, the joy of seeing the Mets fans (NY Democrats) unhappy after a Cardinal win tonight. That would be priceless.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:13:05 AM PDT
by
rightinthemiddle
(Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
To: rightinthemiddle
To: takeemout
Hmmm.....listening to the News at the top of the hour, you would think that the Dow is tanking. :)
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:14:05 AM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(Islam is the Death Cult of Perpetual Outrage!)
To: MNJohnnie
Morning all. Thanks for the ping, Johnnie.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:14:10 AM PDT
by
American Quilter
(You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
To: rightinthemiddle
That's news to me. I'm a Met fan but I'm not a NY Dem.
Broad brush.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:14:30 AM PDT
by
Fudd Fan
(Some pray for peace; I pray for the VICTORY that will ensure it.)
To: CAWats
Thanks for covering for me. Sorry I was late.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:14:31 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(EeevilCon, Snowflake, Conservative Fundamentalist Gun Owning Bush Bot Dittohead reporting for duty!)
To: American Quilter
OMG the other thread we were supposed to go to has been pulled, I go here...I go there...I am dizzy!
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:14:32 AM PDT
by
navynucmom
(US Pacific Fleet....Projecting Peace, Power and Presence)
To: MNJohnnie
Duplicate has been pulled...this is the thread.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:15:14 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Carpe Macaca)
To: All
Conservatives staying at home to 'teach a lesson' to the GOP should get real and get a clue. 'Stuck on stupid' is being kind to describe that kind of mentality. Tony Blankley is perfectly describing how dumb and irrational this is. Joe Scumbag is a disgrace.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:15:17 AM PDT
by
MaestroLC
("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
To: MNJohnnie
Here ... work N lurk mode ON.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:15:25 AM PDT
by
sono
("Islam’s borders are bloody and so are its innards." Samuel Huntington)
To: MNJohnnie
Question for Limbaugh: 'Rats. RINOs. What's the diff?
Give us a conservative, Mr. Limbaugh and we'll vote for him/her.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:15:35 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: takeemout
The Dow's over 12,000? Woohoo!!!
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:15:40 AM PDT
by
American Quilter
(You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:16:09 AM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.)
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:16:14 AM PDT
by
Sensei Ern
(http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - For a good time visit www.laurelbaptisttemple.org)
To: All
What Rush calls "Blue-bloods" are the DUmocrat RINOs, like Goober and McLoon.
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:17:15 AM PDT
by
RasterMaster
(Winning Islamic hearts and minds.........one bullet at a time!)
To: MNJohnnie
Thanks for the ping ....Godfather
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posted on
10/18/2006 9:17:15 AM PDT
by
angcat
("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
To: MaestroLC
Joe Scumbag is a POS. He really went off the deep end.
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