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To: RayChuang88; neverdem; doug from upland; Cyber Liberty
I too am very, very suspicious of the “invisible” oil traders who are driving the oil prices up.

Deliberately? Certainly.

But if (when ?) we find out WHO they are, then the motives becomes more clear. It may not be Soros. But artificially driving up (then down) prices after a country or industry is locked into a commitment IS a tactic that Enron and Soros have used before.

Soros is determined to destroy the US, and manipulating oil prices is a good fast way to do it.

11 posted on 05/24/2008 7:12:17 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I am a small oil trader..and I don’t drive up prices, because I never take delivery of a contract or store it waiting for a hire price. All commodities have futures..and they only help to stabilize prices. Usually the small guys loose, since they tend to follow the bubble up and down.
What you all need to understand that even a small shortage..can cause a violent up tick in real prices consumers pay(consumers are refiners and retail)..
Conservatives need to defend our free enterprise system..and until you start seeing tankers lined up full and waiting for higher prices(Like Iran maybe)..speculators are not creating the shortage.
I hedge on these..because I am a consumer of oil and want to make some of the profit to cover my growing cost of fuel for my vehicles..RV and car. With diesel selling at 4.64..and getting 12mpg..I can use it. So when I think oil companies or oil is selling cheap..I buy. So far it is working. I have more than covered all my fuel costs in a soaring situation.
So wise up conservatives..we live in a free country for the time being. I would like to see if freer and have less taxes..so I will take my best shot at voting for McCain and GOP.


12 posted on 05/24/2008 7:56:31 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I am a small oil trader..and I don’t drive up prices, because I never take delivery of a contract or store it waiting for a hire price. All commodities have futures..and they only help to stabilize prices. Usually the small guys loose, since they tend to follow the bubble up and down.
What you all need to understand that even a small shortage..can cause a violent up tick in real prices consumers pay(consumers are refiners and retail)..
Conservatives need to defend our free enterprise system..and until you start seeing tankers lined up full and waiting for higher prices(Like Iran maybe)..speculators are not creating the shortage.
I hedge on these..because I am a consumer of oil and want to make some of the profit to cover my growing cost of fuel for my vehicles..RV and car. With diesel selling at 4.64..and getting 12mpg..I can use it. So when I think oil companies or oil is selling cheap..I buy. So far it is working. I have more than covered all my fuel costs in a soaring situation.
So wise up conservatives..we live in a free country for the time being. I would like to see if freer and have less taxes..so I will take my best shot at voting for McCain and GOP.


13 posted on 05/24/2008 7:58:25 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

thanks, bfl


35 posted on 05/25/2008 5:35:01 PM PDT by neverdem (I'm praying for a Divine Intervention.)
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