[kcm.org]

All President Bush really has to do is sign an Executive Order calling the CTFC to investigate the oil futures market and the manipulators will flee causing the oil bubble to explode!

[Huck]

All President Bush really has to do is sign an Executive Order calling the CTFC to investigate the oil futures market and the manipulators will flee causing the oil bubble to explode!

That's what I've read as well. Oil man president presiding over free for all of deregulated opaque speculation by the big banks and hedge funds. Don't see a lot of talk about it here on FR, though. Just the standard mantra about drilling.

[gathersnomoss]

Hmmm, now why would the POTUS not want to protect the US interests? Why would the POTUS delay for 7 years, and not use his bully pulpit to take action on such a security threat to the US?

Hmmm. Think Global.

[nmh]

All President Bush really has to do is sign an Executive Order calling the CTFC to investigate the oil futures market and the manipulators will flee causing the oil bubble to explode!

WHY doesn’t he DO THIS NOW?

[Osage Orange]

All President Bush really has to do is sign an Executive Order calling the CTFC to investigate the oil futures market and the manipulators will flee causing the oil bubble to explode!

Really?

And George Soros told you this....

There's a great source.........

[Born to Conserve]

” and the manipulators will flee causing the oil bubble to explode!”

People are paying the current prices for every drop of oil they can buy, why would anyone sell it for less? There is no “speculator bubble” — consumers are setting the price.

[rb22982]

What if it’s not a bubble? You do realize that investors must sell their contract or take delivery (which they don’t want to do)? You also realize that despite record high prices, inventory levels are way down and well below the historic norm? Probably no more than $20/barrel is speculation currently which means we’d still have $4/gal gas.