Posted on 07/30/2008 2:34:30 PM PDT by ncfool
just thought you would appreciate seeing the update I just received
from the Stop Oil Speculation Now coalition that we joined. I know many of you have used the SOS Now website to contact your Senators and Congressman...
I certainly have and I applaud you. There are many political games being played by Democrats surrounding this oil speculation legislation that have complicated the bill's progress.
We all need to continue to push, but action on this may be delayed until September following the August congressional recess unless we hit them with more email.
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Singer [mailto:phil@marathonstrategies.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:30 PM
To:
Subject: New Ad -- please post on website!
Since its launch earlier this month, the SOS Now effort has generated
1.5 million messages to Congress from concerned citizens. The outcry
has been so extraordinary that we've heard that the Senate email
servers have experienced unusually high volumes of traffic at times.
In an effort to keep the drumbeat going, the coalition is running the
attached ad this week in The Hill, Politico and Roll Call.
In order to maximize the reach of the ad, we are asking members and
supporters of the SOS Now coalition to place a websticker featuring the
ad on their respective websites. The following link will take you to
the websticker: http://capwiz.com/sosnow/remotecontent/
All you need to do is copy the html code from this page and paste it
into your Website for the ad to appear. Please note there are two new
webstickers to choose from - one has the recess time sensitive text and
the other is more general.
Please email with any questions and let me know if you have other ideas
for pressing the case.
Phil
Nope
Web Sticker link to add to your Blogs and Web Sites:
The following link will take you to
the websticker: http://capwiz.com/sosnow/remotecontent/
I rather tell Congress to allow drilling offshore and in ANWR.
Lack of oil supply is the disease. Speculation is just a symptom. Cure the disease by drilling now.
I already wrote my congress-critters. Told them to keep their nose out of the commodity markets before we end up with shortages.
you are new here right?
Nope. “Speculators” are presently taking a bath, which is how it’s supposed to work.
If you stop speculation in the US, oil will stop coming here and will simply be sold in other markets. Which means that oil prices will then go sky high here.
Want to end deleterious oil speculation? Increase domestic oil supply to the point where speculation would be financially stupid due to massive oversupply.
WHAT!!!!??????????????
The speculators are now speculating on the price GOING DOWN!!
You need to keep up with what the market is doing before posting this kind of nonsense.
If anything, stopping the speculation will keep the prices up.
You recommending we scrap the futures market entirely? How bout corn? wheat? soybeans?
Seen any “windfall profits” driving up those commodity prices?
I got a better idea, contact your congress and tell them
DRILL OR GET OFF THE HILL!!
Pelosi AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
If Pelosi and Reid are for it, I am against it.
Bobkk47,
I agree with you and support doing that too. We just need to engage all American’s to email their elected officials. Its an easy click and send message that we fail doing. I have also written them on drilling . My congressman told me it wouldn’t help and I then sent his opponent $250.00 as we need to defeat Democrats like Dennis Moore of Kansas who are part of the problem.
I know something we can cure by drilling, and it isn't an oil shortage.
Only half of them are, the other half is making a killing.
It always works that way, speculation is a zero-sum game
All you need is more supply. Producers will start selling forward to lock in their price. ‘Long and Wrong’ speculators will bail from their positions...and start speculating the other way.
Oh HorseSh17.
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