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Gas prices highest level since 2008 (I'm sure it's still Bush's fault. /sarc)
MSNBC ^ | 3/18/2010 | ap

Posted on 03/18/2010 5:16:55 PM PDT by tobyhill

Motorists are paying the highest prices for gas since October 2008. Retail gasoline prices rose on Thursday on an expected increase in demand and as more expensive spring and summer blends of gasoline make their way to the pumps.

The nationwide average hit $2.799 per gallon, a penny higher than Wednesday, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service.

Prices have now jumped 18.9 cents in the past month and are 87.9 cents higher than year-ago levels. Back on Oct. 23, 2008 prices averaged $2.8215 per gallon.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; gasoline; obamasfault; obamasfauly; obamasfriends

1 posted on 03/18/2010 5:16:56 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

yes and my husband told me they expect it to go to $7.00 a gallon.


2 posted on 03/18/2010 5:20:28 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: tobyhill

What say won’t have to worry about house and gas chick


3 posted on 03/18/2010 5:29:42 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: tobyhill

3.00 here


4 posted on 03/18/2010 5:32:54 PM PDT by devistate one four (If you can't feed it, don't breed it! Kimber CDP II .45 OOHRAH! TET68)
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To: tobyhill

Once the maoist stated that there would be NO drilling while he was president it was permission for OPEC to raise their prices by curtailing the supply.


6 posted on 03/18/2010 5:37:14 PM PDT by Carley (Are you better off now than one year ago? HELL NO!!!!!)
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To: tobyhill

Of course it is. The chosen one can do no wrong. He was born on a cloud and carried to earth on a unicorn! How can you argue with that? We are simply foolish to think it could be bam’s fault.


7 posted on 03/18/2010 5:37:50 PM PDT by vpintheak (How can love of God, Family and Country make me an extremist?)
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To: Carley

Exactly! It’s Obama’s “oil buddies” who are going to make a killing.


8 posted on 03/18/2010 5:47:30 PM PDT by boop (Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
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To: tobyhill

Bush started two endless land wars in Asia.


9 posted on 03/18/2010 6:04:53 PM PDT by element92
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To: tobyhill

Fluctuation of gasoline prices are a non-story, just like dog-bites-man.


10 posted on 03/18/2010 6:10:35 PM PDT by Misterioso (To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. -- Ayn Rand)
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To: tobyhill

For what it’s worth, I filled up today at a Mobil station just inside the CT state line off Interstate 84. Premium was $2.999/gal — regular must have been about 20 cents less. During my drive, I saw (premium) gasoline selling anywhere from $2.93 to $3.35 a gallon.

I tend to rely less on news reports (like the captioned AP story) than my own observations these days. The next best thing is a website that notes gasoline prices http://www.connecticutgasprices.com/index.aspx


11 posted on 03/18/2010 6:12:50 PM PDT by Mobties (A)
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To: tobyhill

After $4.00 a gallon $2.80 doesn’t hurt. And unfortunately everyone knows it so can raise taxes and/or prices without too much difficulty.


12 posted on 03/18/2010 6:13:01 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: Mobties

correction ... make that just over the CT line (in Massachusetts)


13 posted on 03/18/2010 6:14:42 PM PDT by Mobties (A)
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To: dalebert
yes and my husband told me they expect it to go to $7.00 a gallon.

Actually That's how much the liberals want us to pay in tax on Gas above and beyond the actual cost.

14 posted on 03/18/2010 6:25:46 PM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: usmcobra

Actually, that is just the taxes on top of the cost of gas!


15 posted on 03/18/2010 6:31:54 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: tobyhill

Flashback: “Obama hits McCain on economy, gas prices”

Associated Press, June, 2008: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25063183/


16 posted on 03/18/2010 7:13:00 PM PDT by Dementio
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