Gas Prices Approaching $4 Per Gallon: Bad News for Obama?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/10 21:00:00

Related Topics: Barack Obama, Gas Prices, 2012 Election, Gas

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Associated Press:Analysts expect West Coast gas prices to rise beyond $4 a gallon after a fire knocked out a key section of one of the nation's largest oil refineries.

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Heisenberg 2012/08/10 14:51:01

No

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I don't blame Obama for the high gas prices but if a Republican was president you can bet almost every news outlet and entertainment source would be blaming the POTUS.
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Muhamma... to Michaelene 2012/08/27 19:44:45

With all due respect. Do you realize how absurd that is. Why didn't Newt crush President Clinton? He was the House Speaker. Citizen please! Even the right wing nuts don't believe she is that powerful. By the way are there any other congressman with that power and a evil agenda?

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Michaelene to Muhamma... 2012/08/28 14:16:47

Absurd is right, no one made Waters say what she said "I will socialize your companies" She let it slip, by accident, emotion overcame her.

Franks and Dodd were once very powerful too, even got a bill in their name, and helped themselves to VIP mortgages while the rest of America got screwed in their pocketbooks.

They're retired and praying they can keep Obama in office so they never have to face charges for fraud due to F Mae and F Mac.

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Muhamma... to Michaelene 2012/08/28 18:09:30

Well Newt was fined thousands by his own party controlled congress. What about the power? Corruption Yes. Power to destroy a nation No.

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Michaelene to Muhamma... 2012/09/07 13:12:36

I guess those were the good old days when ethics were the rule and those who broke them paid fines. Now even the most vile politicians get nothing but a slap on the wrist and a chairmanship so they get MORE money from the taxpayers, i.e. Charlie Rangel.

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Tuna to Muhamma... 2012/08/11 15:42:37

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It took the progressives 100 years to nationalize health care but they did it.

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Muhamma... to Tuna 2012/08/26 18:24:47

Health care is not nationalized and you know it. Don't just make stuff up.

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Tuna to Muhamma... 2012/08/27 19:24:19 (edited)

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Government run isn't it? Pay the government or go to jail/face a fine. WTF do youcall it, certainly not free market economics

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Muhamma... to Tuna 2012/08/27 19:49:56

What about the Insurance companies? Are they nationalized also? They love this bill. It's more customers for them. Obama Nationalized the heath care industry sounds good while you're drinking a beer, but sorry it just ain't true. Maybe after Romney wins we'll get some real Mass.style heath care.

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Tuna to Muhamma... 2012/08/27 20:02:31

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Ins. Cos. know their time is limited; that single payer socialized medicine will follow soon.

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Muhamma... to Tuna 2012/08/27 20:20:21

Not if you do your duty and defend the Constitution! Oh wait right wing Chief Justice say it is.

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Tuna to Muhamma... 2012/08/28 12:32:47

Ron Paul is the only one defending the Constitution; look pal, you dialed a wrong number, I am not a liberal so your argument is misplaced.

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mich52 to Tuna 2012/08/11 14:25:30

Oil regardless of where its drilled goes on the world market you know that..

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Tuna to mich52 2012/08/11 15:52:41

Screw the WORLD; like Ron Paul says "America first for a while"; when the WORLD arranged for all the sand poor OPEC nations to get the oil industry we were paying less than $1 refining TEXAS crude oil; the WORLD said it would be cheaper using OPEC oil; time to break those chains; let the OPEC nations eat some sand for a while instead of OUR grain, crops.

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mich52 to Tuna 2012/08/11 16:38:56

I agree but till something changes that's the way it is.

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Muhamma... to Tuna 2012/08/26 18:30:05

What year was that ? what we have like 100,000 cars? of course it was cheaper. We still pay less money than any other Western nation.

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jimmy d to Tuna 2012/08/11 14:58:49

I concur.
If he acted on the Keystone Pipeline oil prices would've dropped in the world market many months ago. He had his opportunity and now has to be held accountable. His war on oil is an assault on jobs, economic growth, and lower energy costs. Even drilling permits are down on his watch. Do me a favor and refer to this:
http://news.investors.com/art...

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Tuna to jimmy d 2012/08/11 15:43:56

And the Gulf rigs shut down following that "non-event" oil spill are GONE, shut down.

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Muhamma... to Tuna 2012/08/27 19:53:06

Non Event? You have to be joking. Exxon themselves are spending 100's millions fixing that mess. Can't you give free enterprise some credit? Go ahead it won't help Obama.

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Nekosarethebest 2012/08/11 12:13:40

Yes

Hey, mom. Can I have a bike? :D

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tittyslap 2012/08/11 12:08:27

Yes

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Appointed by President Obama in January 2009, the 12th Secretary of Energy Steven Chu comments on gas prices, "Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe." Oops

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Blank B... to tittyslap 2012/08/11 13:29:25
Michaelene to tittyslap 2012/08/11 15:03:37

Mr "crucify" Chu will use this as another excuse to attempt to take over our nations energy.

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Muhamma... to Michaelene 2012/08/26 18:33:57

Take over? Take it were. Wake up people "there are no unicorns."

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engineer 2012/08/11 12:03:49

No

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The oil companies don't want Obama since he wants to see that the speculators get to be regulated to help the US. Right now they are raisng the prices to make it uneasy for Obama. They want the non caring (unless your wealthy) right in office.

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tittyslap to engineer 2012/08/11 12:27:11

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The price is market driven which the Obama admin makes hostile by over regulating, sanctioning, & restricting.

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engineer to tittyslap 2012/08/14 00:00:25

B U L L S H I T ! ! !

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Tuna to engineer 2012/08/11 12:29:23

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All that Green Energy crap has poured gasoline on the fire. Who was it that said "a society can not burn their FOOD for fuel"??

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jimmy d to engineer 2012/08/11 15:06:28

yeah but Obama should want the oil companies tax revenues.... Can you imagine the budget deficit without BIG OIL?
The federal Energy Information Administration reports that the industry paid some $35.7 billion in corporate income taxes in 2009, the latest year for which data are available. That alone is about 10% of non-defense discretionary spending—and it would cover a lot of Solyndras. That figure also doesn't count excise taxes, state taxes and rents, royalties, fees and bonus payments. All told, the government rakes in $86 million from oil and gas every day—far more than from any other business.

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Charles Braley 2012/08/11 11:52:55

Yes

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As well as; slowth job growth, slow recovery, etc

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Tuna to Charles... 2012/08/11 12:30:37

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All of our enemies that we buy oli from know they better get it while they can. When Obama is gone (November) we begin our energy independance.

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Blank B... to Tuna 2012/08/11 13:29:58
Tuna to Blank B... 2012/08/11 15:54:20

Buzz off freak; are you stalking me?

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Blank B... to Tuna 2012/08/11 23:40:35
EricJM 2012/08/11 11:41:12

No

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Every president in recent history has suffered from this price process, yet it is not government controlled nor negotiated by presidents. It is all predicated by the gas and oil companies.

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Gasbagmike to EricJM 2012/08/11 12:23:50

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not true, we can control it by drilling our own oil

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mich52 to Gasbagmike 2012/08/11 14:28:44

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Not true, it still goes on the world market.

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jimmy d to mich52 2012/08/11 15:07:08

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Can you go on the world market?

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EricJM to Gasbagmike 2012/09/22 08:11:06

Even if we drilled and extracted every drop of oil we could in America, which we aim to do, it will take deccades to be of full ose to us due to refining and investment markets. That is why we are trying to progress to greener energy where we can, and use every source possible(nuclear, eletric cars, safer coal, etc). Nice try, but it will be a cold day in Hell when a 17 y.o. named gasbag in a bad mullet wig is ever going to think he can school me. Finish preschool anfd get back to me in 20 years.

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Gasbagmike to EricJM 2012/09/24 22:05:27

i agree with you on the greener energy, but drilling oil in america is the short term solution it is still better than the position we are in now, and atleast it would generate more jobs, which we are in desperate need for. I think we should be spending our money on solar panel research instead of the other useless plans we are putting our money into.

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mal 2012/08/11 11:05:36

Yes

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NOBAMA !

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