Probably a dollar Bob :/

Last week the President remarked that gas prices were now the same price as when he was elected. So my local gas station looked back on their records to find what their gas prices were on that day.

Then they sold 15 gallons of gas per customer at a time @ $1.86 a gallon for 8 hours.

A huge sign read No Mr. President this was the price of gas when you were elected.

$1.89

Good thing 15 gallons is a fill up in my Toyota.

The next day it was $3.29 for about an hour then it shot up to $3.69 by the afternoon.

Hopefully this will all settle down in a month because that's how long my fill up will last me.

And we can always hope the President tells us another lie about gas prices.

Your right, An excuse for gas to increase!

With Saudi Arabia, oil companies and their lobbyists efforts, there are sanctions on Iranian oil.

Oil prices are already being manipulated high just repeating cruel jokes during Iraqi wars.

PKK should shut down oil supplies to Turkey. Turkey has no business in Syria.

In Syria, majority Sunnis want their own Sunni ruler.

With the same logic, Bahrain should have a Shiite leader.

When Muslims form more than 20 percent they want their own "stan".

So Kurds deserve their own Kurdistan.

Shiites, should fight for their Shiastans, wherever they form more than ten percent.

They should start it from Saudi Arabia, mother of most of world problems including high oil prices and Islamic radicalism and terrorism.

The blame goes to the environmentalist. Bush opened up land to be drilled, that brought the price back down. Obama under pressure, closed those same lands, and this is the result. There is only so much oil in the world, and by closing land to oil production, the supply diminishes.

@KevinT

I guess you have no clue what a global commodity is, right? Even if we drill more, drill everywhere, it will not make a dent.

The problem is the oil corporations can sell anywhere in the world if they pay higher price. That is why we have number 1 oil export in 2011.

@3rdpartyadvocate

Gas below 2 dollars? Must have been like 12 years ago. When Obama about to take office, gas still at 3.50+ from where I live.

I find it funny that GOP said they will make gas 2.00 again if they get elect. How are they going to do it? Force oil corporation to lower price? Talking point to get elect...

I hope they can raise the price of gas sufficiently enough to provide a nice bonus for some of their executive staff while at the same time they can lower their line workers wages and strip them of health insurance and job security for good! They can then redirect the extra money from the oil price increase and that which would have been used for health insurance and wages to themselves and their fancy lifestyles!! They use newborn baby,s (usually brown ones) to wipe their asses with!!!

The President of the United States either Democrat or Republican has no control over the price of Gas. 3rdpartyadvocate may I recommend the following article you might find it informative. It is a cnn article - written by Verrastro and West on 4/3/12

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/opinion/verrastro-west-gas-prices/index.html

Cuong You do not think. Supply and demand determine the price of oil. The smaller the supply, the higher the price. Take gold for example. What do you think would happen to the price if someone found and put on the market 5,000 tons? The price would drop like a rock.

I told you how they did it. Bush opened up land to oil production, thus increasing supply. You have listened to MSNBC way to long. We are the #1 exporter of REFINED gas. We are also the #1 importer of oil. You must have took a mental vacation during the last 4 months of 2008. Yes gas was $1.89. Google it if you have doubts.

I don't understand why we as a country repeatedly rely on OPEC to provide us with oil. The Canadian pipeline, which has been repeatedly offered to us and has been "postponed" until after the election would be of enormous help. Two years worth of study's had been done on the environmental impact of said pipeline and nothing negative has ever been found. Immediate crude from Canada, immediate jobs in the pipeline construction and the likeyhood that a new, or at least an improvement on an existing refinery, would be done; look, more jobs!! There has been a pipeline in Alaska for decades with no problem (as far as I know of anyway and I'm too lazy to look it up.) So, why do we continue to subsidize the Middle East? How much more stupid can the Administration be.

By the way, if you look at a futures chart of the nearest month of crude oil, it has been in a downtrend but has now established a trend up with support near what converts to $3.50 to $3.75 range in refined gasoline.

americanwarrior:

as far as I know of anyway and I'm too lazy to look it up.

Yes, that appears to be a common thread in your knowledge of the facts.

Canada offered us a pipeline to be built over the largest aquafier in that area, with the oil being shipped out of the southern ports. So Americans get temporary jobs, all the environmental risk and no oil.

Who says nothing negative was found in the environmental report?

They say laziness is the work of the devil.

What the h*ll is wrong with that part of the world? Just a bunch of violent, backward sh!t-for-brains.

Patsy neither the GOP or the Dems will work to fix it. Both sides get big money to let oil companies do what they want. Whenever they want a price increase they look for a hurricane, something this or any other possible reason to hike up the price. This didn't happen 25 - 30 years ago. This just as much as Obama's fault for not reeling in Wall Street when he had the chance.

Agreed captn curtass, although the same can be said about ourselves.

As americanwarrior has so blatantly demonstrated, you have to wonder how people are so willing to risk pooping where they eat.

What do people think all the oil we get here in America stays here?, it goes over seas where the profit is higher, you people need to get a grip, no matter how much oil is taken from our land the price is not going to go down, they are exporting it all. They can pay less taxes because they can hide the money if it's not made here.

Debi, I can't argue with the poop where you eat thing, but if by "ourselves" you mean the general population, I'm not so sure about that. If you mean our elected representatives, I'm definitely on board with that. While we do have our share of home grown terrorists, it's nowhere near the level of that area, which was my main point. I do, however look forward to the day when our elected representatives will represent "We the people", instead of themselves and the military/industrial/special interest group complex, and that a majority of "We the people" will stop blindly following party lines. It's basic human nature to have to believe in something, it's just a shame that more people don't try believing in themselves and their own abilities for a change. Oh well, as a species, we're maybe in our adolescence, maybe. Have a good weekend.

@thirdpartyadvocate,

You are telling an absolute lie. Gas prices were well over $3.00 a gallon when Obama took office --- about the same as when he was elected. Here is a link to historical gas prices so everyone can see what a liar you are:

http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx

I simply do not understand why Republicans feel so compelled to tell lies that are so easily discounted. They are either 1) that stupid or 2) think everyone else is that stupid.

The bottom line has become: Anytime a Republican tells you anything, check it out.

Nort true and you know it !

Stop the liberal talking points .

By the way , gasoline went up .15 cents per gallon in California yesterday !

Since you like the word stupid and use it recklessly I suggest you look in the mirror !

captn curtass: I don't believe the general population of any country wants war or acts of terrorism; it's those in power, the decision makers, who perpetrate the evil acts against one another who are the real terrorists.

As for ourselves, we provide manpower, money and weapons in order to control and overthrow those in power of other countries. We do more damage around the world than any 9/11 act. Those affected see us as terrorists, too.

Over the years, we've paid trillions of dollars for black ops budgets without the people, the legislature or the executive branches of our government knowing how it is spent. Where do you think all of that money is going? Building schools in Africa for the poor children?

As the most powerful country in the world, with the capability of doing the most good for the world, this cannot be our country's proudest moments.

AmericanWarrior,

We already get most of our oil from both Canada and Mexico. The problem is that oil is a commodity and it is sold on the world market. Also the last I heard the Keystone pipeline is just being re-routed to avoid possible ground water contamination.

Google - alaskan pipeline problems Its done pretty well but nothings perfect.

With Saudi Arabia, oil companies and their lobbyists efforts, there are sanctions on Iranian oil.

Oil prices are already being manipulated high just repeating cruel jokes during Iraqi wars.

PKK should shut down oil supplies to Turkey. Turkey has no business in Syria.

In Syria, majority Sunnis want their own Sunni ruler.

With the same logic, Bahrain should have a Shiite leader.

When Muslims form more than 20 percent they want their own "stan".

So Kurds deserve their own Kurdistan.

Shiites, should fight for their Shiastans, wherever they form more than ten percent.

They should start it from Saudi Arabia, mother of most of world problems including high oil prices and Islamic radicalism and terrorism.

You forgot the most important issue:

Palestinians should have their own country; Isreal moves to 1967 borders and freaking stay there...

Brilliant comment /sarcasm/ Too bad you don't have a figment of a mind to work with. I'm sure you were one of the one's saying we (Bush and Cheney) went to war in Iraq for oil ... well, is Obama now the "evil oil baron" of the west? When these attacks become more numerous and more effective and oil DOES jump to $140 barrel inside of a week, I guess we'll see if your twisted sense of "humor" still holds out.

Actually the oil companies working under the directions of government agencies (doesn't matter which government as they are all just as corrupt) did it to maximize profits.

STexan...It's ONLY Texans who like to use the rest of the states to keep their economy strong. One might conclude therefore since we just handed Big Oil $12 billion in May, one of the few fundings passed overwhelmingly by the GOP in 3 1/2 years...that Big Oil is Big GOP?

Get off the oil addiction. There are other alternatives that don't include rigging the world with slime ball oil.

ewent,

no there is not alternatives that are better than oil.

copper comes from the ground, iron ore comes from the ground, lithium comes from the ground, coal comes from the ground. Solar and wind power take hugs amounts of material to build and maintain. Plus concrete itself is a large source of carbon in our air.

We have 250 million cars just in the united states, what are we going to do with those?

ewent:

I pay the money, I do as I please...that's our system...money and the people who want it.

Apparently the members of the Kurdistan Worker's Party weren't finding much work in the oil patch.

Made in China. "For the first time Russia has bridgeheads in the Mediterranean

-----here, here, and here"

STexan:

When these attacks become more numerous and more effective and oil DOES jump to $140 barrel inside of a week, I guess we'll see if your twisted sense of "humor" still holds out.

Since when is it acceptable to sacrifice American lives in order to keep your gas prices down and oil company profits up?

subnormal:

no there is not alternatives that are better than oil.

Keep believing the propaganda. The oil companies bought out the clean/cleaner energy ideas and filed them away.

As long as you and the many others accept that bs, the oil companies will keep us as slaves to their product, be free to charge whatever they choose and pollute our planet.

any body ever heard of TELSA energy that jp morgan stole a long with or GOV. they prob killed him to but was a cover up look up TELSA and u will see.if all said and done they would have to rewrite the history books

Debi Since you seem to know it all. Tell us all the cleaner energy ideas? Tell us the substitute for coal. From your car to every piece of metal you have in your home, it was formed from coal. Wind and solar have proven to be unreliable.

The sacrafice of American lives is on the ones that want to keep us dependent on foriegn oil. We could switch cars over to natural gas, that would end the problem of dependency, but liberals like yourself are totally against it.

KevinT:

Tell us the substitute for coal.

You're jumping all over the place. The discussion isn't about coal; it's about oil.

Tell us all the cleaner energy ideas?

Sorry KevinT, but they've been locked up in the oil company corporate headquarters. Although, if you google "Tesla" as one of the posters above mentioned, and "Free Energy", it may broaden your horizons much better than I am capable.

Debi Since you seem to know it all.

No KevinT, I never made that claim. Those are your words, not mine.

Debi Debi DUMBi...conspiracy theory much? Stop the bleeding, Libtard. You look bad enough as it is, don't make it worse by opening your mouth. It is better to be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt. Well, I guess all doubt has been removed. More FAILED Blowbama foreign policy in action.....

Actually Lisa, you may mistakenly give credit where it's not due, but I have no party or group affiliation. It gives one the freedom to think for oneself. Try it sometime.

Debi , I worked in the clean air business prior to my retirement and I have no knowledge of the oil companies stealing and hiding technology !

In fact , the government regulations in California actually doubled the amount of CO2 put into the atmosphere .

Wind turbines are notoriouly unreliable and you should know the limitations of solar !

Spending money onhproducing alternative energy ( excluding nuclear ) is wasted until we have a method of storing that energy .

Also , oil from the Keystone pipeline will still enter the US by truck and be transferred to railroad oil tankers that just happen to be owned by an Obama crony , Warren Buffet .

And , the route of the US section of the pipeline was re routed away from the

aquifers some time ago and the chance of oil entering aquifers from the surface is minimal !

Stop buying into the scare tactics that are increasing the cost of energy and crippling our economy !

tallman1938: Why should we Americans take ANY risk by allowing Canada to poop where we eat in order for them to sell/ship their product to Asia? For temporary jobs?

That's a cheap and risky sellout of our country that I'm not willing to do.

lisa, why do you troll all the articles posting nothing but childish insults? In reviewing your posts, they are nothing but hate, and immature name-calling. Are you not very bright? Is it hard for you to have a civil conversation, so you resort to silly name-calling and venom? It is sad to think that there are people like you so full of hate and unhappiness. Get help before you sink into madness and kill yourself. By the way, I know that you are not a woman, in spite of that female name. The tone of your insults is that of a redneck guy with limited education. Why do you troll under a feminine name?

US, West and Jews!

Unfortunately, we have impatient mad people or those who dance when monies are shown like Netanyahos, McCains, Libermanns, Hillarys, Bushes to play dances for the Saudis and co.

Muslims are "love", "peace" and "charity" people. We have to be careful as this is Ramadan month.

So even the bombs including those in mosques this month are "charities"!

u mean the ZIONIST fake JEWS right!

Robert, Have you forgotten, we are the largest weapons suppliers in the world! Weapons are our main export!! Everything our military indusrial complex has done since world war 2 is to keep fear and tensions on high alert!! that is how the military-industrial complex CEOs, shareholders, retired military officers, etc. profit.

Get over it , there are 200 countries in the world and we are probably going to be sticking our nose in their problems for the next 100 years! We are the world's police! All to keep the shareholders happy ! Examples: Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq, etc. on and on, with 100, 000 US kids killed in their prime for no f___good reason except to sell weapons!!!! " The only difference between men and boys is the size of their toys!" The newest toys are drones and computer cyber war viruses !

Island, if you think that we keep aircraft carriers in the middle east to cause tension, okay I'll go for that. If you think that we are trying to pick a fight with Iran, thats possible. But all that other @!$%# you are talking about is way off track. The only weapons I see around are Russian and Chinese. If you are saying we are selling more of our weapons to countries that need to defend themselves from these Russian and Chinese weapons, I can see that. But what I think you are trying to say is that the USA keeps tensions high so that we will provoke these users of Russian and Chinese weapons in to using them so everyone else will buy our weapons to protect themselves. Is that about right? Well, I guess thats a "chicken or the egg" argument of who started it, us or them, right. I say them, so blame the Russians and the Chinese for all this non-sense or we could blame the Islamofacistnazis for wanting to kill everything non-muslim, what do you say? Hmmmm?

You may have a point. Iran is not going to shut the SOH with the USS George Washington prowling around in the Persian Gulf. So, getting the neighborhood kids to go blow up a pipeline sounds plausible.

You have a severe pathology when it comes to the Persians. The Kurds have claimed responsibility for this attack yet you still need to bring your hatred for all Persians into this discussion. You fail.

Mike, the Iranians have a finger in all sorts of terrorism in the middle east. They have been behind many, many terrorist plots with their support of money and unrelenting need to kill non-muslim people so what makes this different? The Iranians could be supporting these Kurds in some way or another and no one would ever know, that is what I was trying to say. Now you come along with this "persian pseudo intelligence" trying to tell me that the Kurds are so different from the Iranians in respect to terrorism and their enemies and that there is no way the Iranians could be involved? This isn't some high tech act of terrorism and it fits the intelligence level of the persian mind. This is the kind of back stabbing cowards terrorists are, they will never attack the USA in a full frontal assault. Persians are too stupid to do anything else besides running around in the dark blowing things up. Lets say the Iranians actually boarded the USS Washington and captured the vessel (thats so funny I just wet my pants) then took over command and operations. They couldn't bring it to full flight operations or basic day to day tasks that need to be performed. No, the best a persian could do with an aircraft carrier is ram it in to something and thats about it. So, with the aforementioned in mind I would say blowing up pipelines is about their intelligence level as long as they use someone else to do it. So Mike, when you say persians I say "Islamofacistnazis" and all that it implies and when you say "hatred for all persians", well. thats the only thing you got right.

Mike, I suggest you read my response to the bombing in Bulgaria before you start calling me a Biggot: "Why sigle out Iran?" was how I led the post. You should know a person before throwing out accusations.

That would make for a "D" rated 200 page fiction novel but Cheney didn't plan it. Oh yeah, Halliburton is spelled with two "L's" cupcake.

so where were you when this happened Steve?....hum...................:)

agreed.

3rd party, its worse than supporting China on weak technology that won't work. Obama shut drilling down on federal lands that contain the vast majority of the oil that could save us. It's like he wants us to fail. These are sad days indeed.

I never saw this in the national news: Schott Solar in Albuquerque, NM, shut down their manufacturing plant citing inabilities to get costs below what the Chinese have. Schott was to have employed over 1000 workers but never got above 350. (I worked there for 64 hours until I was released from my temp position that was originally to last 4 months)

The Amish lead a very simple, non complicated life.

Maybe if a few more Americans followed their lead, we wouldn't have a country in such turmoil.

The Amish lead a very uncomplicated life because the rest of the country provides them a protective bubble.

um guys......i believe Dennis was just joking......at least i hope so.

what r u going to do when u dont have ELE. or running water cuz its coming to that sooner than u think. read ur BIBLE and c

gary rath:

The Amish lead a very uncomplicated life because the rest of the country provides them a protective bubble.

Please take no offense, but if your avatar is a self portrait, it appears it's been quite a few years since you've provided protection for anybody and not saying you don't deserve or haven't earned it, but are likely now old enough to actually be a drain on our coffers.

Debi you are absolutely correct about the Amish and Gary Rath is an example of how fat and lazy we have become as a nation.

look up TELSA and c y