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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:38 PM Original message |
Obama did something about oil speculation. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. What? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. He released barrels from the strategic oil reserve. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Released 30 million barrels from the SPR... a direct hit to the heart of the speculators |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. About time. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Gas prices still above $4 a gallon |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. No, they aren't. They averaged $3.98 a month ago... $3.69 now |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I paid $3.47/g at a major name retailer today - |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. People have very short memories.. it was not all that long ago when $2 a gallon gas was an OUTRAGE |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Huh .... ??? Paid $3.63 in NC today. |
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NICO9000 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. $3.75 today in the San Fernando Valley |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. That's much less than one day's worth of oil |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Try it one time, Manny... "Obama did something good"... it won't hurt you to say it |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It's a little better than nothing |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Manny - from LBN |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Some say the release caused the drop |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pissed the Republicans off mightily, too. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. And I believe he'll do it again too, if necessary |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. They did say they might do it again - so the speculators can't assume they can run the prices up |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. So the oil companies are getting back oil they already sold to the government, to sell again? |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No, the government usually sells it directly to suppliers. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. unrec for empty content. |
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