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Remember when oil was over $140 a barrel?

Oil prices drop below $50 dollars, hit 3.5-year lows. A small handful of evil filthy greedy people have made a lot of money off of the rest of us, and they are laughing their asses off. And why shouldn't they? Nothing will happen to them. Not a fucking thing.

November 20, 2008 in A Fucking Outrage |

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JDM

Nationalization. Kill the federal judges. We'll be OK then.

Posted by: JDM | November 20, 2008 at 10:06 AM

DCup

Guess everyone better go out and buy even bigger vehicles. Accountability is for the little people.

Posted by: DCup | November 20, 2008 at 12:24 PM

gmb

JDM: Nationalization is the just move. Naturally we will never see it.
DCup: Glad I can survive without a car. Of course, we don't have hot water right now. god I hate my landlord. GMB

Posted by: gmb | November 20, 2008 at 11:55 PM

Spartacus

Hey.. when you have to taxi three very active kids places, lower gas prices are a bonus. Most times they go places on skateboards and bicycles, but that'll only take them so far where I live.

Posted by: Spartacus | November 21, 2008 at 01:14 PM

gmb

Spartacus: I see how my brother and sister-in-law have to ferry the kids around. Lower prices help a lot. What I want to know is what changed fundamentally that made the price skyrocket to over $140 and now crater to under $50 a barrel in less than a year. Manipulation and speculation is responsible for a huge part of it, and the government was quite happy to let the speculators and oil companies earn their ill-gotten gains at all our expense. Just filthy. GMB

Posted by: gmb | November 21, 2008 at 08:21 PM

JDM

The Big Oilies dropped the price to kill alternative fuels and to get people back off the trains and buses. Should be a huge fucking tax, plus nationalization, if we want our kids to have much of a world at all. Controlling demand works; they control supply, so that will ALWAYS be a big cheat. Waiting for the first snowy winter weather to hear "WTF is global warming?"

Posted by: JDM | November 22, 2008 at 09:22 AM

gmb

JDM: I have no doubt you are right. That said, I think people realize they have been played and may be a bit more likely to refuse to play this game anymore. At least I hope so. As for the weather, until this week it's been unseasonably warm here. Not hot, but warmer than it should be. Now it feels like November. Wonder whether this is the year for snow. My gut says yes. Oi. GMB

Posted by: gmb | November 22, 2008 at 01:25 PM

distributorcap

finally - can buy that hummer!
watch america FORGET real fast...

Posted by: distributorcap | November 22, 2008 at 05:47 PM

distributorcap

finally - can buy that hummer!
watch america FORGET real fast...

Posted by: distributorcap | November 22, 2008 at 05:47 PM

distributorcap

finally - can buy that hummer!
watch america FORGET real fast...

Posted by: distributorcap | November 22, 2008 at 05:47 PM

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