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To: Alighieri who wrote (138268)	7/24/2001 1:09:01 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583713

178 countries + Seattle Wa thought otherwise. I think that about summarizes my view, too. After eight years of letting our country be run by the rest of the world, I think it is great to see us take a stand and tell the rest of the world, "Hey, this is what we're going to do. You can like it or lump it." It was time we had leadership that was representing OUR interests for a change. Your view would confirm that these two guys mis-represented the problem Hardly. Cheney made absolutely clear that we would see an easing in prices shortly after Memorial Day, even as this was going on. Why? Refineries are what allows crude to be converted in a timely manner -- if you don't have enough refineries, you get a bottleneck in supply. Inventories have increased, and therefore price has decreased. Not complicated, and this was detailed by Cheney up front. Before you go accusing Bush/Cheney of "campaign paybacks" (an allegation for which there isn't a shred of evidence), let's remember what your guys did about it: Released oil from the reserve. Talk about politics!!! This was such a clear attempt to politicize the issue it was sickening. You have to view this problem in its totality -- when crude is available, if you don't have refinery capacity, you'll have increased prices at the pump. Likewise, if OPEC cuts supply, you'll have increased prices at the pump. Bush and Cheney have BOTH made it clear that we need (1) our own sources of crude to eliminate OPEC control of supply, and (2) increased refinery capability to smooth out supply and demand bottlenecks. This is not a difficult concept to understand.

To: Alighieri who wrote (138268)	7/25/2001 9:31:30 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583713

Al Re..Your view would confirm that these two guys mis-represented the problem (likely a campaign payback to big oil), since in a couple of short months it has abated. They hardly misrepresented the problem. Without a major slowdown of the economy, we would still has a gas shortage because we are short of refineries in this country. We should also increase our drilling to reduce our dependency upon OPEC, surplus or no surplus. But I would say that your descriptions are exaggerations and don't accurately characterize Lewinsky, for example. <<<< Is that your defense. Monica was a slut and trailer trash, just like Paula; just like Gary's press secretary said about Chandra last week. Always demean the victim. Have you ever wondered why the dems have lost their advantage amongst the womans vote.