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To: RetiredNow who wrote (248386)	8/31/2005 9:27:02 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1573718

Poll: Oil spike blamed on Bush, big Oil Over two-thirds of Americans say high gas prices are causing financial pains, and they blame Bush. August 31, 2005: 5:50 PM EDT Gas crisis looms Experts fear near-term hit on economy from hurricane Katrina; say longer-term fallout less dire. (Full story) WASHINGTON (CNN) - Even before feeling the economic effects of Hurricane Katrina, more than two-thirds of Americans said this week that high gas prices were causing them financial hardship -- 18 percent claiming serious hardship, 51 percent moderate hardship. The CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll was conducted nationwide Sunday through Tuesday. Hurricane Katrina's impact on oil pumping and refining facilities when it struck the Gulf Coast on Monday is bringing even higher gas prices, increasing whatever hardship people were feeling already. There is already evidence of political repercussions. More than three-quarters of the poll's respondents disapproved of the way President Bush is handling gas prices. That was the president's lowest rating on any of the six issues touched on in this poll. While poll respondents primarily blamed oil companies for rising gas prices -- 84 percent blamed them a great deal or a moderate amount -- 63 percent also blamed the Bush administration. There's evidence the issue could hurt Republicans in next year's midterm election. Fifty-seven percent of respondents assigned either a great deal or a moderate amount of blame for the gas-price spiral to Republicans in Congress, compared with 46 percent who blamed Democrats. That may have contributed to political pressure from Republicans to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which the administration approved Wednesday. On his handling of the economy overall, President Bush got a 60 percent negative rating in the poll -- his worst economic rating ever -- while only 38 percent of respondents approved. On gas prices, 20 percent approved of his handling, while 76 percent disapproved. Here are the numbers on other issues: Terrorism, 53 percent approve, 44 percent disapprove; foreign affairs, 43 percent approve, 52 percent disapprove; Iraq, 40 percent approve, 59 percent disapprove; health care policy, 32 percent approve, 60 percent disapprove. Overall, 45 percent said they approve of how Bush is handling his job while 52 percent disapproved. That is an improvement from 40 percent and 56 percent in an Aug. 22-26 poll, putting the numbers back in line with an Aug. 8-11 poll, which had 45 percent and 51 percent. The telephone poll was conducted with 890 registered voters nationwide. It has a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (248386)	8/31/2005 9:41:59 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573718

MM, you say that we are so generous but some of the statistics don't bear out that premise. Here's a break down of the contributions made by nations to the UN. It shows the US contribution in relation to other nations. It was provided by JF posted on the thread the other nite: nationmaster.com

To: RetiredNow who wrote (248386)	9/1/2005 12:26:45 PM
From: g_w_north	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573718

<The point is that the world is constantly grabbing at our resources saying we are never doing enough. > There is a statement opening the door to a discussion on American protectionism and their idea of 'free trade' LOL. Welcome to the global economy. Do you think America would be where it is if it just built a wall around itself? You want to expand your businesses around the world but not be a part of it? Yes, you did need to get rid of Bush but it would be nice to clean up the system (lobbyists etc) all around. It will take more than just Americans to figure out how to get rid of the dependence on oil. I won't even begin to comment on education and Medicare...