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To: American Spirit who wrote (289868)	6/2/2006 3:05:00 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571789

"Now that they made the mistake of putting two energy thieves in the White House." That wasn't our mistake. We needed to get him out of the governor's office somehow...

To: American Spirit who wrote (289868)	6/6/2006 7:39:47 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571789

The most current prices I can find go as low as $2.59, with everyone below $3.00. 5 random Houston zip codes houstongasprices.com houstongasprices.com houstongasprices.com houstongasprices.com houstongasprices.com Want to try some others gasbuddy.com margiekaplanhomes.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (289868)	6/8/2006 5:36:18 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571789

Let me try to settle this dispute between you and CJ. As of today, according to Gasbuddy, LA's range for gas prices is $3.12 to $3.69. losangelesgasprices.com For Houston, the price range is $2.75 to $3.18 houstongasprices.com There IS an overlap in prices between the two cities but its very small. For you to have seen the overlap, it requires that you have seen the one Houston station at $3.18 and one of the 4 LA stations at $3.12. Not impossible but highly unlikely. I am not surprised by the difference in ranges between the two cities. It makes sense that gas would be more expensive in LA. Most of the oil refined in LA is shipped from longer distances; hence there are higher shipping costs.. While there is still some oil production in S. CA, its a fairly small percentage of the total refined. Meanwhile much of Houston's oil is coming from the Gulf which is right next door. In addition, I believe the crude refined in LA is mostly 'sour' whereas the crude in Houston is 'sweeter'. It takes more work and hence more cost to refine sour crude into gas vs sweeter crude. Therefore, I would suggest you back off and let CJ have this one.

To: American Spirit who wrote (289868)	6/8/2006 5:48:44 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571789

Jefferson refuses to give up Ways and Means position By Christina Bellantoni THE WASHINGTON TIMES June 8, 2006 Rep. William J. Jefferson yesterday spoke to two Democratic Capitol Hill groups in making his case to remain on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. The Louisiana Democrat, the subject of a bribery probe, repeated his long-standing claim of not being guilty to both the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). "I had a chance to explain my position in the matter," he told reporters after leaving the steering committee meeting. Top Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, have called for Mr. Jefferson to leave the prestigious Ways and Means Committee. Though Mr. Jefferson has not been charged with a crime, court documents say the lawmaker was videotaped accepting a $100,000 bribe, and authorities found $90,000 cash in his freezer. Two other men already have been convicted in the probe. He told the two Democratic groups again yesterday that he will not relinquish his post. While the CBC supports him, the steering committee soon will decide whether to issue a symbolic "no confidence" vote against Mr. Jefferson and will decide whether to recommend that the full Democratic caucus make the same gesture. Only the full House can remove a member's committee assignment in the middle of a session. Mr. Jefferson said last night that he did not know which way the steering committee would vote. "For me, the meeting has ended, and I'm going to go back to my office and continue my work, and that's that," he said. In the past, he has rebuffed requests to resign his Ways and Means Committee membership by saying that his New Orleans district needed him on that influential panel to secure sufficient hurricane relief. After meeting for several hours behind closed doors, members of the steering committee refused to comment last night on whether a vote had taken place, referring all questions to Mrs. Pelosi. The Democratic leader did not emerge from her office to make a statement, but a press aide said, "Nothing has been advised yet," and declined further comment. House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer on Tuesday repeated the calls from Mrs. Pelosi that Mr. Jefferson should step down or be removed from the powerful committee. "If he doesn't step down, I think our caucus needs to take action," the Maryland Democrat said.