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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (76885)	6/5/2006 10:18:15 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

I think many on this thread keep abreast with the news and hence I do not have to tell the entire thread. If you have been watching the news and reading the newspapers you would not have missed the Iranian President's threat over the weekend that they will disrupt oil supplies if they are attacked. And Condi Rice (that is how I affectionately refer to her) just blew that threat away during the weekend talk shows. And then we discover that Iran's threat jacked up crude prices by $1 a barrel and it was at $73 per barrel when the markets opened in the US. At the start of Bernake's speech today, the DOW was down 133. At the end of his speech and at the close the Dow slid to 199 since he stated he feared rising inflation due to higher oil prices. So just one man, the Iranian President can influence the US markets. And we say Bush is fighting terrorism? The disruption by the terrorists come in different flavors and this is an instance of that.

To: Dan B. who wrote (76885)	6/6/2006 1:24:15 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

Bush's oil cronies are responsible for the biggest gouging in US history at the gas pump. This includes the same Saudis who have sent money to their cousins in Al Qaida. Of course Bush-Cheney's disasterous fiasco in Iraq and his saber-rattling against Iran (which has driven Iran into extremist hands) is also adding to the price of gas. BHut make no mistake, big oil companies and Halliburton are robbing us. The solution? Dump the two corrupt Texas oilmen in the White House and redeploy from Iraq ending Bush's fiasco there. Then start dealing with reality in an honest, level-headed common sense way. Within ten years we can be off Arab oil altogether. If fact we would have been ten years ago if Reagan hadn't disbanded Carter's super smart clean fuels and efficiency programs.