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To: CommanderCricket who wrote (101238)5/20/2008 2:34:14 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 206325
 
>>House passes bill to sue OPEC over oil prices Tue May 20, 2008 1:53pm EDT<<

ROTFL......great to see Clowngress is "proactive" about solving our energy problems, sheesh!

Got 2nd arab oil embargo? 'Cause that's where we're headed with stuff like this....<NG>



To: CommanderCricket who wrote (101238)5/20/2008 2:39:27 PM
From: miraje  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 206325
 
"This bill guarantees that oil prices will reflect supply and demand economic rules -- instead of wildly speculative and perhaps illegal activities," said Democratic Rep. Steve Kagen of Wisconsin, who sponsored the legislation.

This bill demonstrates that Washington DC is thoroughly infested with pandering demagoging nitwits.



To: CommanderCricket who wrote (101238)5/20/2008 2:52:48 PM
From: Tommaso  Respond to of 206325
 
>>>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices<<<

Jeez, they must have been listening to Schrodinger's cat and thought they were about to get thrown out of office.