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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (473566)	2/23/2012 12:47:31 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 794032

3.55 here in DC, paid 3.40 in Richmond over the weekend

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (473566)	2/24/2012 5:47:56 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794032

<<And now I get to pay $4.61 for gasoline...woohoo!!!>> That should be some great gas. Clean your engine and and give you 50 mpg. Much better than the cheap stuff.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (473566)	2/24/2012 8:17:35 AM
From: MrLucky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794032

< find a good parking spot is on the middle of a freeway > For years I have harped on the L.A. mayor(s) eagerness to allow Hollywood to block city streets during the rush hours and CalTrans clear thinking to block two lanes of a four lane freeway while their sweepers push dust off the road from 0800-1000. (Harbor Freeway) The voters own these issues. They continue to elect a parade of socialist thinkers. Oh, I'm sorry, I must get back to American Idol and the (fill in the blank) game.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (473566)	2/24/2012 12:47:06 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 794032

I don't understand why these prices are so all over the board.............$3.61 gal here yesterday.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (473566)	2/24/2012 2:22:45 PM
From: Neeka	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794032

"Video: Why gas prices are so high (hint: it's not the evil oil companies) posted at 12:45 pm on February 24, 2012 by Tina Korbe To listen to the president talk, you'd think federal government policy had nothing to do with the high gas prices we face at the pump. Oh, no; Middle Eastern instability or the greed of big oil companies are to blame. Unfortunately for the president, that doesn't square with his energy record, which has — at every turn — created obstacles to American energy production and, in effect, driven gas prices higher. House Speaker John Boehner has released a timeline that captures Obama's deleterious impact on the oil and gas industry — and, consequently, on gas prices. The timeline extends to the beginning of Obama's term in office, but, as a sample, take a look at just the five most recent decisions the administration has made: JANUARY 2, 2011 – TIME reported that the Obama administration issued the first in a series of regulations on January 2 designed to unilaterally impose a national energy tax. Gas is $3.05 a gallon. MAY 5, 2011 – The White House issues a formal statement opposing House-passed Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act (H.R. 1230) and Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act (H.R. 1229), legislation designed to jumpstart American energy production, address rising gas prices, and help create new jobs. Gas is $3.96 a gallon. JUNE 21, 2011 - The White House opposes the House-passed Jobs & Energy Permitting Act that would unlock an estimated 27 billion barrels of oil and 132 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Gas is $3.65 a gallon. NOVEMBER 8, 2011 – The Obama Administration releases a plan for a five-year moratorium on offshore energy production, placing "some of the most promising energy resources in the world off-limits," according to the House Natural Resources Committee. Gas is $3.42 a gallon. JANUARY 18, 2012 – President Obama rejects the bipartisan Keystone XL pipeline and the more than 20,000 jobs that would come with it. Gas is $3.39 a gallon, and rising faster and earlier than ever before. Yesterday afternoon, Fox Business Network's Gerri Willis interviewed Gulf Oil CEO Joe Petrowski, who confirmed what Boehner's timeline suggests. The government has an inordinate amount of influence over the energy industry and has repeatedly proved itself adept at picking losers to subsidize and winners to penalize. It makes no sense, this administration's endless war on energy. It makes even less sense when you consider Candidate Obama's stated promises to achieve energy independence. If that's his goal, he has a funny way of showing it. When he ran for president, he even shilled for the Alaska pipeline — a project that, under his actual administration, has met with significant regulatory hurdles and is not slated to begin construction until 2015. At some point, the president will have to accept that the American public can see through his rhetoric. He might say he wants a clean and secure source of energy, but his actions repeatedly say otherwise. According to a recent AP/GFK poll, 58 percent of Americans disapprove of his handling of high gas prices. What's up with the other 42 percent?" hotair.com