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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124767)	2/26/2012 4:16:26 PM
From: tonto	6 Recommendations Respond to of 224668

Let's go back to your previous post...and no, the market will react more to actual reduction than bluffing...the major point being that it most likely will be done at the more opportunistic campaign time for Obama...at how many billions of dollars expense to people struggling to pay for gas... We need a leader.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124767)	2/26/2012 4:53:45 PM
From: FJB	6 Recommendations Respond to of 224668

Look what Muslims currently think of Obama. Goodness! Obama hung in effigy from Brumar But liberals won't care ... it's Muslims that are doing it. weaselzippers.us

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124767)	2/26/2012 6:22:35 PM
From: locogringo	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224668

Threatening to release oil reserves could have the same effect as actually releasing them. DUH..............This TOTAL FAILURE of a president already did this, and what did it accomplish? NADA Only 8 months ago and you already think that we forgot? Obama Releases Oil Reserves To Counter Lost Crude npr.org

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124767)	2/26/2012 7:49:18 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224668

Price varies with location and electricity rates. Cost to operate a Chevy Volt Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel's Follow the Money) test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors. For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine. Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph. According to General Motors, the Volt battery hold 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery. $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery. Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that gets 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile. The gasoline powered car cost about $25,000 while the Volt costs $46,000. So Obama wants us to pay 2 times as much for a car that costs more than 7 time as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country. REALLY?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124767)	2/26/2012 7:50:00 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224668