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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:44 PM Original message |
Oil Company Execs Defend High Pump Prices |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Um yeah. that must be it |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, but in Europe the gas taxes pay for lots of things we're not getting. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. And most of these countries don't get submerged into infinite debt. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Keep emphasizing that. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. You're right. |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. But the mass transit HAS to be planned as part of the urban development |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Whoressert, as usual, didn't have the facts at his fingertips. |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, OK then |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. As my German Friends say: "Yeah, Our fuel prices are higher but... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Are any of them single? |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Exactly. Global comparison is phony baloney. |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. ... Germany's growing population of Neo Nazis is one big nightmare |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Marmar is 100% correct. In Europe you can actually get by without a |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. "europe" has rural areas as well |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes, I know but not to the extent we have them. |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yup but will we continue to have them with unrestrained development |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Welcome to DU, bluebottle |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Seems likehome already |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Deleted. Posted wrong reply. |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Yes, and this development was encouraged here and pushed by |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Alas I know the story well - but have we not moved on? |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You can talk all around this subject. Everyone knows what the oil |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Show me the numbers? |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. First of all nobody is talking about dwelling in the industrial past |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 02:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I'm not sure why you have to use extremes to describe my reply? |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 05:05 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. As I stated I am through with this. However, I believe it is quite |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. You don't get it ah well - looks like you are just chanting the mob-think |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 05:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I give you this Bluebottle, you are persistent and passionate in your |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Same old shit, another day. |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Boo hoo cry me a fuckin river oil execs |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. *Sigh* Is it just me or is anyone else tired of being treated |
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Sadie5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Have the Democrats said much |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Do what Venezuela does - force pump prices down to 12c a gallon |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. "Hi, I'm a republicon oil crony, and I want More Massive Profits." |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Exactly, that is what Wall Street wants |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. Oh whatever. |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. That is the dumbest sentence from an oil honcho ever heard: |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Ya but did you catch when he was asked what about the fact that |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Yep - that is a pretty dumb statement |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Oink! Oink" squeals Lee Raymond! |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
53. goddamn that is some chin |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. You would think that since these folks are all Republicans, that would |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Their defense, "what ya gonna do about it?" |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. "If we.... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Now there's a shocker for a headline. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Then give us mass transit! |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. In other words, these greedy fuckers want us to thank them.... |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. Is he claiming they were going broke at $25 a barrel? |
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bluebottle (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Nah at $25 a barrel = huge profit$ on chemicals, plastics, asphalt etc. |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. Uhh...This is just a pre-warning that the price of gas is going up! |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
47. Fuck the Oil Barons... |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
51. Ah, another fool floating in his LASSEIZ FAIRYLAND... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
52. Our great and wonderful overlords have spoken. (nt) |
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