Gas Prices Skyrocket Under Bush

[Roland99]

http://www.democrats.org/specialreports/gasprices/statedata.html

Since President Bush took office in 2001, gas prices have gone way, way up, more than doubling in half the states and going up by more than 80 percent in every state but two. Find out how much more you're paying by finding your state below.

Table follows of prices at Bush's inauguration and now. Only two states (Alaska and Hawaii) have seen prices rise less than 80%.


BTW, Georgia has seen the highest increase.
Georgia $0.96 $2.16 +$1.21 +126%

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[SpiralHawk]

3. Well you can take your goal

and put it where the internal combustion engine neither huffs nor puffs. You have obviously not been paying attention to the pResident

"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."
- George W. Bush, Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002

[thoughtanarchist]

8. Exxon CEO Lee Raymond LOVES your goal...

It's very understanding of you to have Mr. Raymond's best intrests at heart...

:popcorn:

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http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/11...

Buoyed by high oil prices, Exxon Mobil Corp. had a record-breaking year in 2004, and chairman and chief executive Lee R. Raymond shared in the company’s success with a $38 million compensation package, the largest U.S. oil company said.

Exxon said that Raymond, 66, was paid $7.5 million in salary and bonus plus restricted stock worth $28 million and nearly $2.6 million more in other compensation and incentives.

That was an increase from Raymond’s 2003 package worth about $27.9 million.

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Thanks to UpInArms for that exxon post in DSMW thread.

[Roland99]

9. Welcome to the new America...

Government *of* the people *by* the corporate interests.

[bushisanidiot]

2. And SUV driving freepers cheer as they fill up the tank

too stupid to realize AWOL Bush is screwin' them (and us) with no lube!!

big oil = #1 AWOL Bush campaign donor = cash windfall for big oil in higher gas prices as AWOL Bush looks the other way

[Roland99]

4. What do you expect from a bunch of Morans?

[peacetalksforall]

5. Something interesting - the states with price increases over 100% are

RED states AL AR AZ CO DE FL GA ID KS KY LA MO MS NC NV OK SC TN RZ VA.

Two Blue states were slightly over...CA and NJ

Iowa is over, but I don't remember if they are red or blue.

Can that be interpreted to mean that the Bush people know that most of the people in those states will accept any price out of faith in the President - assuming a person believes that the Bush admin and friends manipulate prices?

[bushisanidiot]

7. Yep. Filling up your Hummer gas tank is the PATRIOTICALLY correct

thing to do.

what idiots..

[indepat]

6. Seem to recall a recently-inaugurated president "feeling" OPEC's pain

or sentiments to that effect.