The October Surprise.

[tjwash]

.99 cent a gallon gas for the entire month of October.

Chevron-Texaco-Shell only pull in 2 billion in net for the month in profits, instead of their usual 4 or 5 billion. Then, after soccer-gas-guzzling-suv mom, and small-penis-hummer-dad flood the polls in appreciation, they then raise the price of gas back up to 3.55 to 3.85 a gallon range in December (merry xmas everyone) and recoup their losses, and then some.

Afterward they commence with the rest of their orgy of constitution shredding with absolute impunity.

It's making me sick to think it, but if I was them, that's sure as hell what I would do. It will work, because most Americans are basically arrogant fucks that think the worlds resources belong to us.

You can go back to arguing about docudramas and snippy comments made at UN meetings now...

[LeftCoast]

1. What % of US refining capacity do they own?

I'm just wondering if it's feasible for a small cabal of companies to do that. :shrug:

[tjwash]

4. They have millions of barrels in the strategic reserve...

...but they don't even need that. They have already been enjoying record profits without even upping production. They can bite the bullet for a month if it means they can recoup it ten-fold afterward. If I was a vicious heartless bastard that absolutely wanted to make sure the status quo was maintained, that's what I would do.

If they absolutely have to, the Saudis will up production for them. Do you really think the Saudis want a Dem Congress and later a Dem President that will dismantle the permanent bases that we are building in Iraq?

[rman]

2. Very probable, surely they can afford it,

given all the price gouging until recently.

[KingFlorez]

3. Their not willing to give up that much money

Even if they could recoup it later, they wouldn't give a good deal like that. Plus, it would expose that they actually do manipulate the prices and exposing that would backfire on them.

[tjwash]

5. Who's gonna blow the whistle on them? Fox News? CNN? ABC News?

They have already been exposed, again and again. They sat in close door meetings with Dick Cheney and made up energy policy with him. They made sure that Arnold got elected in California and he immediately settled that messy law suit for pennies on the dollar.

They have been doing all of this with absolute impunity for the last six years, and have shown that they just don't give a fuck what everyone thinks. It won't backfire on them. They are counting on Americans being greedy individualists that just hate to admit that they are wrong about anything. And low gas prices would bring all of them out of the woodwork.

[TheFarseer]

12. they don't have to even lose money

sure, the company numbers are down, but what stops the individuals (or a proxy) from selling short on the BOT? You can make money whether oil goes up or down.

[wiley]

6. Dead on correct.

Will the sheeple eat the poisoned grass?

[upi402]

7. I love this bit

It will work, because most Americans are basically arrogant fucks that think the worlds resources belong to us.
and greedy
and short-sighted
and easy to fool with TV news

[don954]

8. Please forgive me if i go buy up 5000 gallons if this happens

it will be the last break we ever get..

[skids]

10. Actually that would be helpful...

...it would bring the prices back up faster.

[deacon]

9. If the dems don't come out of a coma, he won't need one... n/t

[TheFarseer]

11. You're right except for one thing

not much of a surprise. People on this forum have been predicting this for a long time. It's a great strategy. Sh*thead's poll numbers have recovered nicely.