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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 08:57 PM Original message |
Now that Rachel is explaining the FUNGIBLE nature |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope this vid goes viral - most Americans have no idea how it works. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And some of us TRIED hard to explain it |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Do you know where to look for the video? We can make it go viral. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Once they post it at the Rachel Maddow show |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Our vehicles wouldn't work either. nt |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm recording it so am looking forward to watching. I always learn so much from her. nt |
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Towlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. If more people understood what she just said it could make all the difference in the world. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And I got a small model of that here in town |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Agreed, but the more important message is that "drill here, drill now" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yep, we also tried to 'xplain that |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I hear ya. It would seem pretty obvious if the bullshit was discredited |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Well speaking of TRUE costs |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You get it, gurl |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wish that she'd spent more time on that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It's not something they publish |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. you think our leaders don't know that basic detail about industrial nations life blood? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Having spoken to a few people in the Congress and the Senate |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. sorry, i am not buying it. this is what makes the world go round, we fight wars over it |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. If they understood the true nature of it |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. sorry, but i think that is naive in the extreme |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. What that our leaders are naive in the extreme on a few subjects? |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. no. i am saying that only the naive, or ignorant, would believe that... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. They get the big picture |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. which would include the oil market. where it comes from, where it goes, and the security required to |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. You don't get it, and that's ok |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Sure, they don't get that oil is sold in a global market place, with prices set by the market |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Carter was an engineer |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. remember Iraqi oil was nationalized |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. ^ Exact. Best post on DU in days! ^ n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh once Fake President Rachel says something |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Actually this is true |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. LOL! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Some folks have problems with it |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. I get tired of Rachel worship too |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. This is not Rachel worship |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. I only saw the last ten minutes. She's awesome at explaining |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Yes that she is |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. I can still boycott a bit. It won't matter, but it does to my conscience. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Good luck in getting off gas altogether |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Don't be silly. I know I can't afford to do those things, but every tiny |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Actually we all need to get off oil |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. yes, and if many folks did just that, it may actually lead to alternative sources of energy |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Fake president Rachel talks and DU creams its pants |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. They don't want to hear it |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
34. I suppose one could still boycott oil altogether. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
38. So, oil is like a mushroom? |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
40. Wall Street and academia has taken me seriously about paper pulp |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. Are the retail outlets corporate or franchise? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. They're almost all franchises, but pay 10%+ of gross revenues to BP |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. If you manage to have an effect |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
43. For years politicians have used "we have to be oil independent" as a meme |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I am almost looking fowards to THAT POLL |
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