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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:16 PM Original message |
2009 LIHEAP subsidy to be ended due to spike ending in energy prices....and other things. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Natural gas prices in particular have dropped off from where they were. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. and oil has risen. in the northeast most people heat with oil. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Overall energy costs have still declined since the 2009 spike. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. that's cold comfort to those that live in the Northeast. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Link please. eom |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. And yet the cold, hard fact is that Obama is proposing cutting LIHEAP by 350 million dollars |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. you're wrong. he's proposing cutting it by more than 2.5 BILLION dollars |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. OMG, that's even worse! |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
65. Oh please. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Might has well linked FAUX news, even when BB is positive towards Obama theyre slanted.. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. It looks like they got their numbers from here: |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Spin is not stating both sides of a perspective, of course the anit Obama crowd usually states the.. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Hows about this for both sides then |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
62. Notice how you get nothing back from the 'experts'? |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. Oil & gas companies must make billions - it's the law! |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Have energy prices gone down 100% since 2009? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. 50% for heating and natural gas |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Link please. eom |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Sorry that was for funding reduction not pricing, I have no idea on pricing but no one is stating... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Of course you have no idea. Nothing could be clearer than that. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. No. Heating oil has gone up. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I call them DU's... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pasture pastry. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. that's just garbage. heating oil prices are way up |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Please don't confuse them with facts... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. To 2009 levels? Also, LIHEAP didn't just cover heating oil, that's only a part of the story...again |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. well above 2009 prices |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. You would be too if you were paid to misinform.. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. That's for heating oil and gas, LIHEAP pays for more than that. Can you show the TOTAL risen or fall |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Why don't you provide your own links? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Oh, shush! Just put on another sweater or move to Arizona you mean FUD'r. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Seriously, it's lucky I heat with wood. I could never afford heating oil. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I wonder, is FUD'r the new "professional left"...should we all just STFU? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Hell, I'm old enough to remember when the "good Democrats" called us Reds. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. LOL!!! |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. What's FUD'r? Seen that a few times today. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. It's an acronym used by the DLC centrist's to poo-poo those that aren't in lock step with the Prez. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. No, it's a geek term but discribes folk who usually tell half the story on the net. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Apparently it's an accusation of paid trolling too. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. My check has obviously gotten lost in the mail... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. LOL! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Do you have any idea how many folks here have donated stars? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Many, and I was the beneficiary of one last year. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Well, whether or not a person has a star has no bearing |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Right now the WH has said energy prices have falling since 2009 and their counter is no it hasnt but |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. So show me a link from 2008 that shows they haven't risen. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Why don't you show the chart the WH is referencing? You've been asked for it. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. When they're accusing long time DUers and donors of trolling it does. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. That's against DU rules |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. The person is accusing others of being non-credible posters, that is my point. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Sent you a PM. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
59. It's a personal attack employed when one can't dispute the argument. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's ok. Hugo Chavez will take care of our poor's heating needs anyway. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. My elec went from 124 - to 200 - to 300 over the past three months |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Did someone tell Senators Reed and Snowe? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Also Senator Collins, Leahy, Kerry and Sanders |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. Apparently someone forgot to tell New Hampshire fuel oil dealers. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. NH doesn't = the whole US. No one is offering a credib'e counter to the WH claimes of pricess fallin |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. No, but add Maine, MA, VT, RI, NY, NJ, CT |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Also rural Alaska |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Where are the WH's data? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Yeah, me too. n/t |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'm not paying lower prices at all |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
64. You have been proven wrong again and again, |
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