Fuel

[Hoot]

(Fishingpox);;;;;;; I agree with the last thing you said about shakeum up I may stir up a Wasps nest but i get the feling that 95 per cent of Crappie.com is democrat's. So I guess yall know i'm the other side, so you'd think? NOT SO FAST. I DON'T vote strickly down party lines. I vote the man or woman. not the party for what they stand for it's easy to find their voting records on what they've voted on in congress senate or your local gov Better stop now before i go to far

I don't think it's a matter of being a dem. or rep.

That's part of the problem, seem's it's all about taking sides these days. Really I think it's about being a concerned American and asking "why the hell are we doing this?"

But as Fishingpox eluded to and I agree, you can't tell the difference between one politician or the other or in the end one party or the other. Some special interest group has them in their pocket at the end of the day. They owe to much to the company store to look after our well being.

The number of elected officials that are doing what they do for the good of the people and as "public servants" are few and far between today from what I can see.

As I've said before, we need a statesman at the front desk of our country. Someone with experience and who has an administration working for him (us) that is not at each others throats and have some inspiration beyond their own personal agenda's.

I couldn't give a rats tail if it's a rep. or dem.

[Don G]

I guess I fall in this category Hoot..lol..and I refuse to get myself into a political scuffle. I would like to know from you educated folks why diesel fuel is as high or higher, in some cases, than premium gas. I would like to have facts and not opinions on this. How about some help here Moose.

Do some of you folks remember the Bay of Pigs? I was there. There are some things higher on my agenda than gas prices.......

We caught 30 crappie at High Rock Monday & had beautiful weather.

Good fishing to all.......

[GABoy]

There are some things higher on my agenda than gas prices.......

We caught 30 crappie at High Rock Monday & had beautiful weather.

Good fishing to all.......

I hear ya on that one....I hate that gas prices have gone up so much too, but I got the fishing fever and the gas prices won't stop me....I will just start bringing more people to help split up the costs more...ha ha!!

[Hoot]

One of the main reasons that Diesel fuel prices have gone up so dramatically is because of "supply & demand". Competition for a barrel of oil.

Industrilized and developing nations in Asia for example; China, India and Thailand are using enough diesel today to rival America's consumption.

[TAE73]

The whole "supply and demand" motto is just a escape goat for them to stick us with higher prices. Make X amount a day and thats it, if we run out we run out. That would be a way to stop polluction, less fuel equals less polluction, doesnt take a rocket scientest to figure this stuff out.

[Hoot]

Well I'd agree with you Ted that if we use less oil we will reduce pollution. That may be an unexpected benefit from the higher prices.

But....considering that most of what we eat is delivered by trucks that travel across America, I doubt that putting a cap on useage is going to solve the immediate problem or make many American families very happy.

Maybe we should consider developing our rail systems, certainly the travel (amtrack) systems to reduce our dependence on cars.

The fact is that the U.S. with it's extensive highway systems has been the #1 user of oil in the world. Also the #1 polluter for a long time. We've got a love affair with our cars (I'm one of them). It's a symbol of freedom to get where we want to go when we please and will be hard to get people to accept alternative modes of transportation.

But during the past 10 years, and will take China as an example, thousands of miles of new interstate highways have been built in that country. China's economy has more than tripled in the same period. As a result, there are not only more trucks on China's highways but because of a ballooning economy, more people can afford and are driving their own cars.

It's substantiated facts. These countries I mentioned are now using oil that matches the consumption in the U.S. All of this taking place in less than 10 years.

Now throw in a war in the oil rich part of the world, regardless if the prices are being minipulated, the prices are going to go up because of competition.

Diesel fuel is cheaper than gas to process. But because of developing countries that change the landscapes of their countries by the day with construction the demand for fuel and diesel fuels construction, is plain and simple competition for a barrel of oil.

[fishingpox]

I'm tired of the scare tactics this administration has used on the old and uneducated in this country to support their agenda.


Well i'm not old, or at least I don't think so. I am uneducated but , I do read,faithfully.If you have to know his name i'll look it up, at this moment, off the top of my head I can't remember his name. He is know all over the world over his views on the nation of Islam. He is Islamic himself. he approximates there being one billion people in the Islamic faith. He says 10 percent of those one billion have taken an oath..in Allah's name...to kill Jews and Christians. So,by this mans belief's,there are one hundred million fanatics out there ready to kill you. However,being conservative as I am lets say there is one thousandth's of a percent that has taken that vow, thats one million fanatics. A pretty darn strong army.

Yes, I'm better off than I was last week, last year,or when I was a kid. Why? I have worked my butt off all my life. Actually, I have it made. Secondly,because of men and women in uniform that have died for their country, that gives me the right to bitch and moan and groan about gas prices. Maybe I should get an education and experience the euphoria.

I think we'd better take a damn good look at what's going on here at home before we go sticking our big noses in other countries affairs.

China is something I know about having lived there for 10 years and Asia for 15. They've got more problems than you can ever contemplate. Shaking a stick at them and calling their hand is all that's needed at this point. They'd kill themselves before they were able to mount a meaningful attack.

If Reagon and his administration wouldn't have sold military technology with them during the 80's we wouldn't have to be as concerned today. Those are documented facts. They, the Chinese turned around and sold that tech. to the highest bidder. The Middle East.

We are our own worse and most dangerous enemy. We are stupid when it comes to other cultures and the rest of the world knows it.

But I think we've had enough diversion by this administration with Iraq and chasing the shadow of Ben Laden.

Meanwhile they set things up for themselves and their buddies to get rich.

I'm tired of the scare tactics this administration has used on the old and uneducated in this country to support their agenda.

It's time to question authority again folks.

Otherwise just stand out in the pasture with the other sheep and wait to get fleeced.

[CrappieLips]

I hear ya on that one....I hate that gas prices have gone up so much too, but I got the fishing fever and the gas prices won't stop me....I will just start bringing more people to help split up the costs more...ha ha!!

I heard that GABoy;;; Get about two or three buddies to pitch in helps the cost out a lot then you travel like i do my two favorites are 81 miles one way & 101 miles one way it knocks a whole in the wallet if you know what i mean The waters been up there for over 10 days now but come monday i should be hittingem hard PULL EM-ULE PULL :D

[Mrs. Crappie Stalker]

Okay, here's some of what I Know, some of what I think, and some of what I wonder. . . . . . . I know that the U.S. has a vast amount of crude oil stored that is not being touched. I think that alternate fuel sources have already been perfected, but we won't see their usage in our lifetimes because it's not considered economically feasible. I wonder if the fishing is gonna be good this Saturday, because I WILL be at the lake and, for a few hours, I WON'T worry about gasoline or money or my house that needs cleaning!

[CrappieLips]

Okay, here's some of what I Know, some of what I think, and some of what I wonder. . . . . . . I know that the U.S. has a vast amount of crude oil stored that is not being touched. I think that alternate fuel sources have already been perfected, but we won't see their usage in our lifetimes because it's not considered economically feasible. I wonder if the fishing is gonna be good this Saturday, because I WILL be at the lake and, for a few hours, I WON'T worry about gasoline or money or my house that needs cleaning!

That's what it's all about MRS. Stalker Getting away from it all on the river or lake Chunkin at slabs.LOL