"When in the course of human events..."

[ribit]

This should be moved to the off topic board.

[crappieseeker]

I dont like our gas prices either, but it could be worse. I heard that the average price of a gallon of gas in europe is 5 dollars a gallon, and thats not due to any shortage, thats what they normally pay. If you people think the bush family is just in the war for oil. When we liberated Kuwait, we could have just taken their land and oil, we gave it all back.

[KARL]

Taxes, taxes, taxes
What accounts for the high cost of British gas, or petrol as it is known in the U.K.? Taxes, taxes, taxes.

Between approximately 65 and 75 percent of the price of gasoline in the U.K. is taken as taxes. U.S. drivers are paying a seemingly paltry 27 percent of their gas bill to the government.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8994313/


http://www.kuwait-info.org/Country_Profile/economy.html




.......BTW check your history on Kuwait......Gulf, Exxon, Mobil etc....already had a contract for Kuwait's oil.....same with Iraq now....these are not opinions ....they are FACTS.....y'all draw your own conclusions... :D :p :rolleyes:


scroll down to Chapter 3------Oil sector ....several pages enlighten yourselves.......



http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html


The discovery of oil hastened negotiations over the composition and the functions of TPC. The shareholders signed a formal agreement in July 1928. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the Dutch Shell Group, the CFP, and the Near East Development Corporation (which represented the interests of five large American oil companies) each held 23.7 percent of the shares, and Gulbenkian the remaining, but nonvoting, 5 percent. TPC was organized as a nonprofit company registered in Britain that produced crude oil for a fee for its parent companies, based on their shares. TPC was limited to refining and marketing for Iraq's internal needs to prevent any competition with the parent companies. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company was awarded a 10 percent royalty on the oil produced, as compensation for its reduced share in TPC



http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/iz.html


Exports - commodities:
crude oil (83.9%), crude materials excluding fuels (8.0%), food and live animals (5.0%)
Exports - partners:
US 55.8%, Spain 8%, Japan 7.3%, Italy 6.5%, Canada 5.8% (2004)

[crappie66]

Moose you are right, OIL and GREED is what it is.
I will again say he isn't my president, and as an AMERICAN I have the right to choose whether or not I call him mine or not.

Today while watching CSPAN they showed America's weapon of mass destruction, Mr. Bush talking about the area as he walked through the aftermath. What was his main concern, getting the oil lines back up and running, he took more pride in that than anything else. Hell I bitch about gas prices, but come on it doesn't hurt the wallet that much, what's an extra $20 dollars a week. The people there are more important, getting them food, water, and shelter. But yet he is more concerned about getting that oil pumping out so he can make more money, he is greedy, he already has more money than most of us will ever have.

As far as people going on and on saying they have sons in the military. That is great, I respect what they do, but at the same time they chose to sign up and knew it was a possibility when signing up, I don't ever remember a draft in my lifetime where they were forced to join the military. And you being a father of military boys it blows my mind how you can sit back and defend the idiot for putting your sons in a place they don't belong.

[crappieseeker]

Listen folks, the main reason the recovery effort is taking so long down there is because they have a shortage of fuel. It doesnt take a genious to figure that out. They have to get those lines running to help with the recovery effort. Didnt you see all those pictures of people waiting in line for gas.

[fishingpox]

Now, all you folks whining about relief not getting there fast enough, your right, a extremely crappy job is or was being done. Now it is time to put your money where your mouth is. I gave 1k to the Red Cross, if you want to see the reciept I can produce that too.

Maybe someone can organize a fund through Crappie.com and show the folks we fishermen care. However, I'm sure many of us have given. I can still pitch in a few more dollars.

[Pirogue]

Crappie66,
I've been on various INet forums since 1997.You Sir,have got to be the dumbest SOB I've yet to encounter !!!!
Sorry to the rest of the good folks here.

Pirogue

[Joe]

In his last message he said something about his mind being blown. This probably explains his stupid statements. Hopefully he will seek medical help.

Crappie66,
I've been on various INet forums since 1997.You Sir,have got to be the dumbest SOB I've yet to encounter !!!!
Sorry to the rest of the good folks here.

Pirogue

[crappie66]

Crappie66,
I've been on various INet forums since 1997.You Sir,have got to be the dumbest SOB I've yet to encounter !!!!
Sorry to the rest of the good folks here.

Pirogue

I am sorry you don't have any sense to realize your president is an idiot. Chances are you are one of the 63+million who voted for him. You voted for him, so you have no right to ever bitch or complain about the state of our economy, the price of gas, or his war. I am not one to just go along with things, I voice my opinion, and truely don't care if you agree or not, it is just my opinion. Those soldiers over seas fighting his war to make his daddy proud could be better utilized here on our soil.

With that said I will let you get back to listening to your Rush Limbaugh, and maybe you can catch NPR later too.

[fishingpox]

Moose,would you take Crappie666 to the doctor being that you have a 4 cylinder vehecle. I'm sure you can find him at Micheal Moore's house. Opps sorry Micheal is in Forida in a fat house trying to loose weight, try there?

LOL! OIL & GREED! Sometimes that is all that needs to be said