View Full Version : $4.00 Gas Prices - They'll be back.
Change my Ass.
I thought domestic exploration would be an option....according to Lord Obama. Instead we get the same old game.
Over the past 30 years:
Democrats have blocked the development of new sources of petroleum.
Democrats have blocked drilling in ANWR.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the coast of Florida.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the east coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the west coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the Alaskan coast.
Democrats have blocked building oil refineries.
Democrats have blocked clean nuclear energy production.
Democrats have blocked clean coal production.
So it really wasn't so surprising when the democrats opened the 111th Congress by introducing a bill to permanently prohibit drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
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LongGrain
01-15-2009, 09:25 PM
good, i prefer more expensive gasoline.
palmdale_mob
01-15-2009, 09:26 PM
Damn hippies
ILoveMyRHS13
01-15-2009, 09:30 PM
Fucking Nancy Pelosi.
JeremyR
01-15-2009, 09:40 PM
drilling in a wildlife refuge is just stupid.
i'm all for cheaper gas and whatnot. but why not just make more fuel efficient cars. 30mpg hybrids? what a joke. europe has had high MPG cars for YEARS and they arnt hybrids.
america has always had cheap gas so of course who cares if all our cars guzzle it.
whereas most foreign countrys dont have cheap gas, so instead they build more efficient cars. this is the way our country should be moving. 40+mpg cars should be more common place, without this "hybrid" non-sense. saw a "hybrid" silverado at the car show, thing still only gets 20mpg. lame.
BustedS13
01-15-2009, 10:30 PM
it's the democrats' fault
sillyvia13
01-15-2009, 10:35 PM
I have a really sweet beard...
thats all....
oh yea, and I got a 55 drum of gas. x 10 at $1.52 a gallon.
thats is all.
Stock up on all. shits cheap now, hyperinflation coming sooN!
peace from a hippie!
lflkajfj12123
01-15-2009, 10:37 PM
no its your fault busted
Change my Ass.
Kinda has to be in office to do anything. whoo, another RJF democrat bashing thread!! PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE!! Wait, what?
good, i prefer more expensive gasoline.
Seriously, all this damn traffic now!
svensko
01-15-2009, 11:05 PM
Wait, we can't destroy the habitat of a fuggen animal refuge so you can keep your SUV topped off? This clearly has you outraged. :bowrofl:
!Zar!
01-15-2009, 11:07 PM
Whatever.
I can afford it.
Just means less broke people going out.
renegade_ewok
01-15-2009, 11:11 PM
It is what it is, can't bitch about it now. Relative depravity; my friends in Germany pay the equivalent of 6-7 bucks a gallon. Welcome to how the rest of the world feels about this... while Americans bitch about it the most.
Agamemnon
01-15-2009, 11:15 PM
$4 bucks?! You wish! Expect $5/gallon prices this year.
svensko
01-15-2009, 11:18 PM
It is what it is, can't bitch about it now. Relative depravity; my friends in Germany pay the equivalent of 6-7 bucks a gallon. Welcome to how the rest of the world feels about this... while Americans bitch about it the most.
Psssssssssst, the rest of the world has reasonable public transportation and major cities that aren't hundreds of miles from each other. :goyou:
ATLspeed
01-15-2009, 11:19 PM
think i may have to move closer to where drift events are held....cuz ill be damn if i drive more than an hour to have some fun lol
DALAZ_68
01-15-2009, 11:24 PM
w/e...i payed it once
BustedS13
01-15-2009, 11:24 PM
no its your fault busted
you'll get change
change from a five when you buy a gallon of gasoline for FOUR DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Flipzide
01-15-2009, 11:26 PM
Aww... I should've stockpiled, hahah.
ronmcdon
01-15-2009, 11:41 PM
I'm interested in the refineries.
What laws are you talking about specifically that limit or prohibit the building of new facilities?
I think there will be change. I'm just not so sure its for the better.
neverrain
01-15-2009, 11:49 PM
Almost 5 bucks a gallon. My s13 was pushing a $60 fillup. Oh well. My buddies SS Silverado will cost almost $120 to fill the tank. Glad I only need to drive to work 4 days a week. 4/10 schedules are ftw.
CrimsonRockett
01-16-2009, 12:00 AM
Work is 30 minutes away from my house with traffic.
Would be less without.
High gas prices did suck, but less people driving = win.
Now, it takes forever to get anywhere.
It's a lose/lose situation.
High gas prices = Nobody drives
Low gas prices = Everybody and their mom's mom drive.
ronmcdon
01-16-2009, 12:19 AM
My commute in socal remains more or less the same. I drive between west la, the san fernando valley, downtown, and god-forsaken azusa. gas prices had negligible if any effect. traffic is nice when school's out, but thats about it.
besides, I don't think many ppl are going to quit their job and stop driving to work b/c they pay more for gas, esp with the economy the way it is. you just deal with it.
racer98
01-16-2009, 12:25 AM
Waiting for the routine maintenance shut down and all of the nickel and dime savings they do at the refineries, look when the last refinery was built in the usa, look at the refineries down in long beach / Torrance they have not spent any money for modernization and improvement, just a ticking time bomb.
iwishiwas-all*
01-16-2009, 12:36 AM
they dont like to drill in alaskek cause the aminals no drill theree drill mexicod
edit:this could have been the craziest thing ive ever typed drunk
luftrofl
01-16-2009, 12:43 AM
No shit it's coming back. Anyone who didn't see it coming is a fool.
Anybody who is saying that ANWR would make a significant impact is either unqualified to speak on the issue or is being paid a lot to say so. Either way, it's a stupid argument to make as there's not enough oil and it can't be accessed quickly enough to make a difference to the consumer.
That said, there's a stupid fear of nuclear power in this country. "Clean" technology clearly isn't where we want it to be and Americans have proved time and time again to be unable to understand that concessions must be made. Nuclear power seems like a good "temporary" power source until solar/wind/fusion/etc. really takes off.
good, i prefer more expensive gasoline.
Agreed. Fewer people on the road + people driving slower = great.
Koopa Troopa
01-16-2009, 01:23 AM
Good, maybe Americans will finally stop insisting that everything be bigger and badder then the next guys.
BustedS13
01-16-2009, 02:27 AM
Good, maybe Americans will finally stop insisting that everything be bigger and badder then the next guys.
quiet nerd
Kn1ves
01-16-2009, 05:00 AM
No shit it's coming back. Anyone who didn't see it coming is a fool.
Anybody who is saying that ANWR would make a significant impact is either unqualified to speak on the issue or is being paid a lot to say so. Either way, it's a stupid argument to make as there's not enough oil and it can't be accessed quickly enough to make a difference to the consumer.
That said, there's a stupid fear of nuclear power in this country. "Clean" technology clearly isn't where we want it to be and Americans have proved time and time again to be unable to understand that concessions must be made. Nuclear power seems like a good "temporary" power source until solar/wind/fusion/etc. really takes off.
Agreed. Fewer people on the road + people driving slower = great.
Yup, it takes about 12 years to properly locate, drill, produce and export oil from an source that hasn't been found yet.
HalveBlue
01-16-2009, 05:19 AM
You're all tools.
The Real Reason Gas Hit $4/Gallon (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4713382n)
BTW, I pay ~$6.35/gallon.
Awesome.
TheWolf
01-16-2009, 06:17 AM
why does anyone think drilling in florida is good... everyone that's been to texas from florida and see how oil rigs dicked the beach doesn't want it.. florida gets like 3x the hurricanes that the gulf coast does. florida is a long thin stick of land so even if a hurricane doesn't hit where the rig is.. says it hits 200 miles north... it will still cut off the supply from that rig as it will have to pass through that area... florida has way to many hippies, reef lovers, manatees, endangered everything to drill... not happening.
40daws
01-16-2009, 06:31 AM
The only way to get real change,more fuel efficient cars is for gas to GO UP and
make people switch to those cars. Whats the point of cheap gas and fuel efficient cars ? I works against itself.
Phlip
01-16-2009, 06:35 AM
No shit it's coming back. Anyone who didn't see it coming is a fool.
Anybody who is saying that ANWR would make a significant impact is either unqualified to speak on the issue or is being paid a lot to say so. Either way, it's a stupid argument to make as there's not enough oil and it can't be accessed quickly enough to make a difference to the consumer.
That said, there's a stupid fear of nuclear power in this country. "Clean" technology clearly isn't where we want it to be and Americans have proved time and time again to be unable to understand that concessions must be made. Nuclear power seems like a good "temporary" power source until solar/wind/fusion/etc. really takes off.
Agreed. Fewer people on the road + people driving slower = great.
Yup, it takes about 12 years to properly locate, drill, produce and export oil from an source that hasn't been found yet.
You're all tools.
The Real Reason Gas Hit $4/Gallon (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4713382n)
BTW, I pay ~$6.35/gallon.
Awesome.
You guys stop making sense!
RJF wants to blame the democrats, and dammit you're going to let him do it.
We're to ignore that OPEC is "Cartel," as we are what cartels, by definition usually do. We should also ignore that OPEC is 12 countries (at least 3 of which are "bad guys," WTF?!) deep, most of whom make the majority of their money from what they're sitting on, and they have the power to cut production and drive the prices back up.
Frankly, I have been EXPECTING $4.00/gallon gas to come back for months now, and I was not going to sit back and make a post blaming it on the democrats.
... I mean, because we KNOW that everything is the Democrats' fault as it is, especially since Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama has had all the powers of a sitting president since before he was even elected. Why would we give him the chance to make right, in the face of 8 prior years of inexcusable fail?
We won't even get into "clean coal," which strikes me as an oxymoron in itself. How much time and energy that could be used elsewhere go into the "cleaning" of this? Ever heard of the Rube Goldberg Machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine)?
Diminishing returns anyone?
legacy927
01-16-2009, 06:52 AM
I won't be surprise the gas will be 5 or 6 bucks when spring comes...So far in NYC, the cheapest is $1.79/87 $1.99/89 and $2.09/93 and it stayed that way for awhile now. Sunoco jumped from $2.09 to $2.15 for 93, im like WTF?
WanganRunner
01-16-2009, 07:58 AM
If ANWR drilling were approved this year, the first drop of oil wouldn't come out until 2012, and the peak output would only be 780,000 barrels per day (peaking at that number in 2027).
US oil consumption TODAY is 20.8 million barrels per day, and it's estimated to be 39 million barrels per day in 2027. This means that total ANWR yield, at peak, will only be 2% of estimated domestic consumption.
I'm not anti-drilling, so long as it's done responsibly I don't have any issue with it, I'm all for exploring all available options, but pro-drilling nuts need to realize that it's more a psychological aid than anything else. The sum total of all remaining US oil reserves will not make a discernible impact on real energy prices now or ever.
It is NOT short term relief because it is not available in the short term, it will take 10 years to "turn the tap on".
If we still really need that 2% extra in 2027, if we're still primarily using oil for transportation, we've got much bigger problems.
Again, let's drill until we're blue in the face, but it's just a political "gimme". It isn't a real solution, and it'll never have any kind of material impact on pricing. Anyone who asserts otherwise is either misinformed or lying, period.
Phlip
01-16-2009, 08:06 AM
^^^ STOP MAKING FUCKING SENSE!!!
It's "blame the Democrats" or no comments!
LeftNutOfGowd
01-16-2009, 08:16 AM
:s101::lfault::s101:
S13shaka
01-16-2009, 08:28 AM
there is already plenty of oil in chartered areas, no need to add to the destablilization of the enviroment.
recently oil companies have scaled back production to propigate supply v demand, POLICY has nothing to do with why the price of gas is rising.
people make such a big deal about gas prices. but pretty much everywhere else $4 a gallon is a low price.
LeftNutOfGowd
01-16-2009, 08:29 AM
I just put gas in my car it was up to $1.99 a gallon
Phlip
01-16-2009, 08:31 AM
I just put gas in my car it was up to $1.99 a gallon
Me too, $1.97/gallon for 93 octane at a BP...
I was angrier that I had to stand in 11° weather to do it than I was that it will likely double just as quickly as it fell.
S13_Nightkid
01-16-2009, 09:22 AM
Those darn liberals!:cj:
Gas prices will go up regardless. That one sided argument b.s. only worked during the election.
Brian
01-16-2009, 10:02 AM
fucking obama.
useless.
jackjack
01-16-2009, 10:27 AM
i dont even give a damn. i knew from the start NOTHING was going to change. i'm glad i finally picked up a motorcylce last summer. gas mileage kicks ass and cutting through traffic is a breeze. its never rush hour anywhere i go.......... when i'm on the bike that is :yum:
legacy927
01-16-2009, 10:51 AM
too bad its not safe leaving bottles of gasoline at home...i would store it at home till whenever they decide to make 5 or 6 bucks a gallon...
stiizy
01-16-2009, 11:06 AM
too bad its not safe leaving bottles of gasoline at home...i would store it at home till whenever they decide to make 5 or 6 bucks a gallon...
buy it by the barrel used to do it with 115 all the time....
only thing is it evaporates pretty quick so instead of 55 gallons it'll be more like 48
BustedS13
01-16-2009, 12:11 PM
why does anyone think drilling in florida is good... everyone that's been to texas from florida and see how oil rigs dicked the beach doesn't want it.. florida gets like 3x the hurricanes that the gulf coast does. florida is a long thin stick of land so even if a hurricane doesn't hit where the rig is.. says it hits 200 miles north... it will still cut off the supply from that rig as it will have to pass through that area... florida has way to many hippies, reef lovers, manatees, endangered everything to drill... not happening.
i was going to make a joke about how all gulf beaches should look like Corpus Christi but you beat me.
Florida has the nicest beaches in the US, it really sucks that everybody is so eager to destroy them.
SimpleS14
01-16-2009, 12:22 PM
The most I paid was last summer @ $4.71/gallon for the M35x.....and that was when I was doing an average 60 mile commute M-F. Ever since I moved and prices dropped, I've saved a bit....but I'm pretty sure prices will hike back up and my recent move will be worth it. All I'm saying is the price of oil and gasoline is very manipulative and it's sad how short sighted some people can be. I really hope there is a push for alternatives despite this "low oil" we are having. Everyone should know that this price drop is here to keep people from looking at alternatives and creating a justification to invest into them.
drilling in a wildlife refuge is just stupid.
i'm all for cheaper gas and whatnot. but why not just make more fuel efficient cars. 30mpg hybrids? what a joke. europe has had high MPG cars for YEARS and they arnt hybrids.
america has always had cheap gas so of course who cares if all our cars guzzle it.
whereas most foreign countrys dont have cheap gas, so instead they build more efficient cars. this is the way our country should be moving. 40+mpg cars should be more common place, without this "hybrid" non-sense. saw a "hybrid" silverado at the car show, thing still only gets 20mpg. lame.
I agree, this country needs a push for more fuel efficient cars.
especially since Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama has had all the powers of a sitting president since before he was even elected.
ROFL!!!! I was DYING when I read that lol
shishcabobers
01-16-2009, 12:26 PM
wait for it
shishcabobers
01-16-2009, 12:30 PM
BOOM!
http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q367/domoshish/lkjljlkj-1.jpg
DirtyS14
01-16-2009, 12:44 PM
i'm glad i finally picked up a motorcylce last summer. gas mileage kicks ass and cutting through traffic is a breeze. its never rush hour anywhere i go.......... when i'm on the bike that is :yum:
motorbikes ftw. I'm stocking up on fucking motorbikes now while they're cheap.
People will be begging for them come summer/$5 gas.
!Zar!
01-16-2009, 12:51 PM
i dont even give a damn. i knew from the start NOTHING was going to change. i'm glad i finally picked up a motorcylce last summer. gas mileage kicks ass and cutting through traffic is a breeze. its never rush hour anywhere i go.......... when i'm on the bike that is :yum:
Eh, mileage is about the same as a an average econocar for most bikes.
S14DB
01-16-2009, 01:07 PM
Bush is still president.
Already discussed ANWR and how there is hardly any oil there. :repost:
Gas prices are cheap in the winter and expensive in the summer(more people drive). Diesel is cheap during the summer and expensive in the winter(fuel oil for heating comes from the same stock as Diesel). Gas prices will go up in the spring time.
kingkilburn
01-16-2009, 01:12 PM
I'm waiting for coal to gasoline refineries. The projected price per gallon is around 40 cents. We have more coal than the world has ever had oil so the supply should last quite a while. That couple with more fuel efficient cars is the future of internal combustion in my opinion.
Increased foreign dependence, decreased supply, and back-breaking fuel prices: Why settle for less when you can have it all? - Jeff_Emanuel’s blog - RedState (http://www.redstate.com/jeff_emanuel/2009/01/16/increased-foreign-dependence-decreased-supply-and-back-breaking-fuel-prices-why-settle-for-less-when-you-can-have-it-all/)
In June 2008 amidst an energy crisis and the highest gas prices since the Carter years (not counting the few days after Katrina), President Bush an executive order banning new U.S. offshore drilling. Three months later, a federal moratorium on OCS drilling was allowed to expire by Congress for the first time since the Regan administration. A ban on shale oil was allowed to expire, as well.
Now, the Obama administration and the Democrat Congress, both of whom pay lip-service to making America more energy independent, are seriously considering once again legislating utter American dependence on foreign countries like Venzuela and Saudi Arabia.
Ken Salazar (D-CO), Barack Obama’s nominee to be Secretary of the Interior, has “said he will consider restoring parts of an expired federal ban on offshore oil drilling,” according to CNSNews. When asked how extensive a ban he thought it best to impose, the utterly informed, qualified, and prepared nominee reportedly said, “I have no idea.”
Perhaps, like his prospective boss, Salazar is leaving his then-confident campaign and confirmation rhetoric on the trail and in the hearing room, and is waiting until he is actually in office to “start the process of deciding what to do.”
Last fall, “House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) promised that reinstating the ban “will be a top priority for discussion next year” in the 111th Congress, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) tried unsuccessfully to reinstate part of the ban via the year-end continuing resolution.
“Obviously many of us want to have a general ban,” said Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), referring to the sense of the Democrat-led 111th Congress.
Of course, we all know there’s no quicker way to get America on track toward energy independence than preventing us from manufacturing our own energy here, right? That seems to be what Obama’s White House energy advisor Carol Browner thinks. According to The Wall Street Journal, “Ms. Browner has been a critic of proposals to loosen restrictions on oil and natural gas drilling in the outer continental shelf, arguing that such moves would do little to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and risk damaging U.S. coastlines.” Um, right. The illogical reality of Liberalism strikes again.
Combine this from Salazar and Browner with Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Obama has tapped to be his energy secretary. Chu, of course, told the WSJ in September ‘08, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” Wouldn’t that be great? $6 or more for a gallon of gasoline!
Now that’s just what a nation of people who can’t pay their mortgages, are in danger of losing their jobs, and whose incoming president is bragging about dragging their national deficit over $1 trillion for the next several years running, needs.
Ah well; all you can say is “elections have consequences.” If you put a group of far-left neo-socialists who have no grasp of reality or of history in charge of both houses and the presidency, you’re going to get far-left, neo-socialistic policy that has no grounding in reality or in the lessons of past policy failures.
Om1kron
01-16-2009, 02:00 PM
^^^ STOP MAKING FUCKING SENSE!!!
It's "blame the Democrats" or no comments!
I'll let Phlip do all speaking for me in this thread since his name is red!
Mi Beardo es Loco
01-16-2009, 02:04 PM
think about this for a second.
$4 a gallon might not be a HORRIBLE thing. Horrible for the time being but it could lead to higher quality automobiles and create an accelerate for a fuel alternative.
Brian
01-16-2009, 02:05 PM
7-11 has tons of Obama bullshit all over the store.
Obaba bottles of water
Obaba FAMILY bottles of water.
pins
stickers
other shit.
Why is everybody "on his nuts" ?
anyways
as much as I don't want to pay more for gas, I will.
I just hope it makes less people able to drive.
Poor low class people don't deserve to drive.
I'm tired of seeing junkers on the road.
Pave my roads in gold.
stiizy
01-16-2009, 02:11 PM
I just hope it makes less people able to drive.
Poor low class people don't deserve to drive.
I'm tired of seeing junkers on the road.
Pave my roads in gold.
Harsh???
Just a little but i know what you mean........
!Zar!
01-16-2009, 02:17 PM
Whatever.
I can afford it.
Just means less broke people going out.
I'm with this guy.
stiizy
01-16-2009, 02:26 PM
I'm with this guy.
me too good call:ddog::ddog:
murda-c
01-16-2009, 02:27 PM
sometimes it's hard to tell if people are joking and it kinda scares me.
bryce with a y
01-16-2009, 02:28 PM
man your signature is so true.
i mean its not cool to drill where things live and it would be better if we didnt.
but fuck it humans rules. you think if polar bears had the logic to drill for oil to power there cars they would!? YES THEY WOULD.
its called evolution. using earth resources. NOTHING IS MAN MADE.
Ceepo
01-16-2009, 02:34 PM
Idk why everyone is bitchin, we need gas we will pay what we have to to drive, we have payed 4+ dollars a few months back so i dont understand why everyone is bitchin, its no ones fault other then greed is why we pay so much, all it comes down to is they want OUR CASH so just fork it over and pretend to smile when you get ass-****ed at the pump lol....
Lets raise gas prices to $6 now. Use excess flow of $$ to bail out our economy. And help pay back this HUGE national debt. If we did this now, our economy would be better than it was by the end of 2009. And america would thrive once again. Damn, if some government and oil guys thought of this, they would be so rich. But they arent smart enough and they are too stingy and greedy fucks to ever allow this to happen.
I am all for the coal>gasoline refineries. And all for clean energy. With all the technological advances in our modern age we are still using diesel and gasoline to heat homes and buildings. WHY? we have technology to spend less $$ on oil. Yet your government officials OWNED by the oil companies. Seriously i believe that we should force the oil companies to spend 10% of their profits each year investing in cheaper more efficient and cleaner ways of heating homes and buildings. With our current technology the ONLY thing we should be using oil and diesel fuels for is internal combustion engines.
Let us all start a mob with pitchforks and torches and hunt down us some damn oil executives!
O and DAMN Obama.. its your fault!
shishcabobers
01-16-2009, 03:16 PM
I blame human kind for being selfish, if everybody thought about other people we would have such a great world.
ESmorz
01-16-2009, 03:19 PM
Lets raise gas prices to $6 now. Use excess flow of $$ to bail out our economy. And help pay back this HUGE national debt. If we did this now, our economy would be better than it was by the end of 2009. And america would thrive once again. Damn, if some government and oil guys thought of this, they would be so rich. But they arent smart enough and they are too stingy and greedy fucks to ever allow this to happen.
I am all for the coal>gasoline refineries. And all for clean energy. With all the technological advances in our modern age we are still using diesel and gasoline to heat homes and buildings. WHY? we have technology to spend less $$ on oil. Yet your government officials OWNED by the oil companies. Seriously i believe that we should force the oil companies to spend 10% of their profits each year investing in cheaper more efficient and cleaner ways of heating homes and buildings. With our current technology the ONLY thing we should be using oil and diesel fuels for is internal combustion engines.
Let us all start a mob with pitchforks and torches and hunt down us some damn oil executives!
O and DAMN Obama.. its your fault!
There is only one problem with that.
People will buy less gasoline. The cost of living will skyrocket, and ultimately damage the economy more.
Brian
01-16-2009, 03:23 PM
I blame human kind for being selfish, if everybody thought about other people we would have such a great world.
The Tragedy of the Commons.
You should... well, everybody should understand what this is.
It makes perfect sense.
It's sad, but so true.
We are the biggest fucking asshole idiots ever.
WanganRunner
01-16-2009, 03:26 PM
blah blah blah
None of that addressed the fact that the US does not have the OPTION of significantly reducing foreign oil dependence or gasoline prices by drilling domestically because there isn't enough domestic oil.
It's a political play. The GOP is (wisely) using the environmental sensibilities of the left against them to paint them as being irresponsible over what is really and truly a non-issue. For whatever reason, certain GOP constituents continue to buy this line by believing that there are significant US oil reserves that could be tapped quickly, even though this is patently untrue.
Do I think that the Dems should allow drilling? Sure I do, but I don't think it's actually going to make a material impact. Every little bit helps I suppose, but just because their resistance to it is irrational doesn't mean that the GOP can truthfully paint them as standing in the way of a real solution, as it certainly isn't a real solution. It's a bona fide bullshit issue.
Try again.
EDIT: Gasoline prices will almost surely rise in the summer as mentioned, but not to $4.00+, at least not solely as a function of it being summertime. The recent plummeting has more to do with overpriced gasoline futures and the global recession than it does with seasonal pricing fluctuations. It'll rise a bit, but if it rises a lot, it'll be for other reasons. Methinks it'll stay fairly low until the global economy pulls itself out of the clusterfuck it's trapped in presently.
ALTRNTV
01-16-2009, 03:28 PM
http://is.rely.net/1-75-91750-l-HqxM015absitWha3SKviA.jpg
Brian
01-16-2009, 03:29 PM
"Everybody is a democrat... until they grow up."
SimpleS14
01-16-2009, 03:32 PM
I just hope it makes less people able to drive.
Poor low class people don't deserve to drive.
I'm tired of seeing junkers on the road.
Pave my roads in gold.
:bowrofl: junkers lol
You're not talking about us 240 owners? :bite:
Brian
01-16-2009, 03:34 PM
Some of you are.
murda-c
01-16-2009, 03:38 PM
http://is.rely.net/1-75-91750-l-HqxM015absitWha3SKviA.jpg
i don't get it?
ESmorz
01-16-2009, 03:45 PM
Black people, and some white guy jerkin off.
shishcabobers
01-16-2009, 03:47 PM
Yes we can! Together we stand to pick up after the pieces of our trouble economy, and together we will survive this one step at a time.
jjXyqcx-mYY
fromxtor
01-16-2009, 04:46 PM
^^ Maybe I don't like the fact that gas prices are going up because I just hit my 6 year mark in the USAF and made $24900 after taxes this year. Couple that with a wife and kid, two car payments, and bills, I honestly enjoy seeing $1.XX when I drive by the gas station.
Phlip
01-16-2009, 06:46 PM
The recession was caused by Bill Clinton, it belongs to Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama, no blame is to be placed on the failure of the current administration, nor is anyone to do anything like noticing that Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama will not be president until Tuesday and nothing he does will take effect for months or years AFTER Tuesday.
Also, please post more pictures of the worst of the worst as if that is EVERYONE who supported Obama, we need that to prove just how bad a president he is.
... oh wait, he ain't president yet, he has only had the powers of one since before being elected.
If I catch anyone blaming George Bush for any ten things (http://www.alternet.org/story/120220/so_long_worst_president_ever%3B_10_reasons_history _will_hang_you__/), I will ban you until George W. Bush has a successful presidency,
WanganRunner
01-17-2009, 10:24 AM
man your signature is so true.
His signature is actually from Metal Gear Solid 2.
98s14inaz
01-18-2009, 11:39 AM
Change my Ass.
I thought domestic exploration would be an option....according to Lord Obama. Instead we get the same old game.
Over the past 30 years:
Democrats have blocked the development of new sources of petroleum.
Democrats have blocked drilling in ANWR.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the coast of Florida.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the east coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the west coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the Alaskan coast.
Democrats have blocked building oil refineries.
Democrats have blocked clean nuclear energy production.
Democrats have blocked clean coal production.
So it really wasn't so surprising when the democrats opened the 111th Congress by introducing a bill to permanently prohibit drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
no+zones.jpg (image) (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_L6pDyjqqsvY/SW62PxMnZ0I/AAAAAAAAZQI/CiM_fQALEgA/s1600-h/no+zones.jpg)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_L6pDyjqqsvY/SW62PxMnZ0I/AAAAAAAAZQI/CiM_fQALEgA/s1600-h/no+zones.jpg
Did you really expect anything different? The only change is what shade of color the president is...that's it. Even if Lord Obama was truly sincere in his campaign promises he still has to pay the people who got him elected...the kennedy and clinton families. Take a look at all the people who got jobs in washington recently. I'm so done with this whole political thing.
Shmex
01-18-2009, 11:53 AM
dam right when iget boosted gas goes up.
yeah it might be stupid to drill in a wildlife refuge, but...you forgot all the other things the devi...sorry...the democrats have prevented us from doing.
its total annihilation by hippies.
hippies need to grow a pair, and stop tryna own everbody.
Shmex
01-18-2009, 11:59 AM
The recession was caused by Bill Clinton, it belongs to Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama, no blame is to be placed on the failure of the current administration, nor is anyone to do anything like noticing that Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama will not be president until Tuesday and nothing he does will take effect for months or years AFTER Tuesday.
Also, please post more pictures of the worst of the worst as if that is EVERYONE who supported Obama, we need that to prove just how bad a president he is.
... oh wait, he ain't president yet, he has only had the powers of one since before being elected.
If I catch anyone blaming George Bush for any ten things (http://www.alternet.org/story/120220/so_long_worst_president_ever%3B_10_reasons_history _will_hang_you__/), I will ban you until George W. Bush has a successful presidency,
LONG LIVE THE W!!!! He will be missed :tear:
mRclARK1
01-18-2009, 12:11 PM
I did not read this whole thread...
Psssssssssst, the rest of the world has reasonable public transportation and major cities that aren't hundreds of miles from each other. :goyou:
True. You can't fight geography... The reason North America is a gas hog? It has no choice. The next major city from where I am is a further distance than most European countries are from border to border east - west or north - south. It's two nations that occupy an area larger than 3 of the continents on the globe that contain 50+ nations.
The distance from me to Toronto for example... Is further than the distance from London to Berlin and nearly back again. But I never have to leave the country.
Good, maybe Americans will finally stop insisting that everything be bigger and badder then the next guys.
It's true for the most part. However, come where I live and stay for one winter living on a farm when it's -50 outside and snow depth is measured in feet, not inches. You NEED a big ass truck that's gonna use gas. A civic hybrid won't start in the morning if it's outside, let alone make it down the driveway after a blizzard.
I'll completely agree however that A LOT of fuckers out there have vehicles like that they do not need. Both here and elsewhere.
You're all tools.
The Real Reason Gas Hit $4/Gallon (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4713382n)
BTW, I pay ~$6.35/gallon.
Awesome.
You pay 6.35 a gallon. Good for you. I can drive in any direction and never leave the province I'm in and it would be farther than driving across Germany.
Not saying you don't understand, I'm just saying the comparison is invalid. I know you're an American in Europe so you get what I say. But IME a lot of Europeans who criticize American and Canadian use of fuel etc. have never been here... They have no concept of the sheer size and distances between places here. Not to mention (especially in the central and west central parts of Canada) the harsh conditions in winter that necessitate that consumption.
Where I live we have a large influx of European immigrants at the moment... Every single one I've talked to is changing their tune about here and the gas prices. They know even though it's cheaper, we still pay more cause we have to. A guy I go to school with wanted to drive to Calgary, Alberta with some people. He figured on it being about a 2-3 hr. trip.
He nearly didn't believe me when I informed him it's closer to 6-7 and it would be further than if he drove across his home country of France.
His response "But it's just over in the next province!"
Mine: "But you're 200 miles from the border to the next province here, and it's another 200 to Calgary after that."
He also informed me he never put more than 200 miles on his car in a month back home. I told him people here can do that in less than a week, and still be actively trying to save gas. People from Europe it would seem just don't grasp the DISTANCES we have to deal with here.
But whatever. The price of gas, is the price of gas. I'll pay it and not let it affect my life. It's dirt cheap (kinda) now... I'm working on filling jerry cans.
Bigsyke
01-18-2009, 12:26 PM
I read a little bit of this thread. Funny how most local car forums in MN, worship the FUCK outta Hussien Obama. Ive been banned for critiquing Hussien Osama and the corrupt fucking Al franken.
Some posters in this thread gave me hope..
"Everybody is a democrat... until they grow up."
Brian your fucking awsome!
Ghost240
01-18-2009, 12:29 PM
Did you really expect anything different? The only change is what shade of color the president is...that's it. Even if Lord Obama was truly sincere in his campaign promises he still has to pay the people who got him elected...the kennedy and clinton families. Take a look at all the people who got jobs in washington recently. I'm so done with this whole political thing.
You need to realize that is politics. "You scratch my back, and I scratch yours" is king in politics. And anyone who doesn't think that president bush exacerbated the downhill decent of our economy is simply an idiot. The amount of spending that has been done by his administration is the MOST this country has ever seen. And with all this "well spent" money we have nothing to show for it besides a failing economy, inappropriate distribution of monetary power via bailouts, and alienation/silent removal of various rights and freedoms. We will see in 5-10 years precisely what impact the Bush Presidency had and what was truly done. Only they will people seriously grasp the level of bullshit he has put this nation through.
And I really dont see the big deal over his name. Those who attack someone's name simply are struggling to defend their stances and points.
Everyone is party affiliated until they realize the world and its issues are never truly black and white. If you understand and know history it wasn't too long ago that the republicans were modern day democrats and modern day republicans were old school democrats.
Phlip
01-18-2009, 12:29 PM
Michael, none of that you just said came in the form of an unfounded criticism to Bill Clinton or Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama, I will need you to edit that post and make it so.
LongGrain
01-18-2009, 12:34 PM
But whatever. The price of gas, is the price of gas. I'll pay it and not let it affect my life.
a fucking men, I wish everyone could just think like this.
if you REALLY dont like gas prices, then DONT DRIVE. quit bitching.
Bigsyke
01-18-2009, 12:44 PM
Whatever.
I can afford it.
Just means less broke people going out.
Actually where im from it means more tax payer funded public transportation, more theft = more crime.
fucking obama.
useless.
+1
7-11 has tons of Obama bullshit all over the store.
Obaba bottles of water
Obaba FAMILY bottles of water.
pins
stickers
other shit.
Why is everybody "on his nuts" ?
anyways
as much as I don't want to pay more for gas, I will.
I just hope it makes less people able to drive.
Poor low class people don't deserve to drive.
I'm tired of seeing junkers on the road.
Pave my roads in gold.
If you live in a liberal state, 7/10 cars on the road are plastered with Obama/franken stickers. Our state is the largest welfare state, we also have the highest theft rate in retail stores. My girlfriend is now seeing customers comming in (DSW Shoes) with Obama duffle bags and stuffing 10+ pairs of shoes in, and yelling OBAMA MOFUCKA as they run out of the store [Their shrink rate has gone from a 1.3% to a 7% since November]. Retail Lawsuits are going through the fucking roof now that Obama is in. And we wonder why retailers are loosing so much money?
Now that Obama + Franken, I expect MN's taxes to skyrocket with all the uber liberal welfare systems we have in place.
This topped with our judicial policies that protect minorities from discrimination, the local shopping malls have been a free for all the past few months.
I work with the MN police and so do my cousins. This state will near a military state here soon.
http://www.frankenidiot.com/images/al_franken_bunny_web.jpg
^^^thats Al franken^^^^ People love that corrupt POS
Ghost240
01-18-2009, 12:50 PM
Actually where im from it means more tax payer funded public transportation, more theft = more crime.
+1
If you live in a liberal state, 7/10 cars on the road are plastered with Obama/franken stickers. Our state is the largest welfare state, we also have the highest theft rate in retail stores. My girlfriend is now seeing customers comming in (DSW Shoes) with Obama duffle bags and stuffing 10+ pairs of shoes in, and yelling OBAMA MOFUCKA as they run out of the store. Retail Lawsuits are going through the fucking roof now that Obama is in. And we wonder why retailers are loosing so much money?
Now that Obama + Franken, I expect MN's taxes to skyrocket with all the uber liberal welfare systems we have in place.
This topped with our judicial policies that protect minorities from discrimination, the local shopping malls have been a free for all the past few months.
I work with the MN police and so do my cousins. This state will near a military state here soon.
I find it amazing that you are blaming one person for the actions of many. What happened to personal accountability? And protection of minorities from discrimination??? Last time I checked when you have someone on tape or any amount of evidence for theft or any crime they are found guilty no matter what color, creed or sex. To me it sounds like a bunch of bitching and moaning and a refusal to step up and change things. I'm here to defend Obama. I'm here to say that people are being a bunch of bitches as a result of something that isn't even that major. Gas prices will rise and fall with the times. Great leaders will come and go just as bad leaders will. The only way to directly affect things around you is to start with yourself and get active within your community. You work with the police? Well set up operations in the malls. Help them get more security with better people, and tactics. DSW doesn't have cameras, I know because famous footwear doesn't have them and I worked there. Also, I have a friend that works at DSW.
And you can't seriously blame ONE man who HASN'T EVEN BEEN IN OFFICE YET for what is happening in your area.
Bigsyke
01-18-2009, 01:21 PM
I find it amazing that you are blaming one person for the actions of many. What happened to personal accountability? And protection of minorities from discrimination??? Last time I checked when you have someone on tape or any amount of evidence for theft or any crime they are found guilty no matter what color, creed or sex. To me it sounds like a bunch of bitching and moaning and a refusal to step up and change things. I'm here to defend Obama.
One person? Come on am I locked in a cage? That is a typical democratic response. That response will continue for a few year untill enough people catch on.
What is your profession?
Shmex
01-18-2009, 01:38 PM
obama was voted in by media popularity and skin color.
only problem is, when rep. bash obama, all the liberals will think theyre racist. man this wrl is efffed.
Bigsyke
01-18-2009, 01:50 PM
obama was voted in by media popularity and skin color.
only problem is, when rep. bash obama, all the liberals will think theyre racist. man this wrl is efffed.
Its only going to get worse. Racism is starting to be a free pass for anything.
Im a victim of racism every fucking 5 minutes, oh wait im not a race, thus im screwed out of a couple fucking million dollar lawsuits.
BustedS13
01-18-2009, 03:03 PM
listen to you guys prattle on about racism and free passes and liberals like this is 1995. jesus christ.
Phlip
01-18-2009, 03:08 PM
listen to you guys prattle on about racism and free passes and liberals like this is 1995. jesus christ.
If you think it is bad now, wait until Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama really IS president.
I love how people ignore the fact that he is still technically a regular citizen, as he had to resign from the Senate and is not president yet.
BustedS13
01-18-2009, 03:10 PM
If you think it is bad now, wait until Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama really IS president.
I love how people ignore the fact that he is still technically a regular citizen, as he had to resign from the Senate and is not president yet.
i hate when people are so goddamn stuck in the past. like when women think i'm gonna hold the door and shit.
thefro526
01-18-2009, 03:30 PM
I laugh at people who complain about gas prices.
I had a kid in a class of mine complain when gas was like 3.50 a gallon and I asked him what he drove. He drives a Honda Civic. I Laughed in his face, Called him a idiot and said come talk to me when you start driving more than 10 miles a day. (Civic ~30mpg x ~10 Gallon Tank = 300 miles to the tank which means he rarely fills up more than once a month)
Had a friend of mine say something to me the first time it took more than $100 to fill up the tank(s) in his truck. He said something along the lines of "I have a truck, I drive like a jerk, I get 12mpg, and I still don't care about gas prices - Thats why I have a job"
In all seriousness, Obama is probably going to cause a rise in gas prices. I really don't care. I need to go places my car burns gas so why would I complain about something I need to use. When everyone is driving thier little zippy electric cars and hybrids I'll still be driving my dinosaur burning battle machine.
Bigsyke
01-18-2009, 03:42 PM
listen to you guys prattle on about racism and free passes and liberals like this is 1995. jesus christ.
What is that shit supposed to mean? They went to the other side of the spectrum, and I doubt it affects yourself....yet.
Phlip
01-18-2009, 03:47 PM
I average 25 miles per gallon...
I drive 20 miles to work, 25 to the gym and 5 home from the gym, 5 days a week, that is 250 miles... Weekends, it is 5 to and from the gym, with a mix of normal "weekend" driving, so let's call it 300 miles a week. 12 gallons of gas, at $4.00 would be $48.00 a week.
If I can't afford that, I shouldn't be driving, because I have failed to properly plan.
I would honestly not bitch about the increase in the price per gallon. No, I wouldn't like it when it triples, but I am not going to cry about it. I will suck it up, pay the funds and continue to go to fucking work.
What I WILL do, though, is blame it on Bill Clinton and Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama, since they're evil socialist communist Democrats, and everything that was EVER wrong with the country is their fault.
BustedS13
01-18-2009, 04:39 PM
did you know that abraham lincoln was a democrat? that's why the country had a civil war.
S14DB
01-18-2009, 04:53 PM
did you know that abraham lincoln was a democrat? that's why the country had a civil war.
OMG he is getting sworn in on the Lincoln Bible and took the same train route. We are so going to civil war.
BustedS13
01-18-2009, 05:07 PM
is it any coincidence that his inauguration is so close to MLK day? OMG
articdragon192
01-18-2009, 09:05 PM
Time for one of these!
rAqPMJFaEdY
BustedS13
01-18-2009, 09:44 PM
the future is looking "double plus" good, EH COMRADE?
Brian
01-18-2009, 11:17 PM
Can't we just start killing off poor people and bums and use THEM to make new fuel?
Anybody?
has this been brought up yet?
CHANGE
HOPE
S13_Nightkid
01-19-2009, 12:01 AM
obama was voted in by media popularity and skin color.
only problem is, when rep. bash obama, all the liberals will think theyre racist. man this wrl is efffed.
Not racist just close minded. I wonder why all of these accusations placed on the president-elect are outlandish. Not trying to play devil's advocate(but why not). If he WASN'T a person of color and had a different name such as John Christopher Thomas would we even have this debate?:gives:
On topic again, Seeing that gas prices will go back up anyway i'm worried the motherfuckers will try to siphon my shit or drill my tank. Oh well.
bardabe
01-19-2009, 12:44 AM
that sucks i never got to drive my car on the cheap gas prices =(
deolio
01-19-2009, 01:16 AM
the amount of bullshit/bitching in this thread is overwhelming...
people just need to accept life as it is, change what they think is wrong, or kill themselves. whiners are not tolerated.
HalveBlue
01-19-2009, 01:23 AM
I did not read this whole thread...
True. You can't fight geography... The reason North America is a gas hog? It has no choice. The next major city from where I am is a further distance than most European countries are from border to border east - west or north - south. It's two nations that occupy an area larger than 3 of the continents on the globe that contain 50+ nations.
The distance from me to Toronto for example... Is further than the distance from London to Berlin and nearly back again. But I never have to leave the country.
It's true for the most part. However, come where I live and stay for one winter living on a farm when it's -50 outside and snow depth is measured in feet, not inches. You NEED a big ass truck that's gonna use gas. A civic hybrid won't start in the morning if it's outside, let alone make it down the driveway after a blizzard.
I'll completely agree however that A LOT of fuckers out there have vehicles like that they do not need. Both here and elsewhere.
You pay 6.35 a gallon. Good for you. I can drive in any direction and never leave the province I'm in and it would be farther than driving across Germany.
Not saying you don't understand, I'm just saying the comparison is invalid. I know you're an American in Europe so you get what I say. But IME a lot of Europeans who criticize American and Canadian use of fuel etc. have never been here... They have no concept of the sheer size and distances between places here. Not to mention (especially in the central and west central parts of Canada) the harsh conditions in winter that necessitate that consumption.
Where I live we have a large influx of European immigrants at the moment... Every single one I've talked to is changing their tune about here and the gas prices. They know even though it's cheaper, we still pay more cause we have to. A guy I go to school with wanted to drive to Calgary, Alberta with some people. He figured on it being about a 2-3 hr. trip.
He nearly didn't believe me when I informed him it's closer to 6-7 and it would be further than if he drove across his home country of France.
His response "But it's just over in the next province!"
Mine: "But you're 200 miles from the border to the next province here, and it's another 200 to Calgary after that."
He also informed me he never put more than 200 miles on his car in a month back home. I told him people here can do that in less than a week, and still be actively trying to save gas. People from Europe it would seem just don't grasp the DISTANCES we have to deal with here.
But whatever. The price of gas, is the price of gas. I'll pay it and not let it affect my life. It's dirt cheap (kinda) now... I'm working on filling jerry cans.
You're absolutely right with your statement.
But it's also important to remember that the U.S. and Canada have directly and indirectly subsidized and developed an infrastructure that's reliant on the private automobile.
This didn't used to be the case. The United States (and I assume Canada as well) for example actually had more miles of commuter track in the early part of the 20th century than in the second half.
The system in Europe isn't perfect by any means and wouldn't work if most U.S. cities if planners tried to implement the same strategies.
The auto-centric transportation infrastructure in North America is a direct result of prosperity and consumer societies. The downside to all that comfort and luxury is that when operating costs increase, owners of POV's are going to be a lot more sensitive to the rise in prices.
Phlip
01-19-2009, 05:17 AM
Can't we just start killing off poor people and bums and use THEM to make new fuel?
Anybody?
has this been brought up yet?
CHANGE
HOPE
Let's do it.
Statistically, that is the quickest means to getting rid of minorities. Since we, you and me, HATE minorities, that would be a wonderful solution.
I say we go forward with it.
LeeroyNWH
01-19-2009, 08:16 AM
I laugh at people who complain about gas prices.
I had a kid in a class of mine complain when gas was like 3.50 a gallon and I asked him what he drove. He drives a Honda Civic. I Laughed in his face, Called him a idiot and said come talk to me when you start driving more than 10 miles a day. (Civic ~30mpg x ~10 Gallon Tank = 300 miles to the tank which means he rarely fills up more than once a month)
Had a friend of mine say something to me the first time it took more than $100 to fill up the tank(s) in his truck. He said something along the lines of "I have a truck, I drive like a jerk, I get 12mpg, and I still don't care about gas prices - Thats why I have a job"
In all seriousness, Obama is probably going to cause a rise in gas prices. I really don't care. I need to go places my car burns gas so why would I complain about something I need to use. When everyone is driving thier little zippy electric cars and hybrids I'll still be driving my dinosaur burning battle machine.
i like how your friend doesnt care that he has to pay for higher gas prices and be chill with it. really, im glad for him
but when some of you say you have to properly plan around filling up, thats just rediculous! its "im low on gas, time to fill up" not "i have a quarter tank, looks like these tickets to *blahblah* are no good to me now since i cant get to the damn concert!" its a shame when you cant spend money to boost the economy when half your paycheck goes towards gas!
it was 40 miles one way to work with traffic thrown in when i had to drive my dad's ram cuz my car was down. im happy for everyone that has money and flaunts it saying poor people shouldnt drive anyway.
its hard to get to work with gas that high. means more people cant get to work. now what sensible employer is going to hire someone that isnt there half the time? we are on the teetering edge of a depression, so when no one has a job they can get to....i think you know the rest...
KA24DESOneThree
01-19-2009, 08:20 AM
Gas prices in Europe and Japan are dependent on the level of taxation.
We don't have a gas shortage worldwide. We have a gas shortage in this country because we depend on a group of outside people who, in general, hate our guts.
We have a country in tens of trillions of dollars of debt. Increased taxation will come as certain services come very close to or just plain collapse. Right now, in California, you pay $0.63/gal total tax on gasoline. Of that $0.63, $0.184 is federal tax. On diesel, the tax is $0.72/gal total, $0.244/gal federal.
They could raise those taxes quite a bit higher now that the state is bankrupt, unable to pay bills by the second quarter.
There is also the problem of the green movement. Apparently, it's our duty to the world to lead on the environmental issues. Green costs money, a LOT of money. It also costs fuel economy, as this part-ethanol gas has lower energy potential.
Not my most coherent post, but I'll post it just the same.
Quail
01-19-2009, 08:32 AM
Psssssssssst, the rest of the world has reasonable public transportation and major cities that aren't hundreds of miles from each other. :goyou:
Have you ever been outside of the U.S? In England public transport costs more than taking my car to where I go to collage; over a hundred miles from where I live (which is considered very close). I was paying up to $8.60 per gallon to put petrol in my S14.
Stop whining. :cj:
TheRonTom31
01-19-2009, 08:35 AM
Can't we just start killing off poor people and bums and use THEM to make new fuel?
Anybody?
has this been brought up yet?
CHANGE
HOPE
I agree with BH.
Gas is already starting to Creep up here. Went for $1.65-$1.95 in two weeks. Failure is emminent. Why cant they make gas cheap in the summer and expensive in the winter.
summer car= premium octane v8
winter car= i dont even know why i put gas in it. I should try toilet water
Brian
01-19-2009, 10:02 AM
Let's do it.
Statistically, that is the quickest means to getting rid of minorities. Since we, you and me, HATE minorities, that would be a wonderful solution.
I say we go forward with it.
Explain please.
imotion s14
01-19-2009, 10:31 AM
The recession was caused by Bill Clinton, it belongs to Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama, no blame is to be placed on the failure of the current administration, nor is anyone to do anything like noticing that Barack Hussein Jesus Christ Obama will not be president until Tuesday and nothing he does will take effect for months or years AFTER Tuesday.
Also, please post more pictures of the worst of the worst as if that is EVERYONE who supported Obama, we need that to prove just how bad a president he is.
... oh wait, he ain't president yet, he has only had the powers of one since before being elected.
If I catch anyone blaming George Bush for any ten things (http://www.alternet.org/story/120220/so_long_worst_president_ever%3B_10_reasons_history _will_hang_you__/), I will ban you until George W. Bush has a successful presidency,
Sorry, you're wrong.
The recession, like all recessions were/are created by the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve. Interest rates are controlled by our central banks. High interest rates = scarce credit, low interest rates = easy credit. The economy is too dynamic for a board of wisemen to know when rates are too low or too high. These rates need to be set by the market. We all know what low interest rates does when it it's too low for too long. We're living thru it right now.
Phlip
01-19-2009, 11:03 AM
Sorry, you're wrong.
The recession, like all recessions were/are created by the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve. Interest rates are controlled by our central banks. High interest rates = scarce credit, low interest rates = easy credit. The economy is too dynamic for a board of wisemen to know when rates are too low or too high. These rates need to be set by the market. We all know what low interest rates does when it it's too low for too long. We're living thru it right now.
Sorry, you're wrong.
You were wrong when you took my response seriously.
S13_Nightkid
01-19-2009, 12:06 PM
the amount of bullshit/bitching in this thread is overwhelming...
people just need to accept life as it is, change what they think is wrong, or kill themselves. whiners are not tolerated.
Seriously. People getting defensive over the sarcasm thats being thrown out there.
On another note, if gas didnt slowly deteriorate I would hoard large amounts then sell it by the gallon in some back alley or on the corner.:fawkd:
HalveBlue
01-19-2009, 01:02 PM
You people are so ghetto.
But not Brooklyn, Compton, or Dirty South, ghetto.
More like Mogadishu gheddo.
I mean, come on...hoarding gasoline?
Ghost240
01-19-2009, 01:30 PM
One person? Come on am I locked in a cage? That is a typical democratic response. That response will continue for a few year untill enough people catch on.
What is your profession?
I meant to include not in that "I'm NOT here to defend Obama". Racism will get worse and this situation will act as a catalyst. Also, mmany people voted for Obama because honestly the country has been in the hands of a completely imbecilic administration with the sole purpose of fattening their pockets off the backs of others.
P.S- I'm not a fucking democrat dumbass. And my profession plays no role in my views and never will.
Ghost240
01-19-2009, 07:41 PM
Can't we just start killing off poor people and bums and use THEM to make new fuel?
Anybody?
has this been brought up yet?
CHANGE
HOPE
Then you will create new poor.
Brian
01-19-2009, 08:06 PM
Yeah, but they will be the "poor" of the rich.
Bigsyke
01-19-2009, 11:10 PM
Welcome to the New USA
http://www.236.com/images/photos/4808/original/original.jpg
Shmex
01-20-2009, 09:49 AM
what kind of rating can we get out of the homeless???? nothin less than 91? hahahaha....
Id say let people complain about gas prices. Let people complain about whatever they want.
Gas will be 10 bux a gallon. Guess what? Ill still be driving, just not as much...hahaha...
It just sucks that i get boosted right when gas goes up...thats what kinda luck i roll with.
Brian
01-20-2009, 10:12 AM
Homeless and poor people MIGHT get a high octane rating.
I'm sure they have a lot of alcohol and drugs in their system.
That's probably good for something, right?
TheRonTom31
01-20-2009, 10:21 AM
The only problem is it takes 100s of thousands of years for the dead homeless/poor people to breakdown into fossil fuel.
It wouldnt really help us.
If we could somehow speed up the process or make cars/factories that ran on homeless people slurry* we could benefit immediately
*slurry(sler-ee) a liquefied meat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat) product that contains fewer fats, pigments and less myoglobin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myoglobin) than unprocessed dark meats. Meat slurry also eases the process of meat distribution and is more malleable than dark meats
DeathMetal
01-20-2009, 10:47 AM
I can tell this forum is up to nothing but following influence. I suppose it only makes sense. Something is made "cool", the "cool" follow. It's okay really. Being an individual died before it ever was born because humans have done nothing but follow throughout their entire history.
This is why the human race progresses so slowly.
Go ahead and hate what's different and new. I honestly think you should quit crying about it because there's nothing you can do. Absolutely nothing.
TheRonTom31
01-20-2009, 10:53 AM
I can tell this forum is up to nothing but following influence. I suppose it only makes sense. Something is made "cool", the "cool" follow. It's okay really. Being an individual died before it ever was born because humans have done nothing but follow throughout their entire history.
This is why the human race progresses so slowly.
Go ahead and hate what's different and new. I honestly think you should quit crying about it because there's nothing you can do. Absolutely nothing.
http://msp153.photobucket.com/albums/s238/bradly2795/lol_wut.jpg
jackjack
01-20-2009, 11:02 AM
fawk da police
o wait............
i mean. fawk da gas prices.
S14DB
01-20-2009, 12:35 PM
I can tell this forum is up to nothing but following influence. I suppose it only makes sense. Something is made "cool", the "cool" follow. It's okay really. Being an individual died before it ever was born because humans have done nothing but follow throughout their entire history.
This is why the human race progresses so slowly.
Go ahead and hate what's different and new. I honestly think you should quit crying about it because there's nothing you can do. Absolutely nothing.
Y'all sheep dog!
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