So Hillary Clinton had a net gain of 4 delegates yesterday. Big deal.

why the oil company's love the republicans!

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For the record:

I am not pissed off Hillary did so well yesterday and will hang on and split the Democratic Party leaving it vulnerable for a John McCain victory in November.

I am pissed off Hillary did so well yesterday by using racial images, fear of Muslims and other dirty tricks which in my mind really divide the Democratic Party leaving it vulnerable for a victory in November for John McCain.

3.16 gallon is cheap. Must be nice.

Yipes! That's some expensive habit that he's got there... too bad all of America is paying for his addiction too.

Holy crap, I was watching a video on youtube and the guy was demonstrating a hummer. At 85 mph the car was consuming 1 gallon per mile. I guess the moron driving the thing can make at least 130 miles with a full tank.

Tequila @ 6:

Johnny already lost after he won. The guy who sold weapons to those psychos in VA and IL not only has no guilt about it, but thinks students on campuses should be packing heat. The founder of the Weather Channel wants a Scopes-like trial against Gore for his views on global warming.
Vegas has dirty needles, while Aunt Jemimah has salmonella.

I know about the dirty needles in Vegas (since i live here) today i heard the first of what i expect to be a deludge of Lawyer commercials urging you to get in contact with them and sue even if you have not contracted aids or Hepatitis C.

It is a measure of the general lunacy of C&R, Kos, etc that even this diary is hijacked by Obamanals.

here in the bay area it's $4.11 a gallon, and the fucking hummers abound. thanks arnold, you will be remembered for this contribution to the ecology.

That's nothing, I drive a truck for a living. Try filling up 4 times @ 250 gals each time @ 3.59 avg a gallon just to go from N.J. to CA. FUCK BIG OIL. Maybe soon some people will start to wonder why there isn't any food at the grocery stores or clothes at the mall, etc.

That sucker would have a stroke in California. It was $3.49 a gallon the last time I gassed up.

Karen @ 22:

Charlieboy @ 17:

It is a measure of the general lunacy of C&R, Kos, etc that even this diary is hijacked by Obamanals.

Which thread are you reading?

I made a comment. It is my fault. I should have renounced my First Amendment rights before i offended anyone.

The Senile Saint of Arizona simply represents more of the McSame.

Geopolitical instability is the main cause of the rise in oil prices. But the rightards blame China.

Makes me glad I got a Prius over Thanksgiving. Filled it up yesterday at $3.15/gallon. It took 8.9 gallons for 429 miles. My wife laughs at me for getting such bad milage when I drive it, because she usually beats 50 mpg.

It took 70 years for the price of a barrel of crude to reach $24.

Bush quadrupled it in 7.

Karen @ 27:

The Senile Saint of Arizona simply represents more of the McSame.

Right now we have three possible candidates for President. If Obama wins we will have our first black President. If Hillary wins we will have our first female President, if McCain wins we will have our oldest President.

One of them will replace our whitest President.

Kevin C. @ 32:

Both you and the Hummer guy are idiots. Ride a bike.

I drive over 200 miles a day for a living. When i was on the east coast it was more like 400 to 500 a day.

if9Where5 @ 4:

Wow! That's some cheap gas. That guy must not live in Kansas! Makes us feel like suckers. All three dozen of us. :)

As is living in Kansas isn't bad enough xD

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Annoyed Canuck @ 40:

That Hummer driver is getting off easy. The photo above is proof that America has the cheapest oil in the world outside the ME and maybe Venezuela.

FYI: where I live in Western Canada, gas is $1.17 per liter. That's $4.42 per US gallon in Canadian currency, more than $4.50US.

If the Hummer had been filled at the same pump I used today, he would have paid more than $180 US. $127 is a fucking bargain.

BTW, in the UK, gas prices are equivalent to about $8US per gallon. For Hummer Boy, that's $320 for a 40 gallon fill.

Count your blessings.

Yes, but in the UK a lot of that is tax that is used to provide decent Mass Transit. I understand that in Toronto Domino's Pizza delivers pizzas in thirty minutes using metro passes. We have have nothing comparable here to that kind of service.

obama says he is gonna start going negative

im so thrilled

thanks hillary

you wanted to take the shine off his campaign...and you have done so

in so doing, you are working to turn off the electorate

its good to be the queen

in other news....youtube is deleting accounts at a frantic pace....many with only personally made vids

its really pissing me off

Annoyed Canuck @ 40:

That Hummer driver is getting off easy. The photo above is proof that America has the cheapest oil in the world outside the ME and maybe Venezuela.

FYI: where I live in Western Canada, gas is $1.17 per liter. That's $4.42 per US gallon in Canadian currency, more than $4.50US.

If the Hummer had been filled at the same pump I used today, he would have paid more than $180 US. $127 is a fucking bargain.

BTW, in the UK, gas prices are equivalent to about $8US per gallon. For Hummer Boy, that's $320 for a 40 gallon fill.

Count your blessings.

Yep. And frankly, gas prices should just keep going up. I hope it forces innovation, and gets us off oil........eventually.

Karen @ 47:

Annoyed Canuck @ 40:

That Hummer driver is getting off easy. The photo above is proof that America has the cheapest oil in the world outside the ME and maybe Venezuela.

FYI: where I live in Western Canada, gas is $1.17 per liter. That's $4.42 per US gallon in Canadian currency, more than $4.50US.

If the Hummer had been filled at the same pump I used today, he would have paid more than $180 US. $127 is a fucking bargain.

BTW, in the UK, gas prices are equivalent to about $8US per gallon. For Hummer Boy, that's $320 for a 40 gallon fill.

Count your blessings.

Yep. And frankly, gas prices should just keep going up. I hope it forces innovation, and gets us off oil........eventually.

The innovation will have to be huge. Otherwise the price of everything else will go up with it. Everything we consume gets to us by consuming gas. The more gas goes up the more we pay.

We need FREE Mass Transit on a grand scale. Fuck this going to Mars shit.

I'd just like to say to the Republicans that voted in the Democratic Primary yesterday for Hillary and are whining now that you didn't get to vote for any Republican issues... What the F* did you expect? Listening to Limbaugh and doing his bidding is a stupid way to throw away your vote... you disenfranchised yourself. Way to go.

Drew @ 50:

bluegal,

That is so inconsiderate. Hummer drivers are not the reason gasoline is so expensive in dollars. The reason gasoline is so expensive in dollars is because the value of dollars is so low, due to the Fed's policy of massive inflation of the money supply.

To prove this, just look at the price of gold and the price of oil, and how they changed over the last few years. The price of oil relative to gold is ABSOLUTELY FLAT, i.e. CONSTANT. So even IF people drove hummers, the price of gasoline would be CONSTANT if gold were money.

But because our money is a cheap and worthless paper standard, whose amount can be increased at the click of a key on a PC, the price of not only gasoline, but of ALL goods, rises.

For Christ sake C&L, when are you going to address the problems of inflation due to the Fed? Isn't it about time? There are many "crooks and liars" on TV and in the news who like to divert attention away from this fact, why not call them on it??

I am not buying that shit. Gas prices are certainly manipulated and the War in Iraq is screwing our economy, but the amount of gas available and the demand for it drives up the price. The more gas guzzlers on the road the less gas available.

Where did you learn economics?

Never owned a car myself. The bus went up 10 cents last year, but I figured that was OK. I do take taxis very regularly. Compared with car ownership, taxis are a bargain, and always warm in winter. I walk a lot, too. Best exercise going and it's free.

The marine/puppy video is causing quite a stir at YouTube. I hope it's fake. (sob)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45QRi_-r2M

John Rawls @ 8:

mo_dem @ 1:

So Hillary Clinton had a net gain of 4 delegates yesterday. Big deal.

Her only goal needs to be to keep Obama from having enough of a delegate lead to claim a meaningful mandate at the convention, and thereby ruin the line of argumentation that supers need to follow the will of the people. If there is no clear will of the people, there will be less public backlash against supers in clinton's camp, and thus they will be more willing to support her. They are, after all, just a bunch of politicians!

I think she accomplished that just fine. Plus her big win in Ohio is predictive to some extent of Pennsylvania - the demographics and issues are similar.

It's not that she might win it. It's how she's going about winning it. And that is why I'll stay home on election day. It will be the day I'm convinced there is no difference between the two parties even though I'm starting to believe it. It'll be the day that the dream of my country died and ugly side of America will have finally won.

xoites defends Constitution @ 49:

Karen @ 47:

Annoyed Canuck @ 40:

That Hummer driver is getting off easy. The photo above is proof that America has the cheapest oil in the world outside the ME and maybe Venezuela.

FYI: where I live in Western Canada, gas is $1.17 per liter. That's $4.42 per US gallon in Canadian currency, more than $4.50US.

If the Hummer had been filled at the same pump I used today, he would have paid more than $180 US. $127 is a fucking bargain.

BTW, in the UK, gas prices are equivalent to about $8US per gallon. For Hummer Boy, that's $320 for a 40 gallon fill.

Count your blessings.

Yep. And frankly, gas prices should just keep going up. I hope it forces innovation, and gets us off oil........eventually.

The innovation will have to be huge. Otherwise the price of everything else will go up with it. Everything we consume gets to us by consuming gas. The more gas goes up the more we pay.

We need FREE Mass Transit on a grand scale. Fuck this going to Mars shit.

Yep. But technological revolutions can happen. We sure can't keep going the way we're going.

LibertyLover @ 51:

I'd just like to say to the Republicans that voted in the Democratic Primary yesterday for Hillary and are whining now that you didn't get to vote for any Republican issues... What the F* did you expect? Listening to Limbaugh and doing his bidding is a stupid way to throw away your vote... you disenfranchised yourself. Way to go.

i totally agree w/you. just shows you what sheeple the repugs are.
they will do anything they are told.....i believe they call it "intelligent design"
or what happens when you suck ass to long....something comes out.......lol lol

uncle joe mccarthy @ 42:

Annoyed Canuck @ 40:

That Hummer driver is getting off easy. The photo above is proof that America has the cheapest oil in the world outside the ME and maybe Venezuela.

FYI: where I live in Western Canada, gas is $1.17 per liter. That's $4.42 per US gallon in Canadian currency, more than $4.50US.

If the Hummer had been filled at the same pump I used today, he would have paid more than $180 US. $127 is a fucking bargain.

BTW, in the UK, gas prices are equivalent to about $8US per gallon. For Hummer Boy, that's $320 for a 40 gallon fill.

Count your blessings.

you and britain overtax gas for a myriad of reasons...including better rapid transit systems

what is happening here is due to the weakened dollar

we are heading for a recession and possibly a depression

and we have a chimp in charge who likes to make jokes on the wh lawn while rome burns

Only the rise has to do with the weakened dollar.
The fact that you Americans pay so little tax (like on petrol) has all to do with complete lack of solidarity in general, and the big middlefinger to the future of your children specifically.

Cas, we've needed to pay more for gas for decades. Too late.

miss_kitty @ 65:

Cas, we've needed to pay more for gas for decades. Too late.

Sorry Uncle Joe; not "all" Americans..

Brad @ 66:

I'll apply for a drivers license when I can share in ownership of a flying transport.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MwxVAZuFOs

For now, I'll walk, bike, beg rides or take a cab when I must. I save a bundle, and enjoy my health "wealth." I don't always feel like pounding the pavement, but I feel better knowing I'm staying fit, healthy, and reducing demand for a product wars are fought over.

Nice piece of music by Jean Michel Jarre, however with the carnage on the roads the last thing i need is some asshole flying into my bedroom at three am.

you lucky, lucky bastard!!

I WISH my gas was priced at $3.15/gal!!! I had to tank up my prius today, and the cheapest in the area is $3.27/gal. Fortunately, I topped off at less than $29.00....Take *that*, hummer!!

I'm warming up the tar and feathers....I'll meet y'all at Crawford for when Dubya gets back. If anybody every deserved this punishment, it's Bush and Cheney....

miss_kitty @ 54:

$3.15 a gallon? you jammy jammy bastards! I'm going to Homewood next time I fill up. It's $3.50 a gallon here in Seatle for mid grade.

And Drew you speak of that which you know nothing. If what you said was true, then gas would cost the same all over the states. I'm 25 miles from refineries and 5 miles from pipelines here in Seattle.

Wrong, as usual, Drew.

No, I said OIL is the same price relative to gold, not gasoline. Gasoline is (one of) the final products. By the time it gets to your car or truck, transportation costs and local factors result in slightly different gasoline prices. But OVERALL, there is a rise, there is no question.

Oil production is about the same as it has been since oil was at $30 a barrel. China and India's demand for oil is the only logical factor that can explain increases in oil prices without a corresponding decrease in the prices for other goods. But because the price of oil has increased SO DRAMATICALLY over the last few years, the only way for inflation to NOT be a factor is if the prices of other goods DECREASED, on account of people having less money left over after having paid so much for oil. But because the prices of ALL goods are rising, the ONLY explanation can be an increase in the overall amount of money and spending. This last can only come into existence if there is more money in existence, meaning the Fed MUST have printed more money. It's simple supply and demand analysis used for the whole economy. Look at the prices of commodities, they are shooting through the roof. Look at the statistics for M1, M2 and M3 money supplies (before the Fed discontinued M3 because it was too embarrasing to show). They are rising REALLY fast. More money that is printed means more demand overall. That's why prices are rising.

This isn't just my opinion incidentally, many (intelligent) economists are saying the same exact thing.

miss_kitty @ 64:

Edwin @ 55:

Never owned a car myself. The bus went up 10 cents last year, but I figured that was OK. I do take taxis very regularly. Compared with car ownership, taxis are a bargain, and always warm in winter. I walk a lot, too. Best exercise going and it's free.

The marine/puppy video is causing quite a stir at YouTube. I hope it's fake. (sob)

http://www.no thanks

The family of the guy are getting death threats, here in the northwest. Of course my sympathy meter dropped precipitously when his sister said "...they'e putting the life of a puppy over humans!"

Well they are, are they not?

Being in a war, especially a war like the one in Iraq means human beings, to survive, have to stay angry all the time to survive. It raises their adreneline level which keeps them alert and able to surmount extrordinary challenges. that is what Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome is all about. In order to stay alive you get angry and stay angry. Day in and day out. (Hence the puppy.) When you leave the battlefield you can't just turn it off like it was a switch for the bathroom light. But here you are back in a safe place pissed as all hell and noone understands. That pisses you off even more.

"[For Christ sake C&L Drew, when are you going to address the problems of inflation due to the Fed in your own blog? Then you can post all the stories you want about it-Sitemonitor]"

Already have one.

[Great. Next time you clear your cookies, enter the URL in the 'Website' window, and people can visit you there. And you don't need to tell us what to post-Sitemonitor]

It's $2.95 down the street from me. Perhaps I'll fill up my car next month. Such is the case when you get 50+ mpg. The child rapist terrorist supporting theocrats in Saudi Arabia must love this Republican Hummer driver. But I guess he has a yellow ribbon and flag sticker on his car and wears four flag lapel pins because nothing is more patriotic than empty symbols of patriotism.

xoites defends Constitution @ 20:

This is an Open Thread. If you have cats and like to talk about them, feel free.

I don't have cats now, unless you count my dog. Sometimes I refer to her as a kitty in a dog suit...

tyree @ 80:

xoites defends Constitution @ 20:

This is an Open Thread. If you have cats and like to talk about them, feel free.

xo i dont have cats, but thiers this boil that forms on my nugats and thiers a hair growing out of it ,jesus howd that get there?

TMI! TMI! Overshare Alert, tyree!

Other than your boil encrusted n00tsac, how are you?

xoites defends Constitution @ 75:

miss_kitty @ 64:

Edwin @ 55:

Never owned a car myself. The bus went up 10 cents last year, but I figured that was OK. I do take taxis very regularly. Compared with car ownership, taxis are a bargain, and always warm in winter. I walk a lot, too. Best exercise going and it's free.

The marine/puppy video is causing quite a stir at YouTube. I hope it's fake. (sob)

http://www.no thanks

The family of the guy are getting death threats, here in the northwest. Of course my sympathy meter dropped precipitously when his sister said "...they'e putting the life of a puppy over humans!"

Well they are, are they not?

Being in a war, especially a war like the one in Iraq means human beings, to survive, have to stay angry all the time to survive. It raises their adreneline level which keeps them alert and able to surmount extrordinary challenges. that is what Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome is all about. In order to stay alive you get angry and stay angry. Day in and day out. (Hence the puppy.) When you leave the battlefield you can't just turn it off like it was a switch for the bathroom light. But here you are back in a safe place pissed as all hell and noone understands. That pisses you off even more.

Soldiers in Iraq are killing puppies, raping women and children, and torturing civilians. It will only get worse. Know why? Because the torturing of humans has now been accepted as just, in the eyes of the state and the media, and for many civilians here as well. Since people accept that torturing of humans is OK, killing puppies seems like not so big of a deal anymore.

I am heartbroken how bad things are getting; how morals and ethics, our very roadmaps to proper and civilized action, are becoming passe. This is big empire government in action folks, and it has been predicted by liberal (classical liberal) philosophers over a hundred years ago. There is NO excuse for those who become evil like that.

Dehumanization occurs when the message of liberty (individual freedom and hence respect) is lost.

justadood @ 71

So when is this “third Party” being set up?
After coming elections? I hear that sins Reagan.
Why is “real” change impossible?

No viable third parties, and no "real" change until we have comprehensive electoral reform. We operate in an archaic electoral system that fosters two-party government.

Drew @ 85:

xoites defends Constitution @ 75:

miss_kitty @ 64:

Edwin @ 55:

The family of the guy are getting death threats, here in the northwest. Of course my sympathy meter dropped precipitously when his sister said "...they'e putting the life of a puppy over humans!"

Well they are, are they not?

Being in a war, especially a war like the one in Iraq means human beings, to survive, have to stay angry all the time to survive. It raises their adreneline level which keeps them alert and able to surmount extrordinary challenges. that is what Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome is all about. In order to stay alive you get angry and stay angry. Day in and day out. (Hence the puppy.) When you leave the battlefield you can't just turn it off like it was a switch for the bathroom light. But here you are back in a safe place pissed as all hell and noone understands. That pisses you off even more.

Soldiers in Iraq are killing puppies, raping women and children, and torturing civilians. It will only get worse. Know why? Because the torturing of humans has now been accepted as just, in the eyes of the state and the media, and for many civilians here as well. Since people accept that torturing of humans is OK, killing puppies seems like not so big of a deal anymore.

I am heartbroken how bad things are getting; how morals and ethics, our very roadmaps to proper and civilized action, are becoming passe. This is big empire government in action folks, and it has been predicted by liberal (classical liberal) philosophers over a hundred years ago. There is NO excuse for those who become evil like that.

Dehumanization occurs when the message of liberty (individual freedom and hence respect) is lost.

You just defined every war in history which is why i am a non violent resister to all wars.