The oil commodity speculators were praying for that bailout. Without it those bastards left the market in droves, thus the price plunged and will go down to $55 a barrel without these predators around, equaling cheaper gas. Sound good? Phone your senator now.

Oil prices rebound above $100 after huge sell-off

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Do you as Americans really want to rock with a nation armed with enough nukes to mess you up? (or will your leader order a false flag meltdown of say, Chicago, that he'll pin on Isalamabad?

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Offshore Drilling: Government's own report predicts a "two tenths of one cent" price reduction after 18 years of drilling. That's $0.002!
We tried offshore drilling and oil prices doubled

House Democrats will allow offshore drilling ban to expire

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"What we cannot escape," one Pentagon policy planner told us, "is a confrontation with Pakistan.  Pakistan holds the key to success for us in Afghanistan."
Afghanistan: How Does This End?, Swoop, Sept 20, 2008

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Offshore drilling is headed for a vote
Ban in jeopardy as Democrats shift position

By Paul Kane, Washington Post | September 15, 2008

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats, balancing political reality against a policy they have long opposed, are on the cusp of approving legislation that would open the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to oil drilling as ( Read more... )

By Fahim A. Knight-EL

This writer learned a long time ago, that it is not wise to trust a politician or to place all your eggs in one basket. Politician are masters at the art of lying and deceiving and often saying what people want to hear or saying what is politically expedient, but has no intentions of delivering on their promises of being good ( Read more... )

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Breaking News: Reports of fights breakig out at stations

02:21 PM EDT on Friday, September 12, 2008

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Posted Sep 11 2008, 07:01 AM by Douglas McIntyre

Saudi Arabia walked out on OPEC yesterday, saying it would not honor the cartel's production cut. It was tired of rants from Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and the well-dressed oil minister from Iran.

As the world's largest crude exporter, the kingdom in the desert took its ball and went ( Read more... )

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