Re: Shocking New Video: Why McCain Wants to Drill Up Our Tourist Beaches

On 2008-08-03, Ben Wade <three@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Wolf Leverich wrote:
>> On 2008-08-03, Ben Wade <three@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Wolf Leverich wrote:
>>>
>>>> BTW, if you want to blame someone for the short-term run-up
>>>> in oil prices, blame Republicans.  
>>> You stupid bastard, that's the dumbest thing you said all day.
>>>
>>> Bugger off, liar.
>> 
>> 
>> Um, which part was inaccurate?
>
> All of it.
>
>> 
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>> 
>> The industry is having a feeding frenzy?
>
> On what?

Consumer dollars.

>> 
>> All the majors are re****ting record profits.
>
> Yet the profit margins remain the same - 8%.

First, if it were true, it would be irrelevant.  Record
profits -- profits that are approaching $1,000 a year for
every man, woman, and child in America -- are, ahem,
record profits.

Second of all, the margin thing is wrong.  Identify the
source, and I'll explain to you what's going on.
 
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>> 
>> Republicans have been blocking CAFE standards and such?
>
> The Bush energy plan provided hybrid car subsidies, try again.

Wow, cool.  An actual, honest-to-gosh fact.  I'm impressed.

And note that Republicans are blocking increased CAFE
standards and virtually all other conservation measures.

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> {off topic partisan spin indictments deleted}

Which part of record deficits devaluing our currency and
driving up oil prices is partisan spin?

The record deficits are just a fact, like the sky is blue.

Pretty much all economists will tell you that persistant
large deficits will debase the currency.  Printing money
isn't a good thing.

The falling dollar inherently increases foreign oil costs.
That's how currency swings work.  It's physics.

It's a matter of record that Republicans have recently
blocked anti-speculation legislation.

So there's nothing partisan about the above -- it's just
facts -- and, since we're talking about oil prices, it's
about as on-topic as you can get.

I miss the old days, when the reality-impaired folks were
all Democrats.

Cheers, Wolf.


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