Originally Posted By Beaumandy <a href="http://www.iowastategasprices.com/" target="_blank">http://www.iowastategasprices. com/</a> Uh oh. Good news for America is bad news for liberal Democrats. Admit it. It's true. What must it be like to get up everday only to get upset when good news happens to our country?
Originally Posted By cmpaley Only YOU would use this for political purposes...which I suspect is why it's been going down.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Gasd in Oregon is about $2.60 a gallon now. It was $3.10 The entire country will see it go down bigtime because of a few simple reasons that effect the world oil market. It's funny that this is going to really upset the kooks who were using this as a talking point agaisnt Bush. But even funnier are the suckers that say Bush and his eveeelll oil company buddies are bringing the prices down just in time for the election. ( You know, the intellectuals )
Originally Posted By ETicket34 What great news. I am travelling there tomorrow. As I live in San Francisco and we are still paying over $3 a gallon it will be nice.
Originally Posted By hightp I live in the southern suburbs of Philadelphia and gas is at $2.54 a gallon. What urks me is that Philly has 3 large refinerys, so you'd think those of us that are closest would have the least expensive gas. Unfortunatly, that's not the case. If I drive 60 miles up to Allentown (still in PA), gas is .08-.10 cheaper. Go figure.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd I live in los angeles. Iowa is too far for me to go to fill up my tank.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd I think what scares me most is how bush raised gas prices from $1 five years ago to $3.99, and backs it down to $2, like he is doing us a favor. Complete instability, complete lack of honesty.
Originally Posted By retlawfan Funny how when it goes up Bush gets blammed/accused of causing it to go up, but NO mention of any credit when it goes down... Hmmmm.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Well, I'll say this. People used high gas prices AGAINST Bush for political purposes so I don't see why using lower prices FOR Bush. But, I'm not particularly happy with prices. We are still paying in the $2.60's here in South Florida. Frankly, I'd be happy if they just stabilize. It is tough to do any kind of budgeting personally or professionally when they rise and fall like a rollercoaster.
Originally Posted By cmpaley >>I think what scares me most is how bush raised gas prices from $1 five years ago to $3.99, and backs it down to $2, like he is doing us a favor.<< Ed, it's silly to say that Bush did it. I do place the responsibility at his feat for creating an environment where it can happen, but it was the oil companies that took advantage of that environment. Now that things look like they may change, they are scaling back a little so things don't change.
Originally Posted By jonvn "Iowa is too far for me to go to fill up my tank." Maybe you can fly there, and bring back a gallon in your carry on luggage.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy The oil companies don't set the price of oil and neither does Bush. For the conspiracy nuts on the left you can learn soething if you take the tin foil hat off. No Conspiracy The only problem with this idea is that it's based on a totally false premise. The energy companies don't set the price of oil or of gasoline. The prices you pay for heating oil or gasoline aren't set in boardrooms in Texas but in trading rooms at commodities markets all over the world. Gas prices aren't set in shadowy conferences in shooting lodges, but in rooms of people shouting or punching computer keys in London, New York, and Tokyo. Oil is a world commodity like tin or copper or rubber or coffee. The price is set by traders anticipating supply and demand. <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/yourlife/2973" target="_blank">http://finance.yahoo.com/colum nist/article/yourlife/2973</a>
Originally Posted By fkurucz According to the website, the Iowa state average is about 20 cents below the national average, which could be explained by lower gas taxes. Still, I welcome dropping prices. Of course, this happened last year in the fall as well.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd <<<Ed, it's silly to say that Bush did it.>>> Not true, even though nixon introduced cheney to our government, nixon froze prices and wages, at one point. Cheney repeatedly says, "Whatever the market will bare. The open market, without controls should dictate the price." I can handle it, but i don't think republicans are ready for it. They need the stability that democrats give with their government controls, and humanistic value systems.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd <<<Funny how when it goes up Bush gets blammed>>> There's nothing funny about it. Impeach george bush immediately.
