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Originally Posted By Mr X The press will milk it for all its' worth, until some other shiny object captures their attention. I learned that lesson firsthand when Japan was ALL I could read about online, then it became Fukushima 24/7, then, in the blink of an eye, Japan disappeared entirely in favor of, I think, Libya maybe? Expect to read nothing but, until they've milked it for all its' worth or until something more headline grabbing comes along. These are not "reporters", they are "sensationalists".
Originally Posted By ecdc Hmm... to each his own, but it's times like this that being a news junkie is awesome. I can't get enough. I like coverage of a real event with real implications. As I've stated elsewhere, I don't like the fake controversies and the immediate squandering of an event that should have united us in memory of what happened nearly ten years ago. But the new details and information? I'm not sick of yet, but ask me next week
Originally Posted By Labuda Well, the really weird thing is, that NOW in the midst of this is when Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend who he hit dropped ALL charges. I wonder how much SHE got. <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20110505/ENT09/105050377/1402/ENT09/Grapevine--Charges-against-Mel-Gibson-dropped" target="_blank">http://www.detnews.com/article...-dropped</a> Just a teensy little bit in the news; I'm surprised he didn't wait and tell us after this current news cycle died down.
Originally Posted By mele I would be...but I stopped watching the news a few weeks ago. It's nice to be out of the loop! (But I never know what the traffic or weather is going to be.)
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder If you've been out of the loop mele you might be interested to know they got bin Laden.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Perusing the headlines on Yahoo I also learned that: Paul McCartney is engaged again. Something called Slutwalks is taking place in Boston. A German mayor had to rescue a man from a women's prison.
Originally Posted By ecdc <<-------Frantically Googles >>Something called Slutwalks is taking place in Boston.<<
Originally Posted By gadzuux More importantly, the GOP house blocked a bill that would discontinue subsidies for oil companies. Now really, who's worried about the well being of oil companies these days? Prices are at an historic all-time high, consumption is as strong as ever, and quarterly profits are breaking all records. And yet republicans think we need to funnel even more money to them - in the form of taxpayer subsidies. I wonder why?
Originally Posted By BPSJP Yes we must get those US Oil companys that will save us from our 1.6 trillion dollar budget deficit. And it was so great to hear last week that Obama stopped Shell oil from drilling off the coast of Alaska because they where going to get millions of barrels of oil from those wells and that ment they would make even more money from selling us gas for our car's. Who cares how much oil goes up in price as long as we get those oil company's working in America back for making money here, it's better for the middle east to make the money and have them sell it to us! Yea yea let's get them! Damn just think I shot myself in the foot.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I'm paying 4.19 a gallon. That is way too much. People know that I'm the last guy to endorse government regulation, but this is nuts.
Originally Posted By BPSJP "I'm paying 4.19 a gallon. That is way too much. People know that I'm the last guy to endorse government regulation, but this is nuts." So you think US government regulation will bring down the world wide price of oil? That is interesting economic theory.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes I do. The price of natural gas and electricity is highly regulated by local governments. Why do you think those prices remain relatively stable while gasoline skyrockets?
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >So you think US government regulation will bring down the world wide price of oil? That is interesting economic theory. < Yeah. That's why we pay so much less than Europe.
Originally Posted By BPSJP Good question, we produce most of our own electricity and we have an abundance of natural gas. But and here us the big but, we import most of our oil, so can not control that like we can when we produce most of a commodity like we do with natural gas and electricity. (most of that comes from coal)
Originally Posted By BPSJP >>Yeah. That's why we pay so much less than Europe.<< Why do we pay less then Europe, don't understand your point?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip European gas costs so much not because of government regulation, but because the government taxes the hell out of it at the pump.
