http://www.spasticmonkeys.com/2004/03/10/king-idiot/ Taming the chaos in my brain one post at a time Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.spasticmonkeys.com/2004/03/10/king-idiot/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Jim Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spasticmonkeys.com/blog/2004/03/10/88#comment-127 I used to think the same way Crist does about rising gas prices...when I was 18. It took someone who understood the dynamics of the oil market all of 3 minutes to set me straight. Crist is old enough to know better, he has earned a good bitch slap. I used to think the same way Crist does about rising gas prices…when I was 18. It took someone who understood the dynamics of the oil market all of 3 minutes to set me straight. Crist is old enough to know better, he has earned a good bitch slap.

]]> http://www.spasticmonkeys.com/2004/03/10/king-idiot/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Ron Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spasticmonkeys.com/blog/2004/03/10/88#comment-128 He's right. They are price gouging whether they have been caught or not. It's a joke. If it was truly the cost of importing, transportation, etc... Every product containing oil would go up, but it doesn't. Motor oil, transmission fluids, home heating oil(last I checked its pretty stable and relatively cheap.) Thats because they are just lining thier pocket with our money, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Good luck to AG Crist. It's about time someone actually looked out for the pooooor working guy who needs gas to get to work. He’s right. They are price gouging whether they have been caught or not. It’s a joke. If it was truly the cost of importing, transportation, etc… Every product containing oil would go up, but it doesn’t. Motor oil, transmission fluids, home heating oil(last I checked its pretty stable and relatively cheap.) Thats because they are just lining thier pocket with our money, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Good luck to AG Crist. It’s about time someone actually looked out for the pooooor working guy who needs gas to get to work.

]]> http://www.spasticmonkeys.com/2004/03/10/king-idiot/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Roger Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spasticmonkeys.com/blog/2004/03/10/88#comment-129 Ron, you certainly make an interesting point regarding heating oil that bears further investigation. Nevertheless, given the enormous capital costs the oil companies incur coupled with the lack of refining capacity, I would suspect the profit margin would be smaller than you think it is. Ron, you certainly make an interesting point regarding heating oil that bears further investigation. Nevertheless, given the enormous capital costs the oil companies incur coupled with the lack of refining capacity, I would suspect the profit margin would be smaller than you think it is.

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