Prolly the most important thing the Dimocrats are planning on doing to bring down gas prices is to file an anti-trust law suit against OPEC. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No really. They're serious. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Nothing these booger eatin' moh-rons do surprises me anymore. If it weren't for the fact that the the Republicans are even dumber (Yeah. Nominate a Dimocrat like McRINO. Spend like Dimocrats. Tell your base to go fuck off.) and the LSM is the propaganda arm of the Dimocrat Party the Pelosi/Reid Congress would not stand a chance of staying in power and Senator Hope and Change, Jug Hussein Ears would be exposed for the laughing stock he is.
Three law professors (who should know better) wrote an op-ed published in the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation stating that we have a good case against OPEC. I'd link to it, but it is not available on their site. Just as well. It's nonsense anyway.
They basically state that since OPEC is a monopoly we should be able to get the WTC to rule against them. They state as precedents other anti-trust suits. Since I don't have the op-ed in front of me I cannot comment on them only to say that they were companies who wanted to do business in other countries and had to abide by international rules yada yada yada blah blah blah.
What these booger eatin' moh-rons (and the ambulance chasers in the Dimocrat party) don't seem to understand is that OPEC does not have to do business with us. The current demand for oil exceeds the supply which is why oil prices have gone up. They just cannot seem to wrap their rat bastard commie brains around that concept.
So you win a suit against OPEC. Now what? Do you seize their assets in this country? Good luck with that. By the time this case came to court, those assets would have already left this country with the resulting damage to our financia system. Sure, America is a great place to invest, but they can find other places just as safe where they won't have to worry about their assets being seized.
So you win the suit. Is that gonna make OPEC sell us cheap oil? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! After trying that bullshit we'll be lucky if OPEC sells us any oil, and since we're not gonna produce new soures of domestic oil because it wouldn't become available for (choose one) 5, 10, 15, or 20 years, we will be major league screwed.
So let's sue OPEC. You bozos keep talking about how stupid Dubya is. You'll be the laughing stock of the world and we'll be paying $10 a gallon for gas. Lucky for you, there's the LSM and they'll blame it all on Bush and Cheney because they are oil men.
I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I'd rather have oil men running things than lawyers.
Or rat bastard commies.
Agreed
Posted by: Deathknyte on June 25, 2008 09:12 PMA very good friend of mine that is quite well educated (Ga Tech engineering degree) and well read (has written several books on Lincoln and other political figures important to our history) is rabidly adamant that high gas prices have absolutely nothing to do with supply and demand at this time. To me, his reasoning is confusing, but he says it is the real reason for the increase, but no one wants to talk about it. Basically he says our dollar is so weak, and the petrol is traded using the dollar, that it's causing this tremendous surge in prices. If enough folks were interested and Denny said OK, I'm sure I could get my friend Hank to let us post his well written reasons for why things are the way they are, but I don't know how much of his theory is real and how much isn't. The though however is kind of intersting.
Posted by: Ray on June 25, 2008 09:43 PMRay - He is partially correct that the weakness of the American dollar is part of the problem. There has been talk of pricing oil in Euros.
If your friend wants to guest post I would be willing to consider it.
Posted by: Denny on June 25, 2008 09:48 PMHow can OPEC be a monopoly when we have potentially more oil that Saudi Arabia in shale and offshore deposits?!?
Now: Oil, all you want for $135.00 per barrel. Future: With a lawsuit, Oil $0 per barrel, none for you. The Arabs are crazy but they ain't stupid.
Posted by: Scrapiron on June 25, 2008 10:16 PMBy the way, Bush sold his interest in the oil business in 1987 and bought the TX rangers.
Posted by: Scrapiron on June 25, 2008 10:18 PMEverything happens for a reason. The price to ship a container from Asia to the US is so high many manufacturers are moving back to the us! LO fucking L
Posted by: vetfromhell on June 25, 2008 10:24 PMA lawsuit of OPEC will do wonders to help us get off of oil! Just look at how the lawsuits against tobacco helped. Lawyers made millions, states made millions, most people got nothing and the cost of cigarettes skyrocketed. Result - fewer smokers since they couldn't afford them.
So now - sue OPEC, prices skyrocket, can't afford gasoline so we quit it by finding alternatives that become feasible due to high cost of oil. It's all so simple.
scrapiron - thing you are forgetting here is that oil is all they have. they are one resource away from being back on their camels eating sand. It seems to us that they have us by the short ones, and indeed in the short term they do. If we wake the f up and drill, conserve, and can profitably persue alternatives, then they are screwed........and they know it.........hope I get to see that day. LO fuckin' L indeed.
Posted by: patrick on June 25, 2008 11:20 PMProlly the most important thing the Dimocrats are planning on doing to bring down gas prices is to file an anti-trust law suit against OPEC.
Nearly all of them are frickin' lawyers. It's all they know how to do! Even when it is the wrong tool for the application, they can't reach for anything else.
Posted by: PeggyU on June 25, 2008 11:43 PMLet's sue Congress!
Posted by: CharlieDelta on June 26, 2008 01:00 AMSue OPEC. It is a great diversion intended to keep the gullible infatuated with the idea that the dimocrats have all the answers. In the meantime, we don't take advantage of our own resources. Works every time.
Posted by: Gladrags on June 26, 2008 07:24 AMIs it just me, or is this all oil all the time becoming tedious? Not here at the GOC, but you know who is really bugging me lately is Bill Oreilly. He is spouting all kinds of legislation to punish the speculators and the oil companies and playing the blame game ect. Argh! He should listen to Cavuto and others and just STFU already.
Posted by: LisaKay on June 26, 2008 08:12 AMLisaKay, you are so right about Bill O'Reilly. Every time he opens his mouth about oil I turn him off. He is starting to show his lack of intelligence on many matters. His success has gotten to his head and now he has become another passing fad.
Posted by: gene on June 26, 2008 08:18 AMPhil was that sarcasm from you on your last note? I sure hope so, cuz I'm still smokin! You still drinking bottled water, beer, coffee or soda pop? The people who make that stuff make more of a profit than oil companies do. When it comes to oil the Gummit is raking in the bucks, now they are looking for more? When will it ever stop?
Posted by: LisaKay on June 26, 2008 08:21 AMLisaKay, Yes that was my attempt at sarcasm and also about unintended consequences when our gov't gets involved where it shouldn't.
Posted by: Phil on June 26, 2008 08:28 AMJust want to echo Peggy's comment. In the engineering world we say, when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Posted by: Schmidty on June 26, 2008 09:07 AMnow what was it that Shakespeare said to do with all the lawyers..........??
Posted by: patrick on June 26, 2008 10:59 PMI'm with you Charlie Delta
I think those bastards have stolen enough of our money and the thought of them fighting for thier last dime in a long and nasty court fight. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH that would be heaven
Or if they would all commit mass suicide that would be good for the country too.