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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,632 Points:1,610,495 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 30, 2012 3:58:28 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse lots of folks here slept through a bunch of civics classes obviously.
Cheepo Champion Author Tampa Posts:9,889 Points:3,128,005 Joined:Apr 2003	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 3:16:55 PM Ignore Cheepo Report Abuse Don't ask me, ask the epa, yes the epa!!!!!!!!!!
ROSYMI Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,028 Points:368,750 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 11:58:16 AM Ignore ROSYMI Report Abuse no article
bodu All-Star Author Vancouver Posts:911 Points:280,385 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 10:39:13 AM Ignore bodu Report Abuse ? yep missing the reference link ?
Michlan Rookie Author Buffalo Posts:13 Points:389,735 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 10:24:32 AM Ignore Michlan Report Abuse Where is the article???
bart_reed Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:3,979 Points:786,605 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 9:11:09 AM Ignore bart_reed Report Abuse Keystone just moves oil to "tax-exempt refineries" that export gas to Asia and South America. No revenue for the United States.
TXryder Champion Author Texas Posts:2,715 Points:433,705 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 9:03:16 AM Ignore TXryder Report Abuse President Obama doing excellent job! North part of Keystone would be a negative to US citizens. The sludge out of Canada would be piped through our U.S. states (under dangerously high pressure) down to Houston export oil refineries then out to the Gulf shipped for export to OTHER countries. Gas prices are high thanks to republican deregulation which allows commodities to be manipulated by the rich tycoons. Democrats have tried in recent years to pass regulations to protect you the consumer from this price gouging,,,, but thanks to your retaliation against Obama by voting in those Koch back tea party puppets into the House, they immediately wiped out that regulations bill and anything else that threatens those weathly giants from sucking the life out of the middle classs. So you got what you voted for in last elections.... so gas up, and fork it over.
BudsterMO Champion Author Kansas City Posts:3,713 Points:704,115 Joined:Aug 2009	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 9:01:12 AM Ignore BudsterMO Report Abuse There is no article.
mikerroy Champion Author Albuquerque Posts:2,571 Points:721,895 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:56:16 AM Ignore mikerroy Report Abuse Ok
Ken2OD Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:9,072 Points:1,971,940 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:49:25 AM Ignore Ken2OD Report Abuse ERROR MESSAGE!!!!!
puinsai808 Champion Author Honolulu Posts:3,544 Points:727,305 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:48:44 AM Ignore puinsai808 Report Abuse Where's the article?
Don20 Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:9,672 Points:2,619,630 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:43:27 AM Ignore Don20 Report Abuse Could not open this article. However gas is high because B.O. wants it high...
bluebird1 Champion Author Toronto Posts:15,735 Points:3,108,125 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:41:54 AM Ignore bluebird1 Report Abuse No article so I'll write it for you, short & sweet: Speculators & speculation & lack of regulations & speculators & .....
grammamNV Champion Author Nevada Posts:2,335 Points:372,425 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:39:02 AM Ignore grammamNV Report Abuse where's the article?
JXQW Champion Author Kansas City Posts:2,787 Points:684,925 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:38:58 AM Ignore JXQW Report Abuse Where is the article?
shari128 All-Star Author Iowa Posts:573 Points:860,740 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:38:19 AM Ignore shari128 Report Abuse It's Obama care for gas recovery & health issues. We know where those key subjects have gone. LOL
Insuremn Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:4,954 Points:1,031,175 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:37:55 AM Ignore Insuremn Report Abuse Drill here now and put US citizens to work in the oil industry. Stop sending our money to OPEC. Put an export tax on oil and refined products. Get rid of Obama.
bell05 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:9,260 Points:1,877,585 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:32:18 AM Ignore bell05 Report Abuse Blame it all on "Obummer, biggest liar ever"
scrossi Champion Author Indiana Posts:3,889 Points:1,049,465 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:25:24 AM Ignore scrossi Report Abuse So true ready_eddie.
suzyq2007 Champion Author Dallas Posts:7,169 Points:1,650,925 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:25:23 AM Ignore suzyq2007 Report Abuse I think a lot of this is just because they can charge the high price and there is nothing we can do about it.
Beboper Champion Author Virginia Posts:8,732 Points:2,164,765 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:25:04 AM Ignore Beboper Report Abuse greed greed greed
knutzAL Champion Author Alabama Posts:2,248 Points:372,680 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:24:17 AM Ignore knutzAL Report Abuse This article is basically false in its premise. The administration has about one good thing it could do. STOP PRINTING MONEY! Its the DOLLAR! . . . . . And possibly quit the sabre rattling.
TWS658 Champion Author Portland Posts:4,543 Points:950,875 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:24:09 AM Ignore TWS658 Report Abuse Interesting.
ARCO Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:2,353 Points:2,378,345 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:23:48 AM Ignore ARCO Report Abuse EXACTLY
Lenguado Champion Author Orlando Posts:17,699 Points:3,064,040 Joined:Apr 2004	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:23:12 AM Ignore Lenguado Report Abuse "Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Coal-powered plants, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers." ~~ B. Hussein Obama, San Francisco Chronicle - January 2008
Ready Eddie Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:5,781 Points:1,344,720 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:22:17 AM Ignore Ready Eddie Report Abuse Greed
windows7isfast Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:2,409 Points:491,250 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:21:55 AM Ignore windows7isfast Report Abuse CRAZZY
manbig13 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:1,431 Points:556,725 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:21:14 AM Ignore manbig13 Report Abuse trading oil and speculation
milespergallon Champion Author Illinois Posts:9,749 Points:1,909,335 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:20:57 AM Ignore milespergallon Report Abuse Because of specu-traitors! Get petroleum OUT of the commodities market and prices will tumble!
condé Champion Author Michigan Posts:3,746 Points:1,814,640 Joined:Oct 2004	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:20:22 AM Ignore condé Report Abuse Because they can charge it and who is there to stop them? But President Urkel (Obama) does effect the price everytime he runs his mouth on the pipeline or drilling talk when he spills out of his mouth that word 'NO'...very negitive!
mikesr11 Champion Author New York City Posts:3,501 Points:680,215 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:17:58 AM Ignore mikesr11 Report Abuse I AGREE WITH deaconjones
VernonOR Champion Author Oregon Posts:2,916 Points:738,715 Joined:Aug 2010	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:17:41 AM Ignore VernonOR Report Abuse You think prices are high right now, wait until Obama is reelected and doesn't have to worry about reelection any more.
crazycow2332 Champion Author Nashville Posts:1,217 Points:255,080 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:17:27 AM Ignore crazycow2332 Report Abuse ok
F250CA All-Star Author Oakland Posts:635 Points:553,495 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:16:08 AM Ignore F250CA Report Abuse Yada Yada Yada now it's not Obama's fault or problem what a spin master
Topless2012 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,437 Points:482,040 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:15:49 AM Ignore Topless2012 Report Abuse Now this is a waste of an article.
bladecutter Champion Author Houston Posts:4,861 Points:984,300 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:15:13 AM Ignore bladecutter Report Abuse Politics & speculators.
Furrykids Sophomore Author Gainesville Posts:230 Points:556,490 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:13:57 AM Ignore Furrykids Report Abuse It is not just gas prices influencing the election and the President does have more power than stated.
ampinoy13 Champion Author Oregon Posts:36,655 Points:2,651,355 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:13:41 AM Ignore ampinoy13 Report Abuse The two MAJOR reasons; speculators and oil company GREED!
Rick01 Champion Author Utah Posts:9,023 Points:2,362,800 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:13:24 AM Ignore Rick01 Report Abuse GREED RULES!!
Hugo40 Champion Author Kentucky Posts:7,634 Points:1,618,205 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:11:15 AM Ignore Hugo40 Report Abuse Lots of reasons.
car54BC Champion Author British Columbia Posts:3,327 Points:1,256,755 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:10:31 AM Ignore car54BC Report Abuse There are always lots of reasons including the futures market.
FunMyster All-Star Author Indiana Posts:907 Points:73,215 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:10:27 AM Ignore FunMyster Report Abuse Well written article.
hwmillerster Champion Author Missouri Posts:6,794 Points:1,465,570 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:10:10 AM Ignore hwmillerster Report Abuse Oil still comes from volatile, unfriendly places and is becoming harder to find. So, gas goes up.
BillHeatherL Champion Author Alberta Posts:7,648 Points:1,925,605 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:10:01 AM Ignore BillHeatherL Report Abuse put a stop on the speculators
deaconjones Champion Author Cleveland Posts:2,134 Points:318,930 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:09:19 AM Ignore deaconjones Report Abuse WHY....WHY...LOOK TO THE MAN WHO WALKS ON WATER AND CAN DO NO WRONG....THE DO-NOTHING PRESIDENT....THE DON'T RUSH TO JUDGEMENT PRESIDENT , THE GREAT APPEASER...
jayrad1957 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:19,656 Points:1,598,465 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:08:41 AM Ignore jayrad1957 Report Abuse Never understood why one brand of gas could be up to 30 cents cheaper just a mile down the road.
crep1291 Champion Author Ottawa Posts:2,579 Points:481,045 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:08:15 AM Ignore crep1291 Report Abuse Hi gas prices create jobs. Just think of all the wall street speculators that would be jobless otherwise.
MarkC08 All-Star Author Worcester Posts:663 Points:588,245 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:08:12 AM Ignore MarkC08 Report Abuse Because it can be.
Black Wagon Champion Author Illinois Posts:7,313 Points:1,802,840 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:08:05 AM Ignore Black Wagon Report Abuse Fight organized crime. Do not re-elect politicians.
IMLURCH Champion Author Minnesota Posts:2,184 Points:1,103,180 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2012 8:07:53 AM Ignore IMLURCH Report Abuse The only answer to the headline question is one word GREED !!!