Star Member Atman (25,707 posts)
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Many gas stations in CT broke 4.00 mark this weekend
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Meanwhile, didn't I just see a post about oil prices DROPPING?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014401912
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Mon Feb 18, 2013, 08:07 AM
Star Member graham4anything (5,219 posts)
1. Gas overseas is like 3x that price, and has been for decades
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That is why they have smart cars and not the gas guzzlers Americans seem to gauge themselves on.
In effect, more mass transit, more car pool
more one trip instead of 20 a day would be good to stop waste
And if only people didn't vote 3rd party in 1980 and 2000 and we listened to the great Jimmy Carter, none of this would have been a problem.
Yet another thing I blame Ralph Nader and John Anderson for.
How possibly could Nader have said Gore and Bush were the same, when Gore was the #1 nominee ever on the green side.
Funny that Nader in real life didn't care about his own pet issue when he threw the race to Bush.
URGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh
Meanwhile, didn't I just see a post about oil prices DROPPING?
Newsflash, DUmmies--Gore doesn't give a shit about the environment, if you look at his house (houseS, plural) their energy consumption, and the private jet he flies around on.
No, he, like any good snake oil salesman, found something that scares the shit out of you, and gullible little sheep you are, give him money hand over fist to act like the Elmer Gantry soulless preacher of mother Gaia he is.
And if only people didn't vote 3rd party in 1980 and 2000 and we listened to the great Jimmy Carter, none of this would have been a problem.
Uh, I detect an error here, by the graham cracker primitive.
In 1980, the Reagan landslide was so massive (although less than the one in 1984, it was still enormous) that the presence of John Anderson wasn't even a factor.
The primitives are lousy when it comes to history.....and to getting things right.
graham4anything
... and we listened to the great Jimmy Carter
mountain grammy
9. Oh, it's just all Obama's fault. Will be hearing that soon enough.
Makes it easy for teabaggers to understand.
(http://www.dailygalaxy.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/25/al_gores_desk_2.jpg)
Anyone who says that you know is a nutter right off the bat.
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I like the frog :-) and is he reading the DU? isn't that the format? :rotf:
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=52181
Dean: Bush Needs to Take High Road on Gas Price Crisis
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee:
Because President Bush and the Republicans in Congress have failed to take action to reduce skyrocketing gas prices, state and local governments across the country are being forced to take matters into their own hands.
This week, the state of Hawaii became the first state in the nation to cap wholesale gas prices, and USA Today reported that rising gas prices have forced state and local governments to consider laying off workers, raising local taxes and cutting back on essential services. (Reuters, 8/25/05; USA Today, 8/24/05)
"President Bush has sat on his hands as ordinary Americans and their communities have been blindsided by skyrocketing gas prices," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. "While oil companies have enjoyed record profits, President Bush's lack of leadership has allowed the gas price crisis to spiral out of control, leaving painful decisions to state and local governments. It is time for President Bush and the Republicans in Washington to put the pedal to the metal and steer us toward a sound strategy for reducing gas prices."
That is why they have smart cars and not the gas guzzlers Americans seem to gauge themselves on.
In effect, more mass transit, more car pool
more one trip instead of 20 a day would be good to stop waste
I find this shit is so ****ing infuriating. The myopic view of these out of touch urban shitheads is insufferable.
News Flash, Bumble....80% of the US is rural land, where distance between towns doesn't allow for "more car pool, more mass transit" as well as the vast amounts of goods moved via diesel truck across the nations' interstates. Our population and square mileage is staggeringly larger than that of most European nations, and our commerce depends on reasonable gas prices to keep the prices of everything else in check. You can't just assume "more mass transit" is the answer.
Spoken like a true DUmmie that's never left the city, and probably doesn't even own a car...
Mass transit in my area.....food stamp DUmmies in clunkers.
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So....I go to this:
http://www.ectcinc.com/index_files/gettingaroundect2011.pdf
Disregarding the predominant stuff about services for the aged and the poor and the disabled, it appears there's plenty of options for regular people, such as Atman, to use mass transit in eastern Connecticut.
Hell, one can even devise one's own personal bus route:
With all that mass transit available, one wonders why Atman even bothers owning a motor vehicle.
Because he is a DUmmie and as a DUmmies he is entitled to things you other people shouldn't have.
I have a Facebook friend (former coworker) who thinks that Carter was just awesome. :banghead:
Atman lives in crowded, congested eastern Connecticut.
I'm not familiar with the status of mass transit in eastern Connecticut, but I reasonably assume it's better than the status of mass transit in many other parts of the country.
If Atman doesn't like the gasoline prices, he could probably take a bus.
Sir, where I live is far better than most of America in regards to public transport, and even here, the options suck.
You however aren't one of those to whom my doubts and criticisms are expressed, because you're not advocating mass transit for the hoi polloi. Atman on the other hand belongs to an influential political group that thinks everybody but the elites should have to use mass transit.
And so despite the state of mass transit where he lives, he should take the lead in using mass transit, providing the rest of us peons with an example to follow.
I don't know what gives the primitives the silly idea that they should be exempt from their own expectations; they shouldn't only not be exempt, but they should also be the first.
In effect, more mass transit, more car pool
more one trip instead of 20 a day would be good to stop waste
In effect, more mass transit, more car poolLet me know how that works out for you when you don't get home until 9:00 because you wasted two hours of your day walking from one bus stop to another and waiting for the damn bus to show up.
more one trip instead of 20 a day would be good to stop waste
Let me know how that works out for you when you don't get home until 9:00 because you wasted two hours of your day walking from one bus stop to another and waiting for the damn bus to show up.
I'll save my time and my money and buy a damn car. Public transportation is for suckers.
At the apartment I was living in, I was two miles from the nearest bus stop. Combine that with the location I worked and the intermittent schedule on that road, I was getting up early and wasn't getting home until well after dark. If I had to do anything that day, I wasn't getting home until 9-10pm after waiting in line at the Wal-Mart on Harding Road.
Yeah, I lived in the barrio. It sucked.
It's fine in the short term... I can deal with it. But doing it for a year or longer and you find all kinds of downsides to public transport.
I don't think I've ever seen a bus in Nashville or in Williamson County with more than two passengers.
Most of the time, no one's on board except the driver.
They're a bigger waste of taxpayers' money than electric cars.
But the next big thing will probably be million-dollar electric buses. Empty electric buses.
I don't think I've ever seen a bus in Nashville or in Williamson County with more than two passengers.You're not in the ghetto. Go hang out on Nolensville Road or somewhere up north like Rivergate.
Most of the time, no one's on board except the driver.
They're a bigger waste of taxpayers' money than electric cars.
But the next big thing will probably be million-dollar electric buses. Empty electric buses.
Atman (25,716 posts) Mon Feb 18, 2013, 05:41 PM
6. BTW, I live in rural CT...farm country.
There are three "local" gas stations nearby. Their price-per-gallon varies by 10-20 cents on any given day. The closest to us is on the nearby state road connecting to the interstate into Hartford...$4.10. Further on up the road, just before the interstate, it's $4.15. But if I drive in the other direction, toward the low-rent area of Willimantic, gas is 20-30 cents cheaper.
Can you say "gouging?"
nadinbrzezinski (116,569 posts) Mon Feb 18, 2013, 05:44 PM
7. This Californian is seething.
$4.21 at the cheap place
I don't think I've ever seen a bus in Nashville or in Williamson County with more than two passengers.
Most of the time, no one's on board except the driver.
They're a bigger waste of taxpayers' money than electric cars.
But the next big thing will probably be million-dollar electric buses. Empty electric buses.
But if I drive in the other direction, toward the low-rent area of Willimantic, gas is 20-30 cents cheaper.
You're not in the ghetto. Go hang out on Nolensville Road or somewhere up north like Rivergate.Can't remember being in downtown at rush hour, and I've never seen an electric bus.
I guess the new million-dollar bus terminal downtown is nicer than the shacks that were up on Demonbreun way back when. They have Dunkin Donuts paying rent there, but it doesn't seem to have lowered fare prices. It was a buck forty to ride when I was in high school, with a ten cent transfer. Now, if you want to ride somewhere, it's $1.60 for a one-way trip and costs twice that if you're going anywhere that isn't downtown.
Gas at the cheapest place around was $3.55/9 yesterday....up 30 cent since the previous Friday.
Bush
My thought too, that that's what the primitives think.
Geezuz the guy has long-reaching tentacles.