Atman lovin' on the Obmaconomy

[thundley4]

Atman   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:20 PM
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Just ordered heating oil...3.599 gal! F*cking Gadhafi!
   
Been going up about 10¢ a day around here. Yesterday I had to fill up the car; 3.459 in the morning, 3.579 on the way home from work...for gasoline that was purchased by the station probably ages ago, and a much lower price. What the hell other business can do this shit and get away with it?

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aquart   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:23 PM
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1. And this why we should have been snuggling with Chavez instead of Gaddafi.
   
Instead, the local guy has sold his oil to China. Weren't we clever?

tcaudilllg (289 posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:25 PM
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2. 3.5999 for oil? Not Gadhafi's fault. Blame yourself for not supporting green fuels.

Atman   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:27 PM
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3. Blame myself for not supporting green fuel? Huh?
   
How about if I blame YOU? I'm not sure what for, but it makes about as much sense as saying that I don't support green fuel. What an idiotic statement. You see, my house is heated with an oil-burning furnace. What would you like me to do, stuff algae and biogas into it? It burns what it burns, you want me to put up a ****ing windmill? Sheesh.

leveymg   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:28 PM
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5. More like, F-cking oil company execs, pit traders, and spot-market speculators.
   
Edited on Tue Mar-01-11 01:30 PM by leveymg
There's been little drop-off in oil exports from Libya, which account for a mere three percent of the world total supply, anyway. The volume of U.S. imports of Libyan oil are insignificant as far as pricing is concerned. However, decisions made by US-based oil majors and in US futures and commodity markets are the driving force for the spike in energy costs.

Don't be distracted by the projectors and smoke generators. Look at what the man behind the curtain is doing with his hands.

I seem to recall there was a significant drop in prices almost immediately after President Bush announced more drilling would be allowed.

Atman   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:30 PM
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7. I'm well aware that we don't import much from Libya...
   
...but it is still Gadhafi's lunacy that set of the most recent round of speculation and price gouging. Directly or indirectly, he's at the root of the current round of profiteering from the Wall Street bloodsuckers. It's just what they do...look for any crisis too exploit.

Things were going along quite smoothly until all those pesky protesters , who I might add, DU supports, started their crap in the ME and Africa.

madrchsod   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:36 PM
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11. i went through the early 70`s oil crisis heating my farm house with propane
   
600 dollars to fill the tank. it was even worse during the winters through 76-79.

here`s a history of oil price - new york harbor no. 2 heating oil spot price

http://www.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n...

Are you implying that Obama is Jimmy Carter redux? 

Not one mention of the illegal ban on oil drilling that Obama is maintaining as a cause for this.

[franksolich]

Trust me, Pedro Picasso is well-situated.

Pedro Picasso can afford $10-a-gallon gasoline and $10-a-gallon heating fuel without it making a dent in his pocketbook.

Not many others can afford it, but Pedro Picasso can.

[jukin]

tcaudilllg (289 posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:25 PM
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2. 3.5999 for oil? Not Gadhafi's fault. Blame yourself for not supporting green fuels.

You too could have supported green fuels and pay 35.99/gallon for your heating needs.

[BlueStateSaint]

Poor, stupid Pedro wants to take thick, sulpuhr-laden crude over light, sweet crude.  One's incredibly difficult to refine . . . and, come to think of it, AFAIK, can only be refined in four refineries in the entire world . . . all of which are in Louisiana.

[Ballygrl]

No 1 blaming Obama and no 1 talking about drilling on our own soil.

[DefiantSix]

Atman   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:20 PM
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Just ordered heating oil...3.599 gal! F*cking G a d h a f i...

Typical DUmbshit and their pathetic spelling skills. 

Umm, Dickbreath, the culprit in question spells his name O B A M A_{(Piss Be Upon Him)}

[Karin]

What would you like me to do, stuff algae and biogas into it? It burns what it burns, you want me to put up a ****ing windmill?

I have to give Pedro credit for this post, which was a funny retort to the sanctimonious greennazi.

[PatriotGame]

Atman   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:20 PM
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Just ordered heating oil...3.599 gal! F*cking Gadhafi!
   
Been going up about 10¢ a day around here. Yesterday I had to fill up the car; 3.459 in the morning, 3.579 on the way home from work...for gasoline that was purchased by the station probably ages ago, and a much lower price. What the hell other business can do this shit and get away with it?

Hey "dick-in-the-butt", buy a GM Volt!

What? You can't afford it and have to drive more than 30 miles to work each way?

Too bad you can't burn your weed dope in your 1987 Geo Metro.
Suck the big long Oil industry schlong, DUmmy...suck it deep!

P.S. 0bama loves DUmmys...because they're...um...DUmb!

[PatriotGame]

tcaudilllg (289 posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:25 PM
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2. 3.5999 for oil? Not Gadhafi's fault. Blame yourself for not supporting green fuels.

Holy shi'ite!! You mean I can burn leaves and grass clippings in my car?

Well color me purple with my new found shiny DUmmy reality.

[PatriotGame]

leveymg   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:28 PM
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5. More like, F-cking oil company execs, pit traders, and spot-market speculators.
   
Edited on Tue Mar-01-11 01:30 PM by leveymg
There's been little drop-off in oil exports from Libya, which account for a mere three percent of the world total supply, anyway. The volume of U.S. imports of Libyan oil are insignificant as far as pricing is concerned. However, decisions made by US-based oil majors and in US futures and commodity markets are the driving force for the spike in energy costs.

Don't be distracted by the projectors and smoke generators. Look at what the man behind the curtain is doing with his hands.

Open up the ANWR slopes and the gulf coast for drillin' and your imaginary and well deserved plight would be non-existent.

Your financial angst makes me smile...wait!!!
What's that?
Did I get wood from your pain?

Why yes, yes I did...

[Ralph Wiggum]

What the hell other business can do this shit and get away with it?

So what are you gonna do about it, go all Egypt/Wisconsin on the oil companies?

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

leveymg   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:28 PM
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5. More like, F-cking oil company execs, pit traders, and spot-market speculators.
   
Edited on Tue Mar-01-11 01:30 PM by leveymg
There's been little drop-off in oil exports from Libya, which account for a mere three percent of the world total supply, anyway. The volume of U.S. imports of Libyan oil are insignificant...

This is why DUmbasses are not allowed to sit at the adult table.

Economics for DUmbasses 101: Lesson 3 - Commodoties

1. Oil is a global commodity; all the world uses it.

2. Europe gets much of its oil from North Africa because it is closer and closer means cheaper (BTW - Libya is in North Africa. I know, I know, they're pretty pale skinned but there you have it).

3. If supply is diminished you will pay more, i.e. scarcity = higher prices

4. Prices rise because if you have more consumers than you have product you sell first to those who have the most to pay

5. Prices will continue to rise until supply normalizes or demand is reduced do to some users being priced out of the market.

6. As the Europeans look to maintain their supply they will exert financial gravity into other markets including those used to supply the US

7. Your prices will go up until the supply stabilizes or you are priced out of the market

[AllosaursRus]

Trust me, Pedro Picasso is well-situated.

Pedro Picasso can afford $10-a-gallon gasoline and $10-a-gallon heating fuel without it making a dent in his pocketbook.

Not many others can afford it, but Pedro Picasso can.

Which is why DUmmies oughta be givin' this idiot shit! Many of them can't afford this, given they are on the public dole.

Atman oughta be payin' for a few of their heatin' bills! Isn't that what they want? Take from those who have, in order to give to the have nots?

Wonder if Bobo has an oil heater in the back seat?

Hopefully, some of the lurkers will take this back to the island and call him on it.

Hey Skins, all that fund raising you put in your own pocket, ever think about helpin' your poor, destitute, clientele?

[Doc Savage]

It was so much easier when they could blame President Bush (*) and VP Cheney for the cost of oil.  You remember the war for oil they were all crowing about. 

Now there is no one to blame, oh wait, every time in the past 40 years that I have been driving when the price of gas went up significantly, it was always the Presidents fault.  Paging President Obama, Paging President Obama.....

[NHSparky]

Atman   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:20 PM
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Just ordered heating oil...3.599 gal! F*cking Gadhafi!
  
Been going up about 10¢ a day around here. Yesterday I had to fill up the car; 3.459 in the morning, 3.579 on the way home from work...for gasoline that was purchased by the station probably ages ago, and a much lower price. What the hell other business can do this shit and get away with it?

Newsflash, dickcheese--your average gas station has about 36-48 hours of gas on hand.  Many much less--to the point where they require multiple tank deliveries per DAY.

leveymg   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:28 PM
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5. More like, F-cking oil company execs, pit traders, and spot-market speculators.
  
Edited on Tue Mar-01-11 01:30 PM by leveymg
There's been little drop-off in oil exports from Libya, which account for a mere three percent of the world total supply, anyway. The volume of U.S. imports of Libyan oil are insignificant as far as pricing is concerned. However, decisions made by US-based oil majors and in US futures and commodity markets are the driving force for the spike in energy costs.

Don't be distracted by the projectors and smoke generators. Look at what the man behind the curtain is doing with his hands.

And who might that be?  Cheney and Bush are out of office, Halliburton isn't even based in the United States anymore.  Then again, I seem to recall that your boy Obumbles and his useful idiots want $7/gallon gas...

Atman   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:27 PM
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3. Blame myself for not supporting green fuel? Huh?
  
How about if I blame YOU? I'm not sure what for, but it makes about as much sense as saying that I don't support green fuel. What an idiotic statement. You see, my house is heated with an oil-burning furnace. What would you like me to do, stuff algae and biogas into it? It burns what it burns, you want me to put up a ****ing windmill? Sheesh.

Here's a ****ing idea, dipshit--put some gasoline into your fuel oil tank.  I guarantee it'll burn, and it's cheaper than heating oil.

[true_blood]

Atman   (1000+ posts)             Tue Mar-01-11 01:20 PM
Original message
Just ordered heating oil...3.599 gal! F*cking Gadhafi!
Been going up about 10¢ a day around here. Yesterday I had to fill up the car; 3.459 in the morning, 3.579 on the way home from work...for gasoline that was purchased by the station probably ages ago, and a much lower price. What the hell other business can do this shit and get away with it?

I ****in' LOVE IT!!!
DUmmies, ever ask yourself about why the drilling moratorium that the communist community organizer put into place for American drilling companies was ever enforced to begin with?? Now that gas and oil are up, you are demanding answers?! "IF" we had leadership in this administration, they would tell OPEC to take a walk and tell them not raise the oil prices. The throwbacks aren't helping things neither.

[AllosaursRus]

Newsflash, dickcheese--your average gas station has about 36-48 hours of gas on hand.  Many much less--to the point where they require multiple tank deliveries per DAY.

And who might that be?  Cheney and Bush are out of office, Halliburton isn't even based in the United States anymore.  Then again, I seem to recall that your boy Obumbles and his useful idiots want $7/gallon gas...

Here's a ****ing idea, dipshit--put some gasoline into your fuel oil tank.  I guarantee it'll burn, and it's cheaper than heating oil.

I worked for the "One Stop" down the road a few years ago part time. Their prices are dictated by the supplier. The have no say in the matter. Just because the load in the tank was purchased at say $3.00, doesn't mean they can sell it at that price.

If the next load costs $3.25, they have to have that cash to pay for it! There's no such thing as a "payment plan" when it comes to petrol! If the market goes up, they have to go along. If ya had 20,000 gallons, and ya collected $60,000 for what was in your tanks, how are ya gonna pay for the next load when it costs $65,000, DUmmies?

I've seen this bull shit too many times! Gas don't work on a pay as ya go profit margin. If it did, most dealers couldn't afford their next load durin' market volatility! The make all of about 5¢/gallon!

[Karin]

That's right, Al.  Atman is quite wrong about that.  The last time prices were skyrocketing like this, I read an article about some Iranian who was attempting to live the American dream with his own gas station.  It was going to have to go out of business because of that pricing dynamic.  Sad. 

[jukin]

80/20 we go to rationing and gas station lines like under Carter.  Who BTW is smiling.