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    • Tesoro Corp. Sues State of California on Ethanol Blending Mandate [view article]
      User:
      "Where do you think Wheaties comes from?"

      Wheat.       Oct 03 01:09 PM
    • Sarah Palin: Wall Street's Candidate [view article]
      MCCAIN MAY BE A MAVERICK, BUT HE IS NOT A PATRIOT.
      .........................

      I'm truly amazed someone was twisted enough to post that.       Sep 07 11:47 PM
    • Sarah Palin: Wall Street's Candidate [view article]
      "Despite his denials, it's a fact that McCain intervened on behalf of Keating to convince banking regulators to stall new investment regulations for banks."

      That's a lie and you know it.

      Bob Bennett, the Senate Committee lead attorney in the investigation was on TV tonight talking about how he found nothing with either John Glenn or MCCain, recommended that they be dropped from the investigation. The Democrat controlled committee refused because if McCain were dropped everyone left would be Democrats and it would be seen as a Democrat scandal. So Glenn and McCain both were reprimanded for the vague "poor judgement."       Sep 07 11:44 PM
    • Sarah Palin: Wall Street's Candidate [view article]
      "her lack of any kind of foreign policy experience, other than being commander of the Alaskan National Guard, would keep me up at night if she became President. I certainly would not want her answering the phone at two in the morning."

      She may never be president and if she ever is, she'll have had some time in the #2 job to learn. The thought of Barack Obama having to answer the phone at 2 in the morning starting inauguration day is what should keep people up nights,
      Sep 07 11:38 PM
    • More on Russian Gas [view article]
      Fred, who in their right mind would invest in Russia with the very real threat of seeing their investment nationalized? Sep 02 06:01 PM
    • More on Russian Gas [view article]
      Hey Fred, regarding hanging Afghan poppy production on Reagan. They've been growing it for centuries. How about blaming those responsible for the bump in production, The Taliban.

      flstearns-I agree Plain's experience isn't as much as a VP candidate should have. The trouble is, Obama has even less experience and he's running for the top job. At least Palin, who may never be the President if her tocket wins, should have the opportunity to get some on the job training.

      jjason-Are you going to spam every thread with your Obama drivel?

      Sep 02 05:59 PM
    • The Economics of Political Spin [view article]
      I don't go to seekinglapha to see DNC talking points regurgitated.

      The "at least it's a change" has to rate as the most vacuous argument yet.

      Equally lame is the attempt to sew McCain to Bush's hip. Wrong as he is on some things, fiscal restraint is one of the things McCain has been stellar about. remember, he voted against the 2001 tax cuts because there weren't spending cuts to compensate for them.

      Last one wonders how anyone shilling for Obama can call for investing in energy companies. Your guy openly called for confiscating oil company profits to fund a giveaway to everyone, including those who don't pay taxes. How are companies who are going to have their profits confiscated good investments?       Aug 27 07:35 PM
    • Will Global Events Keep Oil Above $100? [view article]
      The president is an "idiot," but Jimmy Kingsdale who supports a socialist who openly proposes confiscating oil company profits to fund a rebate is one smart guy? Sorry, not buying that. Aug 23 05:51 PM
    • Natural Gas Prices Set To Surge - Canaccord [view article]
      Aug 14 08:17 PMI sleep just fine and I'm not eating cat food--yet. My 401K has taking a beating this year and Fidelity only gives me a few options. I read these blogs to try to be more informed. What I find is pretty big disconnect between the folks who can afford to sit around using money to make more money vs people who actually WORK for what they earn like most of the working stiffs in this country. Commodities like energy, grains etc.. have been at the mercy of outside monies lately and just when things look like they might start reflecting their true value based on supply and demand we get talk like nat'l gas in undervalued. Make your money while you can because when the middle class finally disappears this country is done. >robco

      Lou Dobbs is posting here? Who knew? In spite of all the gloom and doom from the middle class is disappearing folks, the number of Americans in the lowest net worth categories keeps dropping.
      One wonders who the poster thinks should determine "fair value" if not the marketplace? An Obama appointee? The same process of willing buyers and sellers to stick their necks out and commit to long term contracts determines the price of wheat,corn, soybeans, and coffee too. Yet, when they rise one seldom hears the cries to get rid of speculators. That's because to anyone remotely aware that the speculative trades require buyers and sellers, this notion they create some artifical value is absurd.
      The poster should do himself a favor and look at the supply/demand of energy. he should also consider that not all reserves are created equal and that the reserves oif today are much more difficult and expensive to extract. than those in the past.
      One more thing, most of the people the poster denigrates for being able to sit around and use money to make money instead of working probably worked very hard and industriously for living to get to that point. They also, like Robco, are probably having a lousy year this year-using money to lose money. but then, some people like to find scapegoats to blame their problems on.       Aug 15 06:10 PM
    • Offshore Drilling Is Not the Solution [view article]
      Al Gore is a fact challenged demagoue. He's also a hypocrite with a personal carbon footprint the size of Delaware.

      Instead of another massive government energy effort, the same thing where bipartisan bungling gave us the ethanol fiasco, government should get out of the way and let the marketplace work. Those evil corporations liberals want to tax to death are currently spending billions on r&d directed to new sources of energy. As the process continues the price of the alternatives goes down while the supply/demand dynamics raise the price of current energy sources. At some point they will meet. Government should stick to insuring environmental standards are followed.       Aug 13 12:13 PM
    • Obama Wants to 'Robin Hood' Exxon [view article]
      This is scary. My gas bill is double of what it was last year. If this is not speculation then tell me what it is. Oil companies make huge profits when they want to..maximixation of profits. While they want more land for drilling but won't drill on the land they have already. there is no gurantee that they will drill more oil for america. You have been watching for the last 30 years. Wait another 30 years>RCK

      Huh? they're making out like bandits, but somehow won't drill to make even more? Meet the illogic of today's Democrats. Oil companies aren't drilling everywhere they can because there's little chance of finding economically viable oil and gas in some places. There are dozens of E&P companies and they are drilling whenever and wherever they have a reasonable chance of finding profitable reserves.       Aug 07 12:25 AM
    • 'Pickens Plan' Comes in the Nick of Time [view article]
      I admire Pickens for trying to help his country. Some comments:

      1. We don't need government mandates for high mileage vehicles. let the marketplace work. Government mandates will only make it more expensive and difficult for those who need high horsepower vehicles for specific purposes. The average mileage of vehicles being sold this year is much greater than last year and auto manufacturers are already busting their butts to meet the demand for vehicles that get more mpg.
      2. Pickens plan is multifaceted-more nuclear,wind,solar, ng, more domestic drilling. 5% here, 2 % there,3% there ,4 % here and 5% yet somewhere else and pretty soon there's significant savings.
      3. How about some painless conservation? Last week I did a little experiment on a 72.1 mile trip and back on the interstate using my 2002 Chevy Astro van. I chose that particular trip because there was little wind that day. Going there I set the cruise at 75, the speed limit. When I left I filled up taking care to top off the tank. When I arrived I again filled up again topping off the tank. I uswd 4.06 gallons for an average mpg of 17.8. My appointment was a half block from the gas station so going back the trip was 72.2 miles. Going back I set the cruise at 65mph and filled up at the same station I used when leaving. Again taking care to top off the tank I used 3.64 gallons which means I got 19.8 mpg. Quite a difference.
      Simply lowering the speed limits to 65 on interstates, 60 on all other 4 lanes, and 55 on 2 lanes would lower gas consumption significantly, cut oil imports by at least 10%. That's 70 billion less a year in wealth transfer Pickens is talking about. The question is, are we Americans so spoiled and self-indulgent that we won't accept even a slight sacrifice and/or inconvenience?       Jul 24 05:58 PM
    • Coal Stocks: Make Money in Picks and Shovels [view article]
      I've owned Bucyrus since 2005. It's been a quadruple for me. I;ve since sold half. You're telling people to get on board long after the train has left the station. Jul 18 12:00 PM
    • The Oil Bubble Will Meet the Same Fate as Tech, Housing [view article]
      Comparing oil to tech and housing isn't even apples and oranges, it's apples and rocks. The biggest difference is that there are severe supply constraints with oil that didn't exist with housing and tech. There are also global forces at work that increase demand among those who currently use little energy, and more inelasticity of demand with those who currently are large consumers. Jul 18 11:56 AM
    • Offshore Drilling Isn't the Answer - Supply and Demand Is [view article]
      Apparantly any uninformed idiot can write a column on SA. "Dave" writes:

      " Mr. McCain, for example, wishes to suspend the tax on petrol and open up the artice wildlife refuge for drilling."

      Earth to "Dave": John McCain (wrongly IMO) has opposed drilling in ANWR and continues to oppose drilling in ANWR.

      Next time take the time to learn the facts before inserting your size 10 shoe in your mouth.

      Wonder if "Dave" will have the scruples to publish a correction?



      Jul 17 01:07 PM
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