"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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The economy is suffering? The DJIA is in record territory.

Hey, how about you quit sucking the gub'mint peepee

Excuse me? I'm sorry, I guess I expected better from this forum. But in
case anybody else is interested, check this out:

"The latest spike in fuel costs is putting the squeeze on Puget Sound
transportation companies, which are passing along the cost to customers if
they can.
As of April 19, a gallon of regular gasoline cost on average about $2.09
along the West Coast, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. That's an
18-cent-per-gallon increase from a year ago. The U.S. average was $1.81 a
gallon, an increase of about 24 cents from a year ago. "

$2.09 a gallon! The horror. Of course, the article is old: April 2004.
What I'd like to know (from somebody who isn't a stock holder making
generalizations about "sucking the gub'mint peepee") is,

How come gas prices have nearly doubled since April 2004. What? Did a war
break out? A sudden oil crisis? Did the worldwide demand for oil suddenly
double? Did Katrina wipe out half the world's refineries?

What happened? What excuse are we all going to accept for the cost of fuel
doubling since 2004 while oil industries make record profits (and complain
about how expensive it is to build refineries) and people continue to
pretend that it doesn't somehow effect the entire economy?

(and, yes, half of fuel taxes goes into the general toilet...I

That's right. Blame the government. LOOK OVER THERE, EVERYBODY, AND PRETEND
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PRICE OF A BARREL OF OIL!

-c