http://bluezhift.proliphus.com/2005/09/27/thanks-for-the-gas-mr-cheney/ blueshifted rantings Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://bluezhift.proliphus.com/2005/09/27/thanks-for-the-gas-mr-cheney/#comment-178833 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:00:49 +0000 http://bluezhift.proliphus.com/2005/09/27/thanks-for-the-gas-mr-cheney/#comment-178833 [...] Even with Chicago area gasoline prices approaching $4/gal, with crude oil prices topping $100/barrel why isn’t gasoline more expensive yet? In the past, the oil companies have never hesitated to raise gasoline prices for any and all reasons. Why so shy now? Do I have Dick Cheney to thank once again for this restraint? During the Bush W years, he and Cheney’s big oil pals have done very well indeed, so I’m sure they owe them big time. If gasoline prices shot up to $6 or $7 per gallon in a short period of time before an election, that would cause a great deal of political trouble. Sadly it seems that Americans are more concerned about the price of gasoline than thousands dead in an unending war in Iraq. [...] […] Even with Chicago area gasoline prices approaching $4/gal, with crude oil prices topping $100/barrel why isn’t gasoline more expensive yet? In the past, the oil companies have never hesitated to raise gasoline prices for any and all reasons. Why so shy now? Do I have Dick Cheney to thank once again for this restraint? During the Bush W years, he and Cheney’s big oil pals have done very well indeed, so I’m sure they owe them big time. If gasoline prices shot up to $6 or $7 per gallon in a short period of time before an election, that would cause a great deal of political trouble. Sadly it seems that Americans are more concerned about the price of gasoline than thousands dead in an unending war in Iraq. […]

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