Another complete red herring: although crude prices have risen recently, they are still only at levels which account for a very small part of the huge increases at the pumps.

Rocketing pump prices are a consquence of the fact that there hasn't been a new refinery built in the US in the last 20 years, thus they run almost constantly at close to 100% capacity. Any increase in demand - and demand is still increasing, despite high prices - is met from outside the US. And costs more.

And it isn't going to get better so long as americans love their high-horsepower gas guzzlers. Just recently, the chairman of Valero (one of the big refiners) commented this is the best environment he's ever seen for refining profits.

uh complete red herring? lol.

Guess what gas prices haven't just increased in the US, crude prices have a lot to do with it.

LOL... but that is because you have an idiot at the helm .... otherwise, you would have control of the 2nd largest oil reserve in the world... even that he managed to fuck up!

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ummm...yup! thats its right there
I feel absolutley horrible for that Koren guy.

England took over Hong Kong, India, South Africa (and most of the rest), East coast of America, various island nations, etc. Spain(parts of Canada), France (took Canada), Portugual, and many more nations had similar exploits. America has Puerto Rico, the Phillapines, made Hawaiian Islands into a state of America.

But what? Because it is 2004 you can't take a country over? Well, we DID NOT TAKE A COUNTRY OVER. We fucking liberated them when they ASKED us to do it because he was killing his own people! He was beating and torturing them in that fucking prison for over 28 years before we got there!

Don't tell me Americans suck! Why doesn't the rest of the world grow some fucking balls? Why do we always have to save you fuck tards? Remember WWI shit head? How about WWII? Vietnam? Korea? Ringing any bells? Desert Storm? No? Fine then... Live in a bubble idiots, but don't come asking me for my sons when your bubble is burst by a tyrant!

Exactly. Why I do feel for these people and I feel mostly for the families they leave fatherless behind them, they had absolutely no reason to be there other than greed. I have a friend in the area and his only reason being there is that they are paying him an extra $100,000 a year to be there. He has been there for over 6 years and wants to stay another 4 more. If he gets killed while there it will suck but then it isn't like $600,000 stashed away isn't $600,000 stashed away. It is more than most people had that died in the world trade center.

i started a thread like this yesterday

seriously you could do with a little perspective.

If you are not in America or Iraq then butt out.

That is pretty funny. If you are from Germany, that is really pretty fucking hilarious. lol. I need perspective. Haha... oh man.

I am from New Zealand, I live in Germany. Even if I was German, what's your point?

You seem to think the United States is this pure angelic world philanthropist, that's pretty naive.

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Good god you are a tard, I'm not going to spend too much time on you.

My comments here:

Were aimed at your stupid post here:

Never said England or any other country had a perfect history.
Never said Americans suck. Don't put words in my mouth.
Why don't you open your eyes, most of the world has more balls than you personally do.
Don't even start about how you think America single handedly saved the world. In any wartime situation.

I'm out of this thread now. :glugglug

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Instead of basing your opinions on the pap fed to you by Fox and the rest, go read Forbes, Motley Fool or the Wall Street Journal.

a convienent explanation for an idiot.

americans must behead some al qaida militants in the same way

no one is saying we did not do our part. however, rather then running from a problem we helped create (we meaning the american govt), we faced the problem regardless of the reasoning or outcome.

name one war that france has been involved in that they havent ended up running the other way; hence america stepping in to cover france's ass. why is it that france was adamently against this war rather then taking down a problem they had their hands in?

don't give me the french economy is taking a hit. just as others are saying that america and it's people are getting what is deserved, france is now reaping what it sowed. it's nice to talk the talk but another thing to walk the walk and for as far back as i can remember (vietnam), i have never seen the french govt stand up to anything of importance. what i have see and read is the fact that they always needed help and always wanted a piece of the pie. things that make you go hmmm.

please dont get into this with me :)

Why? because what George W Hitler does dosent have any effect on the rest of the world?:warning

I do live in Canada.

The reality is when you invade a country and try to liberate them - then capture sometimes innocent people and PUBLICLY humiliate them, there will be backlash. People in that country are suffering, they are trying to rebuild a government and right now.. they have nothing, and no means of support. Who do you trust? Your captors? Your former leaders? They are one angry country - that anger needs to get channelled somehwere.



BG

I totally agree.

BG

Wow clearly I am not the immature one.
My opinions are my beliefs, to each their own.


Btw,

Lick my ass, cockwhore!

BG

wtf?

To suggest that crude prices is a total red herring with respect to pump prices is ridiculous. Maybe in the US you have refining issues, but the whole world does not.

Btw, the Motely Fool is for finanical newbs. I prefer The Economist, and the Financial Times..

Fox News? you fucking idiot.

And they could do it in an hour...