Jim Devine wrote:
On the cover of the current issue of the magazine THE FUNNY TIMES
(which went to the printer before the election, I believe), there's a
cartoon suggesting that immediately after the election, gasoline
prices will jump. This magazine -- which presents a good sampling of
liberal funny opinion -- had inadvertently presented a possible test
of the gas price conspiracy theory that was popular before the
election: the Bushwhackers had artificially lowered the price of gas
to help them stem the DP tide, by calling in favors with the petrol
industry, etc. As suggested by the cartoon, the corollary of that
theory is that after the election, gas prices would soar, since Big
Petrol would want to make up for lost time (or rather, lost profits).
Did gas prices soar, provisionally validating the conspiracy theory?
no. They've stayed flat. See the price at the pump. Or see the
government data at:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_history.html
.
It's interesting to note that Dick Cheney just went to visit Saudi
Arabia and stayed there for 2 whole hours. What *could* be discussed in
a whirlwind trip to Saudi Arabia?
Settle a peace deal for tyhe whole Middle East?
Nah! But it's enough time to have dinner and get assurances that if
something happens (Think Saudi Arabia opening the oil tap like a good
economic ally right after nineoneone), like Iraq disintigrates faster
than we expect along with the rest of the region... not an impossible
scenario, the oil will flow freely from Ras Tanura.
Leigh
Gas prices on the rise again, analyst reports
Average up about 5 cents in two weeks to $2.23 a gallon
Updated: 7:18 a.m. PT Nov 20, 2006
AP- Gas prices are on the rise again, just as Americans hit the highways
for Thanksgiving.
Gas prices rose about 5 cents per gallon nationwide compared to two
weeks ago, industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday.
The national average for self-serve regular was $2.23 Nov. 17, according
to Lundberg’s latest survey of 7,000 gas stations across the country.
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