outhere69
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ORIGINAL: Sanity The point is, fuel prices are skyrocketing, people are seriously hurting because of it... many around the globe are literally going hungry because were devoting farmland to growing fuel, though we could simply pump more oil. If you honestly believe the U.S. could increase drilling enough to affect gas prices at the pump by more than a few cents over the next decade, you have no clue how big the oil market is, and how small U.S. production is. Gas prices are rising because of skyrocketing demand from China and a perceived threat to global supply lines in the middle east, neither of which the U.S. can do a whole lot about. Food prices are skyrocketing because much of the world, most notably Siberia, had bizarre weather this year, leaving a pretty big crop shortage. Again, hard to blame Obama for global weather patterns, though I'm sure conservatives will find a way. And if you want to talk about screwing the elderly on fixed incomes, how about Rep. Ryan's plan to have the median wage-earning senior spend more than half their pre-tax income on health insurance? That seems like it'd be a bit more devastating to seniors on fixed income, and that plan doesn't have global forces outside of the United States' control to blame. The real, and irrefutable, point is that during his 2008 campaign Obama/Soetoro proclaimed that under his "Cap and Trade" policies energy prices will necessarily skyrocket. And that's exactly what's happening and skyrocketing energy prices are causing food et al prices to skyrocket as a result. Cap and Trade is based on the exact technique to control sulphur emissions. Why is it so evil for carbon, but not for a nice capitalistic sulphur market? BTW, pops, yes, guys need to show that they registered with the Selective Service folks. What's the point?
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