Oil speculators get away with high prices to force through Republican legislation that promotes gulf

midnight

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Sat May-14-11 06:08 AM
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Oil speculators get away with high prices to force through Republican legislation that promotes gulf

drilling? What is wrong with these greedy people? NOLA has not recovered from blowing up of it's levee's/ Hurican Katrina,or the BP explosion. However, some in congress want to ram through a patriotic sounding bill.. Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act. But it does nothing to bring down the price of Gas. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/us/06drill.html?_r=1

Passes Expansion of Offshore Drilling
Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act
Passed in the House by 58 Votes
Yes Votes Dem 33 Rep 233
No Votes Dem 147 Rep 2
Details of the Vote on H.R.1230 �
Article: House Passes a Bill to Expand Offshore Oil Drilling

http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/

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F Bastiat

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Sat May-14-11 06:32 AM
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1. Bad news for speculators who are speculating up.

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Sat May-14-11 07:10 AM
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2. if they are good they`ll make money on the way down. remember...

they no longer have to take possession of any commodity.

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