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Johnny Morales Donating Member (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 09:03 AM
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Senators call for crackdown on oil speculators
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/05/11/114067/senators-call-for-crackdown-on.html

A great common sense reply to the excuse makers who create all sorts of "models" to explain that this is not happening. Models that assume they know enough to construct accurate models of what's going on, and factor in every major element in the process, which they don't and cannot.
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 10:02 AM
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1. Our Senators aren't really interested in cutting oil consumption are they?
Beats me how anyone thought cap and trade would ever pass.
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canoeist52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 10:13 AM
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2. The Senators
Besides Cantwell, Democratic senators signing the letter were: Ron Wyden of Oregon, Dianne Feinstein of California, Bill Nelson of Florida, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Mark Begich of Alaska, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Mark Udall of Colorado, Patty Murray of Washington, Ben Cardin of Maryland, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Jeff Merkley of Oregon. Also signing were Maine Republican Susan Collins and Vermont independent Bernie Sanders.
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bhikkhu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 10:22 AM
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3. yawn...
...because it sounds good in the campaign ads, or something.

I suppose they might do something about the little global supply and demand problem as well.
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