How'd this work out?
From August, 2009:
http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=397760#397760
It seems that the President is requesting more money from Congress to make this happen now. Did he not follow through three years ago when you guys were bragging about it? Just now getting around to it?
It looks to me like he's wanting to shift the blame to Congress by asking for money that he knows they won't give him because the country can't afford it. But, why does he need more money when you libs claimed he was taking care of it three years ago?
What say you, Oldtimer? Where does the buck stop now? You blamed "GW" for high gas prices when he was President, so how can you be so silent on this issue now?
From August, 2009:
fff said:Did you see this?
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans to issue a report next month suggesting speculators played a significant role in driving wild swings in oil prices -- a reversal of an earlier CFTC position that augurs intensifying scrutiny on investors.
In a contentious report last year, the main U.S. futures-market regulator pinned oil-price swings primarily on supply and demand. But that analysis was based on "deeply flawed data," Bart Chilton, one of four CFTC commissioners, said in an interview Monday.
The CFTC's new review, due to be released in August, adds fuel to a growing debate over financial investors who bet on the direction of commodities prices by buying contracts tied to indexes. These speculators have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts that were once dominated by producers and consumers who sought to hedge against oil-market volatility.....
Finally someone is going to look at the speculators who caused that $4 gasoline. Think of the $$ millions Americans could have been spending on other stuff, or even saving, instead of putting it into the gas tank to get to work. Grrr.
Oldtimer said:GW could have cared less if the common folks were suffering as long as his wealthy and elitist friends were profiteering....
http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=397760#397760
It seems that the President is requesting more money from Congress to make this happen now. Did he not follow through three years ago when you guys were bragging about it? Just now getting around to it?
It looks to me like he's wanting to shift the blame to Congress by asking for money that he knows they won't give him because the country can't afford it. But, why does he need more money when you libs claimed he was taking care of it three years ago?
What say you, Oldtimer? Where does the buck stop now? You blamed "GW" for high gas prices when he was President, so how can you be so silent on this issue now?