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Bush: We Need To Stay In Iraq to Protect Oil Fields»

It’s not breaking news that, in response to protests and plummeting polls, President Bush and company have launched a frenzied PR campaign to defend the war in Iraq. And it’s equally unsurprising that, to make the case, the president employs the soaring rhetoric of freedom and responsibility, or, as he did last week, praises the sacrifices of American families. But in comments yesterday at California’s North Island Naval Air Station, Bush rolled out a new rationale for why we should stay in Iraq:

If Zarqawi and bin Laden gain control of Iraq, they would create a new training ground for future terrorist attacks; they’d seize oil fields to fund their ambitions; they could recruit more terrorists by claiming an historic victory over the United States and our coalition.

In other words, Bush publicly acknowledged (for the first time, according to the Boston Globe) what many had already feared: he believes we need to stay the course, in part, maintain control of oil supplies in the country.

Points for honesty?




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115 Responses to “Bush: We Need To Stay In Iraq to Protect Oil Fields”

  1. Clyde the Ripper Says:

    That’s why he went there! He isn’t known to be one to change his mind, as if he had one to change. Daddy won’t let him leave anyway; he can go AWOL from the National Guard but not from Uncle Dick.


  2. Ohioan Says:

    The prosecutions rests its case.


  3. Nick Caine Says:

    There is nothing like stating the obvious.


  4. kindness Says:

    Duh. Most of us read between the lines and saw that as soon as he started mentioning Iraq & Al Quada in the same sentence.

    Let’s see, no WMD, no nukes, no biliogical/chemical weapons and we end up with a theocracy and the oil companies get oil contracts. Yea, that’s bushco to a T.


  5. wisedup Says:

    bushie sounds a litte ‘desperate’….how about the man who was strip searched at the airport because security saw a ‘NO OIL FOR BLOOD’ bumper sticker on his car.


  6. cynical ex-hippie Says:

    How many terrorist attacks per gallon does your car get?


  7. Brian Says:

    SURELY we’d buy oil from the “terrists” for the right price. It’s not like that’s a new policy.


  8. Darth Filibustrous Says:

    “..bin Laden gain control of Iraq..”

    Who is he still trying to BS?


  9. Zookeeper Says:

    What a massive disconnect. Does Bush really think people didn’t know he went over there for the oil? He wants to seize the oil fields for HIS OWN ambitions. And really, he’s the greatest creator of terrorists in the world, and he’s given them quite the training ground in Iraq. No points for honesty this far into the war.


  10. Nick Caine Says:

    Where are the trolls? Haven’t you received your instructions yet?

    Here’s one to get you started. “Going to war with Iraq was never about oil, but because of WMD’s and the imminent threat that they posed to the United States of America.” “We were fighting them there, so we wouldn’t have to fight them here.”
    “Saddam Hussein and Iraq broke UN resolutions.” “George W. Bush isn’t a whore to the oil companies of America.” “It’s all Clinton’s fault.”

    George strummed while Iraq burned and America flooded. And then went to play a nice round of golf. In a much nicer climate, than some poor Americans were suffering, at the time.


  11. cynical ex-hippie Says:

    Hey yeah, that was a nice country fiddle Bush had there.

    Karl Rove likes pictures with symbolism.


  12. Scott Says:

    Because of the invasion, thousands of tons of munitions have fallen into the hands of potential terrorists. Security forces are unable to deal with the daily expansion of terrorist activity. It’s not a matter of Iraq becoming a future haven for the followers of Zarqawi and bin Laden, it already is!


  13. thot's Says:

    ONE WORD IMPEACH


  14. Jesus Christ God of WAR Says:

    bin Laden controlling Iraqi oil fields? To fund their ambitions? What??? You mean Bush will only buy oil from friends? Wait, the bin Ladens invested in the Carlyle Group alongside Bush the Smarter. The bin Ladens are Bush family friends. Bush the Stupid’s concern about who controls the fields just doesn’t make sense.

    Impeach Bush now! And make sure there’s a paper trail come next election.


  15. Vince Says:

    How desprate is he really? I mean, does he watch the news, read the papers? I think he only reads what people supply him with, this is one of the most insulated presidents in history. And now he is only making appearances at army bases….militant dictator.


  16. Nick Caine Says:

    Vince, another question we need to ask ourselves. Is who is working Bush, and who is the puppet master?


  17. dave in mi Says:

    Now let me get this straight. Kurds in the North with oil fields (non-Arab) and support Federalist draft constitution. Shiite’s in the South, shit load of oil, Islamic and great mate’s with Iran, also support Federalist draft constitution.

    Sunni’s (INSURGENT PARTY)who used to have control. Secular, no oil and do not support federalist constitution.

    I’d say the Sunni’s are pretty much f’ed and if we’re over there for the oil, we better start moving north before that super terrist, Bin Laden get’s there cause he sure is a threat to the Kurds!!

    Now I’m sure that dipshit that poses as our president has lost his mind.


  18. Joe Sixpack Says:

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m starting to doubt the war in Iraq is not really about WMD’s at all.


  19. Jesus Christ God of WAR Says:

    #17 - The really amazing thing about the Kurds vs. bin Laden/oil madness is: Before the US invaded Iraq, BushCo claimed ties between Saddam and al Queda. These claims have been proven false.

    What BushCo should have said: There were “training facilities” in the US-controlled Kurdish north that were sometimes used by al Queda.

    Either way, you point is well taken. The Sunnis are f*’d. But the Supa Terrist bin Laden already had some of his people in the Kurdish north. Years ago. Right under BushCo’s control.


  20. Dartanyon Says:

    ~This Just In~

    Bush will make a flyover of New Orleans from the safety of Airforce One.

    He and Pickles will be spared having to actually meet and shake hands with any of those scary, dirty blacks made homeless by Hurricane Katrina.

    You know how the Bush clan doesn’t like mixin’ with those types.

    There’s royalty and then there’s the rest of us.


  21. Dumb Fox Says:

    Folks, there’s no logic to Reason 155(b) for staying the course. This is just Dubya’s newest bogie man - the terrorist oil-baron.

    So scary, so fake (unless you want drag the Bush-Carlyle-Bin laden matrix in to it… in which case, so ironic).


  22. Citizen80203 Says:

    “I will continue to lead with clarity, and when I say something, I’ll mean what I say.”
    George W. Bush
    Review of Clarity:

     War On Terror
     Disarmament
     WMDs (mushroom clouds)
     Link to AlQueda
     Regime Change
     Liberate Iraqis
     Threat To the Region
     Bring Democracy to Iraq
     Fight the terrorists over there, so we don’t have to here
     they’d seize oil fields to fund their ambitions (For Oil)

    Are we clear? I call it blowing smoke up the pie hole. Problem is I do not want Bush’s lips anywhere near my a.s Do you?


  23. dave in mi Says:

    Why was Paul Wolfowitz pushed out of the Pentagon onto the World Bank? The answer lies in a 323-page document, secret until now, indicating that the allies of Big Oil in the Bush Administration have defeated neo-conservatives and their chief Wolfowitz. BBC Television Newsnight tells the true story of the fall of the neo-cons. An investigation conducted by BBC with Harper’s magazine will also reveal that the US State Department made detailed plans for war in Iraq — and for Iraq’s oil — within weeks of Bush’s first inauguration in 2001.

    http://www.gregpalast.com/ detail.cfm?artid=417&row=0

    By now the “boy prince” would be getting used to submitting to having it shoved up his colon after being spanked (bet he likes it) and lubricated with #2 crude supplied by the Big Boys at Exxon-Mobil.


  24. Ron Says:

    the neocons are barking up the wrong tree.

    If we weren’t using so much oil all of the time, this wouldn’t be happening. Quit driving. Meditate for twenty minutes per day; you won’t be hurting anyone and you will be helping yourself. Stop being a consumer and a servant. Think.

    It is interesting that Mother Nature’s unbridled fury slammed New Orleans and they Gulf.

    Katrina delivered some karma.

    The US needs help, not just New Orleans.


  25. JNo Says:

    It still boggles my mind how anyone can defend this guy..shameless.

    I think it’s time he starts reading the papers, it’s starting to work against him. Think anyone has told him about his historical lows?



  26. dave in mi Says:

    Comment by Dartanyon — August 31, 2005 @ 2:36 pm

    That chickenshit won’t step foot in the big easy. Who ever voted for the fool a couple of years ago, is going to be asking some tough questions like.

    “Hey dickhead, where’s the national guard when you need them”

    Or, “Hey f**wit, how the hell am I supposed to move my family some place when I can’t afford to put gas in my car?”

    Or, “Mr. Bring em’ on,Mission Accomplished” I haven’t got health insurance and with all the cut’s to medicade, I can’t get emergency services for my kid’s, any clue what I can do??”

    Or, “The President just rode into town on the USS F”in Reagan, to veiw the devastation of the gulf oil rigs, shed a tear and announced, NO PROBLEM, we’re protecting the oil fields in Iraq, and making sure, all the schools are painted there so you can send your kids there”


  27. duh Says:

    NED where are you?
    notice how the trolls are speechless?


  28. brain-noogie Says:

    “We are fighing them over there so we aren’t properly prepared for emergencies here”.


  29. wisedup Says:

    IMPEACH him YES….(Dick Cheney rubbing his hands and smiling…he he he…mmmm)


  30. Spudge-Boy Says:

    I am not sure why nobody has brought this up yet, so I feel the need to cream my lungs (okay pixels) out.

    WHY THE HELL WOULD BIN LADEN WANT OIL? HE IS RICH! HE IS A BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRIST SAKE! HE HAS MORE MONEY THAN BUSH DOES!

    Bush is an f’ing moron and so is anybody that backs him after this latest lame duck statement. Does Rove know that he is on tour? Maybe Gerogie’s ear piece broke and he couldn’t hear Rove screaming “Shut up!” in his ear.


  31. dave in mi Says:

    Nobel Cause?

    So, we spend 250 billion dollars and lose 1,900 men and women, protecting the oil resources of a soverign country, that we invade and occupy. Twenty five thousand civilians lose their lives.

    And bonus, the oil companies post big gains, stratospheric gas prices.

    How about, Exxon-Mobil and Shell taking over the cost of providing security for their future inventory?

    We’re paying for it and so our our childrens children.

    Terrorists my ass. This is all about the oil.

    And where are those troll sunsabitches with their comic, dittohead, bullet point, rhetoric.


  32. Red Says:

    #32

    One minute, we’re being told to be ignored from this post and now you want us to comment here? Stop with the flip-flopping, I’m getting dizzy.


  33. progressive and proud Says:

    The trolls are mind melding with Faux News right now. They will be back after station identification.


  34. Hank Says:

    Fox News is certainly doing their part to help the Administration reinvent the Iraq War. Yesterday they used the news to “congratulate” the Iraqi goverment on their new constitution, like it is a done deal. They also have been careful to say “Al Queda terrorists” when mentioning the Iraqi insurgents, as if the war in Afganistan and Iraq originated from the same cause.

    Another thought: Two days ago the military demoted the Pentagon whistleblower, Bunnatine Greenhouse, of the Halliburton no-bid scandal from June 2005, because of “poor job performance and not for her outspoken criticism of the Pentagon.” Yeah. Right. And Saddam Hussian was a direct threat to the United States, too.


  35. Fred Says:

    How many hours of comment did the trolls waste arguing about the true motivation(oil) for invading Iraq.


  36. Nick Caine Says:

    The trolls probably still don’t have their information and excuse packs yet, Dave. Maybe this is one argument, they can’t comment on. The trolls and their masters have no retorts to give. Finally they have to concede the true reasoning behind Bush’ ‘War On Terror’ was ‘oil’ all along.

    WMD’s my arse.

    And as for my own Prime Minister Tony Blair, you’ve been duped by an idiot.


  37. Spudge-Boy Says:

    #33

    “One minute, we’re being told to be ignored from this post and now you want us to comment here? Stop with the flip-flopping, I’m getting dizzy.”

    This is exactly why we don’t want you here. You don’t post on topic and only make attacks.

    Either comment about the fact that Bush just admitted to the world that we are in Iraq for the oil or go away.


  38. Spudge-Boy Says:

    #35

    It doesn’t surprise me that good ol’ boys club of the US military demoted another female officer as a scapegoat.


  39. Citizen80203 Says:

    “Confusion in her eyes it sez it all, she’s lost control again” Trolls, trolls, trolls.


  40. progressive and proud Says:

    Red is dizzy - I agree.


  41. Red Says:

    I can’t speak for everyone that posts here with a different opinion, but personally I bored with this site. Everyone here is delusional and needs to take some reality pills. How many posters here had to seek therapy on November 3rd last year? Well, you had better make your appointments now and beat the rush by next November.


  42. Citizen80203 Says:

    Fishy, fishy, fishy, oh where has that fishy gone?


  43. Simon Says:

    Now, when will they publicly name and acknowledge the permanent bases that they have built in Iraq to protect the oil fields?


  44. Citizen80203 Says:

    Bored, so bored. Make appoinments, make appointment, make disappointments, I am a disappointment. Trolls, trolls, tired trolls.


  45. Darth Filibustrous Says:

    Citizen80203 - To expand on your list - okay, now that most Americans know we are in a quagmire, why are we continuing the military occupation?

     To honor the troops already dead.

     The enemy will “wait us out” if we give an exit date.

    and now (drumroll…..)

     “they could recruit more terrorists by claiming an historic victory over the United States and our coalition”


  46. wisedup Says:

    DICK!!!!….I thought you told me the public would believe anything I told them!
    Hold still..the string out the back of you neck broke..now…I’ll pull it and…there! your mouth moves!…OK…go back to whatever puppet boy…(now I can get back to counting my money….1 billion, 2 billion…..)


  47. Fred Says:

    Bush admitting we are in Iraq for OIL is a reality pill Red.


  48. wisedup Says:

    Red…wake up, your on… my true feelings are Red and all the others have the right to speak…even tho I don’t agree.


  49. Jealous of Jeff Says:

    Hey Red, I’ve got a reality pill for you. Try filling up your Hummer you dipshit.


  50. dave in mi Says:

    Comment by Red — August 31, 2005 @ 3:34 pm

    You poor soul. There are no wrist slitters here. It is only ever just a matter of time before the “shit floats” to the top.

    You can stop being afraid. There is no threat, there are no terrorist. There are no WMD’s. There is not going to be a nuclear mushroom cloud.

    There will not be a democracy in Iraq. It will be a theocracy, much like what you see in Iran.

    If you are concerned about oil, you can count on the Kurds. They got it, we want it.

    Boy King will probably not be impeached. And you can count on a Democratic President in 2008. The republican party will reel from this for a decade at least.

    And, in the future, you will curse the name, “Dubya”.


  51. Dizzy Says:

    The circle of lies is complete on this one now, a full 360.


  52. dave in mi Says:

    Wholesale gas up 80 cents a gallon today according to sources. We could see $4.00 a gallon soon.

    C’mon monkeyboy, we just invested 250 billion in a plan to keep gas at $2.00 a gallon. WTF??

    Em terrist’s are pretty gu’dum smart eh, monkeyboy. Em,just tap into the pipe, em selve’s!!!

    Eh, Red??


  53. Simon Says:

    Looks like Aug 30, 2005 is the official start of the next recession.


  54. Joe Sixpack Says:

    Don’t go away, Red, I need help holding off the liberals.


  55. dave in mi Says:

    Don’t go away, Red, I need help holding off the liberals.

    Comment by Joe Sixpack — August 31, 2005 @ 4:08 pm

    Oh me too!! I mean, they just don’t get it the dopes. Don’t they understand that we are there to establish a democracy, bring freedom to Islamic fundamentalist, dispose of WMD’s, keep Bin Laden from drilling,pumping and selling our oil (ooops, Iraqi oil) and keep nuclear weapons out of the middle east.

    And what about our buddies, Exxon,Walmart and McDonalds. How are the expected to expand in the middle east if our troops aren’t there.

    I don’t know six-pack. I guess that they are to close to the forest to see the trees. Hmmm…that’s pretty funny, tree huggers. Yep, new name for them. Sounds better than, like communist.


  56. Citizen80203 Says:

    Fishy, fishy, fishy, where has that fishy gone?


  57. dave in mi Says:

    Hey Red and Six-Pack,

    Gotta go, you’ve been fun so I’ll leave you with this.

    Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz: “There’s a lot of money to pay for this that doesn’t have to be U.S. taxpayer money, and it starts with the assets of the Iraqi people…and on a rough recollection, the oil revenues of that country could bring between $50 and $100 billion over the course of the next two or three years…We’re dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.” [Source: House Committee on Appropriations Hearing on a Supplemental War Regulation, 3/27/03]

    So, Red/Six-pack…Before monkeyboy’s buddies at Exxon/Mobil get their hands on the assets, could you ask you’re fearless “mission accomplished” mouthpeice for a refund or a return on our deposit of $250 billion bucks??

    Just seems like good business. Ya think??


  58. progressive and proud Says:

    #42 I wonder why there would be a rush.


  59. Susan Says:

    If we’re there to protect the oil fields we are doing a horrible job of it. Gas went up to $3.31 today in my area and I don’t even live in the city.

    Lets get our troops out of the greenzone now that we know what the latest revised mission is. To the oil fields troops!

    Your next Bin Laden, we’ve given you three years of comfort and joy and now your time is up. Well maybe.

    votetoimpeach.org


  60. Susan Says:

    One more thing. Now Bushie can say “if you want the price of gas to go down we have to stay in Iraq”. Clever little queer aint he?


  61. pinky the pinko Says:

    No oil for blood!


  62. Joe fiv- pack Says:

    Joe “one beer short of a six-pack” says:

    Don’t go away Red. I need help svcking off the liberals!

    No you don’t, sweety. You are doin’ fine. You’ve done this before. We can tell.


  63. ole seventeen Says:

    meh, wars are always fought over resources. it used to be land, because land was needed for agriculture, now it’s oil, next it will be over water rights.

    actually it’s good thing no one ever used the oil excuse as a reason to control middle eastern counties, because that rationale would now have fallen apart too!


  64. Susan Says:

    Why would we have to protect the oil fields from Bin Laden if Hussien and he were such good buddies?

    Bin Laden wouldn’t have stolen the oil from Saddam, they were friends, remember?


  65. Marie Says:

    OIL was the reason in the FIRST place!! Most people know that now.
    Terrorists are ALREADY in Iraq! Thank you, George.


  66. marblex Says:

    Don’t mean to be crass, but does anyone else see that Katrina furnishes a perfect reason to withdraw from Iraq? We need our National Guard HERE.


  67. Don Says:

    Check out Executive Order 13301 , signed by the Chimp right after the invasion, which unilaterally declares Iraqi oil to be the unassailable province of U.S. corporations.

    It’s a similar situation in the western US. Property owners have to allow oil exploiters onto their property to pump SUV go-juice.


  68. Don Says:

    Make that 13303.


  69. RLG Says:

    Don’t mean to be crass, but does anyone else see that Katrina furnishes a perfect reason to withdraw from Iraq? We need our National Guard HERE.

    Now Marblex, if we bring the National Guard back to the US from Iraq, that would dishonor those Americans that have died in Iraq, remember? No “cut and run.” Instead he wants us to dishonor the citizens and taxpayers of the US!!

    As for oil, I knew all along that was one of the reasons why we were there! And also so he could finish what his dad started.

    Guard the oil fields from Bin-Laden? How stupid does he think the Amercian people are? He is guarding the fields for his big oil companies. And he is using the sons and daughters of American citizens for his own personal advantage.Seems criminal to me.


  70. Joe Sixpack Says:

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the Iraq War was about WMD’s. Silly me. I guess that means Cheney was wrong when he said the insurgency was on its last legs.

    Red, where are you? All these liberals say I owe them a ++++job and I need help.


  71. mikmik Says:

    “they would create a new training ground for future terrorist attacks;”

    Ehhh???! Where? The whole country is already being used as a training ground for future terrorist attacks!! Compliments of Bush (et al) himself, FFS!
    Can’t he at least say they would crate an industrial complex for the manufactur of those whatcha-ma-call-its? (LOL!!!)


  72. Nancy L. Says:

    I have a question. Anyone remember the oil shortage in the 70’s? Or if you have some idea of why, there hasn’t been a rationing of oil & gas, instead of the escalating prices. Or am I getting ahead of myself and that’s next?


  73. Susan Says:

    There’s plenty of gas to had Nancy L. The high prices are a part of Bushies agenda to bankrupt America.


  74. Nancy L. Says:

    Thks Susan. I figured that was pretty much the reason, but in case I was wrong, I didn’t want to be b’tching about the wrong reasons.
    And he’s certaining doing a good job of bankrupting American. He must of been taking lessons!


  75. RLG Says:

    Nancy L. If thee was a shortage, we would know it. As soon as GW took office, gas prices went up. As soon as he was elected a second term they went up again and now there is no stopping it!

    The rich get richer, middle class is disenagrating!

    One thing I admired about Nixon, he made decisions based on the entire country. He froze gas prices, demanded automobiles make more efficent cars and lowered the speed limit. In other words he was the president of all the nation.

    GW? Every decision he has made is slanted to the rich. Even his SS plan, is geared so financial institutions can get more money.

    So when he talks about the ” Will of the American people,” he is not talking about you or I.


  76. KJ Lovell Says:

    If dumbya and his handlers want to re-invent the war, they need to dump rover and ask MADONNA, this is the true guru of re-invention. Her style is way out there, but since dumbya took the pRESIDENCY, we are now accoustomed to it.


  77. Nancy L. Says:

    #76 You’re right about Nixon. Bush makes him look like Mother Theresa. Nixon had a touch of paranoia which followed him through his presidency. After he left office, he was on TV quite a bit, and it really showed a different side of him. Actually, several sides. One showed he had a sense of humor and the other showed just how interesting he could be without the pressure of public office.
    Yes, “the Will of the People”, is everyone above a certain income level, which, as you pointed out, isn’t you or I, and probably most everyone else on this blog.


  78. cynical ex-hippie Says:

    What is happening in oil right now is exactly what the conservative think tanks have been arguing for. Let market forces decide. They opposed requiring fuel efficient vehicles. If an economical car is better, then the market will decide in favor of them. Well, the market is speaking, this is how market forces decide. Painfully.


  79. Anna Says:

    Hallo, good morning, anybody home!!!!!!!!!!
    Where have you been when the war started? If I believed than in the reason that he gave for the war in Iraq, I would consider myself pretty stupid. So how long did it take you to figure that out???? Now, wait ‘til his mandate is over and after he’s thru destroying this country before you say: he should go. Don’t ask me who should be a president, I know only that he shouldn’t…
    W, you al’ flip-flopper you..


  80. Mary Popsin Says:

    We know this man should not be our president. We need to impeach this man he lied to us. I believed at the beginning of this war the only reason he went into Iraq was for oil. Now he finally admitted this.

    Russ Feingold did not vote for this war. Russ Feingold has the right idea to bring our young men and women home by the end of 2006. I am so happy he is my Senator.


  81. KJ Lovell Says:

    I have been saying this man should not be pRESIDENT. I have been saying it since 1999. Even then I knew we would one day park our tanks and aircraft in Iraq, I just wasn’t sure how he would pull it off. Even in it’s autobiography, he admits the desire to invade IRAQ. Now, I find it funny that even back then he was intent on controlling the oil in that region. POAC, I found very disturbing too.

    His family history has been a great source of insight into their M.O..


  82. mighty aphrodite Says:

    You REALLY do NEED us!!! Without us, your site would be TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORING for words. Without us, “pick a problem - any problem” and you squishy lefties would:
    A.) BLAME BUSH
    B.) BLAME BUSH AND OTHER “FASCISTS”
    C.) BLAME BUSH, OTHER “FASCISTS”, AND ALL “NEO-CONS”
    yawwwwwwn - you’re way toooooo predictable!!
    You’re welcome!!!!


  83. mighty aphrodite Says:

    #74 (& your echo, #75) - Got to hand it to you - you figured out the evil Rebpugnant all on your own. Not only do we want to bankrupt all big-hearted (but squishy!!) lefties, we have a super - secret plan to form a new union - without you. But you’d miss our BIG tax $$$$$$ - can you imagine throwing your own $$ at every cause which warms your fuzzy hearts?


  84. KJ Lovell Says:

    I usuall tune out trash blogs, but I guess nor east dimentia changed his name to afro-dykey….so

    Tell us oh mighty dykey….WHEN DOES YOUR SHIFT BEGIN AT MCDONALDS?


  85. KJ Lovell Says:

    It seems there is plenty of oil and gas. Here they have raised gas prices 80cents since Monday, just because they can. One distributor said there seems to be NO reason for the increases.

    I guess it is just greed. They will get us used to $3/gal and keep it there, but not before it goes way up and back to $3.

    But I FEEL SAFER SINCE DUMBYA AND HIS HANDLERS HAVE DE-STABILIZED THE ENTIRE PLANET.

    One thing you can say about him, HE IS A UNIFICATOR. The entire world hates the USA. And people here with an I.Q. over 40 hate HIM.


  86. KJ Lovell Says:

    One thing you can say about him, HE IS A UNIFICATOR. The entire world hates the USA. And people here with an I.Q. over 40 hate HIM.

    amen and whooo hooo!!!!!

    oops that’s me!


  87. mighty aphrodite Says:

    Ahhhhhh - the sexual sensitivity of the left!!!! Between being labeled “Hermaphrodite” & “Mighty Dykey” just goes to show your arguments swirl the bowl before they are flushed as they rarely have intellectual merit. (And for having such enormous IQ’s, the grammatical and spelling errors are surprising!)


  88. Mary Popsin Says:

    I live in the midwest and the gas is $3.29 a gal. Last year it was $1.93. I want to know why we are paying so much? I guess Bushie and Cheney are laughing all the way to the bank.


  89. mighty aphrodite Says:

    For as well educated as all you progressives say you are, I’m SHOCKED how little you know about economics - it’s called “SUPPLY & DEMAND” (Econ 101)Gas has gone seemingly sky high due to the enormous increase in volume bought by India and China. We need to develop a vegetable/renewable fuel source - but until that is done - let’s build some new refineries before another 30 years goes by.


  90. Mary Popsin Says:

    No the gas has gone sky high because of the two oil people in the white house. The midwest gets stuck with the highest gas prices all the time.
    We do not need any more refineries build in america.


  91. KJ Lovell Says:

    I suspect nor east dimentia has changed it’s name to mighty dykie…..

    Tell us when your shift at McDonalds begins?

    Supply/demand….get real.

    It shows how little you know. I live in a friggin OIL STATE, and I work in the oil industry. NO REASON BUT GREED FOR THE INCREASES!


  92. mighty aphrodite Says:

    #92 - You pump gas, where??
    Ms. Poppins - Come to San Diego - WE pay the highest prices and the fabulous “blue staters” just can’t tax us enough - if our squishy, sensitive officials REALLY CARED - wouldn’t they lower the gas taxes - even a little?? NAHHHHH!


  93. KJ Lovell Says:

    LITTLE GEORGIE TOOK AN AXE AND GAVE THE WORLD FORTY WHACKS… WHEN HE SAW WHAT HE HAD DONE…… HE GAVE NEW ORLEANS…. FORTY ONE… (OR IS THAT 43?)


  94. KJ Lovell Says:

    LITTLE GEORGIE TOOK AN AXE AND GAVE THE WORLD FORTY WHACKS… WHEN HE SAW WHAT HE HAD DONE, HE GAVE NEW ORLEANS FORTY ONE…(OR IS THAT 43??)


  95. Jake Budde Says:

    I think your all a bunch of f’ing retards and if you all know so damn much about running our country that you should be president…but ironically enough i didnt once in that entire bush bashing hear one solution for any one of you. hmmmm….imagine that


  96. richard jenkins Says:

    The solution lies in the bicycle


  97. Mary Poppins Says:

    The war kinda sux but.. it’s doing a good deed!!!! woooot!

    much


  98. Peace Mamma Says:

    To many lives lost.
    we need to come home.!
    waste of time. money. and support
    america has been through enough. Its time to end this war.

    Sincerely
    Peace Mamma.!


  99. THE SMART KID Says:

    I THINK THAT BUSH IS SELFISH AND DOESNT KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR COUNTRY. i KNEW EVERYONE WAS A DUMBA*S FOR VOTING FOR SUCH A DICKHEAD. F**K BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!


  100. THE SMART KID Says:

    If bush is so damn worried about terrorists that why in the hell did he hire arabs to be posted up for security purposes? i think im not the only one who this that bush doesnt know what the f*ck he’s doing. WE WANT BUSH OUT OF HERE! WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO ACTRULLY KNOWS WHAT THEY’RE DOING!~!!!


  101. YO MAMMA Says:

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! CHENEY SHOT THAT DUDE IN THE ASS!


  102. Sgt. Siferd, USMC Says:

    You liberals make me laugh. Your whole platform is based on conspiracy. That is why the union worker who beats his wife, the illegal immigrant and the 16 year old punk rocker all share your view. That is why you lose elections. Go to Iraq, Go live in Cuba. Go. There are 6 billion people on this earth who would take your place.


  103. jesus Says:

    bush is a gay craker who is a cummuist basterd =)


  104. jesus Says:

    bush is a gay craker who is a cummuist basterd =)


  105. jesus Says:

    bush is a gay craker who is a cummuist basterd =)!!!!


  106. osama bin ladin Says:

    bush is a queer… he’ll never find me here in the straight of bermudia hahahahhahahahahha =)


  107. osama bin ladin Says:

    Hello friends, are you tired of not getting some any more??? Well are you in for a treat, increase your penis size in just 4 months. This sponsered by osama….only 5 dollars


  108. lil red Says:

    BUSH WASN’T SUPPOSE TO WN THE ELECTION EITHER. THE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN FLORIDA WAS DRUG UP AND THE PEOPLE TOLD THEM TO VOTE FOR BUSH


  109. Melinda Says:

    Do you really care more about our oil (which is all assumed) or our people in the war? 9/11 was all a plot to give our government more money (yes, this is my opion) no one really knows any logical reason as to why we are still in Iraq. So we shouldn’t be there


  110. anonymous Says:

    WE SHOULD STAY IN IRAQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LIBERALS SUCKZORZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11


  111. anonymous Says:

    Iraq currently has an unstable government that will not be completed unless we erradicate the terrorists and let them form a government that is capable of ruleing itself with good discernment.


  112. anonymous Says:

    melinda you are freaking paranoid. Saying that our government set up 9/11 is completey bogus and is just another way for you liberals to bash bush. No matter how good are president is the other side will always be against it, just out of spite. Even if the argument is complete BULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


  113. BUSH RULES Says:

    Bush is the greatest president, history will attest to this.


  114. anonymous Says:

    First off, lets start with whoever the dumb f**k is that post #113.
    “No matter how good are president is the…” hmm, wow, great word usage, you really are a ‘conservative republican’, aint’ ya? Look at you with your big words like “spite”. At least you found the shift key alright, congradulations! And did you just say bush is the greatest president? Have we taken a look at the approval ratings lately? Minus a few of bushes oil industry buddies, the rest of the world is living in the real world, the world that Mr. president has ruined. I just want to see what he does now, after it has been made publically know that he screwed up in Iraq, by way of the Iraq study group.



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