They said the reason gas prices was so high was because barrels cost $175.00 somewhere around that so since Barrels are $95.00 a barrel now what's they're excuse. Its all about screwing us and making them richer that's all it is and Obama is letting it happen. We need to pull our troops out of this war and go to war here against government and oil companies.
@fordbronco1991 You need to recheck those numbers my friend. The peak price of crude was $146/barrel in late 2008 when the average gas price was $4.15/gallon. Right now crude oil is hovering around $100/barrel and the average gas price is around $3.70. I
Get used to it.. The price of oil is about to explode in the next couple of years... In europe we drive smaller engined cars than those of the USA.. We pay $8:50 per 4.5 litre gallon. $150 to fill my car up and $40 to fill my motorcycle.. Damn, thats expensive... Its coming to an area near you very soon. Sell your V8 and buy a Euro box... Let the good times roll.
For anybody in 2010 that were doubting the inevitable fall of the global economy, here are your signs. Gas prices are going up, food prices are going up and housing costs are on the rise. But what about our wages? Oh yeah, 24 million unemployed and the rest have a freeze on their salary. This is called hyper inflation, just wait until mid-2012 and when we're all homeless you can thank yourselves for putting this nation $14 trillion + in debt.
You can get 50% Gas Rebates, for details go to MyHalfPriceGas(dot)com. You can see copies of my rebate checks and proof that this works! Or you can continue to complain about it and never find a solution. Its your choice, complain about gas prices or get 50% Gas Rebates? Which will you choose?
there is 1 action we can take to make gas prices go down overnight. we need to exempt gas stations from anti-trust laws. The biggest gas station chains in america lose a shit ton of money every year from their gas sales, and make all of their money from the stuff inside on the shelves. they could sell gas for 1 doller, and balance that loss with purchases inside. we would get cheaper gas, cheaper gas means cheaper everyday shit.....exclude gas stations from anti-trust laws thats the winner
You think your gas prices are high look at us here in Canada, we have oil sands in the middle of our country and we're still paying $1.35 a liter. That translates into roughly $5.10 a gallon. My predictions for the states is that you guys will be going up to as high as that by the end of the year.
Brazil is drilling & selling oil to china through company George Soros Obamas best friend & major contributor owns. It must be nice to own a President. Anyone who still likes Obama isn't paying attention or buying the propaganda bullshit lies MSNBC likes to spread. Obama is a douchebag!
Young Turk?..... What a load of mindless dribble. It is just like MSNBC to pick up this looser because all this man is (if you can call him that) is the PR machine for Obama™
it dosent have anything to do with the right or the left,,it is da people of this great nation who make it what it is.jus cuz someone is smarter or has more money dosent make them better,,the hard workin poor people are the ones who generate all da wealth for these billionairs,,we are the ones who make them money,,we are all the same they wht us to think different to keep us segragated,,so they can get away with all the bullshit!!!we are the only ones who can make a differance,,,
the young turks constantly distort the facts. they are Obama Shills and promoters they are left wing liberal extremists and have been from the beginning. why would any one trust a word coming from their mouths, when all that flows out between their teeth is crap.
Face Reality....Obama is the stupidest, dumbest, imbecilic moronic idiot of a President of the United States, we have ever had the priviledge to have to endure for A LONG F#&KING FOUR YEARS. The best thing for this country would be if he would just resign, retire forever, and go back to his corrupt, dirt bag Chicago.
Gas Prices R Skyrocketing Under Obama: Oil futures is just that, futures market. Price-per-barrel spikes oil this week have not affected domestic market yet. Iin face former Shell Oil Pres John Hofmeister predicted in Dec 2010, America would face $5/gal gas by 2012, a full month before the revolution in Egypt began. At the end of Bush’s two terms in office, prices were 9% lower than when he took office. The day before Obama was inaugurated average price of a gal was $1.83.
wow, i cant believe what i just saw here. its a sad day in america when you can get paid to preach this bs. obama wont allow drilling here, making us pay money to terror-backing countries, keeping jobs from americans who want to work....
and you wonder what is wrong with this picture?
turk doesnt drive a hummer, he is giving obama one....nom nom nom
sorry cenk, but i am a going to have the agree with the elephants on this one. oh guys go to Therealnews site to get fair news. not this hog wash crap from cenk
Cenk, gas was $1.83 when Obama took office, now is $4.00 he is doing all he can to keep gas prices high, we have enough oil right here , we can start swiching to natural gas in the mean time, and electric, but to sit and do nothing is wrong We need a President that knows how to lead and knows how to run a bussiness, ths one has never done either and doesn't know how
No no you dont have to be crazy or republican to disagree. You just have to understand basic finance and economics to disagree. How does this dingbat get a show on tv? Im always amazed by the level of stupidity these tv talking heads produce.
Gas has MORE than doubled since obama got elected!
He continues his B.S. about green B.S. and electric/hybrid cars-(EXPENSIVE CRAP!) and he pledges "2BILLION $" to brazil for thier oil production and says we will be thier #1 customer!-WTF?!?
2012-send the dangerous, foolish, MARXIST would-be-tyrant, community-agitator-in-chief, usurper obama packing for chicago, kenya or B.F.E!
lets see Obama gives Brazil's Petrobras billions to drill and tells Americans we can't drill for oil! so Obmas good with giving our money to other country's and helping them to profit while screwing Americans over! Sounds a hole lot like something an foreign infiltrator would do, How can any one not see that Obama Hates america and intends to make US pay!
Hey idiot MSNBC Obama has banned oil drilling he's destroying the value of the dollar, he gave 2 billion to George Sorros petra Braus Brazil oil company to drill in our coast but dosn't allow us Americans to drill
@luilun the usa only has 3% of the worlds oil. we use 25% of the worlds oil. no reason to drill, get your facts straight before you go mouthing off about things you know nothing about
Truth hurts or something ? so we use the most oil does that mean we must pay the most? go fuck your self dude we have to spend our tax dollars protecting these Muslims so in return they should give us cheap oil, secondly there's alot of oil in Alaska, gulf of Mexico, Flordia coast, california Coast, Montana and Wyoming try reading instead of listening to MSNBC
@luilun yeah all that oil still equals 3% of the worlds total oil. do you honestly think that drilling in alaska and other states is going to solve our problem?! LOL. The problem is oil is running out! we dont need to drill drill drill. what we need is to find alternate means of fuel. also, all the printing of so much us dollars made the worth of the dollar go down = gas prices goes up. idk what muslims have to do with any of it.
@luilun No one is preventing oil production here in the United States. There are no hordes of Environmental Wackos protesting new wells. In fact they're demanding not an end to Fracking, but to make it cleaner. Drilling here and drilling now will never meet the needs of the United States. Oil is a FINITE resources. Once it is gone, it is GONE.
Why don't you do some homework and after your homework you'll come to these conclusions.
@luilun Conclusion #1. The United States hasn't been able to meet it's domestic oil needs since the 1950's. I believe it was around 1955 or so since the USA has become a net importer.
Conclusion #2: The most oil that was ever produce in the USA was in Dec/1970, Jan/1971. Around 10 Million Barrels a day. At that time, we were importing roughly around 30% of our needs.
Conclusion #3. OIl drilling came to a all time low during the 90's because the price of oil was too damn low.
@luilun Conclusion #4: Today we produce roughly 5.3 Million barrels a day
Conclusion #5. MK Hubbard back in 1957 predicted that the United States would Peak in Production in 1970.
Conclusion #6: All the easy stuff is gone, now were digging it up in trucks in Alberta, Canada and that at most will only provide 1.1 Million barrels a day. It takes 3 times the amount of Natural gas to make that oil into liquid form. It is only economical to produce this oil because oil is expensive.
@luilun Conclusion #7: World Oil production peak in 2004. Since then, Indonesia and Malaysia have since dropped out of OPEC.
Conclusion: 8: If you want lower gas prices, hope to god the economy fails. Really, check out Demand Destruction.
Conclusion #9: From now on, more and more countries will not produce enough oil to meet the Worlds needs. It is expected that in 2012/2013, that Mexico will drop out of OPEC because their biggest oil field is about to go dry. So is Saudi Arabia too .
@luilun Conclusion #10: Because of Mileage per gallon standards for the past 30 years, The USA was able to keep it's oil consumption down to 20 Million barrels a day at the same time, the number of cars on US highways grew. Support Higher Mileage per gallon standards and you'll see more cars on the road despite the BS from the American car companies.
@hughster41 Cutting military spending and using the money on public healthcare is not cutting taxes. Sure, taxes would be cheaper but only because the money is being better spent. I don't want to pay unnecessary taxes but if we have to pay an extra 1 or 2 % income tax to pay for public healthcare and to look after the old, disabled and infirm i am happy to. I am glad your sister is able to collect disability as this is what i meant by society's most vulnerable.
@hughster41 Nothing wrong with individual responsibility but why would you pay tax and then want to pay for health insurance? It doesn't make any sense. The U.S spends more on military & military intelligence than the rest of the world put together so if that was halved you could all have great healthcare and still save money. How is that not a good idea? A society should be judged on how they treat their most vulnerable, in which case your all fucked.
@hughster41 No, you said we have high petrol prices BECAUSE we voted for a socialist government. I would love to know what is wrong with thinking that our government should use our taxes to run social programs like healthcare etc (its the peoples money after all). Hopefully America will catch up with Europe one day, but i doubt.
@hughster41 You are getting confused. I suppose thats what happens when you stick your head up your ass and believe Faux News. If the U.K had a socialist government we would have cheap petrol because the people would own the petrol companies and as a result they would be run for the people not to make rich people richer. Next you will be saying the UK is a Muslim caliphate. Go back to sleep.
@hughster41 Please tell me that does that have to do with socialists? Maybe before you start calling people fucking morons you should look up what socialist means. Thats if you know what a dictionary is and how to use one.
It's not all libya thats moving up gas prices. President Obama has stopped the offshore drilling in the US. This is a much larger drop in percebtage of world oil (Libya makes roughly one percent) than would be found due to middle eastern and african protest
A liter of gasoline costs about 1,53€/2.14$ here at the moment - IF YOU'RE LUCKY.
Since a gallon is about 3,8ltrs, you can calculate how much we'd pay over here. So don't complain. Or do, but think about this. You could have it much worse, regarding gas prices.
Yet another reason why it's a good idea to have energy independence... You say you want it with natural gas etc? What happens when you have a disaster with that and prices go up?
Renewable sources of energy is the way to go. Reliable in the long-term, independence of others, and no natural disasters.
@bronzeownsu6 OBVIOUSLY you have never been outside this country to realize how spoiled you really are. And that's why this country is going down the shitter. don't try to even have a come back because now you have CONVINCED ME i am right. i hope on day you become enlighten, take care......
correlation is not causation. could it be that oil producing countries are just using this as an excuse to raise oil prices? one million barrels seems likes nothing in the world's supply of oil
ya valid point i gess. but gas prices would also go down if we drilled more, because we wouldn't be importing as much *shrugs* so its a 50/50 u could go eather way
@bronzeownsu6 Where are you living at, The Middle East or Africa? No you are living in the US. if Mexicans can back everything up and move to a country that is totally different and can't speak the language and make it. you can make it. you just don't want to change your life because you are spoiled American brat. Until you recognize this you will always be in despair my friend. WAKE UP!
@bronzeownsu6 yes you are the idiot because you are too stupid to figure out a better plan. you will end up a failure if you do not change your ways. that is life. It changes. Everyday. And you have to learn to go with the flow. If you don't, you will be left behind. it's call ASSIMILATION! good lord didn't your parents teach you anything?
correlation =/= causation. i wouldnt be surprised if oil companies werent taking advantage of this situation and using it as an excuse to price gouge.
Current oil prices are below 100 a barrel and the dollar has gained strength over almost all currencies the last few months and yet gas prices are still going up. At current rate increases will be at 4 or more a gallon next month. There is no formula, this is just pure gouging and Obama with congress is doing nothing about it. Not only with the prices themselves but there is NO push for alternatives, it's all a fucking show.
DO NOT PURCHASE GASOLINE ON APRIL 15th!!!! ON APRIL 15th WE ARE HOLDING A MASS GASOLINE BOYCOTT TO PROTEST THIS SHIT!!! REFUSE TO SUCCUMB TO THESE BILLIONAIRES GREED WITH PUBLIC "DISOBEDIENCE"!!!!!
@GooGobbler113 If you don't buy on the 15th, you'll have to buy on the 16th. It makes no difference on which day we buy, at the end of the day, cars don't run on air... you'll have to fill up sooner or later.
@GooGobbler113 wow.. not gonna buy gas for one day.. thats soooo, gonna do alot..
not
if u don't buy gas on april 15, the gas companies woun't care, y? cause all the people that didn't buy gass on the 15th will just buy it on the 16th, or the 14th, soo, there not exactly losing money...
You're an idiot Cenk. Nothing is ever Obama's fault to you stupid liberals. Now when Bush was in office and gas prices were high, you blamed the crap out of him. Two years have gone by and you still blame him for everything. When you going to wake up and smell the coffee? His policies are bankrupting the United States and it is only a matter of time before the deficit collapses the gov altogether. But then,.,,that's all Bush's fault. I'm waiting anxiously for Obama to be President
@rscorpio768 Do you even watch his show on a regular basis? He criticizes Obama almost every single day. Explain to me how the current gas prices ARE Obama's fault, though.
@CrackeTheSkull I mean, McConnell's probably right. If we did allow more domestic drilling, oil prices would probably drop a little. Until China started buying more oil and domestic production turns into exports. And some environmental disaster a la Deep Horizon pushes prices up. Obama is 'technically' keeping the oil companies from doing whatever they want. I mean, if we let rapists rape and murder all the children they wanted, we would save money on prisons, right?
PRices are going up because B Hussein won't let us drill. Barry supports Arab countries (gee I wonder why? he does bow to their leaders). HE wants to take US resources off line in order to help the Arabs profit line. BHO hates America and is obviously sympathetic to Muslim countries. He ran for president to screw America and help the Arabs.
Glenn Beck exposed the plot of the global Islamic caliphate and BHO is obviously part of it.
Cenk is wrong, it's not because of Libya, it's actually because of these fucking greedy oil corporations. It's basically speculation.These fags WANT to make you believe it'S because of Libya, but it's actually because they're using the Libyan crisis as a reason to jack up the price of oil. Libya produces 2% of world oil and mainly exports it to Europe. So fuck you!
Is there any place in the world where gas is cheaper than the U.S., especially compared to purchasing power? Gas in Canada is almost $5/gal. right now, and way more in Europe. Spikes in gas prices hurt, that's true. But a gradual long term increase might actually help reduce urban sprawl and encourage people to conserve energy, buy less and smaller cars and demand good public transportation. Would that be so bad? We can't go on burning the stuff at the rate we're doing it now...
If fuel keeps going up in America, pretty soon you'll be paying what we do in Australia. Why are fuel prices so low in America compared to most other places: Europe, Britain, Australia etc.?
@crocfme when buying in bulk, the cheaper the price. I think there's a lot of government involvement as well that affects the price but I'm smart enough to not care, and just ride my bike.
@crocfme because the dollar is the reserve standard around the world i can go to any country and trade in my dollars for your currency and i get more for less( not so much anymore) so i have wayy more buying power!!!
People would rather feel good about themselves by finding blame on problems like expensive gas, rather than fixing problems. It's waayyy too easy to do.
American demand for oil actually is slowly on the decline. It's no longer American domination on the oil market. Stupid congressmen.
I don't agree with Obama on many things, but I agree with what he said 100%. It's not one person's fault that the gas prices are going up. There's a variety of factors and the uprising in the middle eastern countries is part of why prices are going up at the pump.
God Damn Republicans are stupid, oil prices are set on a global market. It isn't, "our oil". Domestic oil production cannot possibly reduce costs beyond 3-4 cents per gallon (there are studies about this, look it up).
all of this has to do with SPECULATORS DRIVING UP THE PRICE >> IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LIBYA... Saudi Arabia said they would take up the 2% output Libya produces ...and there is no shortage the oil companies have said that
Cenk, Pres. Obama's claim that the rising oil prices have to do with uncertainty in the middle east and the Republican claim that we could have cheaper prices by drilling at home are not mutually exclusive claims.
@Zeldagigafan90210 Are you dense? We could open up everything, WE are not drilling the private oil companies are, they can still raise prices, they can sell to other countries, they can piss it away it doesnt matter. Oil prices are due to speculators f*cking around with prices to make more money. All the stupid drill here right wing rhetoric when it means nothing.
Please don't reply i don't want to get sucked up in your vortex of stupidity.
@Verto9999 - Oil prices are a function of supply and demand. You're a fucking retard. That's probably why you fell for that stupid rhetoric that speculation is the reason why oil prices are high yet you have NO idea how one even speculates on oil. The price today reflects supply and demand as well as inflation. Speculation simply expedites the process of finding the free market value. Often, it does overshoot or undershoot the normal market price, but that is not the reason why oil prices are up
@Aggie254 American Spectator, a right wing website slamming Obama
"The staggering 2008 run up in price, which beggared hundreds of millions of people throughout the world, was caused by the sinister machinations of a few dozen oil traders and speculators in the commodity pits and lush offices of hedge funds and investment banks. Now what? Will someone wake the heck up and say that Mr. Obama is putting through his massive agenda of control in the energy sector based on a hoax?"
No Cenk. Please learn some damn economics. The price of almost ALL commodities are going up. And that is due to expansion in the money supply i.e. inflation caused by the Federal Reserve printing money and government spending too much printed money. It's both the Dems and Repubs fault, not just Obama.
@Aggie254 In 490 characters?... Not possible. The fact that you think it is means you have much more reading to do before you should engage in an Economic debate with anyone....
@BenjaminFranklin2u - Then send me a private message. That has unlimited characters. I seriously want to learn if you have some truth that I don't know, but I don't think you will.
@BenjaminFranklin2u - LMAO. Figures you would say that. Your first dodge: complain about 490 characters. Second dodge: information isn't free. Are we playing verbal dodge ball? Cause you fucking OWN in that game lol.
@Aggie254 All I've basically said is "you don't know shit." I've rejected your claim. IF you graduated high school you should know that CLAIMS require EVIDENCE. If you have evidence to present for your claim feel free to say so. Until then I reject your nonsense claims ... and I'm not about to explain ALL of economics to do so.
I didn't realize this was so hard for you to understand... I'm saddened I had to explain myself.
@BenjaminFranklin2u - Actually, you did make a claim. I made my original claim in the first post. Then you made the claim, "It's not that simple." You are saying my claim is too simplified. Not that it was wrong. So then I asked you, since you made the claim, "It's not that simple", I asked where it got more difficult. You see? You're a wannabe intellectual. All you know how to do is debate. So sad. You even fail at that.
Send me a private message and I'll provide evidence. You never asked.
@Aggie254 u do realize that wat u said is really stupid yeah prices are going up but not everything just shot up like gas U obviously do not knw much economics im not an economics major but its common sense here
@theSABERsystem - Clearly you are not an economics major. Compare a 60 day chart of gold/silver to oil. It is EXACTLY the same. Although oil did shoot up a higher percentage than gold, but silver beat both of them. Gold went up 6%, oil went up 16%, and silver went up 20%! I repeat, the gold/silver charts look EXACTLY like oil chart.
@BenjaminFranklin2u - Name commodities that are going down. My evidence: gold, silver, oil, corn, wheat, rice, sugar, copper, zinc, platinum, nickel, aluminum, wood, etc.. Do you know how to google the charts or do you need me to provide links for your dumb ass. Your turn to name commodities that are going down.
High gas prices have to do with Ben bernanke's inflationary prices. He helped cause high food prices all around the world. The high food prices were the last straw for the people and caused the revolution which then helped spike even higher gas prices. it's obamas fault for not firing the Federal reserve chairmen!
Duh. The prices go up when things break out in the middle east, because we are dependant on the middle east for oil, because we don't produce as much here. How does he not get that?
@bronzeownsu6 actually if you are driving 30 miles to work and have no other choice, then you my friend are the idiot. calling other ppl names also shows your level of maturity......
They should get more train's in America.. Though here in Holland... the ticket prices are raising aswell, And if you need to go a long distance, you often end up wasting more time waiting at changing trains and paying for extra miles towards cities you don't need to go to..
I completely agree with Cenk, as 99% of the time, but still I think one more chart or some other data could have been more than welcome in order to understand better the situation..
All i know is that i own stocks in green companies because the amount of subsidies and profit they will make once they figure how to make better batteries and Solar panels.
we don't need more oil we need another alternative & by people saying we cant that is why we haven't we made computers car air plains houses internet all out of racks & stones & you going to tell me we cant find a better way to fuel are cars houses etc? fossil fuel prices are going up cause the world is running out of it. what are we going to do when it's all gone in the next 100yrs if even that? that is why we need to find another way now before it's to late.
The answer to America's fuel problem is flying cars that run on antimatter - just like the Jetsons, (but with morbid obesity and 'Go America!' decals).
I live in florida and though i do agree that you could take the bus but riding a bike just doesnt make sense here. For riding around your local community its easy but when most people dont even work in their own city riding a bike would take forever.
@Tiosh You are right, about that. But he did mention that the oil production in Lybia dropped as a result of unrest. I wish we had the exact percentage.
Cenk said at the end "It's an open and shut case. Lybia happens, prices go up. You'd have to be crazy or Republican to disagree." That's definitely not speculation.
I didn't mean a speculation in the argument, i mean speculation in high finance (i don't know if i am transating that correctly .. i mean wall street kind of excanges)
If you know how high finance works, you also know that is the "betting" on prices that will change the prices, completly ignoring the real matter of how many goods/consumers there are.
Oil today is going down cause the "bet" is that less japanese people will need it, for example.
Fact: the reason why oil prices are going up, inflation. It is not any foreign countries fault, that is just a tactic to redirect blame so the US doesn't have to own up to it's poor economic choices.
@Relativisticism Well gas is an input so the reason why goods are going up are because transportation is going up. the price to transport goods. The crises in the middle east does have some impact because speculators raise the price of oil which then in turn effects gas prices. Although I dont know what the impact would be on gas if America started to produce more oil domestically to offset the cost
@Sagefrakrobatik oil speculators argument is completely bullshit. They tried the same argument in the 70s when they tried to claim there was a gas shortage. There never was a gas shortage, it was due to the government trying to price fix oil because they knew the abuse of printing large sums of capital would create massive inflation.
If you drive a big ass car to work or wherever and complain about gas prices.You should be bitch slapped!!!!
dirtyoldman54 6 days ago
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dirtyoldman54 6 days ago
Prices based on speculations should not be allowed.
buellfreak 6 days ago
They said the reason gas prices was so high was because barrels cost $175.00 somewhere around that so since Barrels are $95.00 a barrel now what's they're excuse. Its all about screwing us and making them richer that's all it is and Obama is letting it happen. We need to pull our troops out of this war and go to war here against government and oil companies.
fordbronco1991 3 weeks ago
@fordbronco1991 You need to recheck those numbers my friend. The peak price of crude was $146/barrel in late 2008 when the average gas price was $4.15/gallon. Right now crude oil is hovering around $100/barrel and the average gas price is around $3.70. I
durhamdf 1 week ago
Boy what I'd give for America's gas prices. The rest of the west hasn't seen $3.50 per gal in YEARS. Welcome to the real world america
Jason442200 5 months ago
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Get used to it.. The price of oil is about to explode in the next couple of years... In europe we drive smaller engined cars than those of the USA.. We pay $8:50 per 4.5 litre gallon. $150 to fill my car up and $40 to fill my motorcycle.. Damn, thats expensive... Its coming to an area near you very soon. Sell your V8 and buy a Euro box... Let the good times roll.
stevebairdchef 7 months ago
You think prices are high now?! two words for you, Peak Oil.
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ialrai 8 months ago
@acasouk George Sorros owns alot of stock in Petrobras so I would say it's his. Kind of like BNSF Rail Road but Warren Buffet owns the most stock
luilun 8 months ago
For anybody in 2010 that were doubting the inevitable fall of the global economy, here are your signs. Gas prices are going up, food prices are going up and housing costs are on the rise. But what about our wages? Oh yeah, 24 million unemployed and the rest have a freeze on their salary. This is called hyper inflation, just wait until mid-2012 and when we're all homeless you can thank yourselves for putting this nation $14 trillion + in debt.
tarantula152 9 months ago
You can get 50% Gas Rebates, for details go to MyHalfPriceGas(dot)com. You can see copies of my rebate checks and proof that this works! Or you can continue to complain about it and never find a solution. Its your choice, complain about gas prices or get 50% Gas Rebates? Which will you choose?
MyHalfPriceGas 9 months ago
i love thew way he said justifiably upset as in he thinks we're whining over prices
DiamondChrome42 9 months ago
barrack obama is 100% wrong and so is this douche bag
tsharpmac420 9 months ago
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tsharpmac420 9 months ago
there is 1 action we can take to make gas prices go down overnight. we need to exempt gas stations from anti-trust laws. The biggest gas station chains in america lose a shit ton of money every year from their gas sales, and make all of their money from the stuff inside on the shelves. they could sell gas for 1 doller, and balance that loss with purchases inside. we would get cheaper gas, cheaper gas means cheaper everyday shit.....exclude gas stations from anti-trust laws thats the winner
tsharpmac420 9 months ago
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Broyale26 9 months ago
Monday oil was trading at $117 a barrel.
My local Chevron down the street was at $4.29 for regular.
Today oil is trading at $99.71 (last night as low at $97.70).
And my local Chevron down the street is at $4.29 for regular.
Wonder what they would have done if the reverse happened?
caljees 10 months ago
You think your gas prices are high look at us here in Canada, we have oil sands in the middle of our country and we're still paying $1.35 a liter. That translates into roughly $5.10 a gallon. My predictions for the states is that you guys will be going up to as high as that by the end of the year.
LOLfailblogger 10 months ago
Brazil is drilling & selling oil to china through company George Soros Obamas best friend & major contributor owns. It must be nice to own a President. Anyone who still likes Obama isn't paying attention or buying the propaganda bullshit lies MSNBC likes to spread. Obama is a douchebag!
joe035 10 months ago
Wow lots of insults in comments, but no one have a counter argument. :O
Neosaigo 10 months ago
Young Turk?..... What a load of mindless dribble. It is just like MSNBC to pick up this looser because all this man is (if you can call him that) is the PR machine for Obama™
Daedalus317 10 months ago
it dosent have anything to do with the right or the left,,it is da people of this great nation who make it what it is.jus cuz someone is smarter or has more money dosent make them better,,the hard workin poor people are the ones who generate all da wealth for these billionairs,,we are the ones who make them money,,we are all the same they wht us to think different to keep us segragated,,so they can get away with all the bullshit!!!we are the only ones who can make a differance,,,
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k3304 10 months ago
@LesPaulCustom79 I agree Obama is very bad for the U.S.A Period!!!!!!!!!
codyharley1 10 months ago
@LesPaulCustom79 I agree Obama is very bad for the U.S.A Period!!!!!!!!!
codyharley1 10 months ago
Obama is a lier and always will be,
codyharley1 10 months ago
the young turks constantly distort the facts. they are Obama Shills and promoters they are left wing liberal extremists and have been from the beginning. why would any one trust a word coming from their mouths, when all that flows out between their teeth is crap.
ABGAN100 10 months ago
Cenk you are so FULL OF SHIT, you have turned brown and smell like a TURD.
LesPaulCustom79 10 months ago
Face Reality....Obama is the stupidest, dumbest, imbecilic moronic idiot of a President of the United States, we have ever had the priviledge to have to endure for A LONG F#&KING FOUR YEARS. The best thing for this country would be if he would just resign, retire forever, and go back to his corrupt, dirt bag Chicago.
LesPaulCustom79 10 months ago
face it Cenk, Barry Obama sucks
k3304 10 months ago
why doesnt Cenk come right out and say that it's Bush's fault again ?
k3304 10 months ago
why yall worried? in about ten years we will be all driving electric cars. i just hope they make charger srt8's electric lol :D
younthrowednigga 10 months ago
Gas Prices R Skyrocketing Under Obama: Oil futures is just that, futures market. Price-per-barrel spikes oil this week have not affected domestic market yet. Iin face former Shell Oil Pres John Hofmeister predicted in Dec 2010, America would face $5/gal gas by 2012, a full month before the revolution in Egypt began. At the end of Bush’s two terms in office, prices were 9% lower than when he took office. The day before Obama was inaugurated average price of a gal was $1.83.
onstageagain 10 months ago
wow, i cant believe what i just saw here. its a sad day in america when you can get paid to preach this bs. obama wont allow drilling here, making us pay money to terror-backing countries, keeping jobs from americans who want to work....
and you wonder what is wrong with this picture?
turk doesnt drive a hummer, he is giving obama one....nom nom nom
srbairjr 10 months ago
sorry cenk, but i am a going to have the agree with the elephants on this one. oh guys go to Therealnews site to get fair news. not this hog wash crap from cenk
HolyBio 10 months ago
Cenk, gas was $1.83 when Obama took office, now is $4.00 he is doing all he can to keep gas prices high, we have enough oil right here , we can start swiching to natural gas in the mean time, and electric, but to sit and do nothing is wrong We need a President that knows how to lead and knows how to run a bussiness, ths one has never done either and doesn't know how
MrOne4truth 10 months ago
fuck libya fuck the middle east fuck all goverments
SunnyboyEVOLUTION 10 months ago
No no you dont have to be crazy or republican to disagree. You just have to understand basic finance and economics to disagree. How does this dingbat get a show on tv? Im always amazed by the level of stupidity these tv talking heads produce.
shaqdaddy11 10 months ago
This guy is clueless about basic finance and economics kinda like Obama.
shaqdaddy11 10 months ago
Blame Bush
thats what democrats did and do
johnivlow 10 months ago
Young Turk drives a HUMMER......that Obama gave him to produce this bs.
elknrut 10 months ago
Gas has MORE than doubled since obama got elected!
He continues his B.S. about green B.S. and electric/hybrid cars-(EXPENSIVE CRAP!) and he pledges "2BILLION $" to brazil for thier oil production and says we will be thier #1 customer!-WTF?!?
2012-send the dangerous, foolish, MARXIST would-be-tyrant, community-agitator-in-chief, usurper obama packing for chicago, kenya or B.F.E!
We CAN/MUST Save OUR Republic!
GOD BLESS/GOD SAVE AMERICA!
p.s. tyt suck!!!
45gunner 10 months ago
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lets see Obama gives Brazil's Petrobras billions to drill and tells Americans we can't drill for oil! so Obmas good with giving our money to other country's and helping them to profit while screwing Americans over! Sounds a hole lot like something an foreign infiltrator would do, How can any one not see that Obama Hates america and intends to make US pay!
ABGAN100 10 months ago
Is this guy a joke?
GradyWhite2007 11 months ago
Hey idiot MSNBC Obama has banned oil drilling he's destroying the value of the dollar, he gave 2 billion to George Sorros petra Braus Brazil oil company to drill in our coast but dosn't allow us Americans to drill
luilun 11 months ago
@luilun the usa only has 3% of the worlds oil. we use 25% of the worlds oil. no reason to drill, get your facts straight before you go mouthing off about things you know nothing about
gatoralley01 10 months ago
@gatoralley01
Truth hurts or something ? so we use the most oil does that mean we must pay the most? go fuck your self dude we have to spend our tax dollars protecting these Muslims so in return they should give us cheap oil, secondly there's alot of oil in Alaska, gulf of Mexico, Flordia coast, california Coast, Montana and Wyoming try reading instead of listening to MSNBC
luilun 10 months ago
@luilun yeah all that oil still equals 3% of the worlds total oil. do you honestly think that drilling in alaska and other states is going to solve our problem?! LOL. The problem is oil is running out! we dont need to drill drill drill. what we need is to find alternate means of fuel. also, all the printing of so much us dollars made the worth of the dollar go down = gas prices goes up. idk what muslims have to do with any of it.
gatoralley01 10 months ago
@luilun No one is preventing oil production here in the United States. There are no hordes of Environmental Wackos protesting new wells. In fact they're demanding not an end to Fracking, but to make it cleaner. Drilling here and drilling now will never meet the needs of the United States. Oil is a FINITE resources. Once it is gone, it is GONE.
Why don't you do some homework and after your homework you'll come to these conclusions.
danielday36 5 months ago
@luilun Conclusion #1. The United States hasn't been able to meet it's domestic oil needs since the 1950's. I believe it was around 1955 or so since the USA has become a net importer.
Conclusion #2: The most oil that was ever produce in the USA was in Dec/1970, Jan/1971. Around 10 Million Barrels a day. At that time, we were importing roughly around 30% of our needs.
Conclusion #3. OIl drilling came to a all time low during the 90's because the price of oil was too damn low.
danielday36 5 months ago
@luilun Conclusion #4: Today we produce roughly 5.3 Million barrels a day
Conclusion #5. MK Hubbard back in 1957 predicted that the United States would Peak in Production in 1970.
Conclusion #6: All the easy stuff is gone, now were digging it up in trucks in Alberta, Canada and that at most will only provide 1.1 Million barrels a day. It takes 3 times the amount of Natural gas to make that oil into liquid form. It is only economical to produce this oil because oil is expensive.
danielday36 5 months ago
@luilun Conclusion #7: World Oil production peak in 2004. Since then, Indonesia and Malaysia have since dropped out of OPEC.
Conclusion: 8: If you want lower gas prices, hope to god the economy fails. Really, check out Demand Destruction.
Conclusion #9: From now on, more and more countries will not produce enough oil to meet the Worlds needs. It is expected that in 2012/2013, that Mexico will drop out of OPEC because their biggest oil field is about to go dry. So is Saudi Arabia too .
danielday36 5 months ago
@danielday36 You are 100% correct sir so I don't mind the spaming :)
durhamdf 1 week ago
@luilun Conclusion #10: Because of Mileage per gallon standards for the past 30 years, The USA was able to keep it's oil consumption down to 20 Million barrels a day at the same time, the number of cars on US highways grew. Support Higher Mileage per gallon standards and you'll see more cars on the road despite the BS from the American car companies.
danielday36 5 months ago
@hughster41 Cutting military spending and using the money on public healthcare is not cutting taxes. Sure, taxes would be cheaper but only because the money is being better spent. I don't want to pay unnecessary taxes but if we have to pay an extra 1 or 2 % income tax to pay for public healthcare and to look after the old, disabled and infirm i am happy to. I am glad your sister is able to collect disability as this is what i meant by society's most vulnerable.
eldridgepaul 11 months ago
@hughster41 Nothing wrong with individual responsibility but why would you pay tax and then want to pay for health insurance? It doesn't make any sense. The U.S spends more on military & military intelligence than the rest of the world put together so if that was halved you could all have great healthcare and still save money. How is that not a good idea? A society should be judged on how they treat their most vulnerable, in which case your all fucked.
eldridgepaul 11 months ago
@hughster41 No, you said we have high petrol prices BECAUSE we voted for a socialist government. I would love to know what is wrong with thinking that our government should use our taxes to run social programs like healthcare etc (its the peoples money after all). Hopefully America will catch up with Europe one day, but i doubt.
eldridgepaul 11 months ago
@hughster41 You are getting confused. I suppose thats what happens when you stick your head up your ass and believe Faux News. If the U.K had a socialist government we would have cheap petrol because the people would own the petrol companies and as a result they would be run for the people not to make rich people richer. Next you will be saying the UK is a Muslim caliphate. Go back to sleep.
eldridgepaul 11 months ago
@hughster41 Please tell me that does that have to do with socialists? Maybe before you start calling people fucking morons you should look up what socialist means. Thats if you know what a dictionary is and how to use one.
eldridgepaul 11 months ago
@hughster41 Is that what Glenn Beck told you? Try getting half a clue about the outside world.
eldridgepaul 11 months ago
It's not all libya thats moving up gas prices. President Obama has stopped the offshore drilling in the US. This is a much larger drop in percebtage of world oil (Libya makes roughly one percent) than would be found due to middle eastern and african protest
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ULOOKN 11 months ago
IMPEACH.... GEORGE H.W.OBAMA
rockytopfarm 11 months ago
OBAMA LIED! PEOPLE DIED! IMPEACH NOW! 3 WARS FROM THIS TRAITOR!!!
crabtrap 11 months ago
wow, ive never seen you disagree with the pres. you are far left, brainwashed. Just as bad as far right. Gang mentality.
kjohnnyt00 11 months ago
In Germany we'd pay more than double as much.
A liter of gasoline costs about 1,53€/2.14$ here at the moment - IF YOU'RE LUCKY.
Since a gallon is about 3,8ltrs, you can calculate how much we'd pay over here. So don't complain. Or do, but think about this. You could have it much worse, regarding gas prices.
Bevcrusherfan 11 months ago
@Bevcrusherfan
Yea but our country protects all these Muslim countries including yours while your country does nothing. So we should recieve the lowest cost in oil
luilun 10 months ago
@luilun HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XD LOL
Bevcrusherfan 10 months ago
Yet another reason why it's a good idea to have energy independence... You say you want it with natural gas etc? What happens when you have a disaster with that and prices go up?
Renewable sources of energy is the way to go. Reliable in the long-term, independence of others, and no natural disasters.
MyTemporaryAccount88 11 months ago
@bronzeownsu6 OBVIOUSLY you have never been outside this country to realize how spoiled you really are. And that's why this country is going down the shitter. don't try to even have a come back because now you have CONVINCED ME i am right. i hope on day you become enlighten, take care......
psychokillercrab 11 months ago
God Dammit! I'm in Canada and our gas prices have risen even higher than America's! It's obviously Obama's Fault!
StevenBee2 11 months ago
correlation is not causation. could it be that oil producing countries are just using this as an excuse to raise oil prices? one million barrels seems likes nothing in the world's supply of oil
MrMagneticPelican 11 months ago
ya valid point i gess. but gas prices would also go down if we drilled more, because we wouldn't be importing as much *shrugs* so its a 50/50 u could go eather way
slayer102876 11 months ago
Wow. So your basically saying ALL republicans are crazy?
MrFirefox224 11 months ago
@bronzeownsu6 Where are you living at, The Middle East or Africa? No you are living in the US. if Mexicans can back everything up and move to a country that is totally different and can't speak the language and make it. you can make it. you just don't want to change your life because you are spoiled American brat. Until you recognize this you will always be in despair my friend. WAKE UP!
psychokillercrab 11 months ago
@bronzeownsu6 yes you are the idiot because you are too stupid to figure out a better plan. you will end up a failure if you do not change your ways. that is life. It changes. Everyday. And you have to learn to go with the flow. If you don't, you will be left behind. it's call ASSIMILATION! good lord didn't your parents teach you anything?
psychokillercrab 11 months ago
correlation =/= causation. i wouldnt be surprised if oil companies werent taking advantage of this situation and using it as an excuse to price gouge.
Pelonetillo 11 months ago
Current oil prices are below 100 a barrel and the dollar has gained strength over almost all currencies the last few months and yet gas prices are still going up. At current rate increases will be at 4 or more a gallon next month. There is no formula, this is just pure gouging and Obama with congress is doing nothing about it. Not only with the prices themselves but there is NO push for alternatives, it's all a fucking show.
TheUSMetalhead 11 months ago 2
Just get a motorcycle. more mpg.
ShadowCrashed81 11 months ago
OMG! What if the oil runs out? There will be chaos all around the world. Oh wait... we already have that. Whats the diffrence?
SirEsahc 11 months ago
DO NOT PURCHASE GASOLINE ON APRIL 15th!!!! ON APRIL 15th WE ARE HOLDING A MASS GASOLINE BOYCOTT TO PROTEST THIS SHIT!!! REFUSE TO SUCCUMB TO THESE BILLIONAIRES GREED WITH PUBLIC "DISOBEDIENCE"!!!!!
GooGobbler113 11 months ago 14
@GooGobbler113 Why not sooner?
CrackeTheSkull 11 months ago
@GooGobbler113 If you don't buy on the 15th, you'll have to buy on the 16th. It makes no difference on which day we buy, at the end of the day, cars don't run on air... you'll have to fill up sooner or later.
guy014 11 months ago
@GooGobbler113 wow.. not gonna buy gas for one day.. thats soooo, gonna do alot..
not
if u don't buy gas on april 15, the gas companies woun't care, y? cause all the people that didn't buy gass on the 15th will just buy it on the 16th, or the 14th, soo, there not exactly losing money...
poochyenarulez 11 months ago
@GooGobbler113 Idiot...
crazyCA12 11 months ago
@GooGobbler113 good luck with that but im not biking to work
proto455 10 months ago
@GooGobbler113 yeah, how did this go for you?
munkyusm 8 months ago
If we had petrol for $3.54 a gallon in the U.K there would be parties in the streets!!
eldridgepaul 11 months ago 2
You're an idiot Cenk. Nothing is ever Obama's fault to you stupid liberals. Now when Bush was in office and gas prices were high, you blamed the crap out of him. Two years have gone by and you still blame him for everything. When you going to wake up and smell the coffee? His policies are bankrupting the United States and it is only a matter of time before the deficit collapses the gov altogether. But then,.,,that's all Bush's fault. I'm waiting anxiously for Obama to be President
rscorpio768 11 months ago
@rscorpio768 Do you even watch his show on a regular basis? He criticizes Obama almost every single day. Explain to me how the current gas prices ARE Obama's fault, though.
CrackeTheSkull 11 months ago
@CrackeTheSkull I mean, McConnell's probably right. If we did allow more domestic drilling, oil prices would probably drop a little. Until China started buying more oil and domestic production turns into exports. And some environmental disaster a la Deep Horizon pushes prices up. Obama is 'technically' keeping the oil companies from doing whatever they want. I mean, if we let rapists rape and murder all the children they wanted, we would save money on prisons, right?
eirefrance 11 months ago
To the ignorant Europeans and Canadians in the comments.
All things are relative.
Think in terms of % increase in gas price.
Pull your head out of your a s s.
kirbyman1kanden7pf 11 months ago
I can tell you why the oil prices are high: The oil is in Alaska, in coastal Texas, coastal Florida; But all of our dipsticks are in DC.
ZacharyHere 11 months ago
@jpav0923 Shhhh... I can hardly hear my own logical thoughts over your hateful lunacy!
darkalleyheroes 11 months ago
PRices are going up because B Hussein won't let us drill. Barry supports Arab countries (gee I wonder why? he does bow to their leaders). HE wants to take US resources off line in order to help the Arabs profit line. BHO hates America and is obviously sympathetic to Muslim countries. He ran for president to screw America and help the Arabs.
Glenn Beck exposed the plot of the global Islamic caliphate and BHO is obviously part of it.
jpav0923 11 months ago
@jpav0923 When in Rome, do as the Romans do LOL
ccricers 11 months ago
War
Libya
Greed
Problem?
fonkymaster 11 months ago
$3.54??
It's $3.95 around these parts (Stockton, CA)
arbuckle1029 11 months ago
Cenk is wrong, it's not because of Libya, it's actually because of these fucking greedy oil corporations. It's basically speculation.These fags WANT to make you believe it'S because of Libya, but it's actually because they're using the Libyan crisis as a reason to jack up the price of oil. Libya produces 2% of world oil and mainly exports it to Europe. So fuck you!
thebitcher01 11 months ago
Is there any place in the world where gas is cheaper than the U.S., especially compared to purchasing power? Gas in Canada is almost $5/gal. right now, and way more in Europe. Spikes in gas prices hurt, that's true. But a gradual long term increase might actually help reduce urban sprawl and encourage people to conserve energy, buy less and smaller cars and demand good public transportation. Would that be so bad? We can't go on burning the stuff at the rate we're doing it now...
dredesch 11 months ago 2
If fuel keeps going up in America, pretty soon you'll be paying what we do in Australia. Why are fuel prices so low in America compared to most other places: Europe, Britain, Australia etc.?
crocfme 11 months ago
@crocfme when buying in bulk, the cheaper the price. I think there's a lot of government involvement as well that affects the price but I'm smart enough to not care, and just ride my bike.
resaspieces 11 months ago
@crocfme because the dollar is the reserve standard around the world i can go to any country and trade in my dollars for your currency and i get more for less( not so much anymore) so i have wayy more buying power!!!
saxamafone07 11 months ago
@crocfme "Why are fuel prices so low in America compared to most other places: Europe, Britain, Australia etc.?"
Unless I'm wrong, government subsidies to oil corporations to drop their prices.
blasphimus 11 months ago
People would rather feel good about themselves by finding blame on problems like expensive gas, rather than fixing problems. It's waayyy too easy to do.
American demand for oil actually is slowly on the decline. It's no longer American domination on the oil market. Stupid congressmen.
ccricers 11 months ago
Yup you ARE VERY RIGHT......from someone who baths in the oil industry in Calgary
pwner34 11 months ago
3.54? it's fucking 4 dollars here. fuck you 3.50 a gallon people.
SabahAlev 11 months ago
@SabahAlev Think thats bad? I have family in Germany, its 8 euros per LITER!
Laughtraxx 11 months ago
@Laughtraxx i dunno how you people in Europe do it. really. like yeah this place sucks but you sell your gas by the liter.
although you guys do drive less and have a better public transit system.
SabahAlev 11 months ago
I don't agree with Obama on many things, but I agree with what he said 100%. It's not one person's fault that the gas prices are going up. There's a variety of factors and the uprising in the middle eastern countries is part of why prices are going up at the pump.
MathewVlog 11 months ago
why are gas prices up??? so rich oil tycoons can make more money.. duhh..
elnegrobembon 11 months ago
God Damn Republicans are stupid, oil prices are set on a global market. It isn't, "our oil". Domestic oil production cannot possibly reduce costs beyond 3-4 cents per gallon (there are studies about this, look it up).
SPQRomantic 11 months ago
Voted down, it has NOTHING to do with the middle east.
infowars
fourtwentytexas 11 months ago
all of this has to do with SPECULATORS DRIVING UP THE PRICE >> IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LIBYA... Saudi Arabia said they would take up the 2% output Libya produces ...and there is no shortage the oil companies have said that
xadam2dudex 11 months ago
Cenk, Pres. Obama's claim that the rising oil prices have to do with uncertainty in the middle east and the Republican claim that we could have cheaper prices by drilling at home are not mutually exclusive claims.
adampjr 11 months ago 2
what is wrong with increasing domestic Oil Drilling, Cenk?
Zeldagigafan90210 11 months ago
@Zeldagigafan90210 Are you dense? We could open up everything, WE are not drilling the private oil companies are, they can still raise prices, they can sell to other countries, they can piss it away it doesnt matter. Oil prices are due to speculators f*cking around with prices to make more money. All the stupid drill here right wing rhetoric when it means nothing.
Please don't reply i don't want to get sucked up in your vortex of stupidity.
Verto9999 11 months ago
@Verto9999 - Oil prices are a function of supply and demand. You're a fucking retard. That's probably why you fell for that stupid rhetoric that speculation is the reason why oil prices are high yet you have NO idea how one even speculates on oil. The price today reflects supply and demand as well as inflation. Speculation simply expedites the process of finding the free market value. Often, it does overshoot or undershoot the normal market price, but that is not the reason why oil prices are up
Aggie254 11 months ago
@Aggie254 American Spectator, a right wing website slamming Obama
"The staggering 2008 run up in price, which beggared hundreds of millions of people throughout the world, was caused by the sinister machinations of a few dozen oil traders and speculators in the commodity pits and lush offices of hedge funds and investment banks. Now what? Will someone wake the heck up and say that Mr. Obama is putting through his massive agenda of control in the energy sector based on a hoax?"
Verto9999 11 months ago
@Zeldagigafan90210 nothing apart from increased potential of another gulf of mexico equivalent disaster
pureindian407 11 months ago
The bankers used Libya as an excuse to rise up the price of gas & oil.
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YorEcnareves 11 months ago
No Cenk. Please learn some damn economics. The price of almost ALL commodities are going up. And that is due to expansion in the money supply i.e. inflation caused by the Federal Reserve printing money and government spending too much printed money. It's both the Dems and Repubs fault, not just Obama.
Aggie254 11 months ago
@Aggie254 Economics 101 - It's not that simple.
BenjaminFranklin2u 11 months ago
@BenjaminFranklin2u - Please explain where I'm wrong, or where it gets more "difficult".
Aggie254 11 months ago
@Aggie254 In 490 characters?... Not possible. The fact that you think it is means you have much more reading to do before you should engage in an Economic debate with anyone....
BenjaminFranklin2u 11 months ago
@BenjaminFranklin2u - Then send me a private message. That has unlimited characters. I seriously want to learn if you have some truth that I don't know, but I don't think you will.
Aggie254 11 months ago
@Aggie254 Go to school...information isn't free.
BenjaminFranklin2u 11 months ago
@BenjaminFranklin2u - LMAO. Figures you would say that. Your first dodge: complain about 490 characters. Second dodge: information isn't free. Are we playing verbal dodge ball? Cause you fucking OWN in that game lol.
Aggie254 11 months ago
@Aggie254 All I've basically said is "you don't know shit." I've rejected your claim. IF you graduated high school you should know that CLAIMS require EVIDENCE. If you have evidence to present for your claim feel free to say so. Until then I reject your nonsense claims ... and I'm not about to explain ALL of economics to do so.
I didn't realize this was so hard for you to understand... I'm saddened I had to explain myself.
BenjaminFranklin2u 11 months ago
@BenjaminFranklin2u - Actually, you did make a claim. I made my original claim in the first post. Then you made the claim, "It's not that simple." You are saying my claim is too simplified. Not that it was wrong. So then I asked you, since you made the claim, "It's not that simple", I asked where it got more difficult. You see? You're a wannabe intellectual. All you know how to do is debate. So sad. You even fail at that.
Send me a private message and I'll provide evidence. You never asked.
Aggie254 11 months ago
@Aggie254 u do realize that wat u said is really stupid yeah prices are going up but not everything just shot up like gas U obviously do not knw much economics im not an economics major but its common sense here
theSABERsystem 11 months ago
@theSABERsystem - Clearly you are not an economics major. Compare a 60 day chart of gold/silver to oil. It is EXACTLY the same. Although oil did shoot up a higher percentage than gold, but silver beat both of them. Gold went up 6%, oil went up 16%, and silver went up 20%! I repeat, the gold/silver charts look EXACTLY like oil chart.
Aggie254 11 months ago
@Aggie254 "almost ALL" : first clue that you're talking nonsense.
BenjaminFranklin2u 11 months ago
@BenjaminFranklin2u - Name commodities that are going down. My evidence: gold, silver, oil, corn, wheat, rice, sugar, copper, zinc, platinum, nickel, aluminum, wood, etc.. Do you know how to google the charts or do you need me to provide links for your dumb ass. Your turn to name commodities that are going down.
Aggie254 11 months ago
High gas prices have to do with Ben bernanke's inflationary prices. He helped cause high food prices all around the world. The high food prices were the last straw for the people and caused the revolution which then helped spike even higher gas prices. it's obamas fault for not firing the Federal reserve chairmen!
19TEC85 11 months ago
Duh. The prices go up when things break out in the middle east, because we are dependant on the middle east for oil, because we don't produce as much here. How does he not get that?
Houshalter 11 months ago
It is because of price manipulation
The Iraq oil is in US hands
and the Libyan production is mainly to Europe not to the USA
yayazein222 11 months ago
@yayazein222 you're right also, independlty owned gas stations,
on a street off from where i live there are 2 shell gast stations, one is also a daily's with a dunkin donuts.
The 2 have diffretn prices all the time, and sometimes copy the same prices
icecru2 11 months ago
@bronzeownsu6 actually if you are driving 30 miles to work and have no other choice, then you my friend are the idiot. calling other ppl names also shows your level of maturity......
psychokillercrab 11 months ago
It is speculation and derivatives. The Reps. and Dems. are at fault. It doesn't cost that much for gas, the majority of that price is speculation.
wanker89 11 months ago
All time high in Belgium about 8.56 for reg gas and 7.50 for diesel with conversion rate.
OriginalBeast 11 months ago
In a Truly Republican World Every Playground in American will be Drilled for Oil at the Cost of the Children's Health.
as the Group Disturbed saids "We Don't Need Another Way To Die"......!
METALMAN4Wii 11 months ago
"you'd have to be crazy or a republican" - i thought they were mutually exclusive?
DriveThruOnly 11 months ago
They should get more train's in America.. Though here in Holland... the ticket prices are raising aswell, And if you need to go a long distance, you often end up wasting more time waiting at changing trains and paying for extra miles towards cities you don't need to go to..
Rosalila 11 months ago
I completely agree with Cenk, as 99% of the time, but still I think one more chart or some other data could have been more than welcome in order to understand better the situation..
TimmacTR 11 months ago
All i know is that i own stocks in green companies because the amount of subsidies and profit they will make once they figure how to make better batteries and Solar panels.
mlking213 11 months ago
we don't need more oil we need another alternative & by people saying we cant that is why we haven't we made computers car air plains houses internet all out of racks & stones & you going to tell me we cant find a better way to fuel are cars houses etc? fossil fuel prices are going up cause the world is running out of it. what are we going to do when it's all gone in the next 100yrs if even that? that is why we need to find another way now before it's to late.
ROBISDISTURBED 11 months ago
The whole point of pulling fuel out of the ground in the US is to reduce dependency on foreign oil.
If we were pulling oil out of the US we wouldn't have to worry about prices.
Stop "slamming" Republicans on non-points like these, this is a false victory.
Particularly considering your chart could be used as evidence in a case to promote domestic oil drilling.
Redfingers 11 months ago
The answer to America's fuel problem is flying cars that run on antimatter - just like the Jetsons, (but with morbid obesity and 'Go America!' decals).
hombrerelents 11 months ago 20
@hombrerelents yeah but i dont think they could lift our fat asses
StealthSneak1 11 months ago
@hombrerelents Not to mention the all the flying cars all listening to a radio station with "AMERICA, fuck yeah!" from the Team American movie.
madjimms 11 months ago
@hombrerelents I'm sorry but Americans are too dumb... I wouldn't trust just anybody to fly something, people can barely drive
ERAUPRCWA 11 months ago
@hombrerelents I forgot who said it but, "We won't get flying cars until we get flying gas stations".
ccricers 11 months ago
Did they forget about what happened in the Gulf, Clusterfuck of the century?? Man they've got some serious rocks in their heads. idiots.
DarkStar1O9 11 months ago
I live in florida and though i do agree that you could take the bus but riding a bike just doesnt make sense here. For riding around your local community its easy but when most people dont even work in their own city riding a bike would take forever.
Florida is so spread out that you need a car.
mlking213 11 months ago
Sorry Cenk, correlation does not equal causation. I need more than a "pretty chart".
Tiosh 11 months ago
@Tiosh You are right, about that. But he did mention that the oil production in Lybia dropped as a result of unrest. I wish we had the exact percentage.
RufousOtter 11 months ago
@Tiosh
It's neither correlation nor causation, it's speculation.
ChristianIce 11 months ago
@ChristianIce
Cenk said at the end "It's an open and shut case. Lybia happens, prices go up. You'd have to be crazy or Republican to disagree." That's definitely not speculation.
Tiosh 11 months ago
@Tiosh
I didn't mean a speculation in the argument, i mean speculation in high finance (i don't know if i am transating that correctly .. i mean wall street kind of excanges)
If you know how high finance works, you also know that is the "betting" on prices that will change the prices, completly ignoring the real matter of how many goods/consumers there are.
Oil today is going down cause the "bet" is that less japanese people will need it, for example.
ChristianIce 11 months ago
That's cheap, we're paying $8.30 here in the UK . £1.36/L last time I filled my car.
showes1985 11 months ago
Fact: the reason why oil prices are going up, inflation. It is not any foreign countries fault, that is just a tactic to redirect blame so the US doesn't have to own up to it's poor economic choices.
Relativisticism 11 months ago
@Relativisticism Well gas is an input so the reason why goods are going up are because transportation is going up. the price to transport goods. The crises in the middle east does have some impact because speculators raise the price of oil which then in turn effects gas prices. Although I dont know what the impact would be on gas if America started to produce more oil domestically to offset the cost
Sagefrakrobatik 11 months ago
@Sagefrakrobatik oil speculators argument is completely bullshit. They tried the same argument in the 70s when they tried to claim there was a gas shortage. There never was a gas shortage, it was due to the government trying to price fix oil because they knew the abuse of printing large sums of capital would create massive inflation.
Relativisticism 11 months ago