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4 hours ago, Tweety said:

They don't want to drill more oil to lower gas prices. particularly OPEC whose have heard pleas to boost production. They need that money for debt and profit.  It's a free market economy.  Also, "just ramping up production" isn't as easy as it sounds.   Maybe perhaps if there were government owned oil companies Biden could ramp up production.  Maybe he could subsidize oil companies, giving them financial incentive to drill more oil.

What do you propose Biden do?  Obviously his releasing reserves and increasing supply didn't seem to help much in the long run.  Reopening closed production domestically is problematic.

Also they are having trouble keeping up with high demand due to the good economy. The old supply and demand economy.  Double edged sword.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/23/why-high-gas-prices-are-more-about-wall-street-than-the-white-house.html

I did notice the last week they rose again around here.  $3.49 a gallon yesterday.  

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/01/19/several-issues-lead-experts-to-predict-rise-in-gas-prices-as-we-get-further-into-2022/

 

Again, I don't blame the right for running with what they've got.  Bad news about gas prices and inflation can't be ignored and it's Biden's economy.

You do make one good point.  Demand went up and always was bound to at some point.   So, yes, prices were also bound to go up to some extent.

And, yes, OPEC probably isn't to concerned with our increasing prices.  I'm quite certain some others, such as China and Russia are OK with our economy being damaged.

However,  what you and others here seem to be downplaying or ignoring, or in some cases just blissfully unaware, is the Biden administration's share of blame on increasing oil prices.  Demand went up.  But also, his war on oil and extreme push for renewables policies are limiting our own supply.

You mentioned that reopening closed production is problematic.  That is correct.  For one, oil companies and investors are going to be hesitant to do so with such a anti-oil administration in office.  Who knows when more restrictions will be reimposed? 

And, secondly, reopening closed production will garner criticism from many in his own party.  He's put himself in a bind.  

I forgot who it was, but a congressman made a statement that was something like "we're asking our enemies to produce more oil for us while at the same time tying the hands of our own oil producers."

Embarrassing.  And, puts our country at extreme risk in many ways.

Prices will go up through Summer, I imagine.  I guess one thing for Biden to find hope in is that prices tend to go down in late Summer and fall due to decreased demand.  So, in this year that will be right before midterms.

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18 hours ago, Tweety said:

It's 2022 and we have great advances in science and virology, so why wouldn't we have an answer to that question eventually?  I think it's a very important question to answer and to study.  However, it being in China, and their record of transparency being what it is, you might be right and we might never know.  I only hope that if it's an accidental leak from the lab, they work on whatever internal changes they need to keep it from happening again, whether they admit it or not.  

 

 

I had a few republican acquaintances that looked at it like that.  They couldn't stomach voting for either candidate because both were problematic for them.   As I stated the choice was quite clear for me, but understand for others, especially republicans it wasn't an easy choice.

Not voting at all is intellectual laziness.  I had no problem with my Biden decision compared to the other guy.

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1 hour ago, Beerman said:

You do make one good point.  Demand went up and always was bound to at some point.   So, yes, prices were also bound to go up to some extent.

And, yes, OPEC probably isn't to concerned with our increasing prices.  I'm quite certain some others, such as China and Russia are OK with our economy being damaged.

However,  what you and others here seem to be downplaying or ignoring, or in some cases just blissfully unaware, is the Biden administration's share of blame on increasing oil prices.  Demand went up.  But also, his war on oil and extreme push for renewables policies are limiting our own supply.

You mentioned that reopening closed production is problematic.  That is correct.  For one, oil companies and investors are going to be hesitant to do so with such a anti-oil administration in office.  Who knows when more restrictions will be reimposed? 

And, secondly, reopening closed production will garner criticism from many in his own party.  He's put himself in a bind.  

I forgot who it was, but a congressman made a statement that was something like "we're asking our enemies to produce more oil for us while at the same time tying the hands of our own oil producers."

Embarrassing.  And, puts our country at extreme risk in many ways.

Prices will go up through Summer, I imagine.  I guess one thing for Biden to find hope in is that prices tend to go down in late Summer and fall due to decreased demand.  So, in this year that will be right before midterms.

That's why oil and energy prices are up all across the globe...because American conservatives are convinced that Biden screwed something up. Even when confronted with the reality that this is a global phenomenon outside the purview of a single American president, they can't let it go.

It's an interesting phenomenon to observe this manipulation of American conservatives by media. 

 

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1 hour ago, subee said:
19 hours ago, Tweety said:

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I had a few republican acquaintances that looked at it like that.  They couldn't stomach voting for either candidate because both were problematic for them.   As I stated the choice was quite clear for me, but understand for others, especially republicans it wasn't an easy choice.

Not voting at all is intellectual laziness.  I had no problem with my Biden decision compared to the other guy.

I don't think anyone is saying don't vote, at least I wasn't.  What I said, is that sometimes you have to hold your nose and vote for the candidate that you think is the least objectionable.

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The Republican speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives on Tuesday effectively doomed legislation that would have permitted the state legislature to overturn election results, according to Capitol Media Services.

House Bill 2596, which was introduced by conservative state Rep. John Fillmore of Apache Junction last month, was intended to curb no-excuse early voting and order that every ballot be counted by hand no later than 24 hours after precincts close on Election Day.

However, the bill also afforded increased oversight of elections to lawmakers, allowing the legislature to nullify election results from legislative races, along with congressional and statewide contests.

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Arizona Republican House Speaker quashes bill that would have allowed legislature to overturn election results

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3 minutes ago, chare said:

I don't think anyone is saying don't vote, at least I wasn't.  What I said, is that sometimes you have to hold your nose and vote for the candidate that you think is the least objectionable.

 

4 minutes ago, chare said:

I don't think anyone is saying don't vote, at least I wasn't.  What I said, is that sometimes you have to hold your nose and vote for the candidate that you think is the least objectionable.

My reply was to Tweety who said he had a couple of Republican friends who refused to vote in the last election:)  Yes, I totally agree about nose-holding.  Do it all the time!

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51 minutes ago, subee said:

 

My reply was to Tweety who said he had a couple of Republican friends who refused to vote in the last election:)  Yes, I totally agree about nose-holding.  Do it all the time!

I didn't mean they didn't vote, they did.  They just couldn't stomach who they voted for 

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3 hours ago, Beerman said:

You do make one good point.  Demand went up and always was bound to at some point.   So, yes, prices were also bound to go up to some extent.

And, yes, OPEC probably isn't to concerned with our increasing prices.  I'm quite certain some others, such as China and Russia are OK with our economy being damaged.

However,  what you and others here seem to be downplaying or ignoring, or in some cases just blissfully unaware, is the Biden administration's share of blame on increasing oil prices.  Demand went up.  But also, his war on oil and extreme push for renewables policies are limiting our own supply.

You mentioned that reopening closed production is problematic.  That is correct.  For one, oil companies and investors are going to be hesitant to do so with such a anti-oil administration in office.  Who knows when more restrictions will be reimposed? 

And, secondly, reopening closed production will garner criticism from many in his own party.  He's put himself in a bind.  

I forgot who it was, but a congressman made a statement that was something like "we're asking our enemies to produce more oil for us while at the same time tying the hands of our own oil producers."

Embarrassing.  And, puts our country at extreme risk in many ways.

Prices will go up through Summer, I imagine.  I guess one thing for Biden to find hope in is that prices tend to go down in late Summer and fall due to decreased demand.  So, in this year that will be right before midterms.

Fair points, even without links to back it up up.  I would like to read what specific legislation passed by Biden is  hindering production that stopped prior to him coming onto office.  

Too bad   You would have thought during covid we would have gone America first and kept American energy going.  Never mind went more green.

But yes, logical or not he owns it all.

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1 hour ago, chare said:

Arizona Republican House Speaker quashes bill that would have allowed legislature to overturn election results

Do you find it alarming that republican legislators want to hold the power to decide election results based upon beliefs and opinions rather than vote tallies? Would you consider it normal conservative politics to promote the idea that politicians should decide election outcomes or would this be an example of something other than normal conservative politics and ideology in this post Trump era? Are politicians who advance these type of unamerican ideas republicans, conservatives or what should we call them...maybe they aren't those things anymore.  Maybe now they are just authoritarians and fascist wannabes.

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"While there is only so much a president can do to override market forces, President Biden has done worse than nothing. Rather than relieve regulatory roadblocks to affordable energy—like lifting the Jones Act and the ethanol mandate—President Biden has aggressively deployed regulators across the executive branch to make it more difficult to explore for and produce oil, construct and operate pipelines, access financing and private sector investment, and use gasoline in cars and trucks.  "

https://www.heritage.org/energy-economics/commentary/fact-checking-bidens-excuses-rising-energy-prices-and-empty-shelves

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1 hour ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Do you find it alarming that republican legislators want to hold the power to decide election results based upon beliefs and opinions rather than vote tallies? Would you consider it normal conservative politics to promote the idea that politicians should decide election outcomes or would this be an example of something other than normal conservative politics and ideology in this post Trump era? Are politicians who advance these type of unamerican ideas republicans, conservatives or what should we call them...maybe they aren't those things anymore.  Maybe now they are just authoritarians and fascist wannabes.

It doesn't sound like much support for it.  So, no.  Not many folks are alarmed. 

More concerning is some of the radical leftist ideas that do have support.  Packing the court and eliminating the filibuster,  for example.

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7 minutes ago, Beerman said:

It doesn't sound like much support for it.  So, no.  Not many folks are alarmed. 

More concerning is some of the radical leftist ideas that do have support.  Packing the court and eliminating the filibuster,  for example.

Hmmm

Maybe you aren't aware that there is widespread concern over this national trend in republican state politics.  

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-republican-push-to-restrict-voting-could-affect-our-elections/

I don't recall your concern when McConnell and Trump were actually and literally "packing the court" but your concern is noted now.  In my view, we shouldn't sacrifice our republic to preserve a Senate rule that republicans are happy to cast aside themselves when it is politically advantageous. It would be hard to throw a dart in the Republican senate caucus and not hit a Republican who has voted to change the filibuster. The current conservative hand wringing over the filibuster is expected and noted.  

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