republican ennh hmmmmmmm........acutually im not surprised!!!!

i aint surprised either most people are

no terrorist attacks of even nearly that magnitude on american soil at all under Clinton, or Reagan, or Papa Bush, or Nixon for that matter

It was Clinton that refused CIA updates for his entire 8 years in office and has been proven investigation after investigation this was a contributing factor to 9/11. The biggest problem wasn't the lack of intelligence that the US had, the FBI, CIA and NSA all had pieces of the puzzle, they just didn't share the info, which was corrected by Bush under Homeland Security Act.

Shall we move on to North Korea? The promise of a nuclear reator to North Korea for peace by the Carter Administration delivered by the Clinton administration. Thanks again Bill, and there is talk about sHillary for president?

I just said there wasnt any attacks... didnt say clinton wasnt a contributing factor. easy now

I have to quote Monkey "Amazing. You have a wealth of knowledge bestowed before you via the internet, and you don't use .05% of it."

If you don't pay attention to history your are bound to repeat it. Here is a quick internet search:

1975
Jan. 24, New York City: bomb set off in historic Fraunces Tavern killed 4 and injured more than 50 people. Puerto Rican nationalist group (FALN) claimed responsibility, and police tied 13 other bombings to the group.

1979
Nov. 4, Tehran, Iran: Iranian radical students seized the U.S. embassy, taking 66 hostages. 14 were later released. The remaining 52 were freed after 444 days on the day of President Reagan's inauguration.

1982–1991
Lebanon: Thirty US and other Western hostages kidnapped in Lebanon by Hezbollah. Some were killed, some died in captivity, and some were eventually released. Terry Anderson was held for 2,454 days.

1983
April 18, Beirut, Lebanon: U.S. embassy destroyed in suicide car-bomb attack; 63 dead, including 17 Americans. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Oct. 23, Beirut, Lebanon: Shiite suicide bombers exploded truck near U.S. military barracks at Beirut airport, killing 241 Marines. Minutes later a second bomb killed 58 French paratroopers in their barracks in West Beirut.
Dec. 12, Kuwait City, Kuwait Shiite truck bombers attacked the U.S. embassy and other targets, killing 5 and injuring 80.

1984
Sept. 20, east Beirut, Lebanon: truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. embassy annex, killing 24, including 2 U.S. military.
Dec. 3, Beirut, Lebanon: Kuwait Airways Flight 221, from Kuwait to Pakistan, hijacked and diverted to Tehran. 2 Americans killed.

1985
April 12, Madrid, Spain: Bombing at restaurant frequented by U.S. soldiers, killed 18 Spaniards and injured 82.
June 14, Beirut, Lebanon: TWA Flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome hijacked to Beirut by Hezbollah terrorists and held for 17 days. A U.S. Navy diver executed.
Oct. 7, Mediterranean Sea: gunmen attack Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro. One U.S. tourist killed. Hijacking linked to Libya.
Dec. 18, Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria: airports in Rome and Vienna were bombed, killing 20 people, 5 of whom were Americans. Bombing linked to Libya.

1986
April 2, Athens, Greece:A bomb exploded aboard TWA flight 840 en route from Rome to Athens, killing 4 Americans and injuring 9.
April 5, West Berlin, Germany: Libyans bombed a disco frequented by U.S. servicemen, killing 2 and injuring hundreds.

1988
Dec. 21, Lockerbie, Scotland: N.Y.-bound Pan-Am Boeing 747 exploded in flight from a terrorist bomb and crashed into Scottish village, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on the ground. Passengers included 35 Syracuse University students and many U.S. military personnel. Libya formally admitted responsibility 15 years later (Aug. 2003) and offered $2.7 billion compensation to victims' families.

1993
Feb. 26, New York City: bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995, militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges, and in 1998, Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the mastermind, was convicted of the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected.

1995
April 19, Oklahoma City: car bomb exploded outside federal office building, collapsing wall and floors. 168 people were killed, including 19 children and 1 person who died in rescue effort. Over 220 buildings sustained damage. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols later convicted in the antigovernment plot to avenge the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Tex., exactly 2 years earlier. (See Miscellaneous Disasters.)
Nov. 13, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: car bomb exploded at U.S. military headquarters, killing 5 U.S. military servicemen.

1996
June 25, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: truck bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds of others. 13 Saudis and a Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group Hezbollah, were indicted on charges relating to the attack in June 2001.

1998
Aug. 7, Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya and 11 in Tanzania) and injuring about 4,500. 4 men connected with al-Qaeda 2 of whom had received training at al-Qaeda camps inside Afghanistan, were convicted of the killings in May 2001 and later sentenced to life in prison. A federal grand jury had indicted 22 men in connection with the attacks, including Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, who remained at large.

2000
Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. 17 sailors killed. Linked to Osama bin Laden, or members of al-Qaeda terrorist network.

2001
Sept. 11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pa. Total dead and missing numbered 2,9921: 2,749 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. (See September 11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism.)

2002
June 14, Karachi, Pakistan: bomb exploded outside American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12. Linked to al-Qaeda.

2003
May 12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: suicide bombers killed 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners. Al-Qaeda suspected.

2004
May 29–31, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists attack the offices of a Saudi oil company in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, take foreign oil workers hostage in a nearby residential compound, leaving 22 people dead including one American.
June 11–19, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists kidnap and execute Paul Johnson Jr., an American, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2 other Americans and BBC cameraman killed by gun attacks.
Dec. 6, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: terrorists storm the U.S. consulate killing 5 consulate employees. 4 terrorists were killed by Saudi security.

2005
Nov. 9, Amman, Jordan: Suicide bombers hit 3 American hotels, Radisson, Grand Hyatt and Days Inn, in Amman Jordan, killing 57. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility.

Now that you have gotten confrontational. I'm going to insult you. you have the reading comprehension skills of a 5 year old. the words are there, you just dont understand them;

"no terrorist attacks of even nearly that magnitude on american soil at all under Clinton, or Reagan, or Papa Bush, or Nixon for that matter"

so tell me what you think of Chirac. sounds kinda like a surrender monkey to me, just giving up on his labor law.

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(This comment was modified on Jul 27, 2006 01:19 AM)

Somethings never change though, here are lyrics from a 70's song Ball of Confusion:

People moving out, people moving in
Why, because of the color of their skin
Run, run, run but you sure can't hide

An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
Vote for me and I'll set you free
Rap on, sisters, rap on

Well, the only person talkin' 'bout love, my brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation

Ball of confusion (oh, yeah, yeah)
That's what the world is today
Woo, hey, hey (let me hear it, let me hear it, let me hear it, say it)

The sale of pills are at an all time high (say it)
Young folks walking 'round with their heads in the sky (oh, say it)
The cities ablaze in the summer time!
And oh, the beat goes on

Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul
Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon
Gloria (round and around and around we go)
Gloria (where the world's headed nobody knows)
Alleluia ([Whoopi] Play Alma, go ahead girl)

Oh, great googalooga, can't you hear me talking to you?
Just a ball of confusion
Oh yeah, that's what the world is today
Oi vay

Fear in the air, tension everywhere
Unemployment rising fast, hip hop music's a gas
And the only safe place to live is on the Indian Reservation
And the band played on

Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors
Mod clothes in demand, population out of hand, suicide, too many bills
Yuppies moving to the hills
People all over the world shouting, "End the war!"
And the band played

Ball of confusion (that's what the world is today)
Ball of confusion (that's what the world is today)
Ball of confusion (that's what the world is today)
Great googalooga, can't you hear us talking to you
Sayin'...Ball of confusion

lol.....you got me thinking of Eve of Destruction and I'd Love to Change the World......or whatever the name of the song is. can't ever remember. must be alzheimer's

Ball of Confusion by the Temptations 1970. No matter how things change they stay the same!

who is retarded??? You does not discribe to who you are talking about

he is from texas, so he does not wanna covert the country to ethinol cause, like brazil did, he is all gung ho for oil

That makes no sense, how does the president control the price of oil? And how does he convert the country to any other form of energy?

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he does not, but he does have the power to convert all of america to Ethenol gasoline, which would lower prices to about one dallar a gallon

it wouldn't matter how Bush feels about oil. To change an entire country's source of fuel would take decades. He may be in bed with oil, but there's no relationship with his feelings and oil prices.

no no no he is from texas so he loves oil that is why he does not wanna convert to ethenol, but even if it takes decades he can start now and get the hard part over with ya know

That's the responsibilitiy of the market. You don't buy records or even cd's anymore do you? Everyone converted to mp3s even at the relutance and almost demise of the record industry.

Prices on oil could be lower, but the envioronmentalist keep blocking any new drilling for oil in the US. It's not even a supply issue here since we haven't built a new refinery in the US because of the environmentalist. I'm not against them, but that's a major reason.

Remeber the president cannot just make laws, it has to be passed by the house and senate.

i still buy CDs, and tapes sometimes

getting into the "coulda, shoulda, woulda" is pointless. there as saying that goes "If your mother had balls, she'd be your father." It doesn't matter what SHOULD or COULD be done. What matters is what IS being done.

Another example could be the recording industry. It costs less than 5 cents to make a CD nowadays, add in a couple dollars per cd to go to the band and record company, and you have a CD for $10. Sell a couple hundred thousand, and you're still making a good profit. But CDs sell anywhere between $15 to $20.

hey i want you to first correct the spelling its president bush not presedent ok? bye

hey i got messed up, and i was typing fast dude

president bush... there

I saw that early on and let it go.

do you realize that only %15 of the cars on the road today can handle gasoline with an ethanol content of %20 or higher? I live where you can get E-85, but I cant use it.

I would like to see everyone using %10 mixes though.

Prices of ethonal are even more of a risk right now. the states dont keep enough corn to keep a stabile ethanol price for an expanded market. ethanol prices right now are outrageous because we are running low, eagerly awqaiting harvest.

Amazing. You have a wealth of knowledge bestowed before you via the internet, and you don't use .05% of it.

ETHANOL (thats how you spell it) isn't something you just snap your fingers and convert the whole United States to. And, why the fuck does it matter what Brazil (thats how you spell it) does anyway? They are a 3rd world country, and they also export....ALOT OF OIL to the US.

OIL has nothing to do with gas prices. Has the price of carpet gone up? What about the price of paint? What about the price of plastic bags, or clothes or shoes. I'm not talking TRANSPORT costs, I'm talking actual production costs.

Gas companies have to charge what they charge to keep consumption down. Its simple economics and simple supply and demand. There hasn't been a new refinery built in the US since the 70's, so even if we had FREE OIL gas would still be the price it is.

Wait a minute...what do you care about the price of gas anyway. I thought you rode the bus.

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I knew I should have waited for Monkey to reply, you nailed it in one response that took me what, 5 or 6?

ehhh... whatever dude i aint that political, i hate polititians, they are all liars

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dude ur an idiot you try to act all hard core with a keyboard
oooooo very intimidating

Actually the price of oil and metals are on the rise because the US aren't the only major consumer anymore. China and India have really added to the demand of oil and metals. Did you know it now cost the government over one cent to make a penny and over a nickle for a nickle!

true....but when oil companies, and not just american oil companies (if any really are american anymore) make billions in profit each QUARTER, we're no longer talking about rasing prices to cover costs......it's profit plain and simple.

My, that is a big profit. Oh, but what is the profit MARGIN? That is a more important of a question.

Actually, the margin was around 10-11%, which ain't bad, but most banks and other corporations do better than that. And how much of this profit is going to be reinvested into more exploration and capital projects? During last quarter, they spent over 5 billion on new exploration and improvements. And, as previously mentioned elsewhere, environmental concerns somehow never get the blame for high prices, even though that is a HUGE part of the pricing puzzle.

Any big conglom should not be trusted, and needs to be watched. Just don't let the media be that watchdog, it is as crooked and biased as anything else out there...

i'll say to you the same thing i said to the other person who brought up te profit margin: it doesn't matter a damn what the profit margin is. Many companies may have a bigger margin, but none have bigger profits. when you make $10 billion in profits, it doesn't really matter if you're margin is 1%.....

Well, yes it does matter. What about reinvestment and exploration? Does that not matter as well?

again, with a $10 billion profit, they have $10 billion to reinvest or explore. That's quite enough money unlesss they're planning on exploring Mars for oil.

also, money for exploration or reinvesting wouldn't get counted as profit anyway. it's an expense......so when they make $10 billion, their expenses for exploration has already been taken out. if they want to do more, fine, but it's coming from what is already pure profit. so, no it doesn't matter.

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In order to earmark a budget for expenditures, you need to....make money. We can go around in circles here, but my real point is that most people have been conditioned to have a knee-jerk reaction to many things, one being gas prices, and use reasoning that is unrealistic and inaccurate. Do I feel oil companies are do-gooders, saints in all they do, just in the biz for the good of the people? Hell no.

It's too damn easy to gripe about profit, and have that the end-all of argument. If they have "record" profits, it only stands to reason that at least part of the explanation is that gas is costing more due to inflation, I mean almost everything in the world cost more now than 10 years ago, and there is also a larger demand for more gas as the population grows accordingly.

I actually am holding out hope that technology will advance the automotive world enough so we can lessen our addiction to fossil fuels. It's about time we look into the future. I drive an F150, and feel like bending over every time I am at the pump!

I just grow tired of the same simplistic rhetoric time and time again, when there is more to the picture....

humph

$10 Billion in one Quarter. 10% return in investment. That's one oil company!

I think what it boils down to is that not only America but the World should be looking into a modern age Manhattan Project! We poured into a ton of money at the time in World War II to nuke the enemey.

The new enemy is just a foreign soil that we can't control but a choice WE can't control. That is the need for energy/oil at this point in time. I don't see anyone slowing down on the highway or doing anthing like when we had an 'energy crisis' from the 70's. It's a lack of control.

If we had a new Manhattan Project to control atom/energy like in the 40's we can control hydrogen/energy for our needs today.