posted April 04, 2012 07:55 PM            

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Financial speculators can drive up the price of gasoline, diesel, heating oil and jet fuel by buying and selling these and other commodities with no intention of ever using them. The Stop Oil Speculation Now Coalition consists of organizations, companies and concerned Americans who want energy markets to function efficiently based on supply and demand fundamentals instead of profiteering strategies. Together we can stamp out excessive speculation and protect America’s economic recovery.

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MF Global & Government-Sponsored Theft
Watch Michael Greenberger, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and formerly a lawyer at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), talk about the need for a criminal investigation into Wall Street’s activity in oil markets and agricultural commodity markets.-->

http://stopgamblingonhunger.com/2012/03/29/high-oil-prices-must-be-subject-of-criminal-investigation/

even the whisper of investigation would bring prices down. Where is the FBI? It has been a year since Obama organized a task force, yet nothing has happened.

Where are the subpoenas?

How many of these casino halls are still open for business trading our economy for the yacht in the Hamptons?
How many are in jail? Only one high profile Madoff. Thats it.
Do you think any of us would get off with the theft of billions, Trillions?

posted April 06, 2012 07:59 AM            

Does that make me an expert?

I am a professional chef w/ a culinary degree.
have I learned vital info from dishwashers I have worked with? Absolutely. If you pay attention, you continue to learn post college.

posted April 06, 2012 08:43 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
DUH! Obama is the reason gas prices are so high. And oil speculation is what will bring prices down drastically once we get a President who isn't a "scarecrow."

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One from the quotemeister

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posted April 06, 2012 10:25 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
I don't need to watch a video. I took economics and financial courses in college.

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Didn't everyone who attended college take econ or finance classes? I studied cultural studies and media and even I had to take business classes to fill requirements. And I can't stand anything related to business or finance.

posted April 06, 2012 11:36 AM            

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posted April 06, 2012 12:32 PM            

and the smartest rulers down the ages have been those who studied their enemies and kept them close where they could see what they were up to.

to disregard information because of the mouth it comes out of is to be a human ostrich.

posted April 06, 2012 03:31 PM            

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Originally posted by katatonic:
a closed mind is a dead mind. if you make up your mind that nothing good can come from china, you will never discover some wonderful things.

and the smartest rulers down the ages have been those who studied their enemies and kept them close where they could see what they were up to.

to disregard information because of the mouth it comes out of is to be a human ostrich.

and for what it's worth it is not just "leftists" who consider this a problem.

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posted April 16, 2012 09:52 PM            

There aren't enough of them to process the oil and as they age they are closing.
We aren't building any new ones.

Prices are still rising in Alberta and in Canada even thought we are now the number 1 supplier.

Despite the fact that most Americans still think Saudi Arabia is #1.

Even in Canada where the oil is we still send most of are resources to the US to be refined, so we are also getting ripped off to.

Blame the politicians for poor leadership and lack of common sense both in the US and Canada. But, don't entirely blame speculation.