Gas Prices -- the Cause

[delldude]

See Pelosi suddenly is for drilling?

She wants to release oil from the strategic reserve....I think thats stupid.

Politicizing the reserve doesn't make it a very good strategy.

 

[KCFlyer]

I drive a Mercedes-Benz GL550 SUV. I rarely exceed 15 miles per gallon and that would be on a good day. I spend thousands on fuel annually driving throughout Southern California and up as far as the Central Coast. I think, compared to a cup of Starbucks coffee or a gallon of milk, neither of which will carry me 15 miles in top-notch comfort and safety, gasoline is remarkably inexpensive.

My vehicle hasn't seen any non-pavement other than a soccer field on occasion. I like the ride height, the comfort, and the way it drives. It's a "want" not a "need." And I'm willing to pay for it. So what if it's not the vehicle for you.

Bobbie...reading your signature line, I have to ask...WWJD? Is the part of gluttony being good in the old or new testament?

 

[tech2101]

Bobbie...reading your signature line, I have to ask...WWJD? Is the part of gluttony being good in the old or new testament?

The deadly sins as per Ghandi (Covey).

But independence is not the most mature state of being - it's only a middle position on the way to interdependence, the most advanced and mature state. To learn to give and take, to live selflessly, to be sensitive, to be considerate, is our challenge. Otherwise there is no sense of social responsibility or accountability in our pleasurable activities.

WWBD...What would Bobbie Do... 😳

 

[UAL_TECH]

I suppose it is no different than a morbidly obese person or excessive smoker proudly claiming their responsibility for a health care crisis. Keep smoking that pack, Boobie.

I take solace in the fact that you are willing to pay for your vice. The fat person's vice often costs them additional health care premiums, additional life insurance premiums, constant ridicule, etc. The smoker's vice costs them additional tax, yellow teeth, bad breath, additional health care premiums, additional life insurance premiums, etc. Your vice now brings additional costs such as premium fuel, less travel for the money, perhaps future additional taxes, perhaps higher insurance premiums. It will not be long till your fellow LAers start ridiculing the SUV owners like they have with fat people and smokers. You are willing to happily pay those costs now; time will tell if you are willing once the persecution begins.

Good to see you are a narrow minded and prejudiced person.
So, what do you do when you see a fat person smoking a cigar?

Explode?...

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[novaqt]

See Pelosi suddenly is for drilling?

She wants to release oil from the strategic reserve....I think thats stupid.

Politicizing the reserve doesn't make it a very good strategy.

Amazing, I wonder what changed her mind?

 

[Bobbie]

Bobbie...reading your signature line, I have to ask...WWJD? Is the part of gluttony being good in the old or new testament?

For your information, Jesus Christ rides shotgun with me any time I'm behind the wheel. He's the best passenger a person can have. He's full of love and compassion. This might come as a shock, but I've never had Him complain once about the fuel economy. He watches over my family and fills our hearts with joy and love. I encourage everyone to know Him.

 

[delldude]

For your information, Jesus Christ rides shotgun with me any time I'm behind the wheel. He's the best passenger a person can have. He's full of love and compassion. This might come as a shock, but I've never had Him complain once about the fuel economy. He watches over my family and fills our hearts with joy and love. I encourage everyone to know Him.

Hey , wait a minute...I thought Obama is going to set us free......isn't he the Messiah and the second coming all rolled into one?

 

[delldude]

Amazing, I wonder what changed her mind?

T. Boone doing the Nance Dance

 

[KCFlyer]

For your information, Jesus Christ rides shotgun with me any time I'm behind the wheel. He's the best passenger a person can have. He's full of love and compassion. This might come as a shock, but I've never had Him complain once about the fuel economy. He watches over my family and fills our hearts with joy and love. I encourage everyone to know Him.

You know bobbie....Jesus was pretty famous for taking 5 fish and feeding thousands, not taking a thousand fish and feeding 5 people. Oh yes...he didn't seem to call anyone a "Kettle", and in fact, sought out their company.

 

[novaqt]

You know bobbie....Jesus was pretty famous for taking 5 fish and feeding thousands, not taking a thousand fish and feeding 5 people. Oh yes...he didn't seem to call anyone a "Kettle", and in fact, sought out their company.

I agree. That's why you never give money to street people, you give them a packet of seeds or a plant to grow their own food or get them to a shelter for help.

 

[KCFlyer]

I agree. That's why you never give money to street people, you give them a packet of seeds or a plant to grow their own food or get them to a shelter for help.

Yes, but Jesus fed a thousand people with 5 fish. Bobbie doesn't seem to mind if the storyline is changed that Jesus feeds 5 people with a thousand fish.

 

[Bobbie]

Oil has nothing to do with subsistence. Oil is a luxury. It does not give life to anything. Drawing comparisons between my fuel consumption and taking more than my fair share of food are just ridiculous.

I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. For those of you who don't understand that, I encourage you to know His love.

As always, the more hateful things you say about me...the more I love you. That's what God tells me to do.

 

[KCFlyer]

Oil has nothing to do with subsistence.

Really? Just for fun, one weekend, go without anything that required oil.

 

[Cosworth]

Oil has nothing to do with subsistence. Oil is a luxury. It does not give life to anything. Drawing comparisons between my fuel consumption and taking more than my fair share of food are just ridiculous.

So first off at least you acknowledge that you use more than your fair share.

As for it not affecting anything, how exactly do all the goods get on the store shelves? Magic? You are consuming a finite resource which everyone is drawing from. Your share affects others. The more oil that is consumed the more expensive it will become your, imaginary friend not with standing.

 

[Bobbie]

So first off at least you acknowledge that you use more than your fair share.

As for it not affecting anything, how exactly do all the goods get on the store shelves? Magic? You are consuming a finite resource which everyone is drawing from. Your share affects others. The more oil that is consumed the more expensive it will become your, imaginary friend not with standing.

Don't look for me to hang up the keys to my SUV until I'm being strapped to a wheelchair and dragged into a nursing home to be sent off to die.

Oil isn't going anywhere. Everyone is being fed misinformation so that the oil companies can raise prices (yet, suspiciously, not their costs), taking advantage of people who aren't smart enough to see they're being manipulated by the media. Fortunately, I can afford to buy my way out of the the product of your ignorance. I don't have to sleep in the bed that negative thinking has made.

I take my cues from Jesus Christ and He tells me that I've got nothing to worry about as long as I put my life in His hands.