Why isn't it Obama's fault?

[..]

I have a photo on my phone from August 1, 2008 showing a gas pump I used when regular gas cost $3.79

At the time the Dem/Lib/Prog media AND politicians were howling for Bush to take the blame.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/02/video-flashback-obama-and-dems-blast-bush-for-gas-prices-in-2008/

Today local regular costs $3.79 and the two faced, sycophantic, hypocritical  Dem/Lib/Prog media  are as still as the grave.

Transparently pathetic but the willingly ignorant voters are happy to clamp their rapacious mouths on to the Govt teat.

Have they not noticed that they seem to be suffering the most from the recent increase in payroll tax? Quite sad that so many are willing to be so uninformed.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2013/0222/Why-is-Wal-Mart-worried-Payroll-tax-could-cut-consumer-spending?nav=87-frontpage-entryLeadStory

[Hoser]

Well, it is his fault, but it seems many don't care.  Hoser 

[old2soon]

Long as they are gittin a hand out they WILL remain stupidly happy. Wanna see some pissed off folks-wait til that gubmint teat runs dry.  RIDE SAFE.

[Momz]

Here in MI we will fondly look back a $3.79 a gallon of gas as our Republican Governor, Rick Synder has his way.
He is proposing a permanent $0.90 cent per gallon tax on gasoline to patch/improve our roads.

He has the support of MI's insurance industry, so it will probably be a reality soon.

[Pappy!]

Hey Momz.....will sign your Florida permanent Visa when you want to move South..!!

[Momz]

Last year it cost us over $1000.00 just to go to Bike Week and back.

Pappy, we will be in Deland on Saturday, March 9th. We are meeting another couple from Travares at the corner deli (used to be a bank).

It wouldn't take much to convince me to stay in central Florida.
Meet you here, perhaps? 

[WayneH]

Gas prices are definitely Obama's fault.  I've seen it during a White House tour.  It's a beige colored box sitting on one corner of his desk in the oval office.  It's got a dial and a knob.  The dial shows gas prices from 25 cents all the way up to $10.99 and 9/10.  Depending on how he is feeling that morning, Obama comes in and gives the knob a twist, left or right.  This sends a signal out to all the filling stations with the President's latest gas price, and of course, they all run out and adjust their signs accordingly.

He's also got a Starbucks box on his desk but he doesn't move this one very much as everyone seems to be OK with paying $4.50 for 16 ounces of coffee.

[fon1961]

Gas prices are definitely Obama's fault.  I've seen it during a White House tour.  It's a beige colored box sitting on one corner of his desk in the oval office.  It's got a dial and a knob.  The dial shows gas prices from 25 cents all the way up to $10.99 and 9/10.  Depending on how he is feeling that morning, Obama comes in and gives the knob a twist, left or right.  This sends a signal out to all the filling stations with the President's latest gas price, and of course, they all run out and adjust their signs accordingly.

He's also got a Starbucks box on his desk but he doesn't move this one very much as everyone seems to be OK with paying $4.50 for 16 ounces of coffee.

Ok, I'll state the obvious, Starbucks has no bearing on my life; however, the impact of fuel prices impact the cost of virtually everything...

[musclehead]

Gas prices are definitely Obama's fault.  I've seen it during a White House tour.  It's a beige colored box sitting on one corner of his desk in the oval office.  It's got a dial and a knob.  The dial shows gas prices from 25 cents all the way up to $10.99 and 9/10.  Depending on how he is feeling that morning, Obama comes in and gives the knob a twist, left or right.  This sends a signal out to all the filling stations with the President's latest gas price, and of course, they all run out and adjust their signs accordingly.

He's also got a Starbucks box on his desk but he doesn't move this one very much as everyone seems to be OK with paying $4.50 for 16 ounces of coffee.

my sarcasm detector is pegged into the red.

but the signs are there in actions and words.
1 having a dept of energy secretary that wants gas at $10 a gallon
2 shut down drilling in the gulf after deep water blew. only giving one permit out to say he's for drilling, shut it down in violation of a federal judges court order.
3 keystone pipeline?
4 devalueing or money to the point that people can't afford any road trip.

there's more,  I'll think of it eventually....

[Varmintmist]

Because its reported by a generation that refuses to accept responsibility and are training their kids to do the same.

[czuch]

He inherited a worse ecnonmeh, than he inherited.
LOOK A SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Robert]

Well gas prices should be lower but why would the oil companies want to stop selling the oil found here in the US to us when they can sell it on the open market and export it for more money? We have cut consumption its at the lowest level in years and prices go up, really I mean really? It is now Obamas fault big time, in fact we are exporting so much that the balance of trade is actually looking better. What bs.

[..]

Gas prices are definitely Obama's fault.  I've seen it during a White House tour.  It's a beige colored box sitting on one corner of his desk in the oval office.  It's got a dial and a knob.  The dial shows gas prices from 25 cents all the way up to $10.99 and 9/10.  Depending on how he is feeling that morning, Obama comes in and gives the knob a twist, left or right.  This sends a signal out to all the filling stations with the President's latest gas price, and of course, they all run out and adjust their signs accordingly.

He's also got a Starbucks box on his desk but he doesn't move this one very much as everyone seems to be OK with paying $4.50 for 16 ounces of coffee.

Same box that G W used to have on his desk whilst the Dem/Lib/Progs attacked him.

Nice to see you back Screamin Quail with your even handed logic.

[Tropic traveler]

Gas prices are definitely Obama's fault.  I've seen it during a White House tour.  It's a beige colored box sitting on one corner of his desk in the oval office.  It's got a dial and a knob.  The dial shows gas prices from 25 cents all the way up to $10.99 and 9/10.  Depending on how he is feeling that morning, Obama comes in and gives the knob a twist, left or right.  This sends a signal out to all the filling stations with the President's latest gas price, and of course, they all run out and adjust their signs accordingly.

He's also got a Starbucks box on his desk but he doesn't move this one very much as everyone seems to be OK with paying $4.50 for 16 ounces of coffee.

Losing your touch....
It took you over 24 hours & 5 replies ahead of you to make your non-sensical reply defending the head lib in charge!
SHAME ON YOU! 

[..]

Gas prices are definitely Obama's fault.  I've seen it during a White House tour.  It's a beige colored box sitting on one corner of his desk in the oval office.  It's got a dial and a knob.  The dial shows gas prices from 25 cents all the way up to $10.99 and 9/10.  Depending on how he is feeling that morning, Obama comes in and gives the knob a twist, left or right.  This sends a signal out to all the filling stations with the President's latest gas price, and of course, they all run out and adjust their signs accordingly.

He's also got a Starbucks box on his desk but he doesn't move this one very much as everyone seems to be OK with paying $4.50 for 16 ounces of coffee.

Hey Wayne here's PROOF FOR YOU. DEFEND THEM. Looking forward to your spin about these words from the Dem/Lib/Prog leaders. Please don't take too long hoping that we'll forget 

15 Times Obama and Top Dems Blame Bush For Gas Prices

[f6john]

    It is no more productive to blame Obama than it was to blame Bush. We have a central government that is totally out of touch with reality when it comes to the economic welfare of this country and all it's citizens. I have no idea how the average working stiff is going to be able to get the message across to our elected officials that we want a government that puts it citizens first. I am convinced that after the billion dollar plus election we just witnessed, money is all they are going to listen to. Only a meltdown of catastrophic proportions will even begin to turn the tide, and sadly that might not be enough to change our course.

   

[WayneH]

Gas prices are definitely Obama's fault.  I've seen it during a White House tour.  It's a beige colored box sitting on one corner of his desk in the oval office.  It's got a dial and a knob.  The dial shows gas prices from 25 cents all the way up to $10.99 and 9/10.  Depending on how he is feeling that morning, Obama comes in and gives the knob a twist, left or right.  This sends a signal out to all the filling stations with the President's latest gas price, and of course, they all run out and adjust their signs accordingly.

He's also got a Starbucks box on his desk but he doesn't move this one very much as everyone seems to be OK with paying $4.50 for 16 ounces of coffee.

Hey Wayne here's PROOF FOR YOU. DEFEND THEM. Looking forward to your spin about these words from the Dem/Lib/Prog leaders. Please don't take too long hoping that we'll forget 

15 Times Obama and Top Dems Blame Bush For Gas Prices

Mate, who cares?  Blaming gas prices on the President has been standard political fare for decades.  But its not factual.  Gas prices are the result of the world market, refining capacity, demand, etc, none of which are in the control of the President.

I just understood from your original post that you really do think Obama is twisting the gas price knob.

[G-Man]

Here in MI we will fondly look back a $3.79 a gallon of gas as our Republican Governor, Rick Synder has his way.
He is proposing a permanent $0.90 cent per gallon tax on gasoline to patch/improve our roads.

He has the support of MI's insurance industry, so it will probably be a reality soon.

That's a lot of money!  A dollar a gallon is a huge bump.  Here in New York, they added a NY Usage Fee to everyones car registration.  We register for two years so it's a bump of $35 a year.  For you guys, that would be covered in two tankfulls. 

[Clark]

Gas prices are definitely Obama's fault.  I've seen it during a White House tour.  It's a beige colored box sitting on one corner of his desk in the oval office.  It's got a dial and a knob.  The dial shows gas prices from 25 cents all the way up to $10.99 and 9/10.  Depending on how he is feeling that morning, Obama comes in and gives the knob a twist, left or right.  This sends a signal out to all the filling stations with the President's latest gas price, and of course, they all run out and adjust their signs accordingly.

He's also got a Starbucks box on his desk but he doesn't move this one very much as everyone seems to be OK with paying $4.50 for 16 ounces of coffee.

Hey Wayne here's PROOF FOR YOU. DEFEND THEM. Looking forward to your spin about these words from the Dem/Lib/Prog leaders. Please don't take too long hoping that we'll forget 

15 Times Obama and Top Dems Blame Bush For Gas Prices

Mate, who cares?  Blaming gas prices on the President has been standard political fare for decades.  But its not factual.  Gas prices are the result of the world market, refining capacity, demand, etc, none of which are in the control of the President.

I just understood from your original post that you really do think Obama is twisting the gas price knob.

so it appears as tho you are saying that the BLAME BUSH group was/is totaly full of
$hit..RIGHT??

[MP]

I remember Dems/Progressives yelling from the top of the trees that Bush/Cheney were in bed with the oil companies, and it was solely their fault.  They did it on purpose.

Now, that a Dem is Pres, all of a sudden the Pres has nothing to do with gas prices!

What a load of BS.

MP

[musclehead]

Gas prices are definitely Obama's fault.  I've seen it during a White House tour.  It's a beige colored box sitting on one corner of his desk in the oval office.  It's got a dial and a knob.  The dial shows gas prices from 25 cents all the way up to $10.99 and 9/10.  Depending on how he is feeling that morning, Obama comes in and gives the knob a twist, left or right.  This sends a signal out to all the filling stations with the President's latest gas price, and of course, they all run out and adjust their signs accordingly.

He's also got a Starbucks box on his desk but he doesn't move this one very much as everyone seems to be OK with paying $4.50 for 16 ounces of coffee.

Hey Wayne here's PROOF FOR YOU. DEFEND THEM. Looking forward to your spin about these words from the Dem/Lib/Prog leaders. Please don't take too long hoping that we'll forget 

15 Times Obama and Top Dems Blame Bush For Gas Prices

Mate, who cares?  Blaming gas prices on the President has been standard political fare for decades.  But its not factual.  Gas prices are the result of the world market, refining capacity, demand, etc, none of which are in the control of the President.

I just understood from your original post that you really do think Obama is twisting the gas price knob.

did you defend Bush in the summer of '08 when gas prices were higher?

[Chrisj CMA]

The reason gas prices are Obama's fault right now is because of his never ending handouts to the free loaders, borrowing and spending is so out of control he has the fed over printing money to keep the economy from totally failing.  This devalues the dollar and raises the price per barrel.  Plus he (obama) has stated he wants energy costs to skyrocket so why should he care about expensive gas, just throw some more ethanol in it so it produces less energy and we have to buy more so his tax revenue goes up and then he can continue borrowing and spending.

And of course he continues to undermine any chance of becoming energy independent so we have to continue to put up with begging our enemies to sell us oil.......but hey what else is new

But of course (silly me) its really not not his fault, Bush is still alive, so it must still be his fault.

[WayneH]

And of course he continues to undermine any chance of becoming energy independent so we have to continue to put up with begging our enemies to sell us oil.......but hey what else is new

This is factually incorrect.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100450133/US_Is_on_FastTrack_to_Energy_Independence_Study

And from:  http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2013/02/12/citigroup-u-s-energy-independence-by-2020-who-benefits/

... It is in crude oil where last year saw the largest single annual increase in liquids production in US history. Crude oil production rose from the beginning to the end of 2012 by 1.16 million barrels per day, while natural gas liquids increased by 170 thousand barrels per day. ...  The impact of this extraordinary production growth is becoming increasingly apparent and even if the growth rate subsides in the years ahead, the mushrooming effects of this growth will have dramatic impacts. ...

[Clark]

cnbc..yeah right

[Chrisj CMA]

And of course he continues to undermine any chance of becoming energy independent so we have to continue to put up with begging our enemies to sell us oil.......but hey what else is new

This is factually incorrect.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100450133/US_Is_on_FastTrack_to_Energy_Independence_Study

And from:  http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2013/02/12/citigroup-u-s-energy-independence-by-2020-who-benefits/

... It is in crude oil where last year saw the largest single annual increase in liquids production in US history. Crude oil production rose from the beginning to the end of 2012 by 1.16 million barrels per day, while natural gas liquids increased by 170 thousand barrels per day. ...  The impact of this extraordinary production growth is becoming increasingly apparent and even if the growth rate subsides in the years ahead, the mushrooming effects of this growth will have dramatic impacts. ...

I know who to sell my prime swamp land to

[Tropic traveler]

I remember Dems/Progressives yelling from the top of the trees that Bush/Cheney were in bed with the oil companies, and it was solely their fault.  They did it on purpose.

Now, that a Dem is Pres, all of a sudden the Pres has nothing to do with gas prices!

What a load of BS.

MP

AMEN!!

The pot does not like the kettle calling it black... OOOPS, can I say that anymore??

[musclehead]

And of course he continues to undermine any chance of becoming energy independent so we have to continue to put up with begging our enemies to sell us oil.......but hey what else is new

This is factually incorrect.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100450133/US_Is_on_FastTrack_to_Energy_Independence_Study

And from:  http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2013/02/12/citigroup-u-s-energy-independence-by-2020-who-benefits/

... It is in crude oil where last year saw the largest single annual increase in liquids production in US history. Crude oil production rose from the beginning to the end of 2012 by 1.16 million barrels per day, while natural gas liquids increased by 170 thousand barrels per day. ...  The impact of this extraordinary production growth is becoming increasingly apparent and even if the growth rate subsides in the years ahead, the mushrooming effects of this growth will have dramatic impacts. ...

energy independance is a great thing but not the way we are getting there, looks like another recession is heading our way. that is why usage has dropped so drastically. we had a negative quarter in the fourth last year, it's looking glum this quarter too. we may be producing but we can't afford to buy so who wins? and I'm confused I thought libs didn't like oil/coal/nukes/gas/ any thing considered dirty.

[Chrisj CMA]

Steve Stockman is a man after my own heart!  I sure hope theres lots more of this truth exposing by brave patriots!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130128121116AAQ2G7J

[Patrick]

obama has pretty much gutted the coal industry, which he said he was going to do. The increased production of crude in this country is certainly not because of him, the production is coming from private lands that he has no control over. His admin has been continually denying the renewal of licenses. Natural gas production could be our savior, but, he is fighting that. He is also fighting the new pipeline, I don't think he or other liberals realize how many millions of miles of pipelines there are in this country. Looking for alternative fuel sources is a good thing, but, its going to be another couple decades before that happens. We still need fossil fuel until then.

[Chrisj CMA]

Steve Stockman is also calling out the Obama administrtion for a bunch of fraudulant (supposed) tweets to lawmakers from what is supposed to seem like grass roots groups of Americans calling for gun control measures when in fact its all coming from the organizing for action people.

[Chrisj CMA]

obama has pretty much gutted the coal industry, which he said he was going to do. The increased production of crude in this country is certainly not because of him, the production is coming from private lands that he has no control over. His admin has been continually denying the renewal of licenses. Natural gas production could be our savior, but, he is fighting that. He is also fighting the new pipeline, I don't think he or other liberals realize how many millions of miles of pipelines there are in this country. Looking for alternative fuel sources is a good thing, but, its going to be another couple decades before that happens. We still need fossil fuel until then.

Yes Patrick, I agree 100%...these things are what I was referring to when I said Obama continues to stand in the way of America becoming energy independant.  Any increase in oil production (and I doubt the numbers in the Obama talking points) are in spite of Obama not because of him.