Tag Archives: Gas Prices

Newt Gingrich Had Nothing To Do With This

Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

Good news — we may see $2.50 per gallon gas prices this year without ever having donated a penny to Newt Gingrich’s $2.50 per gallon campaign. Gas prices have been dropping steadily in Massachusetts since April, and according to at … Continue reading →

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So What?

Posted on May 12, 2012 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Monte Wolvertone In other news, Mitt Romney has delivered another flip-flop in record-breaking time, reversing his position on gay adoption within 24 hours. This reversal came just in time for his commencement speech at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University … Continue reading →

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Fact: Oil Drilling Does Not Reduce Gas Prices

Posted on March 22, 2012 at 11:28 am by Bob Cesca

The Associated Press fact-checked the gas price debate and came up with some interesting results. Mainly, there is ““no statistical correlation” between increased oil production and lower gas prices. Duh. U.S. oil production is back to the same level it … Continue reading →

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Moment of Derp

Posted on March 14, 2012 at 3:30 pm by JM Ashby

Louisiana Governor Kenneth the Page Bobby Jindal has a bone to pick with President Obama over gas prices. There’s just one problem. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday ripped President Barack Obama over rising gas prices and said any of … Continue reading →

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The Gasoline Conspiracy Theory

Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:19 pm by Bob Cesca

Rick Ungar at the Washington Monthly speculated that the 13-cent/gallon increase in gas prices over the last several weeks is the result of Wall Street trying to stymie the president’s re-election chances. Of course this doesn’t explain the high gas … Continue reading →

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The $21 Million Filibuster

Posted on May 18, 2011 at 12:50 pm by Bob Cesca

ThinkProgress reports: A Center for American Progress Action Fund analysis finds that the 48 senators who sided with Big Oil received over $21 million in career oil contributions, while 52 senators who sided with the American people received only $5.4 … Continue reading →

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Why Are Gas Prices Too Damn High?

Posted on April 18, 2011 at 11:01 am by Bob Cesca

Because of market manipulation and oil speculation. In other words, Wall Street has a lot to do with the spike in gas prices. Via ThinkProgress, here are some progressive congressmen who would like to do something about it: REP. PETE … Continue reading →

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The Prius Tax

Posted on February 20, 2009 at 11:11 am by Bob Cesca

That’s what the mileage tax actually is. Republicans and others are bent out of shape because hybrid drivers buy less gas, and therefore don’t pay as much in gas taxes. So the idea is to spread the tax bruden to … Continue reading →

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Drill, Baby, Whatever

Posted on February 8, 2009 at 9:21 am by Bob Cesca

Remember when the Republicans were demanding off-shore drilling to reduce gas prices last Summer? The argument, most often repeated by Senator McCain and Sarah Palin, was that even though ZERO gallons of actual oil would be available right away, the … Continue reading →

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