November 26, 2008 - I went to fill up my imported, leased S.U.V. and it only cost forty-two dollars and twenty-one cents and I was like, "What the hey?" Just four months ago it cost eighty-four dollars and fifty-five cents for the same tank!?! Now, I haven't...
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oil prices falling,
George W. Bush,
Dick Cheney,
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oil companies,
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August 15, 2008 - Americans drove billions of miles less for the eighth straight month and it's having a curiously negative effect on our roads. Gone are the days of piling the kids into a gas guzzling SUV, dropping them o...
August 6, 2008 - CNN broadcasts Obama's speech, in which he hits back at McCain for mocking his (true) statement that the U.S. could save millions of barrels of oil if drivers ensured their vehicles had properly inflated tires...
Filed under: Barack Obama,
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John McCain,
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Tire Pressure,
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August 6, 2008 - Uh-oh! Looks like Iraq's been making a little money while we've been spending a lot of money.
If you're not like me--who would want to be? --you think it's time we took a little bit of that oil money.
I think the best way...
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GAO report Iraq surplus,
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Iraq surplus
August 6, 2008 - Today, we launch a new feature called WAR IS SWELL! in which we take a break from the body counts to focus on some of the good news coming out of our wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and any other wars that we haven't gone public with yet. (Get ready...
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August 8, 2008 - Both Barack Obama and John McCain have employed "bundlers" to wrangle donations to their campaigns, but McCain seems to have elevated the act of bundling to an art form...
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August 4, 2008 - I was going to write this whole thing about how Barack Obama was going to solve the Brett Favre problem, beat Condi Rice and Rush to the NFL Commissioner job and drop out of the presidential race. Unfortunately, all I got out of that idea was the preceding sentence, so...
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offshore drilling,
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July 30, 2008 - Last month, as cries over high gas prices reached a new pitch, President Bush proudly stated in front of the White House that he would end the ban on offshore drilling. Now, just this week, John McCain has put out advertisements accusing Obama of the most horrible crime of all...
Filed under: offshore drilling,
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July 30, 2008 - These gas prices are killing me. We only drive places now that are downhill. We've had to relocate several times.
I'm shamefully ignorant about energy use and the environment, despite reading the occasional tipster book about being "green." I started using cloth bags for grocery shopping long befor...
July 21, 2008 - McCain is apparently making commercials that attack Obama as if he's already the President...
July 17, 2008 -
This photo represents deep economic insecurity because:
The Stanford alum is buying non-organic peaches.
It's a pic of the good old days, when you could afford to hire two illegal aliens.
Al...
Filed under: economic worries,
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July 12, 2008 - I am no economist. I couldn't tell you the difference between Adam Smith and Paul Craig Roberts. I don't know if NAFTA was good or bad for most of us, but I do know I liked it better when the person at tech support spoke English as their...
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drilling ban,
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July 11, 2008 - An article in today's New York Times addresses the impact of the cost of gas on college students, most of whom live off campus, who are now enrolling in far greater numbers in online classes. Those com...
July 12, 2008 - The world is still reeling from the most recent bombshell dropped by the NY Times: "Congress Feels Pressure for Action on Oil Prices."
You don't say? Can't wa...
July 8, 2008 - You know you've got a gas crisis when the lotto takes notice. The Florida state lottery has begun offering "free gas for life" as second prize in its Summer Cash lottery game. Considering the price of gas, many of Flor...
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