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From The Room: The Russia-Ukraine Gas Crisis
January 15, 2009 - As representatives from Ukraine and Russia are getting ready to meet on Saturday to discuss the gas row, Europeans are being frozen to the edge, going so far as to burn their beloved 1992 David Hasselhoff Calendars to stay warm. Agreements made this week have fallen apart, so in order...
From The Room: It's Been a Gas
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...Filed under: gas, gas prices, gas prices falling, oil, oil prices, oil prices falling, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, gas companies, oil companies, price fraud
From The Room: Let's Use Hillbillies to Find More Oil, Bush Says
September 9, 2008 - Vowing to snap America's addiction to foreign oil, President Bush called for hiring experienced hillbillies to roam the countryside shootin' at some food. "Sooner or later, these poor mountaineers will hit some bubblin' crude," Bush said. "And then we can restore America to gas-guzzling greatness...Filed under: Bush, Bush energy plan, Bush hillbillies, George W. Bush, President Bush, oil, Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2008
From The Room: Would Iraq Like Any Coffee With Its Bill?
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...Filed under: Iraq surplus, Iraq budget surplus, oil surplus, Iraq oil surplus, surplus Iraq, oil surplus, oil surplus Iraq, Iraq reconstruction, reconstruction Iraq, 156 billion Iraq, 156 billion surplus, 156 billion Iraq surplus, 79 billion Iraq, Iraq 79 billion, Iraq 79 billion oil surplus, Iraq oil money, Iraq surplus Federal Reserve, Iraq surplus New York Bank, Carl Levin Iraq surplus, John Warner Iraq surplus, Government Accountability Office, GAO, GAO report Iraq surplus, Iraq surplus GAO, Iraq surplus
WAR IS SWELL! A look at the brighter side of American war(s)
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...Filed under: Iraq surplus, Iraq budget surplus, oil surplus, Iraq oil surplus, surplus Iraq, oil surplus, oil surplus Iraq, Iraq reconstruction, reconstruction Iraq, 156 billion Iraq, 156 billion surplus, 156 billion Iraq surplus, 79 billion Iraq, Iraq 79 billion, Iraq 79 billion oil surplus, Iraq oil money, Iraq surplus Federal Reserve, Iraq surplus New York Bank, Carl Levin Iraq surplus, John Warner Iraq surplus, Government Accountability Office, GAO, GAO report Iraq surplus, Iraq surplus GAO, Iraq surplus GAO report
From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Brett Favre, The New York Times and T. Boone
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...Filed under: T. Boone Pickens, T Boone Pickens, Boone Pickens, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, 527 groups, 527, MoveOn, MoveOn.org, wind power, T Boone Pickens wind power, wind power T. Boone Pickens, alternative fuel, oil prices, New York Times, New York Times bias, gas prices, offshore drilling, energy crisis
Exxon Mobil earned $11.68 billion in three months—how'd you do?
July 31, 2008 - Poor Exxon Mobil. They just can't seem to catch a break. After reporting the largest quarterly profit in U.S. history...Filed under: Exxon, Exxon Mobile, Exxon Mobile Corp, Exxon Mobile Corporation, Exxon Corp, Exxon profits, Exxon record profits, Exxon price of oil, Exxon Iraq, Exxon Saudi Arabia, Exxon Iraq war, Exxon economy, economy Exxon, Exxon $4 gas, Exxon four dollar gas, Exxon gas, Exxon 14 percent, Exxon 14%, Exxon second quarter, Exxon second quarter profits, Exxon 2nd quarter, Exxon highest profits, Exxon 11.68 billion, 11.68 billion, Exxon 11 billion, Exxon Valdez
From The Room: Shamefully Ignorant About Energy
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...Filed under: energy, green, wind energy, Animal Farm, President Carter, gas, the price of gas, gas prices, record gas prices, Ted Kennedy
From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Back From Alaska
July 28, 2008 - You take a week off and the world goes nuts! I'll get to the media's Obamathon and "Barack Does Berlin" later this week. Bush went and reversed an executive order and the price of gas in my area dropped fifty cents...
From The Room: Notes from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: I Am No Economist
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...
WIN BIG with the new Economic Downturn scratch-offs!
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...Filed under: Florida lottery, Florida lottery gas for life, gas for life Florida lottery, gas for life lottery, gas for life Florida State Lottery, Florida State Lottery gas for life, Florida State Lottery, gas prize Florida lottery, Florida lottery gas prize, gas for life prize, gas for life Florida, Florida gas for life, Florida gas for life prize, Summer Cash, Florida State Lottery Summer Cash, Summer Cash Florida State Lottery, rising gas prices, gas prices, oil prices, $4 gas, $4.30 gas, rising oil prices, price of gas, price of oil
From The Feed: Oil companies are the real heroes (video)
July 7, 2008 - John Stossel, the co-anchor of ABC's "20/20", dropped by "Larry King Live" to praise oilmen...Filed under: Big Oil, Stossel, Chevron, oil, global warming, gas prices, energy, CNN, John Stossel, Larry King Live, rising gas prices, oil companies, heroes, price of oil
From The Room: Thank You, Mr. Oil Speculator for Saving My Baby's Life
July 4, 2008 - If the energy company CEOs, oil speculators, and Saudi princes ever needed a great PR line, it's now. And here 'tis. Oil Companies: In the Business of Saving Lives The bad news: Fuel prices have skyrocketed. The good news: You're around not to afford them Yessiree. Tha...Filed under: offshore drilling, offshore drilling ban, offshore oil drilling, oil drilling, Anwar, Anwr, Aner, oil, U.S., politics, George W. Bush, Alaska drilling, drilling ban, King Abdullah, King Abdullah oil prices, oil prices, price of oil, Saudi Arabia oil, Saudi Arabia oil prices, tax on oil, 4 dollars a gallon, $4 a gallon, high demand oil, OPEC, Al-Siyassah, John McCain offshore drilling, McCain offshore drilling, McCain oil, McCain offshore oil drilling
23/6 Video: Gas Buds
July 3, 2008 - Minor chords, major friends...
The good news: terrorists can't afford to fly planes full of high-priced fuel into our buildings
July 1, 2008 - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is warning Americans that high oil prices are here to stay: "Consumer countries have to adapt to the prices and the mechanisms of the market...Filed under: King Abdullah, King Abdullah oil prices, oil prices, price of oil, Saudi Arabia oil, Saudi Arabia oil prices, tax on oil, 4 dollars a gallon, $4 a gallon, high demand oil, OPEC, Al-Siyassah, John McCain offshore drilling, McCain offshore drilling, McCain oil, McCain offshore oil drilling
