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The Short Goodbye

11.13.06 @ 12:01AM

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A lot of folks don't even wonder why, up until the late '60s and early '70s, the cost of oil was quite stable, and quite low. Could it be because up until about that time, the oil companies controlled the oil well heads? It wasn't until after the nationalization of oil wells in the '50s-'60s, and the formation of the Oil Cartel (OPEC), that we saw the oil embargoes, shortages, gas lines, and exponentially rising energy costs. Follow the money.

Besides, if BushCo really could manipulate the cost of energy, they would have "started" the decrease at the beginning of the summer (or earlier) and used that as a selling point. It would have giving BushCo MONTHS to brag about all they've done for us. But if one recalls, and yes, it was so long ago, the price of gas didn't start falling until AFTER the peak in the hurricane season, at which point the futures people realized the doom and gloom predictions weren't going to materialize, and the supply of oil wasn't going to go down from the ravages of hurricanes. One should also recall that gas prices rise every summer in response to anticipated summer driving/vacation demands (that damnable supply and demand again!), but that would also require some cognitive ability beyond "Bush did it!"
-- Karl F. Auerbach
Eden, Utah

TAP TAP
Re: Peter Hannaford's Not Long for This World:

I still have the Smith Corona portable typewriter I talked my parents into giving me for my birthday in 1975. It still works and I still occasionally use it -- there are some jobs I just can't get a computer and printer to do. But just try and get a fresh ribbon.
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

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