The two points do not connect at all .

Good grief - have you ever taken a business of economics course - any 101 or lower level course should have covered it.

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Tell me you know nothing about basic economics without actually saying, "I know nothing about basic economics."

Wait, you just did!

This one's pretty amazing, even for bgreene.

Republican Big Oil is GLAD it cost YOU a fortune to fill your auto tank.
Because Republican Big Oil is making a fortune off you !!!
While they sit back and laugh as Dems take the blame.

Fact, true painful as it is.

Dems are taking the blame because Dems ARE to blame. Remember just over a year ago and $2.69 a gallon gas? When did it start to rise? Hmmm... let me think.... Oh yes.. the very first day that Biden took office and canceled all the drilling and pipelines and such.

And if big Oil is getting rich, as you claim, isn't it likely that they are really Democrat Big Oil since the Democrats are in office and they started getting rich when they (the Dems) took power? They lost money during the Trump years and now you claim they are making lots of money. So what party is allowing them to make all that money?

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Big Oil overwhelmingly donates to the Republican Party - look it up- FACT.

Big Oil does NOT want cheap prices or to drill so as to flood the market - they lose money.

Big Oil is making a fortune now - on us ! And they love it !

Once again, would you expect a business sector to donate to a bunch of destructive, misguided ideologue fools, who have made it clear that they are all about completely killing the fossil fuel industry - putting it out of business? And this, before there is anything like adequate alternative energy sources?

You are sounding ever more deranged in your ignorant proclamations about the oil industry, but go ahead and support the draconian campaign to raise our energy costs and brutally punish the poor and middle income people who do the work you probably couldn't do even if you would "lower" yourself to try to do it.

“ deranged “…..” ignorant “ writes scook about me .
Where are the insult police ????
Help ! Help officer !!! Scookie’s being mean !!!

Ok Scookie …..you’re under arrest . But I’m a Trump lover replies scookie !!!
That’s fine says the police officer, we’ll put you in the same cell with him.

Has it ever occurred to you to cut the complete BS and actually respond to the post?

Has it ever occurred to you that by supporting Trumps lies you’re contributing towards weakening our nation ?

Really? that might be interesting to hear. Please explain how supporting President Trump weakens our nation.

I remember not that long ago when he was the President that unemployment was the lowest in 40 years. Black and Hispanic unemployment was at historic lows, Business's were coming back to the United States. We were an oil exporting nation. Gas was 2.49 a gal. There was no inflation. Even with the pandemic the grocery stores shelves were full. Regulations were lifted to allow operation Warp Speed to proceed at full throttle that resulted in a workable vaccine long before other nations. The southern border was semi-secure. Not 100% but we were building a wall to make it 100%. That's just a small sample of how Trump "weakened" our Country. So please, by all means, do tell us how you think supporting him weakens our Nation.

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Keeping an open mind isn’t the same as supporting, and it’s looking way less like a lie and way more like law enforcement should take it seriously.

You won’t take it seriously because it doesn’t support your biased, conspiracy theory narrative, but rational, non-far left people are.

And you still evade and deflect instead of cutting your incessant BS and actually answering posts.

What’s this ? Scook posting the term “ BS “ !!!!
Has the Great Pumpkin risen from the Pumpkin Patch ??
Quick destroyer ……start crying foul !!!

Trump wants to gain absolute power and will insert yes men / women into every position he can until he becomes autocrat .

So here is bgreene, very much doing word games, faking outrage and then repeating his favorite conspiracy theory.

You’re wrong as usual - I’m not “ faking outrage “ at all - I expect insults from you based on your posting history .

You’d benefit if you viewed my (and others’) comments as helpful suggestions.

Amazing how far we have fallen in the Biden era.

Presidents are in large part …..both victims and benefit from the times of their service .
Some of their policies are transformative, some good, some bad. Some forced to deal with war, some must raise and set new taxes ( as Bush Sr found out ), some stuck with economic decline .

Covid hit during trump …..and of course fewer Americans would have died if trump followed his oath to protect and defend as first priority . Instead while HE KNEW it would be a pandemic, he LIED saying “ it was under control , it would just go away, mixed messages on masks and on and on. Bad that’s another TRUE story. Yes trump supported the pharma companies through operation warp speed to devise vaccines, but of course to take credit.

Never missing a chance to lie about Trump. He was a very strong cheerleader for America, and given his best information at the time, encouraging people to move ahead.

On to specific lies - Trump executed like an executive should and pressed hard to get vaccines created, which he did on the timeline he predicted. He took credit for what he accomplished. Biden and the other lying democrats LIED, calling it the Trump vaccine and LYING ignorantly about its safety. Hmmm, I wonder how many lives that cost?

Since you LOVE Big Oil - they’d be happy to charge YOU $10 per gallon of regular fuel .

Is this what passes for discussion, or anything like useful discourse in your mind?

Since you throw nearly non stop personal insults scook - you deserve nothing.
You’ve earned personal insults in return ……but instead I’ll just tell you to “ go have a cookie- scookie “

As usual, you are unable to engage the subject.

https://www.johnstossel.com/pumping-up-prices/


And with that said, the pResident is again turning to the socialist dictatorship Venezuela for oil, lifting sanctions on the country from which the US has imported NO OIL since May, 2019. From near energy independence to reliance on oil from a socialist dictatorship in 3 years. What's pResident Biden been doing to destroy America? A lot!

That’s so obvious that you shouldn’t need to post it, and the one who does need to hear it is so blinded by ignorance and bias that it won’t affect his thinking. Sad.

“ blinded by ignorance “ Claims Scook
Hahahah you’re a funny guy - now go get your shine box

Bias and ignorance. You demonstrate you ignorance about business and economics convincingly.

The videos embedded in this opinion piece contain testimony from Biden's hand-picked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. She evades answering questions about gas prices, oil leases, and environmental impacts from developing foreign versus domestic energy.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archiv...ot-be-said.php

Don't bother condemning the messenger. Listen yourself to Haaland's own remarks and try to convince me that the administration isn't harpooning domestic energy. And to think that we were nearly energy independent a few short years ago. As Obama said, elections have consequences. One of those consequences is the appointment of incompetents to important federal positions, and the adoption of policies that hurt Americans.

You’re boring scookie - go have a cookie

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