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'Stupid' and Oil Prices - Obama's Forest Gump Anaylsis of Rising Oil Prices
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 2-24-2012 | Review and Outlook

Posted on 02/24/2012 8:40:30 AM PST by Arcy

'The American people aren't stupid," thundered President Obama yesterday in Miami, ridiculing Republicans who are blaming him for rising gasoline prices. Let's hope he's right, because not even Forrest Gump could believe the logic of what Mr. Obama is trying to sell.

We'd almost feel sorry for Mr. Obama's gas-price predicament if it weren't a case of rough justice. The President has deliberately sought to raise the price of energy throughout the economy via his cap-and-trade agenda. He is now getting his wish, albeit a little too overtly for political comfort. Mr. Obama has also spent three years blaming George W. Bush for every economic ill. If Mr. Obama now feels frustrated by economic events beyond his control, perhaps he should call Mr. Bush for consolation.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 7dollargas; bhofascism; bhosocialism; corruption; democrats; economy; energy; fraud; gasprices; nobama2012; obama; obamatruthfile; tyranny
Stupid is as stupid does. You guys should read the entire article; it's a blistering one!
1 posted on 02/24/2012 8:40:39 AM PST by Arcy
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To: Arcy

There’s nothing stupid about it. It’s a systematic dismantling of the American economy which is based largely on the price of petroleum. This socialist, green, rhetoric is merely a cover for what he’s really accomplishing.


2 posted on 02/24/2012 8:44:23 AM PST by bcsco
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To: Arcy

Newt Gingrich has to be careful when he talks about bringing back $2.50/gallon gasoline. The way the Federal Reserve and other Central Banks are printing money, in a year or two it might take $10.00 to buy what $2.50 currently buys. The point being that there is a monetary side to the oil problem as well as a oil supply problem.


3 posted on 02/24/2012 8:45:09 AM PST by NRG1973
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To: Arcy

The President is right: the American people aren’t stupid, and that’s why they won’t be making the same mistake again this November.


4 posted on 02/24/2012 8:46:34 AM PST by AtlasStalled
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To: Arcy

Fear not citizens - our fearless leader has decried that
POND SCUM (algae) will save us .......


5 posted on 02/24/2012 8:46:52 AM PST by njslim
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To: AtlasStalled

Don’t count on it....

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6 posted on 02/24/2012 8:50:46 AM PST by flatfish
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To: Arcy
I flipped to CNN where they delight in playing Obama's most dynamic statements as he makes points about his agenda.

In my opinion, he never really says anything.

Has anyone noticed this?

7 posted on 02/24/2012 8:59:22 AM PST by Baynative (Please check this out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIcZkEzc8I)
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To: njslim
Fear not citizens - our fearless leader has decried that POND SCUM (algae) will save us .......

Does that mean I don't have to keep trying to overinflate my tires anymore?

8 posted on 02/24/2012 9:05:09 AM PST by NRG1973
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To: Arcy

“Forrest Gump” is probably too generous. More like “Dumb and Dumber” or “The Three Stooges” on an especially bad day.


9 posted on 02/24/2012 9:05:34 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: flatfish

I’m fairly certain that it couldn’t have anything to do with no new refineries or closing of existing ones due to onerous EPA regs and enviro-whackos or gang-green efforts. Everytime they pull out the “it wouldn’t take effect for 10 years” canard, the can gets kicked down the road. Again. Nazis ended up being defeated due to lack of resources that they didn’t have. We have them but are denied access. Wake up America.


10 posted on 02/24/2012 9:07:10 AM PST by rktman
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To: Arcy

I loved it!!

And, yes it was pretty close to home for “O”


11 posted on 02/24/2012 9:14:57 AM PST by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: Arcy
Obama is an intellectual Pygmy.

The Lemmings who follow him know it to be true - that is
why they don't clamor for the release of his college grades.


12 posted on 02/24/2012 9:29:08 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
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To: Arcy

Barry Hussein gives a speech on oil and energy costs,and the next day our local Pilot station gas prices went from 3.59 to 3.75 a gallon.

Hope & change...whats not to like?!


13 posted on 02/24/2012 9:34:41 AM PST by 4yearlurker
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To: Arcy
OBAMA POWER ALGAE, OBAMA POWER ALGAE
14 posted on 02/24/2012 9:57:12 AM PST by FrankR (You are only enslaved to the extent of the entitlements you receive.)
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To: Arcy
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15 posted on 02/24/2012 10:55:47 AM PST by mdel747
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To: Baynative

In my opinion, he never really says anything.

Has anyone noticed this?

Well not really, just in every campaign speech, policy speech, news conference or State of the Union Address.


16 posted on 02/24/2012 12:48:21 PM PST by gnickgnack2 (QUESTION obama's AUTHORITY)
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To: NRG1973

Don’t worry about your tires——since Obamuzzie can make fuel from the scum around his own bathtub he’ll also be able to make tire rubber from the same slime. Kinda puts a whole new skid on “racing slicks “ doesn’t it? He’s gotta be making Slickwillie jealous as well as out grossing Bush 43 and his switchgrass fuel-——smoke it in your nose or car-—whatever?


17 posted on 02/24/2012 12:54:23 PM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: Arcy
'The American people aren't stupid," thundered President Obama

They kinda were on November 4, 2008.

18 posted on 02/24/2012 11:26:46 PM PST by denydenydeny (The more a system is all about equality in theory the more it's an aristocracy in practice.)
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To: gnickgnack2
In my opinion, he never really says anything.

Only because it's so dumbed down. It's pure collectivism and Marxism but it's pared down to a near-childlike level of "moving the money around" and "helping folks out" etc.

It's Das Kapital as performed by the Teletubbies.

19 posted on 02/24/2012 11:31:50 PM PST by denydenydeny (The more a system is all about equality in theory the more it's an aristocracy in practice.)
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To: Arcy; onyx; TitansAFC; b9; Gator113; Marcella; katiedidit1; annieokie; true believer forever; ...

The ultimate truth is that Obama JUST doesn’t care if the Americans pay 4, 5, or $6 per gallon to fill their car tanks ...

He has just taken a flight to California for a fundraiser dinner with Hollywood stars; the Air Force One used at least 53,000 gallons of jet fuel for it...

Guess WHO pays for the gas?

The anti-domestic energy politics of Obama administration knows no bounds.

Last year, the Department of Justice filed suit against three oil and gas companies in North Dakota for alleged violations of the Migratory Bird Act, charged the companies with killing EIGHT migratory birds found dead on property near their reserve pits. The criminal charges carried fines and, potentially, prison terms.

Continental Resources was changed with “taking” a single Say’s Phoebe, a small bird the size of a sparrow. Brigham Oil & Gas, L.P. was charged with taking two Mallard Ducks. Finally, Newfield Production Company was charged with taking two Mallard ducks, one Red-Necked Duck, and one Northern Pintail duck.

None of those birds are on the endangered species list.
Meanwhile thousands of birds are killed each year by commercial airlines, and by wind turbines.
The DOJ never filed action against the airline companies for killing birds!

Read more at

http://www.newt.org/news/gingrich-requests-house-investigation-of-doj-over-potential-abuse-of-power-against-north-dakota-oil-companies/


20 posted on 02/24/2012 11:42:29 PM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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