Media In Tank For Obama On Gas Prices
Apr 2, 2012 Political
Richard Thaler, who has informally advised the Obama Regime, has a piece up at The New York Times where he discusses gas prices and tells us why they are out of any president’s control. He discusses the market and the supply and demand aspects and he even throws out the inaccurate claim about us having 2% of the world’s oil but using 20%.
He is doing something now that he and the rest of the Democrat controlled media refused to do under George Bush, and that is to defend the leader over higher gas prices. The major reason is that a Democrat is in the White House.
When George Bush was in the White House and gas prices went up the Democrats and their media allies blamed it all on Bush, or as the talking points from the Democrats called them, the two oil men in the White House. Here is a video of Democrats blaming George Bush. If you look closely one of them is Barack Obama (he remains pretty good at blaming Bush).
The New York Times did not write any articles claiming that no president controls gas prices. None of the Democrat media rushed in to point out the items Thaler claims in his article. No, the media were more than happy to pile on and Blame Bush. It was the two oil men in the White House and their policies that caused the high gas prices.
Now that poor little Barry Obama is in there and prices are rising they all have to come to his defense. While doing so, they also point out that higher prices will mean little in the next election (but just in case they need to point out that no president is to blame).
The same media were busy during the Bush years pointing out how higher gas prices would hurt him in the midterm election.
This is what happens when the media are part of the political party.
Let’s help Thaler out a bit. This article discusses the lies that Obama has told (one of which Thaler repeated) regarding our energy. Note the numbers reported by folks in the business.
Let us also tackle the claim that gas prices are out of president’s control. Barack Obama prefers higher gas prices. He can claim that he is working for the little guy and that he wants gas prices to drop but if he does it is only short term and that term is until Election Day. If he gets reelected then prices will go up and he will not mind a bit. He will not have to answer to voters and he can go all in on his energy desires. How did he put it? Oh yeah, he will have more flexibility.
Obama does not have a problem with higher prices. He just wishes they had risen more gradually. His policies are designed to have an increase in prices so people will want more of the failed green energies he is pushing and so that more will buy the failed Chevy Volt, the car produced by Government Motors.
Obama’s EPA is pushing policies that will cause all energy prices to skyrocket (something Obama admitted would happen under his policies) and this is one reason we have higher gas prices. Another is the moratorium on drilling. Obama and his toadies claim there is more drilling going on but any drilling is under items approved under George Bush and is being done on private land, something over which Obama has little control.
Gas is a global commodity over which presidents have little control. However, policies can affect the domestic cost of it and Obama is more than happy to see the cost of gasoline increase though he prefers it to be gradual. He might also like to see it come down before the election but once he has more flexibility he will work to force us into smaller cars or alternate energies by working to increase the price of fossil fuels.
That is what he has said, that is what he wants, and that is what he will do.
No matter how much Richard Thaler and the rest of the Obama media claim to the contrary, Obama is affecting prices and there is no doubt the media are covering for him.
Just ask George Bush, one of the oil men who lived in the White House.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: blame bush, Bush, Democrats, energy policies, gas prices, lies, media, new york times, Obama
When Gas Was High Under Bush He Was A Big Oil Man
Mar 20, 2012 Political
Gas prices went up under George Bush’s presidency and the left went nuts. They blamed it on Bush and Cheney because, as Nancy Pelosi attributed it, two oil men were in the White House. Yes, Pelosi and the rest of the brain dead liberals (but I repeat myself) blamed the high prices on Bush, Cheney and oil companies gouging consumers. The left initiated a few investigations into this so called gouging only to find out that it never took place.
As an aside, I made the point then and I make it again now, the only one gouging in all this is the government. State and federal government get many multiples of oil company profits in gasoline taxes. We pay them a lot of money and they do nothing to earn it. Martin O’Malley of Maryland is looking to raise gas taxes even higher to fuel (pun intended) his welfare state initiatives and big spending programs.
Bush has been out of office for more than three years but the left continues to blame him for everything. No matter the problem, to the left it is Bush’s fault.
Ironically, the left never gives him credit for anything he put in place that worked out well for them (like getting Bin Laden).
Gas prices are at an all time high for the month of March. The average is near $4.00 a gallon and the price has topped five (and is close to six) dollars in some places in the country.
Now the left, which was quick to blame Bush for the high prices under his tenure, is just as quick to tell us that presidents have little control over the cost of gasoline. It is amazing how quickly their tune changed when a Democrat suffers high prices.
As another aside, the high prices under Bush took place when Democrats controlled Congress.
The price people pay for gas is skyrocketing (something Obama and his regime want) and it is now an anchor around his neck. He keeps claiming that things are getting better and he saved the world from collapse but people on the ground, those whose children can’t jet off to a holiday in Mexico on taxpayer money, can see what things cost and how the cost is impacting their lives.
Obama falsely claims that drilling is up during his watch. The drilling is taking place on private lands as a result of what Bush did. Obama banned drilling in the Gulf, refused a pipeline, and has kept our oil rich lands off limits to oil drilling.
Obama’s policies have hampered our efforts to get more of our oil on the market.
He is doing it to force us into the green energies that he keeps wasting taxpayer money on.
Who will the left blame for the rising gasoline prices? It is not Bush’s fault and the left insists that presidents (at least Democrat presidents) can’t control gas prices so who will the left blame?
The left can set its sights on speculators but it loses credibility when one considers that the left discounted them and continued to blame Bush during his time in office.
Obama and his dim witted Democrats are playing politics at a time when the price of gas is hitting all time highs. They are desperately looking for scapegoats so they can keep Obama in office.
But the reality is that Obama is to blame. His policies have damaged the economy even further and he is rocketing us toward a Socialist state where government controls everything.
He is working us into a frenzy using the Cloward-Piven strategy.
It is time to work hard to dump this man before we end up living like Obama’s brother.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: Bush, cheney, gas prices, hypocrites, Obama, oil men, Pelosi
Big Oil Obama Allows Gas Prices To Rise
Apr 18, 2011 Political
Barack Obama is in bed with Big Oil and he is allowing them to manipulate oil prices so that we have to pay more at the pump. The price of a gallon of gas is inching up to the $4.00 mark which it has eclipsed in several localities including Washington, DC. It looks like this is the result of having an oil man in the White House, a man beholden to the Big Oil companies.
I will pause while the Obama supporting liberal/progressives catch their breath and work on their defense of Big Oil Obama.
When George Bush was the President and gas prices went up (to $2.80 a gallon when Democrats began complaining), the liberals were fond of going in front of the cameras (often leaving their tax payer funded gas guzzlers running to stay cool inside) and bashing George Bush and Dick Cheney as Big Oil men who were allowing their buddies in the oil industry to manipulate prices so that the cost of gasoline would go up and make their buddies rich.
McCumber joined Speaker Pelosi Monday to dramatize the tough times businesses are having because of fuel costs. The speaker blames what she labels the Bush-Cheney big oil agenda, using graphics to point out gasoline prices have more than doubled in the Bush administration.
“This is a scam of the greatest magnitude,” says Speaker Pelosi. ABC 7
Now that Obama is in the White House this MUST be the reason for the rise in gas prices. There can be no other explanation because the liberals already told us that the rise in gas prices is the result of having a Big Oil man in the White House. It is they who made the claim so they cannot change the reasons now.
Barack Obama must be a Big Oil puppet who is allowing his friends in the oil industry to manipulate gas prices so they can get rich.
More liberal Bush gas price info here, here, here, and here.
I am willing to bet that these liberals will not be out bashing Obama the way they bashed Bush. They will have some excuse to present for the spike that has nothing to do with their messiah.
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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Tags: big oil, Bush, Democrats, gas prices, lies, Obama, Pelosi
Gas Prices Up Nothing To See Here
Dec 11, 2010 Political
Remember when George Bush was president and the Democrats took control of Congress? Gas prices started to rise and the Democrats claimed Bush and Cheney were in bed with big oil and causing gas prices to rise. Democrats were in control of Congress when the prices went up (and when the economy collapsed) but they continued to blame the price increase on Bush.
It was a daily ritual for some Democrat to be chauffeured to a gas station a block or two from the Capitol and then leave the car running to keep it cool inside while they got out and railed against Bush and the high gas prices. How many times did the Democratically controlled Congress launch investigations because they believed price gouging was going on? They were livid about the rise in prices and it was all because of Bush, Cheney, and the evil oil companies.
Since Barack Obama has been in office (just shy of two years) the price of gas has gone up about $1.00 a gallon (a 64% increase). I have not seen any Democrats standing at gas stations railing against Obama and his ties to the evil oil companies. I have not seen them launching investigations into gouging by the oil companies. In fact, I have not heard a peep from them about Obama’s rising gas prices.
I did not think Bush had much to do with past prices just as Obama has little to do with them now (gas is a global commodity). But the prices now point to inflation that is heading our way. Keep in mind, they don’t count energy and food when they calculate inflation.
Then again, if Democrats take notice of the rise in prices they will just blame Bush.
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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Tags: Bush, gas prices, gouging, Obama
Democrat’s Plan Doubled Oil Prices
Jun 9, 2008 Political
On April 24th 2006, Nancy Pelosi released a press statement that was reported to address the Republican’s empty rhetoric with regard to gas prices. In the press release from over two years ago Nancy wrote:
“With record gas prices, record CEO pay packages, and record oil company profits, Speaker Hastert and the Majority Congress continue to give the American people empty rhetoric rather than join Democrats who are working to lower gas prices now.
“Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.”
It is now June of 2008 and the price of oil has doubled in the last year and it is up 44% since January. If the Democrats had a plan (I highly doubt that) then they either forgot to implement it or it was implemented and was a horrible failure. Much like any other time Democrats claim to have a plan, they are long on talk and short on action. In fact, are usually lying about what they “plan” to do. There is a lie up front in the price gouging claim. They have conducted about a dozen investigations and have found no price gouging. The only gouging is by state and federal governments who reap trillions of dollars in taxes and don’t have to do anything for the money.
The real thing we need to know is why has the plan not been implemented? If it has, why has it not worked and what kind of plan was it to give us such huge increases? Nancy Pelosi promised America that she and her Democrats had a plan and now things are worse than they were a year ago. I think I can speak for everyone when I answer why this is the case.
Empty rhetoric…
Here is an idea. Drill here, drill now, pay less.
Tags: empty rhetoric, gas prices, lies, oil prices, Pelosi