'FISH' OIL
Question: Since the oil prices (NYMEX Crude Oil) have taken a downward dive this week, with documented news and coverage that supplies have been increasing, then WHY-let me repeat-WHY are gas prices at the pumps still rising? Why is the price of everything else rising?
I am going to research into this one. That is in large part why I support the claim that there is market manipulation in play.
We [the consumer] are at the mercy of what the media tells us.
We are at the mercy of the fuel companies charging what they charge and changing those plastic cards on the gas-station pylon signs week in and week out (yes, Chevron, Exxon-Mobil, Shell-not that I'm naming names or anything).
We are at the mercy of paying tax dollars for the government and governing exchange market boards to investigate the meteoric rise of gas/fuel prices...only, it is about 8 months too late.
Thanks, I guess. Then again, what other choice do we have?
In my opinion, I think there is a cover-up. I think the media, oil executives, and government officials have caused inflation to accelerate faster by first instilling the 'fear', and then putting themselves in the 'position' to be the 'hero', if in fact we ever see reasonable prices again. What do I mean by 'fear?' When you watch the news, or hear on the radio, that the gas at your locale has risen again, what is your initial reaction? Yup, mine too. At this point, asking for lower prices is now like asking for the moon!
Cut the jargon! Cut the rhetoric! Are we in recession? Are we not? WHO CARES NOW! Give me a break! Media and government are wasting money talking and debating over the same thing, over and over, and over....
People are starving. People are losing homes and jobs. Debt is rising. Morale is low. Troops in Iraq are dying unnecessarily (yes, I don't think we don't need to be there anymore). People are flat out frustrated.
Prices are rising and quality is falling. I'm sorry, but I think it's lame for any CEO to receive over a $1 Million in any sort of compensation, especially when things are not going well, PERIOD!!!!!
And those congressional hearings on sports figures doping up with HGH or other performance enhancing drugs? C'mon! We are paying double for that kind of drama (1. our tax dollars; 2. tickets to games). BOO!!!!!!
I just think it funny that the buzz-words-of-the-day are "conserve" or "alternative". Why not focus on reducing waste? I'm not just talking about fuel, or uneaten food (especially in the food services industry), but all the drama listed above, and some I haven't even written about. We need to get out of a "buffet-style" mentality. I will say, if there is one thing that has fallen, I believe it's our values...but that is another topic to write on.
Ok, I may be a bit cynical here...mmm...ok, more like venting. I realize I have a lot of research ahead of me. But the feelings and reactions are real, and justified. Something just smells fishy, and it is not just the oil. Ya know, as if there weren't enough injustices in the world before this 'circus'.
So stay tuned....
(pssst...at least this blogger is still for free...+1 for the little man!)
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2 comments:
we don't need to be in iraq anymore?
Do a google search on Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge and see if you can find parallels between that and the inevitable Iraqi power vacuum that would be created by a US and coalition force withdrawal.
Hmmm...still not convinced. Even if I got myself to believe that line of thinking, that makes me less and less hopeful about the leaders we keep electing to office. Other reasons:
1. we need to get out of the "oil" mentality that is driving a great deal of our motives.
2. we are bleeding money. The cost of this war is somewhere probably in the trillions by now, which has translated to economic downturn and hardship for a good number of tax-paying citizens. We are so in debt with so many nations, i wouldn't be surprised if there was a headline "U.S. files for Bankruptcy".
3. If I were a parent of a soldier in Iraq, I would be more pissed off knowing that by staying there, we are probably making the situation worse. Withdrawing I think would help diffuse tension and aid in a more diplomatic approach. I support our troops, but only when we have a valid, justified reason to go. The news media even put out reports last week that we now initiated the war on bad premises/information. If the Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge situation is a valid reason, I would hope our government would actually tell the parents (and the nation) straight up.
3. To me, it is a "trying to take a speck out of your eye when there is a plank in mine" scenario. So it's more beneficial to spend money we almost virtually don't have to fix a problem that is not really affecting me, except on paper? Nope. To me, that's probably not the wisest stewardship at this point in time.
4. I think the problems we have at home, in U.S. far outweigh the problems there in Iraq. Being over there is like "babying" their people and leaders. If we learn to treat these nations with more dignity, I think we would have a lot more favorable outcomes. It is our human right to choose, not force.
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