Heart attack...almost

[KillerFord1977]

A Teen age son, and gas cost me $405 in groceries yesterday and $52 in fuel.
Paper towels, trash bags and household supplies really add to a bill. All that stuff went up big time. Wife usually orders from Amazon that stuff, but this time it wasnt much of a savings

 

[HayesGreener]

The same bunch of idiots seem intent on running the country into the ground every time they get into office. There have been 14 presidents in my lifetime. I served under 8 of them. Not since 1980 have I seen the economy and national security in such shambles

 

[KillerFord1977]

The same bunch of idiots seem intent on running the country into the ground every time they get into office. There have been 14 presidents in my lifetime. I served under 8 of them. Not since 1980 have I seen the economy and national security in such shambles

Yeah, Pres Carter is thankful Biden came along. No longer can Carter be at the helm of one of the worst economic presidencies.
Biden dethroned him

 

[belladonna]

Like many of you, I feel sorry for the young folks (like some of you are!). We are retired, so if gas goes up we can simply drive less. Working people need to get to work, though.

Sometimes I think the powers that be (and this is not our current figurehead President) are working hard to “fundamentally change” our country. After all, they told us that was what they were going to do. I liked it better when we had more respect for our LEO’s, had more pride in our country, and appreciated what had been passed down to us. The most important thing we can do as citizens is stay informed and vote. Hopefully we can still make things better for the generations following us.

You said it beautifully.

 

[Area52]

Remember when The Scranton Kid was demonizing the oil companies claiming they were all profiting just before he sold out the strategic oil reserves?
2022 - sold off a record 180 million barrels
2023 - sold off 26 mil barrels

Sellout Joe‘s interests were in the global supply and though these sales are part of a mandate, his interests are not with the homeland. He claimed the sale was going to reduce US pump prices. How long did that 4¢ a gallon last?

Now it’s Sell low - buy high. The Admin claims it can get those lost millions of oil reserves barrels replenished for $70 bbl…in a market that’s selling in the +$92 bbl range and the top two foreign producers just agreed to lower production. So now what are they doing… courting South America to enrich the dictators seeking to offload their poor quality crude.

Retrospect: 2016 around $38 bbl, then by 2019 average was $58 bbl, 2020 it averaged back around to $37 bbl range.

 

[HayesGreener]

Remember when The Scranton Kid was demonizing the oil companies claiming they were all profiting just before he sold out the strategic oil reserves?
2022 - sold off a record 180 million barrels
2023 - sold off 26 mil barrels

Sellout Joe‘s interests were in the global supply and though these sales are part of a mandate, his interests are not with the homeland. He claimed the sale was going to reduce US pump prices. How long did that 4¢ a gallon last?

Now it’s Sell low - buy high. The Admin claims it can get those lost millions of oil reserves barrels replenished for $70 bbl…in a market that’s selling in the +$92 bbl range and the top two foreign producers just agreed to lower production. So now what are they doing… courting South America to enrich the dictators seeking to offload their poor quality crude.

Retrospect: 2016 around $38 bbl, then by 2019 average was $58 bbl, 2020 it averaged back around to $37 bbl range.

They stated their intent to wreck the fossil fuel industry but fail to anticipate the unintended consequences of their folly.

 

[Recusant]

 

[somorris]

Another thing I noticed was the President rescinded several oil leases in Alaska. Oil futures are probably shooting up in response.

 

[HayesGreener]

You know, the more I think about it, the less I think the administration has evil intent. I think their decisions can better be explained by Hanlon's Razor. Don't ascribe evil intent to that which can be explained by stupidity.