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ABC Heralds $3.43-A-Gallon Gas, Forget Prices Spiked Under Obama
Gasoline continues streak above $3-a-gallon - 1,349 days by Labor Day.
Published: 8/27/2014 3:02 PM ET
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The news media think that because gas prices have fallen to an average of $3.43-a-gallon there is room to rejoice, even as the record streak of gas prices above $3-a-gallon continues. By Labor Day that record will stand at 1,349 days.
ABC?s ?Good Morning America? praised the ?nice surprise? of lower gas prices on Aug. 26, just in time for Labor Day weekend.
Host George Stephanopoulos said, ?Everyone?s trying to squeeze some fun out of these last weeks of summer and when you fill up the car this Labor Day weekend you?ll get a nice surprise at the pump.?
Rebecca Jarvis continued, saying that forecasts say gas prices will be ?at their lowest level in four years.? But on Labor Day 2010, the national average was far lower: $2.68-per-gallon, according to AAA data.
Still, Jarvis pointed out that per gallon prices are 16 cents cheaper than last Labor Day which will be a ?nice relief? for the 29.7 million Americans traveling. However, that?s a savings of just $2.40 per fill up if the vehicle has a 15-gallon gas tank, barely enough for a bottle of soda or water at a gas station. Those same 15 gallons of gas will cost roughly $11.25 more this year than Labor Day 2010.
ABC?s glee over gas prices falling to around $3.40-a-gallon failed to remember that gas prices used to be far lower. Lower prices than that used to be called ?eye-popping? by the broadcast networks.
When President Barack Obama took office, gas was at $1.84-a-gallon after a price collapse. They?ve since climbed and remained well above $3-a-gallon for more than three years.
High gas prices were one of the ways the networks talked down the strong Bush economy. In 2006, all three networks devoted coverage to the ?skyrocketing? gas prices and also lashed out at oil companies asking, ?Is Big Oil gouging you?? One California man filled up his pickup for $3.41-a-gallon and told NBC ?They should start handing out knives to cut your arm and leg off.?
In 2005, NBC aired multiple ?Pain at the Pump? segments complaining about gas prices above $2-a-gallon. On May 19, 2005, ?Nightly News? actually blamed President George W. Bush for those high gas prices.
In fact, the broadcast networks linked Bush to rising oil prices 15 times more than they did Obama in similar time periods.
In early 2013, when gas prices were very high, around $3.70-a-gallon, ABC acknowledged that high gas prices hurt the economy and can reduce consumer spending.
? Julia A. Seymour is Assistant Managing Editor for the Business and Media Institute at the Media Research Center. Follow Julia A. Seymour on Twitter.
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You are a complete Buffoon!
Stopped exploration on Fed land. Stopped Keystone. Stopped coal. Stopped New Refineries through Gestapo EPA. etc.. etc...
Gas is down because of PRIVATE EXPLORATION ON PRIVATE LAND DORK!
Has Nothing to do with that zero in the White House..
Why do I have to deal with you libtards every day... :facepalm:
ummm seems like it had a big to do when gas was up
lets give credit where credit is due.
meanwhile the neo cons are voting to nukee Russia for their efforts in the Ukraine
war mongers beating the drums
guarantee if Mittster was in there he would have been in Iran and Russia by now
WWIII
:scared
U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday as Wall Street started the second half of the year with the Dow rising to within two points of 17,000, as data showed expansion in U.S. manufacturing and better-than-expected sales for major U.S. automakers.
The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday that President Barack Obama's foreign policy is in "absolute free fall" in the face of challenges in Iraq, China and Russia.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) cited in particular Obama's lack of a plan for dealing with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
"We have a serious host of problems presenting itself, and our traditional allies are now standing up and saying, well, maybe America is not the best one to lead us through these troubles," Rogers said on "Fox News Sunday.":SIB
"There have been plans on the table, the president just did not want to get engaged in any way. That is a decision, that is a policy, that is a strategy -- and it's not working," Rogers said.
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This neo con is ready for some war !!!!
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) cited in particular Obama's lack of a plan for dealing with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
"We have a serious host of problems presenting itself, and our traditional allies are now standing up and saying, well, maybe America is not the best one to lead us through these troubles," Rogers said on "Fox News Sunday.":SIB
"There have been plans on the table, the president just did not want to get engaged in any way. That is a decision, that is a policy, that is a strategy -- and it's not working," Rogers said.
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This neo con is ready for some war !!!!
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) criticized President Barack Obama for saying the administration lacks a plan to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and called for expanded airstrikes in both countries.
Appearing on CBS' "Face the Nation," McCain said, "We now are facing the largest, most powerful, wealthiest terrorist organization in history, and it's going to require some very strong measures to defeat them. And they must be defeated, not contained."
McCain called on Obama to take a number of steps, most of them military actions, to stop the group -- including sending in U.S. special operations forces, arming Kurdish fighters in Iraq's north, launching airstrikes in Syria as well as in Iraq, and arming the Free Syrian Army, a so-called moderate group fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.:SIB
"Iraqis will fight, but there has to be a strategy and a policy to implement that strategy," said McCain. "I think it starts with understanding that this is a direct threat to the United States of America."
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McCain ready to get Dickie Cheney and Haliburtone and go drop some big bombers
Start the war machine neo cons ...........
well maybe not for the next two years anyway
Hillary may get us involved though. She loves the war machines also.
follow the money
Appearing on CBS' "Face the Nation," McCain said, "We now are facing the largest, most powerful, wealthiest terrorist organization in history, and it's going to require some very strong measures to defeat them. And they must be defeated, not contained."
McCain called on Obama to take a number of steps, most of them military actions, to stop the group -- including sending in U.S. special operations forces, arming Kurdish fighters in Iraq's north, launching airstrikes in Syria as well as in Iraq, and arming the Free Syrian Army, a so-called moderate group fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.:SIB
"Iraqis will fight, but there has to be a strategy and a policy to implement that strategy," said McCain. "I think it starts with understanding that this is a direct threat to the United States of America."
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McCain ready to get Dickie Cheney and Haliburtone and go drop some big bombers
Start the war machine neo cons ...........
well maybe not for the next two years anyway
Hillary may get us involved though. She loves the war machines also.
follow the money
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Let's give credit where credit is due...Seriously STFU... It's buffoons like you that vote and put
incompetence like Obama in power to fk this country up... Do us all a favor and keep your ineptitude to yourself..
excuse me
what happened to freedom of speech ?
do you want to trade that in for war games ?
America finally stopped butting in where nothing can be done. Let them kill each other and not our troops for nothing like Iraq and dickie and George w did.
America has stopped being a leader for other countrys. No we just stopped fighting wars for others and spending trillions.
Fill you tank up and smile Rock a baby
you owe it to yourself
you fucking mutant
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You have all the freedom in the world to speak as a dumbass. You have that down to a science!
Buffoons like you on the IQ short bus having any say about who our political leaders are going to be is :scared...
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I didnt know I was posting with Einstein.
what are your credentials for being so smart ?
maybe I will have to reevaluate you'r expertise in the political spectrum ?
:142smilie:142smilie
...hmmmmm.
From KOD:
From the Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/articles/fed-gap-between-rich-poor-americans-widened-during-recovery-1409853628
I thought income inequality and the rich getting richer was a Republican thing......
But hey, this recovery "thingey" is going great. As of Friday, labor participation rate is at the lowest it has been since 1978 and there are 93 Million Americans NOT in the labor force.
Add this to if (again from the WSJ)
But wait, it gets worse, because according to the WSJ, roughly one in three U.S. workers is now a freelancer.
Wait, how many?
Fifty-three million Americans, or 34% of the nation?s workforce, qualify as freelancers, according to a new report from the Freelancers Union, a nonprofit organization, and Elance-oDesk Inc., a company that provides platforms for freelancers to find work. These individuals include independent contractors, temps, and moonlighters, among others.
Wheeee - hopey-changey!!!!!
From KOD:
From the Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/articles/fed-gap-between-rich-poor-americans-widened-during-recovery-1409853628
I thought income inequality and the rich getting richer was a Republican thing......
But hey, this recovery "thingey" is going great. As of Friday, labor participation rate is at the lowest it has been since 1978 and there are 93 Million Americans NOT in the labor force.
Add this to if (again from the WSJ)
But wait, it gets worse, because according to the WSJ, roughly one in three U.S. workers is now a freelancer.
Wait, how many?
Fifty-three million Americans, or 34% of the nation?s workforce, qualify as freelancers, according to a new report from the Freelancers Union, a nonprofit organization, and Elance-oDesk Inc., a company that provides platforms for freelancers to find work. These individuals include independent contractors, temps, and moonlighters, among others.
Wheeee - hopey-changey!!!!!
