"What I think the president ought to do [when gas prices spike] is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots...And the president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price." - george w. bush, 01.26.2000

Since Bush took office, gas prices have increased 62.5% from $1.44 per gallon in January 2001..." - http://www.countercurrents.org/po-pringle280406.htm

Crude falls slightly as dollar rises but supply concerns remain; retail gasoline hits record $3.418 a gallon.

Crude rose to a new trading record of $115.54 overnight as the dollar fell to a new low against the euro, but later pulled back when the dollar strengthened. - April 17, 2008, http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/17/markets/oil.ap/index.htm

That remembers me , I once asked the question : How come they killed Kennedey and G.W Bush is still alive after all that crazyness? One answer was; Because Kennedey didn't have the bad guys on it's side.

Obviously The bushe's family are making big profits being in the petroleum business, and they are not gonna tell their (bad) plans.

"Yeah, Samson slew the Philistines with your jawbone."

~ Fred Sanford, to Aunt Esther

quote:

Originally posted by DorianGreyed:

Crude rose to a new trading record of $115.54 overnight as the dollar fell to a new low against the euro, but later pulled back when the dollar strengthened. - April 17, 2008, http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/17/markets/oil.ap/index.htm[/i]

Oh, good. Oil is paid for in dollars, not euros Suits us just fine.