Does the fact that Bush is from Texas and the gasoline prices are sky high mean anything to anyone?
373778
It means a bunch of his friends and his family is making a whole bunch of money.\n\nSticks and stones may break my bones, but the truth remains the same.
395980
Being from Texas, it puts him in a tough no-win spot. \n\nBush has typically been for NOT having the tighter controls.  He has a working relationship with the Mexican President.  \n\nBut this thing has turned into a firestorm of controversy.  There NEEDS to be some sort of answer to compromise as well as possible.\n\nYet another reason why you couldn't pay me enough money to be President!!!
922359
Quite possibly.  Because when Clinton was in office gas prices rose before the elections and dropped right after.... talk about a conspiracy :P
987024
George W. Bush has not had this country at the fore front of his  agenda . He has followed his own agenda and has had the support of his Republican congress to aid in that agenda . The country as a whole has suffered slow economic recovery , highest gas prices in our history , and  we as a Nation are disliked by other Nations due to his leadership and head strong do or die attitude . Its my way or the highway isn't working for him now and the polls are showing the nations feelings for him as a president . I would have to agree with you in saying he is right up there on top of the heap of useless presidents .
612855
Is this on Bush's list?\nMaybe he should make a test first, nuking, let's say, Texas, to see if you can actually see the oil.\n\n(just sarcasm, no offense meant)
332760
Exxon Mobile of Texas, and George Bush of Texas. Well since gas prices have tripled, I would say yes.
738771
Oh well that is obvious. \n Before the election I read an AP article that OPEC said it was going to be cutting oil production in late fall and that gas prices would go up. So Cheney is over there to give them the official go ahead.\n    Whatever the reason is you can be sure its not the reason they say he is going and that we will never ever know the real reason for him going.
506470
President Bush does not set the price of oil, hence the price of gas. The price is set by world demand for oil and the expected future demands (future markets), then add in a dash of political instability and gas prices rise.
532452
He's an American. I sincerely doubt it. He was born in Texas.
327498
No, you can blame Bush for his energy policy and his inaction. When the same thing happened to Clinton (the prices went up) he released the strategic reserves causing a glut and the prices came down. Bush is in California touting something that isn't going to be feasible for years. I do think that he and his family are profiting by this.
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As much as I don't like Bush, there isn't much he can do if we want to keep a free market economy.\n\nThe main reason prices are so high is the number of Americans who have bought huge gas guzzling cars.  If you or anyone you know drives an SUV or something similar, there's a big part of your answer.  The US government could levy heftier taxes on people who buy these cars.  And it can raise fuel efficiency standards, which free-marketeers, like the Wall Street Journal, deride as "telling Americans what kind of cars to buy."\n\nDemand is also higher than a decade ago because India, China and other large countries are industrializing at a very fast pace.  There are about 2 billion people in China and India alone.  The factories where they work use fossil fuels.  The cars they want to drive use fossil fuels.  The US government can't control this.\n\nSo demand is through the roof right now.\n\nAnd supply has been crimped by three main factors:\n\n* Speculators are driving up crude oil prices.  The price of crude -- which the US government cannot control -- is the biggest factor in the current price in creases.\n\n* There has been almost no investment in US refinery capacity in about 25 years.  Katrina didn't help.  This means gasoline is in relatively short supply.\n\n* The US Government, in an effort to alleviate foreign oil demand, has mandated the use of additives in fuel to "get more bang for the barrel."  Unfortunately the ethanol they've mandated is in short supply and we have a tarrif on imported ethanol, artificially raising its price.  The gov't could eliminate the tarrif.  The the tarrif is protecting farm states (where the corn is grown to produce the ethanol) as much as big oil.\n\nSo there's little the gov't can do in a short period of time to solve this problem (and I'm not a fan of this administration, so that's hard for me to admit).\n\nBut Americans can do lots more to conserve the stuff, thus driving down the price:\n* Stop buying big gas guzzling cars.\n* Consider walking, biking or public transport.\n* Push for a sensible energy strategy.  Last fall the government talked about tax incentives to big oil to do more drilling.  Now we want to tax their winfall profits.  We should have a policy that gives incentives to deliver tangible alternative, ideally renewable, sources.   Push your congressmen and senators.\n* Push your local communities to add bike lanes and other facilities for bikers (even if you can't cycle, maybe your neighbors can).\n* Push for public transportation.  I live in LA where public transport has been quashed by the rich of the Westside who refuse to allow a subway from downtown and the valley to the beaches because they're afraid of "the wrong kind of people."  But your town might be more open.
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The bastards are messing with us!  They are simply raising the prices to fatten up their wallets.  Their profits have raised by 30% and they keep changing the reasons for prices going up.  We never get a straight answer.  First its "a pipe broke and needs to be repaired so oil has gone up", then its "everyones using too much gas in their suvs", then its "we're negotiating to lower prices", um, excuse me but doesnt Bush OWN a refinery?
151134
Take a look at George Bush. He represents the state of Texas. The guy can barely talk.
309909
If we do, it will be chump change aimed at getting us off his back. \n\nFact remains - Bush has ties to the Oil Industry. He isnt going to bite the hand that has fed him. He will talk a big game, but in the end, there will be no change.\n\nAlthough I am upset with the prices, I also must add that we do live in a capitalist society. The companies can charge whatever they want to charge us for gas, and the govt shouldnt be allowed to tell them to charge otherwise. This infringes on the rights of the companies under the free law of capitalism. IT IS OUR FIGHT TO FIGHT! We dont need to by gas from them if they are going to charge ridiculous prices. I understand that not everybody can take Pub Trans, but we can do our part to conserve gas and boycott companies. As a group (consumers) we need to organize and protest/boycott the companies that are raping our wallets. We cant expect the Govt to do a damn thing about it - they are in on it! Dont think for a moment that your (cuz he aint mine! I didnt vote for him!) President isnt getting rich from the price of oil right now too.....
964990
It's his country, so yes I think so. Bush is president of the U.S.A not the entire world, it's none of our business how he ran his country.
436887
vote... all this middle eastern saber rattling is driving the prices sky high...\n\nhe obviously doesn't have money to invest in "alternative fuel" vehicles... what are you people smoking?
507692
Liberals don't think, they feel. As you point out, they think Bush is responsible for everything. That is because most attended a government sanctioned child abuse center, aka public school. Thus, you will get idiots replying that this was a "war for oil".  If so, then the price of gas would be around $1.00 a gallon.  Simple supply and demand.  \n\nLet's take a look at a few facts.  First, the cost of crude oil for each gallon of gas sold in this country has gone up from about 35 cents per gallon in 1999 to $1.59 per gallon in 2006.   So ... crude oil prices go up by 454% over a period of seven years.  How much did gas prices go up during the same period?  Try 162%.  Looks to me like things could be worse.\n\nSo ... did George Bush set those crude oil prices?  Did the oil companies go out there and set the prices that high?  Helllloooo!  Do you think the oil producing countries like Saudi Arabia might have had anything to do with it?  Is it possible that the ever-increasing worldwide demand for crude oil was a factor?  How about the fact that oil exploration slowed several years ago when crude was selling for under $20 a barrel?  Now that the price is so much higher many more companies are getting into the exploration business ... but it takes somewhere around 5 years from discovery of an oil deposit to actual production.  The price of oil didn't start its uphill swing until about 2004.  Do the math.  You also have the fact that oil is a commodity that is traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange.  Traders have much to do about setting prices.  Do you suppose that George Bush is calling these traders in to coach them on just what those prices should be?  That's what the Democrats want you to believe.\n\nBesides, can Big Oil set the price, even if it wanted to?  As The Motley Fool points out on their website, there are dozens of publicly traded oil companies.  Add to that mix the government-owned oil companies like Saudi Aramco, and the hundreds of small private companies (my brother used to be the president of one such company) that are drilling around the world ... and the Democrats want you to believe that they all got together to set these crude prices?  Not one of these companies wants to seek an advantage in the market place by lowering their prices?\n\nThis is all about playing on the ignorance of the American people for political advantage.  These Democrats and most in the media know the score.  They understand the difference between gross profits and profit margins ... and they know that most Americans do not.