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Javaman

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26. and what do you say to the people that...
Wed Feb 15, 2012, 11:22 AM
Feb 2012

live 30 to 40 miles from there jobs and have no public transportation?

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4 to 5 bucks for gas coming!? [View all] unionworks Feb 2012 OP
The ecomomy seems to be recovering so the 1% who own the oil companies are trying to kill it liberal N proud Feb 2012 #1
In this case its not so much a Democrat as it is a black man doing a white mans job madokie Feb 2012 #9
Yep, that is really getting under their skin liberal N proud Feb 2012 #50
Or maybe it's due to speculation based on threats made by Iran abowsh Feb 2012 #67
... SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #85
It's almost $3.80 here so I'd believe it. ejpoeta Feb 2012 #2
We just paid $80.00 to fill the tank dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #66
At some point it's as inevitable as the sunrise.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #3
I remember 15 cents a gallon. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #10
I remember driving around with my dad as a kid Javaman Feb 2012 #20
I wonder what that would translate to in today's dollars E-Z-B Feb 2012 #48
A main reason why I am unemployed. When you have to decide on food and rent or gas to just look for sunwyn Feb 2012 #4
We have passed Peak Oil jimlup Feb 2012 #5
+1 Javaman Feb 2012 #21
That's no excuse for the supply manipulation uponit7771 Feb 2012 #40
Yes, that's what I see, too customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #6
And NJ has some of the lowest gas prices in the nation KamaAina Feb 2012 #61
Oh, yes, and full-serve to boot customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #70
Republican Stepdad always fills up in Jersey KamaAina Feb 2012 #72
BINGO! Right you are. nt Kahuna Feb 2012 #7
Actually, gas prices plummeted leading up to the election in 2008. Angleae Feb 2012 #8
you are correct unionworks Feb 2012 #14
Don't let facts get in the way abowsh Feb 2012 #69
Generally agreed except for the strategic oil reserve stuff taterguy Feb 2012 #11
+1 Javaman Feb 2012 #23
Price of oil (and therefore gasoline) isn't going up because of the election SmileyRose Feb 2012 #12
I have to wonder unionworks Feb 2012 #16
The crazies are merely a wealth keeping tool for the 1% SmileyRose Feb 2012 #73
Just another way libtodeath Feb 2012 #13
If gas goes to $5 per gallon, the Chinese will invade us... Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #15
thanks unionworks Feb 2012 #18
Would that be so bad? Javaman Feb 2012 #25
The word for "Welcome" is AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #56
Is there anything beer cant do? -Homer Simpson nt Javaman Feb 2012 #57
man girls with guns and boots my favorite. thanks. n/t. okieinpain Feb 2012 #28
I wonder why the girl in the middle is smiling, yet everyone else is stern looking. nt Selatius Feb 2012 #75
The question is why? Because we are making inroads into alternative fuels and relying less nanabugg Feb 2012 #17
I have the same theory unionworks Feb 2012 #19
I know that it sucks, but how long do you think cheap gas can last? cleanhippie Feb 2012 #22
Just sit there and kvetch about gas prices while they jack you around wood snake sadge Feb 2012 #24
and what do you say to the people that... Javaman Feb 2012 #26
THEIR jobs? Well... wood snake sadge Feb 2012 #27
you have nothing. Javaman Feb 2012 #31
What's life like on your planet? PVnRT Feb 2012 #58
yes because it's a buyer's market out there... I mean, employers are ejpoeta Feb 2012 #83
That's a world built on cheap oil: Ron Green Feb 2012 #32
That's all nice and good, but it doesn't answer my question... Javaman Feb 2012 #33
I'm afraid "outside the box" in this case means Ron Green Feb 2012 #36
Again, you don't answer the question... Javaman Feb 2012 #37
Your former suggestion is in the right direction, the latter one Ron Green Feb 2012 #38
I offer the second suggestion as a way to offset Javaman Feb 2012 #43
The housing industry is shifting to multiple dwelling units for rental FarCenter Feb 2012 #46
I'm aware of that, but at the same time, many cities who are experiencing growth... Javaman Feb 2012 #54
US cities will become more like European ones FarCenter Feb 2012 #59
You mean like it is now. Javaman Feb 2012 #60
I salute your efforts and your thoughtfulness Ron Green Feb 2012 #47
And that is the mission... Javaman Feb 2012 #53
How about people MOVING when where they live no longer is economically viable? yup its me Feb 2012 #64
so you are another who chooses to be rude. Javaman Feb 2012 #71
Affordable housing within city limits? That's the OPPOSITE of what (Dem!) City Administrations want. Leopolds Ghost Feb 2012 #74
City government is just as prone to being paid off as the US House or Senate. Selatius Feb 2012 #77
+1 nt Javaman Feb 2012 #78
This is definitely a problem in rural areas, including small towns Nikia Feb 2012 #80
I have been writing to my city councel about bringing back overhead electrified trollies. Javaman Feb 2012 #84
Yeah! And grow all of your food too! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #86
Rush has been pushing this mantra I guess it's spilled over snooper2 Feb 2012 #29
I find it crazy that this is shocking. didn't gas get to 4.00 bucks okieinpain Feb 2012 #30
Here is a comment unionworks Feb 2012 #34
Heard a lady from Lundberg on NPR downplaying this possibility. yellowcanine Feb 2012 #35
What with all the war drums beating for Iran, I think it's possible. Jester Messiah Feb 2012 #39
In my small town unionworks Feb 2012 #41
You have to figure the Obama administration will do everything in its power to keep bullwinkle428 Feb 2012 #42
Gas Buddy has $3.481 as the national average today FarCenter Feb 2012 #44
Just wait till Iran gets attacked. L0oniX Feb 2012 #45
Sooner or later YES prices like that are coming. kenny blankenship Feb 2012 #49
you aren't really unionworks Feb 2012 #52
Yet the #1 selling vehicle in America is Ford F150 taught_me_patience Feb 2012 #51
I paid $3.91/Gallon last night is SE Connecticut. Throckmorton Feb 2012 #55
Been at $5US/gal in Nova Scotia for months now. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #62
Ouch. And Canada is more sparsely populated than the US. pampango Feb 2012 #63
What does gas cost in China? unionworks Feb 2012 #65
The thing is only a minority of Chinese own cars. It's less of an issue to China as a whole. Selatius Feb 2012 #76
i keep reading that. big oil/gas is not happy about not getting their pipeline. spanone Feb 2012 #68
Welcome to California. Iggo Feb 2012 #79
Fuck Oil Speculators - Fuck them all jpak Feb 2012 #81
I wondered aloud unionworks Feb 2012 #82
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