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2016 Postmortem

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1. They keep touting those 1.89 gas prices in 2008, I recall, those prices being much higher...

Sun Sep 9, 2012, 08:28 AM

Sep 2012

Until a few weeks leading up to the election.

Many people at the time thought it was the oil companies conspiring to help the drill baby drill campaign if Palin/McCain.

They never show the average gas price for 2008

http://66.70.86.64/ChartServer/ch.gaschart?Country=Canada&Crude=f&Period=60&Areas=USA%20Average,,&Unit=US%20$/G

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Erin Burnett Makes False Claims About Federal Reserve [View all] davidpdx Sep 2012 OP

When I left the US at the beginning of 2004 to move to Korea davidpdx Sep 2012 #4

No, I wasn't saying taht davidpdx Sep 2012 #11

gas was under $3 a gallon in October 2010 ... zbdent Sep 2012 #15

Oil prices cratered along with stocks. Lucky Luciano Sep 2012 #16

So why did oil and metals jump at the bad jobs number? dkf Sep 2012 #2

This is true. Oil is highly correlated with the economy, Lucky Luciano Sep 2012 #17

Gas prices were over $4 in the summer of 2008 TomClash Sep 2012 #3

Huff Post sucks. But this article is DEAD ON! inchhigh Sep 2012 #5

Except Lefty Thinker Sep 2012 #12

No, the correlation is there and you will notice better Lucky Luciano Sep 2012 #18

CNN and Erin Burnett CobaltBlue Sep 2012 #7

I agree, I'm getting sick of CNN's "faux checking" davidpdx Sep 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #10

She's working on her resume so she can get on at the Neo-Nazi Network davidpdx Sep 2012 #14

That's profound ignorance of economics Bad Thoughts Sep 2012 #19