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   Wayne said: On September 17, 2012 at 9:06 AM

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   The current administration feels that energy will need to “sky rocket” and this is just a start. Ever wonder why nothing is said in the main stream media about the fuel prices? When dubba was in, all we heard about was gas prices, now it’s rarely mentioned if at all. Instead we read of a semi trailer coming unhooked in Litchfield.

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   carl olson said: On September 17, 2012 at 7:28 PM

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   presz b o’s buddies along with DFLer Gov M Dayton are besides themselves. What with $4.00 gal gas. They then preach in their sermons about Isaac, and this and that. They do not mention one word about Gas costing $1.59 a gallon when GWB left, do they? The Democrat media are now telling us gas will go down , but not as fast as it when up. What sort of dummies do these demorats think we are?

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  devilschild said: On September 19, 2012 at 3:31 AM

  Gas at $1.59 when Bush left office? You must have your Shrubs mixed up.

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  bobk said: On September 19, 2012 at 3:21 PM

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  Bottomed out at $1.59 on December 29. 2008.
  George Bush’s average annual gas prices
  2001 – $1.61
  2002 – $1.47
  2003 – $1.69
  2004 – $1.94
  2005 – $2.30
  2006 – $2.51
  2007 – $2.64
  2008 – $3.01
  Average price for gas over Bush’s eight years = $2.14/gal

  Barack Obama’s average annual gas prices
  2009 – $2.14
  2010 – $2.52
  2011 – $3.57
  2012 – $3.72 (through August)
  Average price for gas over Obama’s four years to date = $2.99/gal

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   Michael S said: On September 18, 2012 at 9:12 AM

   You have short memories, according to Gas Buddy the average price of a gallon of gas was well over $4.00 per gallon in the final months of the W administration, and dropped below $2.00 per gallon in January of 2009. It does not matter how much crude oil comes out of the ground in North Dakota or anywhere once it come out it then is sold on the world market. It is the property of who extrated the oil and with any other commodity it is sold for the highest price. The President has very little to do with the price of gasoline at the pump. Do you really believe President Obama would have $4.00 gas if he really had any control over the price, I don’t think so. No one in their right mind would have so much of the GDP going to just one sector of the economy!
   http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx

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   atplowman said: On September 18, 2012 at 3:42 PM

   Commodities prices raise when the value of the dollar decreases. That’s macroeconomics.

   Bernanke just announced another round of stimulus, which means the United States will continue printing money and buying debt. Since the U.S. is already broke, that printing of money further increases debt and deflates the dollar…therefore raising the prices of world commodities, including oil, grain, precious metals, etc. That is a cyclical and proven economic fact here in America.

   It cannot be blamed on the president, however, Bernanke DID pull the trigger on the QE3 stimulus and most economists agree that was not a good idea.

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