Why do the Liberals still cling to the corporate campaigns of Obama/Clinton --with Clinton only slightly more disengenous than Obama when appealing to "populist" themes ? Why do they continually trash Kucinich, Ron Paul,Dean,and Nader when these people are actually offering real alternatives to the corporate control of our culture ? Food and Oil are skyrocketing mainly because of the Fed Reserve papering over the debt resulting from crazed speculating. This speculation was aided and abetted mostly by the "liberals" ditching the Glass-Stegall act in 1998 under Clinton This act was a 1930's reform law which firewalled banksters from going wild with debt pyramiding. This papering over of debt creates inflation because it cheapens the dollar. Because of inflation the "smart money", is moving from mortgage scams to the futures market for basic foodstuffs and energy. Granted the big old fields are tired and soon to peak in production and fuel affects agriculture, but the main reason is the same reason for the mortgage securitizing fraud. And the Liberals cant face up to the fact that business needs to be re-regulated. They cling to the "free" market ideology even in the face of overwhealming evidence that, that belief system is a dead corpse. What a mad,dishonest,and violent country we live in. Unless the Liberals re-discover their roots, Mad Max is the only future we have.
Note: Comments are screened, and in some cases edited, before posting. We reserve the right to reject anything we find objectionable.
Other reader comments on this article
Comment
By
Date
Has the world passed the peak oil production?
Colin Campbell's argument is that most government and corporate estimates of reserves are... [MORE]
Bobbi
May 19, 2008 09:10
I feel that the fuel prices of fuel will not make a bit of difference. Because the people are use... [MORE]
James O. Rorie
May 19, 2008 03:58
I am sick and tired of us Americans driving the gas guzzling SUV's and 140 ton "I want to be... [MORE]
Paul
May 18, 2008 14:00
My dear American friends,
Many greetings from Germany. Right now we have to pay about 1,50 Euro per liter of unleaded... [MORE]
thomas coss
May 16, 2008 16:36
In my part of the country a ten dollar bill was a fin and a five dollar bill was a... [MORE]
Brother
May 4, 2008 20:07
why does e85 stay a dollar a gallon less than gas if gas goes up e85 goes up the same... [MORE]
brett
May 2, 2008 01:14
Gas will go much higher than just $10 per gallon in time. I'll be yelling Armageddon up and down the... [MORE]
Ange
May 1, 2008 22:42
Why are we continuing to depend on other countries for our oil? Mr. Bush said we can get our... [MORE]
CW
May 1, 2008 21:58
How are hard working Americans on a lower pay scale going to get to work every day? $10 dollars a... [MORE]
Dustin Castellano
May 1, 2008 21:35
From all I have read, the gasoline we are now purchasing did not come from the crude oil that is... [MORE]
susu
May 1, 2008 13:43
Now, now, let's be fair. As much as I dislike the thought of Big Oil dominating our energy supply, we... [MORE]
Jake
Apr 30, 2008 23:07
blame the car makers who sold out back in the 70s -- Nissan @ Datsun-- who had the technology and... [MORE]
Gara
Apr 30, 2008 22:46
look i grew up after the 70's crunch when gas got cheap during the '80's my dad was in the... [MORE]
Patrick Burks
Apr 30, 2008 22:02
i bought a toyota scion. the small 2006 xa wh ich is the counterpart to the toyota yarus.
my first one... [MORE]
marc
Apr 30, 2008 19:05
I think we should use the oil that we have drilled in the U.S for the U.S. Build our own... [MORE]
b julias
Apr 30, 2008 17:18
Maybe it is time to nationalize the oil industry....along with health care, education...and other entities necessary for the general welfare....like... [MORE]
Larry Steward
Apr 30, 2008 17:06
Sure, its the SUV driving americans responsible for buying foreign oil. Nice spin there. How about the US politicians who... [MORE]
Steven
Apr 30, 2008 16:16
Mr. Dorfman:
I commend you on your excellent article! However, I fear that few people will believe you. From what I've... [MORE]
Kevin Swindle
Apr 30, 2008 16:11
Why would anyone in the New York metro area worry about the price of gasoline? When I left Long Island... [MORE]
72LongIsland08Arizona
Apr 30, 2008 12:05
There no reason oil should be this high, this is way out of line. Somebody ought to be able to... [MORE]
Stan
Apr 30, 2008 11:26
This article is very informative and good.
Why not make it $ 20.00 per gallon. Just like everything else. We have... [MORE]
Dottie Hendricks
Apr 30, 2008 10:27
How long can our economy continue with the HUGE trade imbalance we are running. Part of the oil price run-up... [MORE]
Klaus
Apr 30, 2008 10:09
In The Netherlands we pay about €1.50 per liter. That's about $ 2.32. A gallon is 4.5 liters, thus we... [MORE]
JR
Apr 30, 2008 10:06
We here in the UK are currently paying $10 for a gallon of petrol (gasoline); there is talk of this... [MORE]
Neil McPhee
Apr 30, 2008 08:43
I would love gas to be $5 a gallon in the uk, i have seen it for as much as... [MORE]
Blake
Apr 30, 2008 07:49
Our Congress is composed mainly of career politicians and re-treaded lawyers, most of whom failed Science 101. I believe that... [MORE]
Norm Looper
Apr 30, 2008 04:16
Why don't the petroleum companies just tell the "public" the bleedin' obvious...that it is running out fast and that they... [MORE]
Mark Skinner
Apr 30, 2008 03:33
Let's say for arguments sake, that the price of gas does crest $7.00 per gallon. The implications of such a... [MORE]
Chad Bilstein
Apr 30, 2008 02:18
You can thank the US Government for this. We have as much or more oil than Saudi Arabia has but... [MORE]
JW
Apr 30, 2008 01:52
With soaring international demand, peaking worldwide production, an inability of bio-fuels to cover more than 20% of current American... [MORE]
Geoffrey Harris
Apr 30, 2008 00:53
Well.... Dan,
I am not holding my breath, but thanks for opening my ears to hear what some experts say ...and... [MORE]
Anna
Apr 29, 2008 23:19
I am so sick of hearing everyone whining and crying about the high price of gasoline! Somebody's got to pay... [MORE]
Mike
Apr 29, 2008 22:32
I think there is something seriously wrong about this country. Since president Bush stepped into office, we have nothing but... [MORE]
CINDY
Apr 29, 2008 21:56
It doesn't take great qualifications to predict this. No more did it take any special training to have predict ed... [MORE]
Rabbit
Apr 29, 2008 21:27
While it may be conceivable that oil will trade @ $250 per barrel in coming months, why should Americans trim... [MORE]
TONY
Apr 29, 2008 20:08
Well thats the way it goes...first your money then your clothes. [MORE]
ted
Apr 29, 2008 19:59
Oil prices are surging because Ben Bernanke is lowering rates when he should be raising them and printing money out... [MORE]
Mike
Apr 29, 2008 19:58
Even though I have been a registered Democrat for the last 41 years, I lay the full blame for todays... [MORE]
Larry Baker
Apr 29, 2008 19:56
Why do the Liberals still cling to the corporate campaigns of Obama/Clinton --with Clinton only slightly more disengenous than Obama...
Gary Oppewall
Apr 29, 2008 18:48
Thanks America keep outsourcing! What a great way to live! [MORE]
walt
Apr 29, 2008 18:33
Unfortunately this all could have been avoided if GM's EV1 and Toyota's Rav 4 EV were allowed to remain in... [MORE]