From $2.00 gas to $5.00 gas in 4 years

Not me ... I have a new investment strategy.

To invest in the most politically corrupt companies in the USA. Since the politicians and big business work together to screw the American public and we all continue voting them into office, I figure my only hedge is to invest in these companies.

And ... use those profits to pay for my overpriced fuel, scandalous taxes and private high priced healthcare.

So .... I guess I'm in with the "Elites now". My good buddy Barak Obama is paving the way for the corrupt companies I am investing in!

Hey ... what about that offshore windfarm O'malley was going to build in Maryland ... I wanted to invest!!!!

Let's keep the politics out of it. The quickest way to turn an honest man into a crook is elect him, and it really crosses all parties and borders. I like your investment strategy, except that when they fall they fall hard. There have been a lot of big names coming down in the last few years. They just made an serious inside trader bust the other day. On the bright side though, there is so much corruption that your investment is probably safe.

Only gasoline and home heating oil.

Watched a news clip from the IMF today , their prediction is that oil prices will stay high through 2011 ***** You know and I know as soon as the world economy slows to much the big boys will ease the price of oil…. Oil should not be in the hands of speculators that play the commodity markets , these speculators are not the small boys we are talking billions moved in and out of oil . We need stability *

You meant to post that in the jokes thread right?

Yup. The oil price spikes we are seeing are due to commodity market speculators who are trying to make a fast buck ... at the public's expense!

Once again, speculators are driving up fuel prices. The surprise? It's the Fed's fault, writes Ed Wallace in this Bloomberg/Businessweek article...

http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/apr2011/pi20110419_786652.htm

Good read.

$5.72/gallon as of last night.

I wish all speculators nothing but doom and unmitigated failure.

And what's the excuse for the whole rest of the world. You tea partiers keep trying to put American politics onto every forum. Get real and give it a break. The culprits are the oil companies and the commodity traders. This is what it's all about: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42668435/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/ Bribes, payoffs and obscene profiteering.

Nor mine. If you want to campaign for your party take it to a political forum.

OOh me me me I know... spend other people's money.

Somebody is listening

Justice Department to investigate the role of traders and speculators
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42699556/ns/politics-decision_2012/

Hi,

It might be a knee jerk reaction to or cheap shot at profile raising following this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13166033

New Batmobile !!

Even Batman has fallen on hard times with this fuel pricing.

He has had to downsize the Batmobile.
He's gone from 70 gallons per mile, to 70 miles per gallon!

LOL any body with a bit of insight realizes its the politicians....sorta a lot of them are kings.
Its simply the heads of oil producing counties trying to get all they can out of the oil in thier countries they have stolen from the original oil companies and their own people.