The Price Was High . . . April 26, 2006

Yesterday, I bought gas . . . The price was $2.99 a gallon. Last week, it started at $2.84 and by week end it was $2.89.

Do you remember when the price was the same price as a McDonald’s hamburger, that’s when you could get one. Twenty-three cents is long gone, but is the oil?

I’m not sure, I suppose someday it will. But I’m willing to say that it’s very unlikely because oil is made from decaying plants. And frankly each year leaves fall, each year they rot and in maybe 10,000 years, Quaker State will have another quart. . . Why the high prices?

Isn’t it just, a little too coincidental, 9-11, I mean? Who has gained on the War on Terror? War monies are spent on products that normally would not be needed, such as bombs and large amounts fuel. Stop the uncontrollable source of oil and watch the prices climb . . . My proof is at the pumps and the oil companies all time high profits . . . And then you’ll just have to check the ties . . . Have you heard of the Kingdom?

Today Tony Snow was appointed Whitehouse Spokesman. And here we go for more, Fox and the White House, Fox and Prince Alwaleed. Follow the money and make your own conclusions.

And now I ask, why isn’t gasoline a Public Utility? Our homes are heated by public utilities, and at night we see by them. Well at least we did before the Enron debacle? And how could we forget Bernie Ebbers, WorldCom . . . Privatization doesn’t work with oligopolies and monopolies without Government intervention. We’ve been here before. Remember tariffs and price controls, sound familiar? Oh and how about rationing?

Every family in the U.S. needs gas and privatization always seeks the highest rate of return. At some point, prices do not react merely to economics; but from controls of consortiums. And now we have too many tiers of gougers and prices differ all over the U.S., in the form of profits, taxes, and special blends. Gasoline is escalating well out of affordability.

Now I ask you why isn’t gasoline a Public Utility? Seventy dollars a barrel wouldn’t kill us if our costs were shared over a purchasing consortium. And then we could buy oil just like China, through the purchasing power of a Country, and in this case, the biggest and richest country in the world . . . And then what if we bought all the oil? Are you starting to see? As long as things stay the same, the worse it will be to the middle of the roads, like us.

Dan Hanosh
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Buy American . . . April 23, 2006

by Dan Hanosh

What if GM goes into bankruptcy?

Many think that American Car manufacturers get what they deserve because their products don’t stand up dollar for dollar to imports . . . .

If GM went Bankrupt, it would be the largest company in U.S. bankruptcy history . . . $160 billion . . . that’s with a “B”.

Do you remember when . . .
Enron was the largest? 2001 . . . $ 63 B
World Com? 2002 . . . $103 B

And the Dominos are stacking up . . . Just waiting to fall.
Delphi 2005 . . . $17.1 B
And Gas Prices are on the rise.

Let me ask you one thing about Globalization . . . Why are India, China, Mexico, Taiwan imports into the U.S. so much higher than U.S. Exports to them?

Why does the Kingdom Holding Company own so many American Companies?

Because the U.S. is the greatest martket in the world, it has the largest disposable income. What am I saying? The world has to catch up to us, for us to make money in their markets . . . So I ask you why try to sell in a market where you have to cut your prices? If you sell below your cost, you’re cutting your own throat. And so I ask why Globalization, why now?

What if we shut off our borders? Stopped imports and stopped exports, we would be paying more but we would be making more also. You see, everyone wants a piece of the American Dream, don’t kid yourself. Everyone wishes they lived here and we don’t protect our own . . . What’s with that?

Why don’t we buy American?
+ GM has 147,000 workers
+ 460,000 retirees on pension plans
+ American Shareholders
+ American Bond Holders
+ American Dealers
And all those buy American Homes, they shop at your businesses, they use your services.

And what about?
+ GM Bankers
+ GM Bankers employees
+ Insurance Companies
. . . That’s me and you.

Now add all US Car Manufacturers. They are all in the same boat and you have an ailing nation . . . The effects would hit our country like an Atom bomb and its ripples would be felt in every state, in every city and family. And some cities would die as would some families.

So what’s sitting in your driveway?

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