Bush orders probe into gas prices

[Roon]

President Bush is ordering an investigation into whether the price of gasoline has been illegally manipulated, his spokesman said Monday.

During the last few days, Bush asked his Energy and Justice departments to open inquiries into possible cheating in the gasoline markets, said White House press secretary Scott McClellan. Bush planned to announce the action Tuesday during a speech in Washington.

Bush is under pressure to do something about gas prices that have reached nearly $3 a gallon. In a new CNN poll, 69 percent of respondents said gasoline price increases had caused them personal hardship. Other polls suggest that voters favor Democrats over Republicans on the issue, and President Bush gets low marks for handling gas prices.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12469582/

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. Man, he is SO ON TOP OF THINGS!!!!

The man takes my breath away. I'm feeling shocked and awed.

Oh, wait.

No, I'm just sitting on my taser.

Never mind.

[Jack from Charlotte]

39. This is a great chance to hammer the secret Chaney oIl heads meetings....

that took place back in 2001. Now is a great time to bring them up again. Remind that they were secret. Remind that when they took place oil was $25 per bbl and gas was $1.25 per gallon.

Ask The AWOL/moron how those secret meetings worked out? Ask if they accomplished their objectives? Ask what their objective was?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

40. Good luck

The Supreme Court ruled on that a while back.

It would take an act of Congress (HA!) to get the ruling overturned, and, my friend, that's just never going to happen.

[yourout]

2. Yea.....how can we raise them even higher without lawsuits?

And how can I get in on the action?

[Inland]

3. Bush off to find the real killers. Metaphorically. nt

[Ecumenist]

4. This ought to be entertaining...

He'll be probing his own wallet and portfolio. LOL!! Guess what he'll "discover" and conclude?!!:eyes:

[YDogg]

5. What a tool.

[DanCa]

6. Hello behind the times magazine?

It's time to reknew Mr. Bushes subscription.

[graywarrior]

7. Puh-leaze

The oil companies got him in to do exactly what's he'd done. He is a L-I-A-R!

[flamingyouth]

8. Has he considered looking in a mirror?

Or his VP's bank account? :shrug:

[file83]

44. I'm sure his gas probe will be as successful as his cia leak probe.

Pfft.

[rurallib]

9. Want me to spoil it and tell you that he finds it is not manipulated?

OOPSIE sorry. Spoiled the surprise!

[Robbien]

18. Oh heck go ahead and spoil. Bush's probe will take six months

to complete before he tells us nothing is wrong.

Smoke and mirrors.

[tuvor]

10. The fox will go check on the henhouse.

Fer fuxakes.

[AmandaRuth]

11. He may of sobered up long enough for It to sink in that

the reThugs are in danger of getting creamed this fall.

[noahmijo]

12. John Gotti Allowed To Pick His Own Jury

That's how this headline reads to me

[mtnester]

13. I bet he gets Jim Baker right on it...

wait, that is for that other thing. Sorry

:)

[leesa]

14. Good. Let's put those bastards under oath about Dick's Energy Papers

Seemed to help a whole lot last time...wonder why?

[lovuian]

15. 911 Wiretapping WMD Plamegate lets have a Investigation

thats Bush's answer for EVERYTHING and NOTHING gets done but HOT AIR Blown...

[madrchsod]

16. i think we all now where to

probe for gas and it rhymes

[neuvocat]

17. "Why aren't they 5 bucks a gallon yet?"

"I'm out of a job in 3 years and I need all the money I can get while I got the chance!!!"

[ChairmanAgnostic]

34. you just THINK he will leave then. Since when has any part of the

constitution stopped them before? Since when has any statute stopped them from doing what they wanted? I would not be too surprised if some "emergency" is concocted which allows for martial law.

[truthisfreedom]

19. hee-hee! flippity-floppity-floop! he jumped right through the hoop!

must be part of his new chief-of-staff's plan to regain his numbers.

[MiniMe]

20. The probe will end up in his butt and never see the light of day again

The results are already pre-determined. No gouging, supply and demand, no new refineries for 30 years, blah, blah, blah.

[Up2Late]

21. Hey Bush, Probe this!

This will be about as successful as the hunt for Bin Laden.

[BR_Parkway]

22. and calls it No Profit Left Behind

[salin]

23. and will use his "ongoing investigation" to thwart renewed efforts

in Congress for a windfall profits tax on the huge oil companies excessive profits.

[0007]

25. ....another hunt?

[TomClash]

24. Fox "investigating" the hen house? nt

[Haole Girl]

26. Bush orders probe into gas prices

Bush orders probe into gas prices

April 25, 2006

BY NEDRA PICKLER ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON-- President Bush, under pressure to do something about gasoline prices that are expected to stay high through the summer, has ordered an investigation into possible cheating in the markets.

During the last few days, Bush asked his Energy and Justice departments to open inquiries into whether the price of gasoline has been illegally manipulated, said White House press secretary Scott McClellan. Bush planned to announce the action Tuesday during a speech in Washington.

It's unclear what impact, if any, Bush's investigation would have on prices that are near $3 a gallon. Asked if Bush had any reason to suspect market manipulation, McClellan responded, "Well, gas prices are high right now, and that's why you want to make sure there's not."

...."I think you'll hear the president say very clearly that he will not tolerate price gouging," McClellan said.

[Haole Girl]

27. Link

sorry, here is the link. Sorry if this news was already posted, but I didn't see it anywhere.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/gas25.html

[meegbear]

28. Like this is gonna go far ...

"out of our hands" "pressures of the marketplace" "laizze-faire" "Adam Smith" yadda yadda yadda

[habitual]

29. hahahaha

who's believing this one? more bs so they can say they nothing is wrong.

32% are all that are left to believe him, and falling.

[no_hypocrisy]

30. And how many years now has it been that OJ's been hunting the killer

of Nicole Brown Simpson?

Another farce.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

31. Ring-a ding. Ring -a-ding. "Hello?"

"Hi, it's Dick."
"Yes, sir! What can we do for you?"
"Just a heads up. The boy is going to call for price gouging investigations."
"Should we worry?
"Hell, no. It's all for show. This too will blow over. Just pass the word to appear before Congress and look sorry. Remember, just talk about market forces, not forcing the market. otherwise, it's business as usual."
"Thanks, I'll let everyone know. Say, sir? There are some grouse and ducks ready - a great place in Alabama, super private."
"Really?"
"Yeah, and they have four legged critters, too. How about a safari for a bison? We can name it Teddy Kennedy for you. They are built on the same lines."
"Haw, haw, haw, haw, the same size as Teddy. That's a good one!"
"Shall I set it up, sir?"
"Yeah. But first I need some dirt on this Josh Bolten. He's getting too close. You got any good stuff on him?"
"I'll check it out sir. Same payment schedule?"
"No, you'll do this for free. Just check your retirement bonus. You DO want to keep that, don't you?"
"Of course, sir."

[niceypoo]

32. Didn't we here the same thing about 6 months ago?

Nothing happened then.......nothing will happen this time. Its worth paying the extra prices to watch Bush go even further down the tubes......

[ChairmanAgnostic]

33. that was a year ago, I thought.

I recall some calls for subpeonas, and the bruhaha when they were not put under oath.

[Efilroft Sul]

35. Probably be as probing as the Pentagon investigating Abu Ghraib. N/T

[trapper914]

36. Seems like...

...when Schumer brought up the idea of an investigation last week, the right said he was "playing politics."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

37. hey, the dems have no ideas. That is what we hear on MSM daily.

of course, when the GOP takes the same idea, it is a bold brave stroke of genius.

[B3Nut]

38. And in other news

The Fox Commission has promised an investigation into the recent spate of hen disappearances. Film at 11.

Todd in Beerbratistan

[PATRICK]

41. When will people

tire of this same same same charade. Every time a flash point, especially in an election year is hit with gas prices, even the pols suddenly chime in about "gouging" "alternative energy" blah blah and then do a "study" and vow penalties. The only variation of course is when there will be no penalties, all the potential scapegoats are GOP donors and they expect the issue just to blow over because they can and will do absolutely nothing about it. This is no different than the Dubai clamor, the eavesdropping scandal, etc. This Congress can do nothing about what they must(according to the prescribed playbook of political hypocrisy) preach about for a while and they have not the imagination to vary even a single word from the tired routine of dealing with the "restive public".

The shock the surprise, the outrage are every bit as convincing as Bush's sudden conversion to solar and corn. The first line of media arguments "explaining" and defending and minimizing price hikes caved as they always do. Suddenly it is gouging and Arab bashing and putting taxes on gas.

Wait a minute. Specter came up with perhaps the only visible step they possibly could imagine or voice. Why not tax the consumer for the gas and this logically will help because.... The price of listening to this political gas is drastically more outrageous than the crude being bumped up for Bush's glorious conquests.

People should tell the gassy media and the oily lawmakers to stuff it. They've heard it before and seen the results and the constant repetition. It is well beyond the insult to intelligence phase and into the realm of the repeated punishments of some dreary hell full of lies and pain.

[noonwitch]

42. He needs an investigation? Isn't he the one who decided to invade Iraq?

Gas prices have something to do with the situation over there, am I right? I don't really need to see further government dollars wasted on a study to tell me that.

I'll bet the investigator will be someone from Exon/Mobil, BP or Halliburton.

[warrens]

43. Get Dick to start another secret energy task force

Since the last one got us the Iraq war, who knows what cool stuff a new one would come up with.