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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:00 PM Original message |
Oil hit $139 - Is Morgan Stanley manipulating the market? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes they were manipulating the markets |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think proof needs to be shown that they are |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. They didn't go down |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's time to start executing these treasonous fucks |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. It is government policy to attack any foreign nation who tries to damage the U.S. economy. |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Damn right they are! |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I agree. |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
66. Seems like |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Okay, so we tough it out. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. You can't regulate a commodity traded on global markets, silly. |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. You think!!! Please read this thread |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. That Might be an Interesting Idea Actually, |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Nice analysis ribofunk. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I think you're dreadfully wrong |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. It *Would* Be A Drastic Step |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. prolly means we should ban derivatives trading on these essentials |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. If rumors of invasion of Iran are tools used to manipulate oil prices |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think I may move my Vanguaard energy stocks into bonds. |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good post, bluesbass |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Thanks Condem. |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Give it a shot , bluesbass |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Speculation=2/3 of oil price. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. So, did you get that fact from somewhere? |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Dealing with it with extreme prejudice. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. I'm with you on this |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #33 |
56. A "temper tantrum" at enronizing profiteers? |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Nothing personal |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Predicting the market doesn't mean you're manipulating it |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. So you don't see a correlation? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. a correlation is not a cause |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. No, I try to remain civil and polite, so I'd thank them. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. This metaphor makes no sense. You're just venting your anger. |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. My mistake. I thought you wanted to trade metaphors. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. OK, I see what you want to say, but I still don't get... |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I just feel it's irresponsible to make statements like that. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. of course they are |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. I caught part of Bernie Sanders on Tom Hartman (sp?) on the radio today |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. say guys |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Yep, oil will come down. Not back to the pre-Bush years, but back down |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. manipulation and speculation and deregulation and Recommend |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Did that ubiquitous bear |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. Please cite some facts that oil should be $60 |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. No, I pulled it out of this ass. lol |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. Sixty dollars!? |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Costs $50 a barrel to produce it on average. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Actually that number is a lot closer to $17 |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. The Saudi claim that well head costs are $60 should be viewed with suspicion. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
64. Marginal wellhead cost in Oklahoma in 2001 was $17/bbl |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. In 2001 the wellhead cost for Saudi oil was $ 20 bbl so why the 300% increase? |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
49. how about quarter after quarter of record profits by the oil companies despite decreased demand? |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
37. April report: U.S. units in Iraq pay $3.15/gallon for gas; total fuel cost is $153 million per month |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
41. I like the theory that banks and investment houses are manipulating oil & commodity prices ... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. All of Wall Street is manipulated. Why should this be any different? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. I would not be astonished. It wouldn't be the first time they did something like that. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
43. that's the 140-dollar gorilla shitting in the middle of the room, isn't it? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #43 |
54. And he's one greedy, rude bastard! |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
45. Yes. There is no oil shortage, just these asshole speculators are bidding the price |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. since when is a "shortage" necessary for prices to go up? |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Well, no, actually, there IS a shortage |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
46. oh for goodness sake! NO! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. The dollar hasn't budged for months. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. you're right about the bubble chase. that's my "other investments suck" point |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
51. Seems to me they're working hand in hand with the terrorists |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
55. The problem is that goddamn war in Iraq. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
62. Kick and Nom for the truth. |
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