At what point does gas prices affect your ability to follow State?...
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i know its not the same, but if it is going to be on TV, i will likely just stay home (or go to BWW)
hell gas is going to go to minimum wage anyway........so its not bad yet
hell gas is going to go to minimum wage anyway........so its not bad yet
We have a free place to stay and I don't pay for tickets. I show up, buy my beer, eat atleast one meal free. I don't mind paying the gas.
Until we get a president in office who does not have his/her investments in oil, there is nothing that can be done about it.
Gas this morning next to my office was $3.51. At 11:00, it had gone up to $3.64. As we get closer to Memorial Day, it will only get higher.
PACK YOUR BAGS BUSH, AND GET OUT OF TOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gas this morning next to my office was $3.51. At 11:00, it had gone up to $3.64. As we get closer to Memorial Day, it will only get higher.
PACK YOUR BAGS BUSH, AND GET OUT OF TOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!
It wasnt immediately because of money (gas prices) but thats the first time in 10 years except ('05) that I didnt go to a single game. Football...I will still go to Baton Rouge (closer than Vegas) and at least 4 home games. Hell, it will probably have to get around $5+ per gallon to keep me away from football.
I have already purchased tickets and made my donation so I feel somewhat obligated to go. Plus tailgating is just as much fun to catch up with old friends. Traveling from the Memphis suburbs is not too bad if you can carpool and get others to help pay for gas. My problem is driving my 13 mpg truck back forth hauling tailgating equipment is not as cost effective as taking my buddies camry who gets 25+ mpg. I think in a gas crunch we might go lighter on the tailgating and just bring some lawn chairs and the smokey joe grill instead of tents, coolers, tv, grill, etc..
ExtremeDog said:
i hope you are not effing serious.................Bush doesnt control the price of gas................if it werent for those damn tree huggers, the US could expand the refinery shortage (real reason to high gas prices.....due to the large bottle neck in production), start drilling more in the gulf and in anwar............you think gas is expensive ...wait to see your electric bill if the Dems get in office.....CO2 legislation</p>
I hear rising cost have more to do with the anticipation that China is about to have a large demand for gas/oil as they are starting their industrial boom. So, the prices are being raised to lower demand. So, the reserves are not to depleted once China's demand starts.
However, I tend to agree that is more to do with someone (who ever that may be) making a profit more than anything.
To keep in thread, it will already effect it. I was contemplating making more games this year but with 300 miles to get there......I will probably just make the SEC home games not on TV.
However, I tend to agree that is more to do with someone (who ever that may be) making a profit more than anything.
To keep in thread, it will already effect it. I was contemplating making more games this year but with 300 miles to get there......I will probably just make the SEC home games not on TV.
In fact, I am voting for McCain.
At least Hillary and McCain have both said that they are in favor of a federal gas tax holiday during the summer, which would lower the price of gas by $.20. It may never happen, but at least they are generating a buzz about it.
What has Bush said about this...................... nothing!!!!!!!
At least Hillary and McCain have both said that they are in favor of a federal gas tax holiday during the summer, which would lower the price of gas by $.20. It may never happen, but at least they are generating a buzz about it.
What has Bush said about this...................... nothing!!!!!!!
Already there. Unless we pull the hat out of the rabbit and host another SR I won't be going back until I see who's running the diamond girls next.......and then only for select games. Another reason to bring back the Sat. doubleheaders.
I thought Pelosi and Reid said they were going to make gas prices go down? They have gone up over a dollar a gallon since the democrats took control of the house and senate. And it's not their fault. There are some things that the president or the house or sentate don't have control over, such as OPEC and gas prices.
Since I live in N.C. now, there is absolutely no way I could make any home games unless I fly home for the Egg Bowl/Thanksgiving. Even if it does get to $4.25ish, I do plan to go to Knoxville and Atlanta to watch them. After that, pray that do well and ESPN, JP and others book them. And just being a college football fan in general, I am also planning trips to Wake Forest (for Ole Miss) and South Carolina since it's only on a little over an hour from where I live. And FWI, there is an article on sports teams and the cost of gas in today's USA Today.
exxon mobil has made 20 BILLION dollars in profits. Thats just unreal. They can drop the 17'ing price of gas
On another note, i'm loving Hillary staying in and looking like an idiot. She is just shocked she is losing and not able to attain her God-given right to be President. I am lving this so much.
On another note, i'm loving Hillary staying in and looking like an idiot. She is just shocked she is losing and not able to attain her God-given right to be President. I am lving this so much.
But I am now. And mostly just because I would love to see those greedy-*** oil companies go belly up. Nothing we can do about prices? Fine. Better make your damn money now, because I pray to God that in 10 years you can't sell your gas for $.25 a gallon because everyone is using something else, like hydrogen.
ExtremeDog said:
The $.20 per gallon is going to have to be made up somehow. Current proposals call for that shortfall to come from a new tax on oil company profits. Looks good on paper, but they're just going to pass that cost right back to the consumer in the form of higher gas prices. In other words, there will be no net change.</p>
It won't affect me for the home games at all, but I don't go to road games anymore. I used to go to a couple of road games each season, but I quit that a couple of years back. It really sucks because I enjoy the road games just as much, if not more than, the home games. The last time we played at Gainesville was the last road game I've been to.
Do we not live in a capitalistic society? $+!% all this socialized ****...........I think its effing fantastic they are making the profits they are.......Coach34 said:
beachbumdawg said:
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Yeah, its great... Except for the fact that I live 15 miles from my good paying job, and if gas prices get any worse ill have to start camping in the parking lot during the week so I can afford to work.
/Fantastic!
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Terrible hijack here but, when President Bush took office on January 20, 2001, the national average gas price was $1.46 per gallon. Today, the national average is $3.67 and that is for the cheap stuff. Here on Bush's Official Bio it lists one of his career items as "owner, oil and gas business. Coincidence that gas prices have shot up? I think not.
To stay in thread, No I will not attend more than one game a year due to W.
To stay in thread, No I will not attend more than one game a year due to W.
If that makes or breaks your week, you have bigger problems than a tank of gas.
I haven't seen this much uproar over such a small amount of money since the State considered the tobacco/grocery tax swap.
I haven't seen this much uproar over such a small amount of money since the State considered the tobacco/grocery tax swap.
The President has no help making laws. Just him.. You do realize the Dems have more power now than Republicans. I don't subscribe to either religiously. I don't look to Washington for the answer to any of my problems. I just ask that they stay the hell out of the way.
/Not trying to flame or get too political; just pointing out he absurdity of the statement that the Pres. controls prices at the pump.
/Not trying to flame or get too political; just pointing out he absurdity of the statement that the Pres. controls prices at the pump.
BigMotherTucker said:
</p>Im not saying I enjoy paying whatever price/gallon and that it doesnt suck.........hell i live 22 miles from my office now.......so i understand where you are coming from....hell i bought my car last may and have put 35K in miles on it in less than 12 months...........im just looking at it from a capitalistic point of view where I dont want the gov't to tell me how much I can make....that is all
And mad dog had a point.......Gas/Oil basically can price where they want due to no competitition from alternative fuel sources..........i just hope the major competitor is not Ethanol (from Corn)........this will drive food prices up as more row crop farmers will begin to grow corn to produce more fuel that way
We have skyrocketing gas prices because the President has (or did have) interests in oil companies? If only it really were that easy. Ignorance is bliss.
It will affect my ability to follow State this year unless by some chance our offense becomes prolific and we start rolling. No way I spend 60 bucks to drive from Brandon to vegas every weekend.
nothing other than make you feel a little better, Extreme. Besides, I'd say the $600 checks people are getting in the mail this week will have more of an impact than a gas tax holiday.
do you really think the president controls gas prices? Does he control rising ticket prices too? Get real. It's OPEC and the lack of our liberal government letting us drill for oil in alaska.
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alternatives do exist. Working alternatives, at that from sources such as corn, used cooking oil, and even water. What happens is as soon as someone gets a new alternative working the oil companies buy it up. That way when oil does run out they will have all the patents on what will take the place. Also, the oil companies owe over a trillion in taxes that the government hasn't and won't make them pay, but they say they're not making money. Lock it up now. I'm through.
Somebody needs to call Marty Wiseman and get this son of a gun lined up to speak at the next Stennis Institute brown bag lecture.
If you think that Bush having (or having had) investments in oil has anything whatsoever to do with the price of a gallon of gasoline.
Here are some of the real factors:
China's emerging industrial economy (population of 1.3 billion +)
India's emerging industrial economy (population of 1.1 billion +)
Severe instability in the middle east
Nut job in power in Venezuala
Instability in Nigeria
Refusal of the federal gov't to allow new refinineries to be built in the U.S. in over 30 years
Refusal of the federal gov't to allow the U.S. to drill new sites in the Gulf of Mexico and ANWR
Please tell me you aren't seriously naive enough to believe that gas prices are skyrocketing just because W was once an owner in the oil & gas business.
Here are some of the real factors:
China's emerging industrial economy (population of 1.3 billion +)
India's emerging industrial economy (population of 1.1 billion +)
Severe instability in the middle east
Nut job in power in Venezuala
Instability in Nigeria
Refusal of the federal gov't to allow new refinineries to be built in the U.S. in over 30 years
Refusal of the federal gov't to allow the U.S. to drill new sites in the Gulf of Mexico and ANWR
Please tell me you aren't seriously naive enough to believe that gas prices are skyrocketing just because W was once an owner in the oil & gas business.
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