Blame Rising Oil Prices on Bush

Sure, in the long run we consumers, particularly the most wasteful ones who happen to reside in the good old USA, and who have become accustomed to consuming many times our population's worth of the world's resources, do need to shape up. But that has little to do with the fivefold rise in the price of oil since George Bush became our president. Yep, he did it; Bush's deliberate roiling of world politics is the key variable in the run-up of oil prices. No ... Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

I think it is fair to say that this article begins with a bias, and this clouds it's ability to even make it's case very well.

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Chris Finnie
2.6
by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

While I believe Sheer is spot on, this piece gives me little to base that belief on. Almost completely information free, it simply one man's opinion on the matter--with nothing to back it up. Worse yet, he only spends a few paragraphs on the subject of the headline before meandering on into several other areas on which he is, again, probably right--but that have no bearing on the topic at hand. Good headline, bad article. Sloppy and badly constructed.

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B.G. Rhule
3.8
by B.G. Rhule - Oct. 1, 2008

This op-ed piece is terrific in its simplicity of straight-forward thought, as well as being highly useful on a social scale, for the next time one finds oneself being told by a Republican, in defense of Bush, "Well, heck, it's not as if Bush is responsible for $4.00+ at the pump," it is now safe to reply, "Oh, but it IS W's fault." I personally always felt a nagging suspicion that this was somewhat true, particularly when Venezuelans are paying something like l5 cents at the pump,while our Mr. Too-Good-For-Them-'Zuelans refuses to speak or do buiness with them. It's as though my neighbor has access to all the courtside Lakers tickets I could want, but I'm ticked off that he borrowed my rake and bent it, so I act as though I ... More »

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Randy Dutton
1.4
by Randy Dutton - Oct. 1, 2008

Liberal Democrats are the cause of a disasterous energy policy.

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