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More Gas Price Hypocrisy From The O-Regime and State Run Press

by huckfunn ( 114 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Economy, Environmentalism, Misery Index, Progressives at May 2nd, 2011 - 6:30 pm

 

The following Youtube presentation from The Don Smith Show is the most illustrative example of the glaring hypocrisy of the Obama regime and their media cohorts. According to Obama and the media, high gasoline prices under President Bush were bad for the country and the result of Cheney conspiring with “their oil buddies”. Gasoline prices have doubled since Teh One was inaugurated and now he and the media want us to believe that higher gasoline prices and less money in our pockets is somehow good for the people and the country. What kind of mental gymnastics does one have to go through to arrive at such a conclusion? The video also displays the nasty snarkyness of Hussein when he laughingly sneers at a father of 10 who is struggling to make ends meet and Obama suggests that the man buy a hybrid van. Hello… there is no 12 passenger hybrid van.

Hat tip to Rose who posted this vid yesterday on the “Blogmacracy Live” thread.

Obama Boom: High Oil Prices Will Not Affect Consumers

by Phantom Ace ( 114 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Economy, Progressives, Socialism at April 14th, 2011 - 8:30 am

The Obama Boom is breaking all economic rules. Low wage job growth is considered good. Inflation is now good as well. Higher oil prices is considered a good thing now. In fact, this article claims that, unlike last time, higher energy prices will not derail consumer spending. The Fed report that despite inflation, the economy is rock solid! After all, the Obama Boom is something that occurs every 100,000 Years!

For the average American who drives about about 15,000 miles a year and uses roughly 750 gallons of gas annually, that dollar increase per gallon has eaten about a $750 hole into the household budget per car.

Americans have seen prices this high at the pump before, during the spike in 2008. Analysts expect to see the same kind of individual spending cutbacks we saw then.

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This time around, already accustomed to paying higher prices, customers may be feeling a little less sticker shock and be better prepared to make alternatives.

Read the rest: Why High Gas Price Effects May Be Different This Time

Obama really is a magician. Only with him as President can an increase in inflation and energy costs not effect consumer spending. This is a miraculous economic boom that has never occurred. The truth is, there’s no Obama Boom occurring. But let’s not ruin the media’s spin with facts!