- 24 October 2008, 23:05
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The lowest prices in gas I've seen since last year are now $2.99! That's awesome! I'm glad the prices have finally let up a bit. People who drive constantly rely on low gas prices. This decrease in prices will maintain itself if the Oil Gods have mercy. But my suspicion, which should be taken with a grain of salt, is that the prices are political schemes. Think back if you can to 2004. The incumbent President Bush faced losing office because of high gas prices and a terrible war. It is my recollection that the price of gasoline became incredibly low during that time. Perhaps as low as $2.00/gallon.
This year we also face an administration hell bent on getting McCain elected. It's no shock that they would do everything in their power to control the prices of oil. After all, George Bush was an oil man. As we all know from The Will Be Blood, Oil men tend to be serious about their business. If I could bet on the prices of gasoline I would say they are low but they will go higher. Only time will tell.
Now is the time to cut oil out of your diet completely, or at least significantly.
By Hugh Jass
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- 18 October 2008, 00:43
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The television blares all morning long about the impending economic doom our country is about to face. MSNBC and their little Dow Jones ticker constantly jumps from negative 777 to a positive 638 points. Who the fuck cares? It's all doom and gloom. What does this have to do with saving money? Well cancel your Cable subscription, that will help out a whoole lot.
Say what? You're addicted to TV? That can't stop you from threatening to cancel your TV subscription. For example, today I called and complained that my TV was spewing the crap of satan into my living room. I'm concerned that my non-existant children are watching too much TV. So naturally I want to cancel. But the man on the other line is sorry I want to cancel my cable TV. So he tells me about parental controls and gives me one free month of TV to "test" the tech nanny. I figured I would give it a go, why not? I'm not paying for it!
It was completely unexpected that I would get free TV for threatening to cancel my service. Perhaps we all could do the same? I'm going to try this more often. Cheers, especially to the dude who gave me free TV.