A grumpy old bathplug raves

[masalai]

Now another one, A priest claiming that marriage is a union by god or something - Jeeeees why such blatant lies to support a perception? - - Marriage is a fairly modern "institution" invented within western society to give some legality to a union of a couple and ensure/facilitate inheritance and fiscal transfer to "legal" progeny. - - The church realised a good thing and "sanctified it"... - - As far as I know marriage is something post 1600 or somewhere thereabouts...

This outburst arose from a comment against some form of legal recognition of Homosexual relationships - to facilitate transfer of joint assets and related legal/fiscal issues... Hypocrisy gives me the shits...

I have nothing against Homosexuals - 2 boys in a relationship - they will be less males in the competition for ladies favours... - - It leaves 2 extra girls not being sought by those 2 gay boys & that they will not be competing with me for the attention of ladies...

[artemis]

Originally Posted by masalai

What is the matter with that retarded shrub - Is he incapable of saying "RECESSION.... and I am sorry it is my fault." - I really feel sorry for the people of USA, It looks to me like your Government in collusion with the big money boys have well and truly "raped" you all in the name of putting as many dollars in their own pockets and really screw all the rest of you hard working honest citizens - I hope I am wrong for the repercussions will adversely impact on the rest of the world - but it looks like a major depression is unavoidable... - That really scares me...

And here is the latest little bit of nonsense, courtesy of Monday evening's news:

Seems that while the price of a barrel of crude has risen 80% recently, during the same time period the price of gasoline in the US has only risen 33%. The oil companies say that this smaller price increase is due to large surplus stocks of gasoline on hand. But as we move into summer and these surplus stocks decline, the cost of gasoline will rise to be more proportionate with the cost of crude. Excuse me! The wages paid refinery workers have not increased. The cost of repair and mainteenance of the refineries has not increased. How much of the cost of creating gasoline is the cost of the raw material? And the oil companies declared profits in excess of 40 BILLION dollars last year? Time to get a whole bunch of rope. Whatdayasay the1. Got any vacant trees in TX cause I know ya got a lotta rich oil folks - an you're gonna have a couple more come next January. Got ta get together a necktie party. A yea!

[masalai]

Artemis, methinks you may be barking up the wrong tree - it should be the bush - - Was it not a few weeks ago when there was a severe fuel shortage in USA? - How come such a great surplus now??? - That to me smacks of political interference for political gain - remember you have an election soon and I bet the prices will stay down till it seems likely that the other party is likely to win.... Then the incumbent will find the treasury is bare and fuel & other prices will explode upwardly.

[Meanz Beanz]

The oil companies net about 9%, stuff all for the investment when compared to software, pharma etc etc and you want to bash them? 40 Bill... so what? Any clue what its costing to look for more or alternates? Bash the government they take the most and contribute the least to any solution. Honestly its a complete ******* joke, Americans collectively want no more refineries, no more drilling, cheaper fuel and oil companies that make no profit. Your all on drugs! Its a high investment, low return business the only good thing is that selling your product is a cert. Yeah kick the crap out of the oilers, windfall profits tax them... the only thing you will see is higher prices and less supply because of it... the dopey pricks proved that in the 70's.

[Meanz Beanz]

Yes M they are squeezing margins at the pump end, swallowing costs, they say to protect the consumer. The more likely answer is political, they are most probably wanting to support the Republicans as much as is possible so as to avoid windfall profits tax and various other populist measures in response to high oil costs.

Don't forget these guys are price takers like all other commodity driven business. They are also the small fish in the pond these days with the NOC's dominating the scene.

[masalai]

Thanks for the comment Heinz. Your smilies/growlies look fun... Sorry, can only deliver "tokens" - ::::: ::::: ::::: ::::: he he...

[Meanz Beanz]

Getting grumpy today... sorry bout the tude dude. Been in the wars....



Cheers
MBz

[masalai]

Yes you are on "Grumpy" else you sound cool & calm...

[the1much]

economists say that if the usa freaks out,,it would only take 3 days of people stocking up on gas before we run out.
price of corn rice and soybeans going up 68% because of "biofuel" now 24% of al corn goes to bio,,next year 30something% and rice and soybeans down 70% because the farmers are switching rom rice and beans to corn for bi

[Meanz Beanz]

Matt Simmonds is fond of saying that if the US sees a shock to supply that drains the system to any significant extent it will be unlikely they can refill it. Meaning that as fast as it comes in one end demand will pull it out the other with no chance to build the reserve's that the system now holds, capacity is that tight!

[the1much]

im gonna buy a horse! or a cow,,,,if i ride a cow around wouldnt that make me a cowboy?,,,hehe

[Meanz Beanz]

LOL

[the1much]

i think i want 1 thats a little "faster" on his feet then that 1 hahahaha

[masalai]

the1 get a ffffing big water-buffalo - they weigh somewhere around 2 tons and are real mean asses to look at - - like the one "crocodile dundee" confronted but add a large crocodile skeleton impaled on its horns - as if to say, "don't mess with me, I kill crocodiles for fun..." Then, who cares about speed EVERYONE will get out of your way...he he he

[masalai]

US economy crawling at 0.6 pc rate

Staving off recession... the US figures are stronger than many analysts had expected.
Staving off recession... the US figures are stronger than many analysts had expected. (File photo) (AFP: Karen Bleier)
The US economy expanded at a sluggish 0.6 per cent annual pace in the first quarter, the government said in its first estimate of gross domestic product (GDP).
The Commerce Department report was slightly better than expected and came amid fears that the world's biggest economy might be headed for recession, generally defined as two consecutive quarters of declining activity.
The 0.6 per cent growth rate was the same as in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Despite a better-than-expected first-quarter performance, details of the report reflect widespread weakening that many analysts fear will lead to a recession.
The GDP figures are an initial measure of first-quarter performance and will be revised twice in coming months.
The report was issued just before Federal Reserve policy-makers began a second day of deliberations that is expected to result in a decision to trim official interest rates another quarter percentage point to try to keep expansion going.

I think the figures are fudged so "shrub" doesn't have to mispronounce "Recession"? on an annualised basis 0.6% for two quarterly reporting periods has to be a lie, else they would be chortling "Hit the bottom & on the way up",,,, with the actual quarterly figure??? That report has to be all ******** for the fools who remain with their heads in the clouds...