The Obamagood Thread

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Gas prices to fall below $2 for Thanksgiving

Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY 11:43 a.m. EST November 23, 2015

Thanksgiving travelers will pay less for gasoline than they have in more than a decade.

The average price of unleaded gasoline is expected to hit $1.99 on Thanksgiving, GasBuddy.com analysts reported.

That's the lowest it's been for Turkey Day since 2004, said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Service.

Right now the average is $2.072, Kloza said, but it's fall. At that level, nearly 60% of U.S. gas stations are already selling gas for less than $2.

“We had lower prices in 2008 and 2009 but not for Thanksgiving,” Kloza said. “The cheapest markets are in the Great Lakes states. Ohio, Michigan, Illinois — very, very cheap gas there.”

Gas prices are down from $2.81 a year ago, according to GasBuddy.

Bad news for energy producers is good news for consumers.

The global energy industry is facing a massive surplus in oil production, which has led many oil companies to shed thousands of jobs and slash investment plans.

But U.S. producers have continued pumping oil even as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) maintains production a high rate. That has depressed prices.

“This is a glut of crude,” Kloza said. “It’s a glut everywhere you look.”

The typical U.S. driver will save roughly $75 on the road in the 40-day peak shopping season leading up to Christmas, compared to recent averages, Kloza said.

“I don’t know what he or she is going to spend it on, but it’s a substantial amount of money,” he said.

It's especially good news for the millions of travelers who will hit the road this week. Some 67% of Thanksgiving travelers plan to drive more than 200 miles, GasBuddy reported.

For months, retail gasoline prices have remained higher than analysts would typically expect considering rock-bottom oil prices. With oil prices hovering in the $40 to $50 per barrel range for several months, gas has remained in the low $2 range for several months.

Analysts say the price of gas depends on many factors, including refinery costs, distribution and blends.

But the drop below $2 indicates that retail prices are finally catching up with crude prices.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/11/23/gasoline-prices-thanksgiving-gas-prices/76254792/

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Nice replay by Sarah Jones, here!

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There Is No One I Would Rather Have at the Helm Today Than President Barack Obama

By: Sarah Jones

Saturday, November 14th, 2015, 4:27 pm

The following is an editorial written by PoliticusUSA co-publisher Sarah Jones.

As we struggle with comprehending the horror of the Paris attacks, we also struggle with what peace means.

Some people confuse peace with pacifism, and even with a benign niceness. But both of these things can enable cruelty and violence by not calling them out.

Peace should be a verb, it’s a thing we actively seek and keep doing, not a thing we accomplish or take pride in. There are some on the left who do this, who take comfort in being “nice” people while Rome burns.

When a bully picks on a little kid, do we show “kindness” to the bully thinking that will fix them, and by kindness, I mean refusing to hold them accountable for their behavior, or we do step up, name it and do our best to stop it.

To get to peace — and let’s face it, we never arrive, it’s an ongoing journey — things can’t be all nice and comfortable all of the time.

President Barack Obama knows this. That is why he hunted down and killed Osama bin Laden. That’s not something any person with an ounce of humanity wants to do, no matter what- to kill another human being. But it was necessary.

To that end, today, in the wake of the terror attacks, U.S. military forces conducted “a precision airstrike in #Libya against ISIL leader and long-time AQ operative Abu Nabil,” according to Brett McKurk, who is the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL.

President Obama is going to do what he needs to do. I thank whatever God there is that I don’t have to make decisions like this, and I shiver thinking of any one of the Republican presidential candidates doing so.

It takes great temperament to take action without rushing in, to know just how far to press the gas pedal, and to keep the people as calm as you can while you do it. There will be endless criticism no matter what he does, but a good leader knows that and forges ahead.

President Obama didn’t forget us, even as he took off for Turkey and the start of the G20 Summit. He didn’t leave us hanging for days wondering what in the hell was going on. Here’s a readout of the President’s National Security Council Meeting on the Paris Attacks:

President Obama, before departing for the G20 Summit, convened his National Security Council to discuss yesterday’s horrific terrorist attacks in Paris. The President’s team briefed him on the latest intelligence surrounding the attacks, and–while noting that there was no specific or credible threat to the United States–reviewed our homeland security posture to ensure we are doing everything necessary to protect the American people. The President received a briefing on the active cooperation with our French counterparts on intelligence sharing and military action against ISIL, and reaffirmed that his team will remain in close contact with their French counterparts to be ready to provide any necessary assistance to French authorities as part of the investigation. The team reviewed the intelligence picture, noting that we had no information to contradict the initial French assessment of ISIL’s responsibility. The President was also briefed on our Embassy security posture in Paris and across Europe, and directed his team to take all appropriate measures to ensure the security of Embassy personnel. The President directed his team to keep him regularly apprised of the investigation and any relevant intelligence.
President Obama has this. He can’t fix it, no one can. But he’s in charge and he’s on it, and if there is something to be done, he is the person to do it. This is not to suggest he is perfect and no one should question him, or to suggest we should mindlessly turn over our liberties should that be suggested. But when it comes to judgment, there is no one I would rather have at the helm today than President Barack Obama.


We are lucky to have such a President, especially at times like this.


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you're forced to quote yourself to bump it
no new information is being added
 
Your thread may have run it's course when,
only you and troll post in it
you're forced to quote yourself to bump it
no new information is being added

If I made a new one
It'd be the same thing all over again
Thanks to the freedoms of this great nation
To be a shitty deliberate asshole when one feels like it
The only thing to do
Is to get red-blooded American bootstrappy
Never give up
And outlast the basterds!

(at least until post #5000)

;)
 
you mean, thanks to Real Americans that grant you the freedom even though you and your kind do not deserve it as you sit on your ass sucking down the welfare.

you are NOT an American



If I made a new one
It'd be the same thing all over again
Thanks to the freedoms of this great nation
To be a shitty deliberate asshole when one feels like it
The only thing to do
Is to get red-blooded American bootstrappy
Never give up
And outlast the basterds!

(at least until post #5000)

;)
 
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