Comments on: New plan caps gasoline prices at $1.99 for Hummer owners

By: Dave Z

Dave Z — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:23:39 +0000

get it… between a rock and a hard place..

ok, try this…

How many Kennedy’s does it take to change a light bulb?

Two - one to hold the light bulb, one to drink until the room spins.

By: Dave Z

Dave Z — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 23:16:47 +0000

opposite the hard place

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:44:28 +0000

where’s irag

By: Dave Z

Dave Z — Fri, 26 May 2006 18:34:08 +0000

the bombing of the irag nuke plant by Isreal in the 80’s didn’t result in a big firestorm, except by sodom and the press.
It was simple. It isn’t always so complicated.

By: JaredB

JaredB — Fri, 26 May 2006 18:25:28 +0000

I think any military action (bombing or otherwise) would ignite a huge firestorm (whether you think it’s justified or not - don’t need to get into that now) in that region, which isn’t very stable to start with.

Lots of people thought the same thing about Iraq, that it would be a quick win scenario, similar to the first Gulf War. This is the reason I brought in the “mission accomplished” reference (not to Bush bash); I believe there was serious misrepresentation (or at best misunderstanding) of the complexity of the Iraq situation beforehand, and I believe that to assume that any solution to the Iran problem will be easy is to make the same exact mistake.

By: Dave Z

Dave Z — Fri, 26 May 2006 17:40:19 +0000

*ns — its mescaline

*talk about acid — ” the president’s infamous …. ” — dragging a bush cut refernce into this….

*Any military action, I think, against Iran will be limited to bombing the nuke plants, not invading.

I am optimistic about this and think it will be resolved easily.

By: JaredB

JaredB — Fri, 26 May 2006 17:17:23 +0000

Wow, some of that speculation on how the Iran situation will play out (other than B, perhaps) is pretty optimistic, in the same sense that the president’s infamous “mission accomplished” aircraft carrier stage show (now over three years ago) was an “optimistic” view of the Iraq situation.

If the United States (or God forbid, Israel) does decide to take action against Iran over this, I can’t see how it would be any less messy than Iraq, and probably much more so.

By: nstryker

nstryker — Fri, 26 May 2006 16:04:49 +0000

why do i always feel like i’ve dropped acid when i’m reading dave’s comments?

By: Dave Z

Dave Z — Fri, 26 May 2006 15:35:36 +0000

Unrealted to my answer — I thought I heard that Honda also come out with a similiar cap gas price plan. Is that true?

Opinion ———————–What I beleive are two possible ways this will play out.

Re: Iran settlement later this year ?– After the November elections in the US.

A. they will bargin in good faith, Arm…( Iran’s pres. ) has nothing and he knows it. His own country is now getting frustrated with him, Iran will be the biggest loser in the sanctions game. countries are throwing massive incentives at Iran to cool it on the nuke missle, but Arm.. has to save face and will back-channel.
(and besides that I beleive the Bush administration i s guilty of many crimes. te he - just checking to see if you are still reading ).

B. someone will bomb the nuke plants, Isreal or the US ( probably AFter the November election, I thought they would have done it before memorail day but they didn’t )… IF it gets close to having nuke bombs. Isreal did it to Irag and many in Isreal have had enough. (Isreal has over 100 nukes.)

C. We now have large supplies of oil inventory in the free world.
and they are increasing.

IF Iran backs off then oil prices will come down. Gasoline prices will decline. the US dollar will strengthen against other currencies.

IF Iran gets bombed then oil prices will spike for a season. And the oil companies will make a ton of money. We will all bitch about the higher prices. The US government will talk talk and do nothing about a long lasting energy solution.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 25 May 2006 18:22:16 +0000

I think Dave Z knows something. Come on let us know the secret.