Gas only $0.05/gallon in Iraq
Tue Jun 08, 2004 at 06:56:49 AM PDT
It looks like there's finally somewhere I can fill up my tank for less than 30 bucks...
From the AP:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2611925
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- While Americans are shelling out record prices for fuel, Iraqis pay only about 5 cents a gallon for gasoline -- a benefit of hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies bankrolled by U.S. taxpayers.
Before the war, forecasters predicted that by invading Iraq and ousting Saddam Hussein, America would benefit from increased exports of oil from Iraq, which has the world's second-largest petroleum reserves.
That would mean cheap gas for American motorists and a boost for the oil-dependent American economy.
More than a year after the invasion, that logic has been flipped on its head. Now the average price for gasoline in the United States is running $2.05 a gallon -- 50 cents more than the pre-invasion price.
The only people getting cheap gas as a result of the invasion are the Iraqis.
Filling a 22-gallon tank in Baghdad with low-grade fuel costs just $1.10, plus a 50-cent tip for the attendant. A tankful of high-test costs $2.75.
AZ Supremes uphold gay marriage ban
Wed May 26, 2004 at 09:42:12 PM PDT
My apologies if this was posted previously, but I didn't see it.
The Arizona Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gay marriage on Wednesday,
Story here.
Woodward's book sells out in Encino
Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 08:14:17 PM PDT
After dropping stuff off at a Valley for Kerry rally, I stopped at the local Barnes & Noble to pick up the Bob Woodward book. After wandering the store in vain looking for it, I asked an employee and she said they had sold out already.
Granted this was Encino, one of the most liberal areas of the San Fernando Valley, but for a big chain bookstore to run out of any huge book on the second day of sales seems like a big deal to me.
I just hope that people are reading the book...
