Because my skills are not in journalism.
Editing is my downfall.
Dark Syde and Jerome a Paris (and thanx Jerome for turning me onto the following site) are what I aspire to in Diary entries.
But I have scanned all weekend and seen no diary in Daily Kos on the record price of crude.
So:
Bullshit, adjusted for inflation
What matters is the sustained price, not the spike. Over the course of this year we are averaging over $51 per barrel. That is 77% of the highest it has ever been. And it is climbing. If it gets into the 60's and is sustained there the damage done to the economy will be every bit as extensive as the damage that was done to the economy in 1981-1983.
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