Oil Company Price Gouging

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Wednesday August 31, 2005 · 2:45 PM PDT

2005/08/31 · 14:45

We've all heard of shops and hotels around the South, raising their prices to take advantage of this disaster. We also know that this is illegal and morally atrocious. So why are oil companies allowed to raise their prices? I understand that their industry suffered a blow, but so did everyone else! Why can they get away with hiking prices even though they are swimming in billions of dollars of pure profit! We need these companies to keep down the cost of gasoline DOWN in order to keep this country from sliding into an economic downfall, yet they have proven that they don't care. Why are they not considered the price gougers?!

"Republican rebellion"

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Saturday July 23, 2005 · 3:12 PM PDT

2005/07/23 · 15:12

The White House has been fighting relentlessly against a new bill, widely supported by Republicans, which would bar the U.S. military from engaging in the torture of detainees or hiding prisoners from the Red Cross/Red Crescent. So much so that the White House has expressed it's concern over what it referred to as a "Republican rebellion". They also threaten to veto the legislation.

My complaint is, among other things, if our government takes the stance that torture is okay, then we have lost all credibility. Sure, Saddam Hussein was a ruthless thug, but hey, we do have the same views on torture!

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