Truckers Protest $9 Per Gallon Gas

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If you think the record high $4.76 for a gallon of diesel is bad, imagine paying double that. Truckers Protest $9 Per Gallon Gas
Published: Tue, May 27, 2008 - 8:05 am
Diesel hit a record high $4.76/gallon on Tuesday. Imagine paying double that.

British truckers are protesting soaring fuel prices. They're driving in a convoy to Marble Arch in the center of London before delivering a petition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Truckers want the government to compensate truck drivers for the soaring cost of gas. Record-high oil prices have helped drive the cost of diesel in Britain to more than $9/gallon. The truckers say thousands of jobs in their industry are threatened by the rising costs. Many drivers also object to government plans to impose an environmental tax on some gas-guzzling cars.


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KCTENAC, what you guys do not understand is that I am not showing you news clippings of happenings after 9/11, I am showing you clippings from BEFORE 9/11!!! When there was no EVENT to have a CONSPIRACY!!! How can these “liberal” outlets create a conspiracy theory on something that hasnt even happened yet? WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!

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I care about the cost per gallon. I have always been proud of living within my means and really don’t have to worry too much about gasoline prices because I rarely go any where. But alot of people out there in the working world doesn’t have that luxury and their lively hood and lives are profoundly affected and that bothers me considerably. You remember paying $4 a gallons a few years ago, I remember paying 18 cents a gallon .  That doesn’t help these that need help badly for now or the future. wheather 9/11 was a terrorist plot or government plot or cover up or what,doesn’t solve the problem. Let’s start solving the problem then look for those responsible for our troubles not of our own making. We can then start nabbing the government officials, foreign and domestic, and fat cats and begin taking away some of those billions they’re already trying to squirrel away. Right now we have kids doing without food in the USA because of the gasoline situation. That is unacceptable to me.

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Hmm well this is an interesting “blog”. If the people honestly believe 9/11 was just a bunch of pissed of terrorist and our government had nothing to do with it then the government has truly won. Understand that this is a war on our mind, the quicker we all realize this then the better off we will be. And as far as gas prices, who cares, I lived in Europe back in 2000 and the price was $4 a liter then. Maybe if families would limit themselves on cable tv, cell phones, ordering out, and actualy live within there means the price of gas would only have a small effect on them.

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sorry to go back to this topic, but i left work yesterday at 2 and have just caught up. mremann, u say respected news sites believe your conspiracies about 9/11? i’d like you to name a couple of them. don’t try CNN,NBC,MSNBC, they are no longer respected b/c they are LIBERAL news outlets. i dont think rosepetal is ignorant at all on this subject, i think the only ignorant person on the subject is you.

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Regardless of how much gas is going to cost now and in the future or where it comes from,  there is only one group to blame, WE THE PEOPLE. If we hadn’t been so consumed by everything else in our lives and had been more diligent in our election of politicians and leaders, We wouldn’t be where we are now. We can’t change the past but we can change the course for our future. I’ve heard a lot of good ideas to do that, right here. Where do we start? Sack all of our crooked politicians ? End speculator control of prices? Increase Domestic drilling and refining ? We need a coherent plan and some good people to implement it and learn how to compromise on a lot of issues. Then we breathe really heavily on our Congressmen and Senators in Washington to let them know we are looking over their shoulders. We got our selves into this mess. Where do we start to get our selves out?

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mremann83   lol told you always a conspiracey theory for everything   but i will try and find one about elvis for you

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/pearl.html

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mremann83 oh really thank you for the compliment you just made my day   and what will they smell you know people really died on 9/11 it wasnt a conspiracy by the us government president bush etc   it was however a conspiracey theory by the terrorist   as for your website for every claim there are more websites to counter them   mremann83 who assinated anwar sadat   was president bush in office no do you know who owns chevron oil who wants to block drilling in alaska to explore alternative fuel as an excuse to keep the oil prices high ( but was voted against by a landslide of the stock holders Thank God)  gee mremann83

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It is all relevant, it is all involved. Dont come in here and try to play big boy admin. No one on here is upset at the plethora of conversation and opinions. So why are you? (Rhetorical Question). If you dont want to read what we write, keep the scroll bar halfway up the page.

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Hey, isn’t that why they installed the FORUMS, for everyone to argue back and forth. You guys are veering way away from the headline here “Truckers Protest $9 Per Gallon Gas”!! If you wanna flood the website, start a new Forum Topic, and then cry and whine about how the rising price of gas is blamed on Bin Laden or Pres. Bush. Maybe WKRG should try to appoint “Site Admins” to try to cut down on the needless rambling in the headline comments. I mean come on, 86 comments, and only about 10 of them actually pertain to the headline “Truckers Protest $9 Per Gallon Gas!!!!!”

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You wanna hate someone? Start with the Bilderburgs. Study up on Unocal. Kissinger, Bush, Tennet, they are out there. All of you on this board who call me crazy and a liberal, study up. Open your eyes, wake up! Smell the Rosepetals. Ehem, I mean Roses!

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