Who do you blame? (possibly controversial)

MrsG NC · April 2011

I don't know if this could be considered controversial but I thought just in case I would say so).

Who do you blame for the soaring gas prices? I am seeing A LOT of folks on FB sharing their outrage at the prices and saying things that leave me scratching my head.

Ex. A friend posted a status regarding the gas prices. Tons of comments were made and one in particular was a guy saying "I guess this is what "O" meant by "change", to which the status poster replied "Yes, more "change" in his pocket".

This puzzled me. Last time I checked "O" isn't reaping the benefits of the soaring prices. What is he secretly pocketing the bumped up price differences? That just seemed like a really odd statement to me. I see constant statuses complaining about the gas prices and our president and I am not sure how the two go hand in hand. Forgive me if I am just being ignorant here, but I don't think every single thing that goes wrong in this country should fall solely on his shoulders. That seems a bit..heavy?

What are your thoughts? Do you blame our President for what you are paying at the pump? If so, why? (and I do not mean that in any other way than pure curiosity, maybe I am just missing something..)

nadinethequeen01 · April 2011

I thought it had something to do with Libya. Gas goes up every year though, I don't know why people are so surprised.

daronsmommy · April 2011

MrsG NC:

I don't know if this could be considered controversial but I thought just in case I would say so).

Who do you blame for the soaring gas prices? I am seeing A LOT of folks on FB sharing their outrage at the prices and saying things that leave me scratching my head.

Ex. A friend posted a status regarding the gas prices. Tons of comments were made and one in particular was a guy saying "I guess this is what "O" meant by "change", to which the status poster replied "Yes, more "change" in his pocket".

This puzzled me. Last time I checked "O" isn't reaping the benefits of the soaring prices. What is he secretly pocketing the bumped up price differences? That just seemed like a really odd statement to me. I see constant statuses complaining about the gas prices and our president and I am not sure how the two go hand in hand. Forgive me if I am just being ignorant here, but I don't think every single thing that goes wrong in this country should fall solely on his shoulders. That seems a bit..heavy?

What are your thoughts? Do you blame our President for what you are paying at the pump? If so, why? (and I do not mean that in any other way than pure curiosity, maybe I am just missing something..)

I agree. I can't stand when people blame everything that goes wrong on our President. Yes, there are probably things he could do differently, but what about everyone else. Can 1 person really change EVERYTHING in the U.S.?

write2nicole · April 2011

Didn't you know the President personally gets a royalty check every month for 75% of whatever is paid at the gas pump?

Just kidding. I don't really know why people think this. I think gas prices are often based on market speculation in oil, particularly when there's a large leap in oil prices. Also, sometimes if there's an issue that causes a shortage of gas or increases the cost of delivery, that will increase gas prices. For example, we had a pipeline burst a few years ago. That made it hard to get gas to the Phoenix area, so gas prices skyrocketed. Some of that was speculation, but some was due to actual increased cost/decreased supply.

The only thing I can think of that has a link to President Obama is the limitations on deep water drilling after the Gulf crisis last year.

QueenBee320 · April 2011

Part of the President's job is to suck it up and take the blame for everything that goes wrong while he is in office. I think it just goes with the territory. That being said I don't blame him. I'm at least smart enough to know that I don't know enough to know who to blame or if it is really just one person's fault. One thing I do know is that the high price of gas sucks!

CinemaGoddess · April 2011

I think it's ridiculous and unacceptable to blame Obama for this. He doesn't set the gas prices. Anyone who blames him for this should be stripped of any and all voting rights because they're obviously idiots.

I think it's a combination of Libya, other middle east crises, our dependance on foreign oil (or any fossil fuel for that matter), and the greediness of the oil companies.

mamabear214 · April 2011

I feel like "O" gets blamed for so many things that are not directly his fault. Yes, he may be the president but I mean really people it is not like he says "This is how things are going to be done" and then it is. Our government as a whole has to agree on a decision in order for it to be made. There is no "one" bad guy here. /rant.

To answer your question - no I don't blame him for the gas prices. I think a number of factors are at play and I also agree with PP, gas prices are constantly rising. We can't just expect them to go down suddenly.

drucita · April 2011

I just wanted to agree with you. I dont get it either, the gas prices have been in a rollercoaster for the pas 10years and Mr."O" have been in power only 3, on top of that he doesnt own any oil company, so i really wonder how they think that he is getting any "change" in his pocket Huh?

MrsG NC · April 2011

cinema_goddess:
I think it's ridiculous and unacceptable to blame Obama for this. He doesn't set the gas prices. Anyone who blames him for this should be stripped of any and all voting rights because they're obviously idiots.
I think it's a combination of Libya, other middle east crises, our dependance on foreign oil (or any fossil fuel for that matter), and the greediness of the oil companies.

This is exactly how I feel, and from everything I have read this is the cause for the soaring prices. It just confuses me a little as to why so many people are just chalking it up to "our it's our greedy President". I don't understand the logic behind that thought. It seems...uninformed?

DreadLoc · April 2011

President = America's Scapegoat

McKenna04 · April 2011

It's the oil companies, problems in the Middle East, and I am also going to blame the workers at the gas stations, they are the ones that actually do the dirty work by getting out their giant stick and changing the price from $3.98 to $4.13.. are you effing kidding me?!

CinemaGoddess · April 2011

MrsG NC:
cinema_goddess:

I think it's ridiculous and unacceptable to blame Obama for this. He doesn't set the gas prices. Anyone who blames him for this should be stripped of any and all voting rights because they're obviously idiots.

I think it's a combination of Libya, other middle east crises, our dependance on foreign oil (or any fossil fuel for that matter), and the greediness of the oil companies.

This is exactly how I feel, and from everything I have read this is the cause for the soaring prices. It just confuses me a little as to why so many people are just chalking it up to "our it's our greedy President". I don't understand the logic behind that thought. It seems...uninformed?

Yeah, it's just the easy way out to blame Obama. Just like it was the easy way out to blame Bush for 9/11. It's ignorant drivel and it is most definitely uninformed.

MrsG NC · April 2011

Cassie730:
I blame the laws of economics....supply & demand. I didn't blame Bush and I don't blame Obama. And I don't see what a president could possibly have to do with gas prices.

Supply & Demand is a HUGE factor. A few years back in our area there was a huge demand for gas (I can't remember exactly what the crisis was). Since there was a huge demand, people suddenly freaked that we would run out. Therefore EVERYONE started hitting the pump, draining them. So because of the mass hysteria...we ran out! The supply could not keep up with the demand. If there was available gas it cost a shiit load of money. This is nothing new..

MrsG NC · April 2011

Unpossible:
Yup, yup, and yup. Everybody's said it. Problems in N. Africa, douchebaggery in the oil companies, fear, etc.
Beanie's right. Go as green as you can. I don't see things changing anytime soon. So we have to change ourselves, YKWIM?

I agree!

MrsG NC · April 2011

kirky05:
I don't blame O for the rising gas prices (and is this a new nick name for him or something that people are calling him? It reminds me of Oprah.)
I honestly don't know who to blame. I understand gas prices are always rising, but to raise this much within a couple months is just plain maddening. Not that I'm mad at any one person in particular.

Haha, yea I had no idea he had received such a cutesy nickname either. I hadn't even heard it before! Totally reminds me of Oprah.

egad76 · April 2011

Speculators are mostly to blalme. They use the middle east as an excuse to hike up oil prices. The US gets most of their oil from themselves. After that, our largest suppliers are Canada and Mexico.

christina39 · April 2011

The rain...(mili vinili reference)

write2nicole · April 2011

MrsG NC:
kirky05:

I don't blame O for the rising gas prices (and is this a new nick name for him or something that people are calling him? It reminds me of Oprah.)

I honestly don't know who to blame. I understand gas prices are always rising, but to raise this much within a couple months is just plain maddening. Not that I'm mad at any one person in particular.

Haha, yea I had no idea he had received such a cutesy nickname either. I hadn't even heard it before! Totally reminds me of Oprah.

The one I have seen is "Bambam." I can't stand that one.

MrsG NC · April 2011

christina39:
The rain...(mili vinili reference)

"Blame it on the rain..yea yea"

kita09 · April 2011

pure ridiculousness. and he does NOT need to use the oil reserves for rising prices. anything can happen with all these calamities going on where we have an actual SHORTAGE and will need those reserves. i'm just getting fed up with the obama-is-the-devil foolishness.

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CinemaGoddess · April 2011

kirky05:
write2nicole:
MrsG NC:
kirky05:

I don't blame O for the rising gas prices (and is this a new nick name for him or something that people are calling him? It reminds me of Oprah.)

I honestly don't know who to blame. I understand gas prices are always rising, but to raise this much within a couple months is just plain maddening. Not that I'm mad at any one person in particular.

Haha, yea I had no idea he had received such a cutesy nickname either. I hadn't even heard it before! Totally reminds me of Oprah.

The one I have seen is "Bambam." I can't stand that one.

Oh that's just awful! Who comes up with these?

There are some "nicknames" for Obama floating around out on the internets that are just mind-blowingly horrible. The internets make people brave and encourages them to say things they wouldn't normally say.

Except for the LaRouchies, who are bananacakes anyway.

LCB34 · April 2011

cinema_goddess:

I think it's ridiculous and unacceptable to blame Obama for this. He doesn't set the gas prices. Anyone who blames him for this should be stripped of any and all voting rights because they're obviously idiots.

I think it's a combination of Libya, other middle east crises, our dependance on foreign oil (or any fossil fuel for that matter), and the greediness of the oil companies.

You can't say that he has absolutely no hand in this. Obama has banned drilling in the Gulf - and that is impacting (and increasing) or reliance on foreign oil.

I don't think he is totally to blame. However, you can't say that he has nothing to do with it as he is making decisions for our country that directly impact our oil production levels.

But, I guess I'm just an idiot thought who doesn't deserve the right to vote.

write2nicole · April 2011

kirky05:
write2nicole:
The one I have seen is "Bambam." I can't stand that one.
Oh that's just awful! Who comes up with these?

I don't know. It was someone commenting on one of my dad's FB posts, so I can't just hide or delete. Ugh.

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detokiet · April 2011

write2nicole:
MrsG NC:
kirky05:

I don't blame O for the rising gas prices (and is this a new nick name for him or something that people are calling him? It reminds me of Oprah.)
I honestly don't know who to blame. I understand gas prices are always rising, but to raise this much within a couple months is just plain maddening. Not that I'm mad at any one person in particular.
Haha, yea I had no idea he had received such a cutesy nickname either. I hadn't even heard it before! Totally reminds me of Oprah.
The one I have seen is "Bambam." I can't stand that one.

I haven't heard either of those. And "O" makes me think of orgasm. Yes, I'm 12.

On topic: I definitely don't blame the president. I don't really know who to blame. There definitely isn't only one factor in all of this.

CinemaGoddess · April 2011

LCB34:
cinema_goddess:

I think it's ridiculous and unacceptable to blame Obama for this. He doesn't set the gas prices. Anyone who blames him for this should be stripped of any and all voting rights because they're obviously idiots.

I think it's a combination of Libya, other middle east crises, our dependance on foreign oil (or any fossil fuel for that matter), and the greediness of the oil companies.

You can't say that he has absolutely no hand in this. Obama has banned drilling in the Gulf - and that is impacting (and increasing) or reliance on foreign oil.

I don't think he is totally to blame. However, you can't say that he has nothing to do with it as he is making decisions for our country that directly impact our oil production levels.

But, I guess I'm just an idiot thought who doesn't deserve the right to vote.

He.doesn't.set.the.gas.prices. The oil companies do that based on oil prices, which is not the responsibility of the President of the United States of America to dictate.

Obama may have had some indirect hand in oil prices, but then you have to. You buy gas, right? You have a large vehicle, right? It's just as ridiculous to say that someone who drives a Hummer or an Escalade is the main contributer to high gas prices.

FFS, LCB, don't be daft.

write2nicole · April 2011

cinema_goddess:
kirky05:
write2nicole:
The one I have seen is "Bambam." I can't stand that one.

Oh that's just awful! Who comes up with these?

There are some "nicknames" for Obama floating around out on the internets that are just mind-blowingly horrible. The internets make people brave and encourages them to say things they wouldn't normally say.

Except for the LaRouchies, who are bananacakes anyway.

Sadly, I suspect that this person would use this term when speaking to people face-to-face.

CinemaGoddess · April 2011

write2nicole:
cinema_goddess:
kirky05:
write2nicole:
The one I have seen is "Bambam." I can't stand that one.

Oh that's just awful! Who comes up with these?

There are some "nicknames" for Obama floating around out on the internets that are just mind-blowingly horrible. The internets make people brave and encourages them to say things they wouldn't normally say.

Except for the LaRouchies, who are bananacakes anyway.
Sadly, I suspect that this person would use this term when speaking to people face-to-face.

Maybe, but I doubt the people out there who call him "Obamatard", "Obamamonkey" and "ObamaHitler" wouldn't say it anywhere but the internets.

MrsG NC · April 2011

LCB34:
cinema_goddess:

I think it's ridiculous and unacceptable to blame Obama for this. He doesn't set the gas prices. Anyone who blames him for this should be stripped of any and all voting rights because they're obviously idiots.
I think it's a combination of Libya, other middle east crises, our dependance on foreign oil (or any fossil fuel for that matter), and the greediness of the oil companies.
You can't say that he has absolutely no hand in this. Obama has banned drilling in the Gulf - and that is impacting (and increasing) or reliance on foreign oil.
I don't think he is totally to blame. However, you can't say that he has nothing to do with it as he is making decisions for our country that directly impact our oil production levels.
But, I guess I'm just an idiot thought who doesn't deserve the right to vote.

I can't bold because I have Google Chrome but the first part of LCB's statement I agree with. That is something to take into account as well, it is most definitely a factor. There are so many factors..

CinemaGoddess · April 2011

MrsG NC:
LCB34:
cinema_goddess:

I think it's ridiculous and unacceptable to blame Obama for this. He doesn't set the gas prices. Anyone who blames him for this should be stripped of any and all voting rights because they're obviously idiots.

I think it's a combination of Libya, other middle east crises, our dependance on foreign oil (or any fossil fuel for that matter), and the greediness of the oil companies.

You can't say that he has absolutely no hand in this. Obama has banned drilling in the Gulf - and that is impacting (and increasing) or reliance on foreign oil.

I don't think he is totally to blame. However, you can't say that he has nothing to do with it as he is making decisions for our country that directly impact our oil production levels.

But, I guess I'm just an idiot thought who doesn't deserve the right to vote.

I can't bold because I have Google Chrome but the first part of LCB's statement I agree with. That is something to take into account as well, it is most definitely a factor. There are so many factors..

I wonder why he did that.

MrsG NC · April 2011

cinema_goddess:
MrsG NC:
LCB34:
cinema_goddess:

I think it's ridiculous and unacceptable to blame Obama for this. He doesn't set the gas prices. Anyone who blames him for this should be stripped of any and all voting rights because they're obviously idiots.
I think it's a combination of Libya, other middle east crises, our dependance on foreign oil (or any fossil fuel for that matter), and the greediness of the oil companies.
You can't say that he has absolutely no hand in this. Obama has banned drilling in the Gulf - and that is impacting (and increasing) or reliance on foreign oil.
I don't think he is totally to blame. However, you can't say that he has nothing to do with it as he is making decisions for our country that directly impact our oil production levels.
But, I guess I'm just an idiot thought who doesn't deserve the right to vote.

I can't bold because I have Google Chrome but the first part of LCB's statement I agree with. That is something to take into account as well, it is most definitely a factor. There are so many factors..
I wonder why he did that.

I realize why he did it and that makes sense. I was just taking that into consideration for the still high prices at the pump. I just want to look at all sides of the situation. My point with the post was that there are so many thing to take into account for the situation at hand. There is no one person to place sole blame on. To do so I think is a bit silly.

write2nicole · April 2011

cinema_goddess:
write2nicole:
cinema_goddess:
There are some "nicknames" for Obama floating around out on the internets that are just mind-blowingly horrible. The internets make people brave and encourages them to say things they wouldn't normally say.
Except for the LaRouchies, who are bananacakes anyway.
Sadly, I suspect that this person would use this term when speaking to people face-to-face.

Maybe, but I doubt the people out there who call him "Obamatard", "Obamamonkey" and "ObamaHitler" wouldn't say it anywhere but the internets.

Wow. All three of those are completely offensive and flameworthy. It makes me sad that anyone could use any of those three terms on any web forum without being flamed, reported and blocked by the site administrators.

CinemaGoddess · April 2011

MrsG NC:

I realize why he did it and that makes sense. I was just taking that into consideration for the still high prices at the pump. I just want to look at all sides of the situation. My point with the post was that there are so many thing to take into account for the situation at hand. There is no one person to place sole blame on. To do so I think is a bit silly.

ITA. I was more making a point of someone saying that Obama being in the wrong for stopping Gulf drilling after the Gulf disaster is completely short-sighted about the cost of paying for a gallon of gas today vs. the environment cost of the spill for possibly hundreds of years.

I'm not trying to make you feel bad. I know where you're coming from and I understand. It took me a long time to figure out exactly where to put the blame for gas prices and it's not one person. It's not even 10 people/organizations. Millions of people have their fingers in that pie.

wearenutts · April 2011

I have not read all the comments but I wanted to post this. Yes it was written in 2008 but I believe it still holds true today.

https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2008/03/10/why-gas-prices-rise-as-the-dollar-falls

Sorry no clicky.

LCB34 · April 2011

MrsG NC:
cinema_goddess:
MrsG NC:
LCB34:
cinema_goddess:

I think it's ridiculous and unacceptable to blame Obama for this. He doesn't set the gas prices. Anyone who blames him for this should be stripped of any and all voting rights because they're obviously idiots.

I think it's a combination of Libya, other middle east crises, our dependance on foreign oil (or any fossil fuel for that matter), and the greediness of the oil companies.

You can't say that he has absolutely no hand in this. Obama has banned drilling in the Gulf - and that is impacting (and increasing) or reliance on foreign oil.

I don't think he is totally to blame. However, you can't say that he has nothing to do with it as he is making decisions for our country that directly impact our oil production levels.

But, I guess I'm just an idiot thought who doesn't deserve the right to vote.

I can't bold because I have Google Chrome but the first part of LCB's statement I agree with. That is something to take into account as well, it is most definitely a factor. There are so many factors..

I wonder why he did that.

I realize why he did it and that makes sense. I was just taking that into consideration for the still high prices at the pump. I just want to look at all sides of the situation. My point with the post was that there are so many thing to take into account for the situation at hand. There is no one person to place sole blame on. To do so I think is a bit silly.

I agree with Mrs G's open mind here. I never said it was all (or really a lot) of Obama's fault. It isn't.

But, he is making decisions about drilling in our country. Even if that barely impacts the global market, it does impact it.

So yes, it is a small piece of the puzzle - but it is a piece none the less. And denying that fact is a bit over the top, as is calling anyone who recognizes that Obama can, and does, make decisions that impact the oil and gas industry, an idiot.

aabreu32 · April 2011

I am late to the thread - but I blame the Democrats - I blame them for almost everything though. Hmm

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emilydholmes1 · April 2011

aabreu32:
I am late to the thread - but I blame the Democrats - I blame them for almost everything though.

That calls for a Sookie ::headdesk:: if I ever read one. Gah.

Rach7170 · April 2011

kirky05:

aabreu32:
I am late to the thread - but I blame the Democrats - I blame them for almost everything though.

Wait, are you side-eyeing yourself? lol

That's what I thought too. I didn't know if she was joking or not because of the side eye!

MrsG NC · April 2011

kirky05:
aabreu32:
I am late to the thread - but I blame the Democrats - I blame them for almost everything though.
Wait, are you side-eyeing yourself? lol

Kirky I just wanted to say I read the top of your pregnancy ticker and giggled. "Pregly", I somehow hadn't noticed that until now!

I also can't believe you are already 10 weeks!

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