Because politics may effect supply, as has Biden's policies

Either you have no idea of pricing structure in a free market economy, or you have no concept of supply and demand.A Company cant raise it's price more than the market will bear, or competition will overtake it;s market share. And the balance between supply and demand sets the appropiate pricing. Government intervention can have effect _good, bad, or neither. So p**********l policy can most certainly influence pricing. By increasing (or decreasing) drilling (supply) regulations has its effects on supply, hence price. It is quite obvoius you have naver taken business 101. If you did, you didn't learn the basics

At this point in time the US economy as well as it's safety is dependant upon f****l f**ls. It's very existance is dependent upon them. We MUST get adequate supplies. THere are only 2 ways. Domestic or foreign. Also, at this time alternatives are simply inadequate to meet our needs. So what do we do? What is the best way? We are very lucky as we have more than adequate oil available. But we do not have the ability to refine enough crude to meet our needs. So what should we do. Under Biden we have CUT our production and imported more. Hence part of the doubling of fuel prices, which began before the Ukraine war. And Biden has PROMISED to END f****l f**l usage. Now admittedly I am not en energy expert. But it seems to me that we MUST increase our ability to extract and refine crude oil to domesticly meet our needs. So I ask this Question. Why is Biden NOT DOING THIS. With the stroke of his pen he could unleash American industry to drill and refine more than enough. We just might be able to export crude or refined fuel. Biden must know this. Nobody can be that stupid so as not to know this. Is Biden really that stupid not to know this???

I never said that.

You are partially right/wrong. The president may not set the price for oil but his policies have influence over the price. Ending drilling in Anwar, on federal land and Frakking as well as canceling the piopeline had it's effect on raising the price. The price rose 50% before the Russian invasion. And we have, also befor the invasion. Imported large amounts (well over 1% if our usage) of russian gasoline. Which would not be necessary if we built more refineries, but the Gov;t makes it too difficult for the oil co;s to build them.

But putin isn't invading to the east in the dead of winter. He is going west as the weather warms. Major, big difference. Plus the Ukraine is a small poorly armed country, and Russia isn't. Without international help Ukraine has no chance

And I all ways thought that the appendix was a part (vestigial)of the small intestiane

If that is totally true , please explain why gas was about $2.25/gal when Trump left office, and my "fill up" this AM was at $4.40. It only took a little over a year. And Biden had nothing to do with any of this? And the 8% inflation was not in the least Biden's fault??. Yes, these increases are not all Biden;s doing, But he certainly had a large part in the increases. And his adninistration isn't making any thing better.There are any number of things that can be done, Biden is doing none of them.

The single most difficult and dangerous thing that any pilot (no matter how well trained) can do is land on an aircraft carrier. Any number of things can go wrong having nothing to do with the skill of the pilot.

in and of itself $23 billion is somewhat meaningless. What % of income is it? How miuch did the company have to invest?Risk of the investment?And a million other things. And infact the FEDERAL government makes more $ on each gallon of gas than the company that drilled for it. Thats d********g

Maybe Biden is no t"Holding Back" But he is not returning the US to energy independence. Use any phrase you like. To describe his stupid, irresponsible behaviour. If he had any brains at all. Biden should Give the Following speech on TV. "I realize now that I made a mistake. And to correct my error I will return the US to energy independence ASAP. When we have the ability to use 100% US energy we will No longer import oil from ANY oposition country. WE will supply friendly countries, allies, with as much LNG and Oil as is possible. This may take a while, but it will happen.". If he did this his approival would skyrocket, And just might avoid a crushing debacle this november. But he owes too much to his l*****t, c*****e c****e puppet masters. So he cant make this kind of change

I remember the NY State Pavillion very well. I built part of it. I still have the hammer. In the main building, the floor is a mosaic of a Texaco map ot the State of NY. It had been forgotten and neglected. IT was in terrible condition. There was a restoration began about 5 years ago. I would love to see if it has been restored. These are terrific images. Thanks for the very pleasant memories

from the archives. The soft focus on the Sagamore bridge shot is what happens on a bumpy road when taken through the windshield

Sagamore bridge, Cape Cod

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Naval Academy bridge, Annapolis

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Tried that several times. Still nothing. I am stumped. It just may be something that I will have to live with. I guess worse things could happen. <Maybe the gremlins will die of boredom if I ignore them

Tried that already. Still nothing