I read National Review and Townhall, for example, thank you very much, and I have to tell you that their material is generally poorly sourced, misleadingly sourced, or both.

While other commenters on this board do have a tendency to use derogatory nicknames, I am not one to do so (although sometimes it is very, very tempting)

I posted an article from a Milwaukee magazine last week, which gave a behind the scenes look from a Program Director how righty talk radio manipulates their audience. Mike Stark has proven several times that Limbaugh and Hannity both operate in a similar fashion.

If you are yourself with enough facts, the things that Limbaugh says sometimes are great comedy. That’s why Sadly No! is one of my favorite blogs – they usually are spot on why you people on the right (I know I am making an assumption here – correct me if I am wrong- but the “Soros funded” quote is a dead giveaway, it’s been thoroughly debunked) evoke so much snark when you’re attempting to make a serious argument.

HISTORY OF ILLINOIS BASIN POSTED CRUDE OIL PRICES
Crude Oil Price
Chart from 1977 to 2003
Monthly Price Chart 1998 to July 2006
History & Analysis of Crude Oil Prices from WTRG Economics
Year, Month, Monthly Average, and Yearly Average

2008

January $84.70 July $126.16
February $86.64 August $108.46
March $96.87 September $96.13
April $104.31 October
May $117.40 November
June $126.33 December
2008 Average* $105.22

*Through September

2007

January $46.53 July $65.96
February $51.36 August $64.23
March $52.64 September $70.94
April $56.08 October $77.56
May $55.43 November $86.92
June $59.25 December $83-46
2007 Average $64.20

2006

January $58.30 July $66.28
February $54.65 August $64.93
March $55.42 September $55.73
April $62.50 October $50.98
May $62.94 November $50.98
June $62.85 December $54.06
2006 Average $58.30

2005

January $42.21 July $52.13
February* $42.91/$41.11 August $58.07
March* $48.55/$47.80 September $58.56
April* $46.63/$46.38 October $55.12
May* $43.27/$43.02 November $51.18
June* $49.56/$49.80 December $52.31
2005 Average* $50.04/$49.81

*From February through June the posted price was not the same for all three crude purchasers in the Illinois Basin. The first price is Countrymark Coop posted price average, the second price is Plains/Bi-Petro posted price average.

2004

January $30.87 July $36.25
February $31.03 August $40.67
March $33.48 September $41.25
April $33.08 October $48.71
May $36.31 November $44.30
June $33.80 December $39.20
2004 Average $37.41

2003

January $29.44 July $27.39
February $32.13 August $28.33
March $30.26 September $25.14
April $25.22 October $27.07
May $23.61 November $27.66
June $27.23 December $28.83
2003 Average $27.69

2002

January $16.65 July $23.69
February $18.88 August $24.90
March $20.97 September $26.28
April $22.83 October $25.38
May $23.79 November $22.92
June $22.16 December $25.25
2002 Average $22.81

2001

January $28.66 July $23.58
February $26.72 August $24.08
March $23.96 September $20.82
April $26.77 October $19.04
May $25.44 November $16.45
June $24.27 December $16.21
2001 Average $23.00

2000

January $24.11 July $27.17
February $26.54 August $28.27
March $27.44 September $30.88
April $22.99 October $30.01
May $26.06 November $31.16
June $28.57 December $25.50
Yearly total Average $27.40

Cut backs on imports, reformulated gasoline, and taxes caused record high gasoline prices in Midwest, reaching over $2.00 per gallon. Saudi Arabia wanting to boost import levels but other OPEC nations against it. (June & July)

http://www.ioga.com/Special/crudeoil_Hist.htm

March 31, 1946 $1.37

http://www.ioga.com/Special/crudeoil_Hist.htm

If they were in full control they would never have let it break support at 8000

rice for dinner: Nobody could have expected this…

Have you ever listened to Limbaugh?

Yes. And, if he runs for president it won’t matter how much his true believer followers suck up to him he will just show himself to be another annoying flash in the pan. He won’t get to Iowa.

The current economic crisis had little to do with W, with the exception of his idiotic bailout idea..this has been car crash waiting to happen for years now and just reached a head.

And it just happened now because of the crisis and the crisis isn’t being dealt with properly by Paulson who answers to W. Hmmm.

Do you believe in fairies?

In the case of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, in October of 2002, the index moved down to about 7,200, then recovered from those lows. (actually, it made kind of an inverted head-and-shoulders with shoulders around 7,500 – minor support levels). Before that, price had dropped and headed back up right around 8,000 (September, 2001). So, with 8,000 taken out, and sitting at 7,500, the next target is around 7,200, and then… you have to go back to the rise in the late ’90s, and no support levels were established.

It seems that the Republican, as they always do, are looking for a way to destroy the UAW. It’s not enough that they have pretty much eliminated the middle class in the last 8 years, they want to destroy the institutions that can help the middle class recover.