tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post1940411403253522747..comments2024-03-28T08:37:58.136+01:00Comments on Limited, Inc.: some self erasing advice for DemsRoger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-6871767768930756982007-12-04T20:31:00.000+01:002007-12-04T20:31:00.000+01:00I found some lovely charts on the historical price...I found some <A HREF="http://www.wtrg.com/prices.htm" REL="nofollow">lovely charts</A> on the historical prices. They do tend to support the correlation between who holds the White House and profit maximization. OPEC's production climbed steadily and strongly during the Clinton years too, which must have been galling to the petros. <BR/><BR/>Looking over the rest of the charts, they benefit most from chaos and disastrously belligerent foreign policy. Steady hegemony does them little good.Arkadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838423612315386095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-68952548342969172372007-12-04T19:44:00.000+01:002007-12-04T19:44:00.000+01:00Actually, Mr. Scruggs, I think the petro part of t...Actually, Mr. Scruggs, I think the petro part of the petro gun club has a shrewd idea that Dems are not helpful in maximizing their profits. Of the three legs to the Clinton prosperity - low oil prices, stabilized health costs, and the tech bubble - the low cost of oil was crucial. I think you could make a case that the more than tripling of the cost of a barrel of oil during the Bush administration might be the one (although secret) achievement Bush's base is proudest of.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-17588368905471854962007-12-03T22:40:00.000+01:002007-12-03T22:40:00.000+01:00This is very funny stuff, Roger. So much so that i...This is very funny stuff, Roger. So much so that it hurts; by the criteria with which I'm credited, that also makes it lurve.<BR/><BR/>Digressing, how much of this really has to do with greed? By that I mean acquisitive greed. They all seem much more driven by fear of loss (and not just material loss) than by desire to accumulate. According to the Squirrel Dialectics, once the nut cache is full, the chitterers put a greater focus on preventing a threatening parity of accumulation than they do on acquiring more. So the job of the Dems would be to manage an aggressive recession, as warfare, which would <BR/><BR/>a) leave the petro-gun club less worse off than their foreign counterparts<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/>b) promote domestic immiserationArkadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838423612315386095noreply@blogger.com