I can't wait for October 10th

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by chesty

quote:Originally posted by waterboy
That is "offensive" to some.

Yes it can be offensive at times.  Welcome to America.  Until we all start speaking French and eating cheese, it will remain that way.

Does the presence of "offensive" posts push other newsworthy subjects from being discussed here?  I doubt it.  It is as simple as starting a new thread.  This is a different story with the Whirled.

Now, Ed W., you've stirred the pot, now go draw another cartoon and quit causing trouble.  You don't want to be put on double secret probation do you?

It is not a different story with the world. And I only used the offensive remark to complete my satire. It has reduced the number of legitimate threads because if you respond to those you have an interest in, like the 14 different river related threads I opened yesterday morning, you hardly have time to respond much less go on the offensive like the anti's have.

I congratulate them. It was a good plan. Own the Beacon, Urban Tulsa and Idiot Radio, take over the only decent forum in town, then complain that the World is unfair. Nice ploy. They have taken a nice little forum and turned it into a stupid piece of campaign diatribe. By flooding the place with unfounded, stupid assertions, they have blunted real discussion.

Nice job.

[Ed W]

quote:Originally posted by chesty



Now, Ed W., you've stirred the pot, now go draw another cartoon and quit causing trouble.  You don't want to be put on double secret probation do you?

Damn, another jarhead!  They're EVERYWHERE!  You write pretty well for a dead guy, Chesty.

As you know, I've already done my 2 years on double secret probation.  What's really weird is that those same people who tut-tutted and muttered darkly are now coming around ASKING that I do some cartoons for them.  It's surreal, I tell ya.

But as for the river tax, the relentless hard sell with its implied threats of Armageddon on the Arkansas if the measure doesn't pass, and the pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtains of our local media, I'm nearly burned out on it all.  I just want it to be over....until the next time.

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

I agree Ed.

I don't ever remember an idea that has split our town more than this. Good people on both sides are acting as if this was the most important vote of their life.

It is only four tenths of a penny. The third penny sales tax that we vote on every five years is two and a half times that.

Only ten more days...

FB's Crystal Ball says:

The local price of gasoline will not rise until October 11.  

Reason being:  The local favors trading consortium wants to hold down the gasoline price until after the Kaiser River Tax election to make people feel more prosperous.

More willing to GIVE of themselves every time they purchase a good in Tulsa County over the next 7 years.

Every time gas takes a jump of 10 - 15 cents per gallon, people feel squeezed.

The local ruling Oligarchs definitely do NOT want people to feel squeezed on Oct. 9.  They want them feeling PROSPEROUS, and to Vote Yes For the Children.

So, watch for the next gas hike to take place Oct. 11, to pay back Quick-Rip and Chester the Jester for all their enourmous help in trying to pass the River Tax.

Watch and see.

FB predicts it will jump towards the end of next week.  Probably Thursday.

[rwarn17588]

Nice try at another dumb conspiracy theory.

But the fact is that gas prices right now are lower in Rogers County -- which has absolutely no stake in the river tax -- than Tulsa County.

And gas prices are low in the mid-section, especially in Missouri.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

And if gas prices have been lower for a few weeks -- especially when the crude oil market has been going up to $80 -- logic tells you that the price of gas will eventually do up. Plus, heating oil season in the Northeast is coming up fast, which will put pressure on supply.

Take your meds, Bear. They'll make you less paranoid.

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

Nice try at another dumb conspiracy theory.

But the fact is that gas prices right now are lower in Rogers County -- which has absolutely no stake in the river tax -- than Tulsa County.

And gas prices are low in the mid-section, especially in Missouri.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

And if gas prices have been lower for a few weeks -- especially when the crude oil market has been going up to $80 -- logic tells you that the price of gas will eventually do up. Plus, heating oil season in the Northeast is coming up fast, which will put pressure on supply.

Take your meds, Bear. They'll make you less paranoid.

We'll find out in a few days, when the gas price goes up AFTER the Oct. 9 Kaiser River Tax election.

[RecycleMichael]

According to your conspiracy theory, gas prices would go up after the election in Tulsa County only.

The QuikTrips in Tulsa are $2.53 per gallon today.
http://www.tulsagasprices.com/

The QuikTrips in Dallas are $2.49 per gallon today.
http://www.dallasgasprices.com/

The QuikTrips in Wichita are $2.56 per gallon today.
http://www.wichitagasprices.com/

We can check and see if you are right.

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

According to your conspiracy theory, gas prices would go up after the election in Tulsa County only.

The QuikTrips in Tulsa are $2.53 per gallon today.
http://www.tulsagasprices.com/

The QuikTrips in Dallas are $2.49 per gallon today.
http://www.dallasgasprices.com/

The QuikTrips in Wichita are $2.56 per gallon today.
http://www.wichitagasprices.com/

We can check and see if you are right.

We'll find out later this week if the FB Crystal Ball is still shining and devining.

Seem to remember that immediately after the Sinclair Refinery was fined for falsifying their pollution testing records, that gasoline jumped 10-cents per gallon.

So WE could pay for THEIR EPA fine??

[RecycleMichael]

Sinclair does not control the retail price of gasoline.

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

Sinclair does not control the retail price of gasoline.

Quick-Rip and Chester the Jester exerts control over the local gasoline price.


Another TULSA PREMIUM!

[Double A]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

Sinclair does not control the retail price of gasoline.

I noticed you threw in the word retail instead of just saying Sinclair does not control the price of gasoline. Anything to that?

[pfox]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

I agree Ed.

I don't ever remember an idea that has split our town more than this...

Oh...were just getting started Michael.

LOL.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by Friendly Bear

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

According to your conspiracy theory, gas prices would go up after the election in Tulsa County only.

The QuikTrips in Tulsa are $2.53 per gallon today.
http://www.tulsagasprices.com/

The QuikTrips in Dallas are $2.49 per gallon today.
http://www.dallasgasprices.com/

The QuikTrips in Wichita are $2.56 per gallon today.
http://www.wichitagasprices.com/

We can check and see if you are right.

We'll find out later this week if the FB Crystal Ball is still shining and devining.

Seem to remember that immediately after the Sinclair Refinery was fined for falsifying their pollution testing records, that gasoline jumped 10-cents per gallon.

So WE could pay for THEIR EPA fine??

I don't even think the Sinclair refinery makes gasoline currently. I'm pretty sure all they make are motor oil and lubricants.

It would be really hard to control the price of a product you don't even make.

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by swake

quote:Originally posted by Friendly Bear

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

According to your conspiracy theory, gas prices would go up after the election in Tulsa County only.

The QuikTrips in Tulsa are $2.53 per gallon today.
http://www.tulsagasprices.com/

The QuikTrips in Dallas are $2.49 per gallon today.
http://www.dallasgasprices.com/

The QuikTrips in Wichita are $2.56 per gallon today.
http://www.wichitagasprices.com/

We can check and see if you are right.

We'll find out later this week if the FB Crystal Ball is still shining and devining.

Seem to remember that immediately after the Sinclair Refinery was fined for falsifying their pollution testing records, that gasoline jumped 10-cents per gallon.

So WE could pay for THEIR EPA fine??

I don't even think the Sinclair refinery makes gasoline currently. I'm pretty sure all they make are motor oil and lubricants.

It would be really hard to control the price of a product you don't even make.

Afraid you're mixing up the Sunoco Refinery with the Sinclair Refinery.

Sinclair is principally fuel, 70,000 bbls. of crude per day processed into primarily gasoline.

Sunoco is principally motor oils.

[doofus]

Good to know, about the 70k barrels of oil processed daily at Sinclair. Does it present any particular terrorism concerns for those of us living close to it?

And one more question: is the refinery at Ponca City still in operation? (Seems like there was another one west of Ponca City too??)

..just curious

[jne]

The refinery in Ponca City is still in operation.  Conoco/Phillips just moved all the white-collar jobs to Bartlesville.