saw a blip on the news last night about the u.s requiring lower polluting gas from overseas refinerys thus driving prices up because some refinerys cant produce it

HARSH!!LOL

And is there a problem with that?

NO we don't own them. But I did read an article once that said Nixon stated to some of his cabinet members he wanted to invade n conquer them and seize the oil and become the worlds oil supplier Now there an Idea

Gotta love the oil companies and the politicians in their pockets.

And she's got an old, crappy car, so she needs a nice stable guy to rescue her.

"politicians".... Loose translation from the latin "poli" meaning "many".... and "tics" meaning "bloodsuckers"

and what business is big there? If you dry up the supply for awhile you increase the demand and price.

Someone needs to zoom in on that and repost!!