SWA transition bid needs to be reopened!

[texman]

In regards to a pay cut, I think you would see both employee groups come together to find a solution not to furlough. If this came to us as a real issue ( which we are far from), the coming together as one would only benifit us in the long run.

 

[SIG600]

The Green Lobby does not produce anything. The engineers are the ones with ideas to increase MPG. The Green Lobby spends money doing research to support the need to keep their job. They do not produce anything, especially not engines that have better gas mileage.

Winner!

The demands of the free market create progress, not the "will" of supposed do gooders.

 

[learherkjay]

Really? I take it you're not one for facts.

Presidents don't influence the cost of fuel. External market forces coupled with supply & demand do. Right now we have both in play and there is nothing that you, me, or anyone else can do about it in the short term. The long term solution is to slowly reduce demand and eventually get off of a finite resource (oil).

Domestic oil production is higher under Obama than it was under Bush. We are currently importing less than 50% of our oil consumption. We have the highest petroleum exports in the last 30 years. Thanks to efficiencies, such as CAFE standards for one, we are consuming less oil than in 1995 even though the country has grown every year.

Try to keep in mind that the U.S. owns 3% of the world's oil reserves, yet consumes 25% of the world's supply. Tensions in the Middle East have been going on for hundreds of years. The current one will get resolved too. Oil prices were going down when we had a faltering economy so it is logical that they would go up during an improving economy like we have now. Couple that with consumption increases in foreign markets that weren't there a decade ago and this is what you get.

Hopefully your car gets 35+ mpg per gallon. If it does, you can thank the "green lobby" for that. Otherwise, you'd still be stuck at 15 mpg.

I don't usually get into political arguments, but I found this article funny since part of Obama's campaign against the Republicans aka the Bush presidency was the 'intolerable" gas prices of $3.50 in 2008. Seems Obama thought the President has control over gas prices, at least that's what he said in his campaign.imp:

http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/291882/obama-2008-isnt-350gallon-gas-intolerable

 

[catIIIc]

Lets see who benefits if a republican is in office, the oil companies, who controls he price of oil, the oil companies. High gas prices hurt Obama and the economic recovery, the oil companies are just doing their part to get Obama out of office because of their bottom line.

 

[may]

Lets see who benefits if a republican is in office, the oil companies, who controls he price of oil, the oil companies. High gas prices hurt Obama and the economic recovery, the oil companies are just doing their part to get Obama out of office because of their bottom line.

&*%$ idiot, who then is at fault for the price of gold. Its a commodity you idiot. Explain how the repubs are controling the price of oil. You people with your "big oil" theories.....nevermind, just vote for Obama and make yourself feel good. how does that saying go "Voted for Obama, proved I'm not a racist, Now vote in 2012 and prove your not stupid."

 

[scoreboardII]

Only you can decide which car you want to buy; that's obvious. What the "green lobby" did was have a hand in giving you high (relatively speaking) mpg cars to choose from. Had we done nothing, all we would have in choices would be gas guzzlers.

Increasing efficiencies and especially CAFE is good for the country, the consumer, and the environment. Sadly, this is opposed at every turn by Big Oil and the GOP.

Sorry, you are wrong.

I had a 1975 VW diesel that got 45mpg city 55 hiway.

I have owened three motorcycles getting over 60MPG each.

All of these decades before green was green.

Your are wrong, the free market is giving us 40MPG vehicles, not obama and his socialists.

 

[catIIIc]

&*%$ idiot, who then is at fault for the price of gold. Its a commodity you idiot. Explain how the repubs are controling the price of oil. You people with your "big oil" theories.....nevermind, just vote for Obama and make yourself feel good. how does that saying go "Voted for Obama, proved I'm not a racist, Now vote in 2012 and prove your not stupid."

Nice with the name calling. I voted for Obama because I don't want religion anywhere near my government, I don't want the government to take away my ability to collectively bargin, I think stem cell research should be funded,I don't want to have to send my kids to private school because someone in the state legislature decided that creationism should be taught in public schools, and I believe that everyone should have access to health care even if I have to pay a little more in taxes to pay for it, just to name a few.

 

[Ty Webb]

Politics in this country has come down to trying to keep the Democrats out of our wallets, and the Republicans out of our bedrooms. :laugh:

 

[The Prussian]

...., and I believe that everyone should have access to health care even if I have to pay a little more in taxes to pay for it, just to name a few....

A little more in taxes...??!!?......good luck with that!!!

 

[SWA Bubba]

Politics in this country has come down to trying to keep the Democrats out of our wallets, and the Republicans out of our bedrooms. :laugh:

I don't have a problem with a Republican in my bedroom..... as long as she's good-looking. And willing to help.

Bubba