Comments on: The People’s Republic of Hawaii Decided to Stop… http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:10:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Robert Prather http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/comment-page-1/#comment-81837 Robert Prather Tue, 09 May 2006 05:35:45 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/05/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/#comment-81837 Herb, If you think the going rate for gasoline is unfair, simply don't buy any. Herb,

If you think the going rate for gasoline is unfair, simply don't buy any.

]]> By: Herb http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/comment-page-1/#comment-81818 Herb Tue, 09 May 2006 00:15:51 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/05/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/#comment-81818 Steve: You know, "Not having any gasoline at any price" is a hell of a lot better than having gasoline at these gouging prices. In fact, we just might see a day of not having anyone killed in a car accident and that would be priceless. As for selling your house, the old PT Barnum saying that "There is one born every minute" is so true. You bought you house and proved him right. But, you appeared to miss what I was telling you. In your statement about the price of a house in Calif. and here was about as stupid as the comparison you made in your post. I guess you just missed the point. Steve:

You know, "Not having any gasoline at any price" is a hell of a lot better than having gasoline at these gouging prices. In fact, we just might see a day of not having anyone killed in a car accident and that would be priceless.

As for selling your house, the old PT Barnum saying that "There is one born every minute" is so true. You bought you house and proved him right.

But, you appeared to miss what I was telling you. In your statement about the price of a house in Calif. and here was about as stupid as the comparison you made in your post. I guess you just missed the point.

]]> By: Steve Verdon http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/comment-page-1/#comment-81777 Steve Verdon Mon, 08 May 2006 19:07:38 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/05/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/#comment-81777 Alan, You cannot sell Hawaii gasoline in CA. By law, it is <strong>not</strong> a subsitute just as beef is not a substitute for ice skates. And yeah, that price differential is actually significant in that it can be measured and that it makes gasoline more volatile. Herb, Yeah, not having any gasoline at any price is better than having to pay a high price. Gee, your so right. Oh, and yeah I'm a price gouger when it comes to housing as well. I can't wait to sell my house and really stick it to the person who buys it. Alan,

You cannot sell Hawaii gasoline in CA. By law, it is not a subsitute just as beef is not a substitute for ice skates. And yeah, that price differential is actually significant in that it can be measured and that it makes gasoline more volatile.

Herb,

Yeah, not having any gasoline at any price is better than having to pay a high price. Gee, your so right.

Oh, and yeah I'm a price gouger when it comes to housing as well. I can't wait to sell my house and really stick it to the person who buys it.

]]> By: Herb http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/comment-page-1/#comment-81773 Herb Mon, 08 May 2006 18:56:41 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/05/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/#comment-81773 At least someone tried to do something about the ripoff that is being laid on the people of this country. Don't be critical of anyone who is at least trying unless you have a better idea to reduce the gasoline price NOW. The Big Oil Companies sure as hell don't care a damn about the guy paying the price, They are getting filthy rich and neither the Dems or the Reps are doing anything. And Steve: The $ 400,000.00 price you pay for a house in California cost about $ 100,000.00 or less here in Indiana. At least someone tried to do something about the ripoff that is being laid on the people of this country. Don't be critical of anyone who is at least trying unless you have a better idea to reduce the gasoline price NOW. The Big Oil Companies sure as hell don't care a damn about the guy paying the price, They are getting filthy rich and neither the Dems or the Reps are doing anything.

And Steve:

The $ 400,000.00 price you pay for a house in California cost about $ 100,000.00 or less here in Indiana.

]]> By: spencer http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/comment-page-1/#comment-81769 spencer Mon, 08 May 2006 18:31:37 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/05/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/#comment-81769 Hawaii has all of two(2) refiners. Have you ever looked at the difference in the formula the legislature created and the formula these two refiners had been using for years to set prices. I am enough of a cynic to bet that the two refiners, and their lobbyists, got to the legislature and there was not a nickels worth of difference in them. So, for all practical purposes the politicians got to claim they were doing something that all the insiders knew would not matter. Hawaii has all of two(2) refiners. Have you ever looked at the difference in the formula the legislature created and the formula these two refiners had been using for years to set prices.

I am enough of a cynic to bet that the two refiners, and their lobbyists, got to the legislature and there was not
a nickels worth of difference in them. So, for all practical purposes the politicians got to claim they were doing something that all the insiders knew would not matter.

]]> By: Alan http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/comment-page-1/#comment-81768 Alan Mon, 08 May 2006 18:27:10 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/05/the_peoples_republic_of_hawaii_decided_to_stop/#comment-81768 <i>Somebody who says, �Yeah gasoline is expensive here in Honolulu, but it isn�t as high as Los Angeles� is very much like somebody saying, �Wow, the price of beef here is expensive, but at least it isn�t as expensive as ice skates in Florida.�</i> Steve, I understand you are pushing a certain ideology, and one of the common methods of pushing an ideology is to distort reality, but statements like that are ridiculous. The minor difference between gasoline formulations for Hawaii and Los Angeles (if there are any) contribute only a few cents to the price difference. This is not in any way similar to the differences between beef and ice skates. If you want to make a comment about price differences between Hawaii and Los Angeles, please say something intelligent. A place to start looking, and one that fits your ideological interests, is the political triumvirate that controls all imports through Hawaii's ports. Somebody who says, �Yeah gasoline is expensive here in Honolulu, but it isn�t as high as Los Angeles� is very much like somebody saying, �Wow, the price of beef here is expensive, but at least it isn�t as expensive as ice skates in Florida.�

Steve,

I understand you are pushing a certain ideology, and one of the common methods of pushing an ideology is to distort reality, but statements like that are ridiculous.

The minor difference between gasoline formulations for Hawaii and Los Angeles (if there are any) contribute only a few cents to the price difference. This is not in any way similar to the differences between beef and ice skates.

If you want to make a comment about price differences between Hawaii and Los Angeles, please say something intelligent. A place to start looking, and one that fits your ideological interests, is the political triumvirate that controls all imports through Hawaii's ports.

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