So gas prices fell $4.20 per barrel ($.10 per gallon) while prices at the pump fell $.61 per gallon. Consumers, me included, fell for the line that the cost per barrel had gone down, not checking into the # of gallons per barrel (reminds me of the Off topic thread about inertia – we simply don’t use our minds enough these days). So I didn’t realize that drop in the price per barrel was much less than the drop at the pump.
Why are we subsidizing oil anyway? Last time I checked, the oil companies were making record profits.
I find this very convenient. I don’t believe in conspiracy theories, because I don’t think anyone is smart enough to develop a plan that can fool millions of people and keep it secret at the same time. I think of our government officials as bumbling and reacting, not as clever planners.
I think it’s very easy for the elite to keep secrets.. what can’t they do? Once you’re dead it doesn’t matter, and they definitely have that power… Ooops, car crash! If someone speaks up they lose their job, or lose out of their share.. they likely wont disclose.. and also the chain of command breaks responsibility and knowledge into small parts that alone dont have enough credibility.. that and the media conglomerate is the elite’s lapdog!
Also remember: All this was inspired by the principle – which is quite true in itself – that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. – Hitler
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