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Countdown to $200 oil: $140 oil and speculation | 143 comments (143 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

I spend a lot of time debunking left wing BS on this issue. Got anything to back your contention up?

I'll offer this. If you go to DailyKos and input "oil speculation" in the search function, you get 317 returns in diaries over the last quarter.

Many if not most have titles like:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/1/113658/9735

Yes, the high oil prices are due to SPECULATION

blaming the faceless business world for all woes is pretty classic behavior of the angry left.

by HiD on Thu Jun 26th, 2008 at 11:10:54 PM EST
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Re: bah (4.00 / 2)

I had a look at the first 150 or so.

I have to say I do not share your definition of the word "Many"; at least not as regards titles. I also note that, with the exception of mainly Jerome's diaries, "many" (my definition) of those diaries are not exactly attracting a torrent of comments.

by det on Fri Jun 27th, 2008 at 02:26:46 PM EST
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DKos is hardly a clear stream . . . (none / 1)

. . . of leftist discourse, "angry" or otherwise. I'd guess a quarter of the people on that site are former Republicans (like the owner), fed up with G.W. Bush, but not necessarily fed up with Republican memes. Probably another quarter are people who have only just entered into political consciousness to support Obama.

I'm just saying I'd be loath to point to DKos as un undistorted or undistorting window into leftist thought.

by keikekaze on Fri Jun 27th, 2008 at 08:45:26 PM EST
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won't argue DK is hard left. . (none / 1)

but the RW blather on this subject is "we need to drill ANWR, the US conti shelf etc etc, and them tree huggers won't let us".

by HiD on Sat Jun 28th, 2008 at 05:31:09 AM EST
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