Oil Prices are rigged by speculators it has nothing to do with supply demand..!


	Oil Prices are rigged by speculators it has nothing to do with supply demand..!

TJColatrella

8-22-2008 12:21 PM

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speculators, cftc, prof. greenberger, enron loophole, phil gramm, john mccain, bush, cheney, ice, ed wallace

TJColatrella says:

We must regulate once again the Futures market to really lower Oil prices the Republican drill here drill now is a total fraud..were lowering prices is concerned..!

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