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I haven't altered it, I explained it. The difference is that while tone/inflection may not come through on a forum, it doesn't change the original meaning. The entire point, as I said in a later post, is despite what has been alleged, Obama clearly hasn't killed the oil business and the price of gas is far too complex of an issue to simply point at the President and say, "He's to credit/blame".
From my perspective, that is foolish. I don't mean that to be an insult, but I just think it's foolish. For that to come to pass, you have to assume two things, neither of which are likely true. The first is that you know more about the economy and how it works than entire groups of economists who are some of the best in the field. The second thing you have to assume is that there is only one right way to do things, which is almost always incorrect, especially for something as large as "the economy".
I'm not pretending anything. I'm simply noting how the foolish the Republicans sound right now.
There's a difference between noting how evidence proves a foolish statement incorrect and assigning credit.
Why do so many people not understand the difference between blame and credit?
I always love how people mention Solyndra, when it's been well proven that most of the money that went to green energy companies was money well spent (not to mention Solyndra was chosen and supported by Bush before Obama took office). Have you ever stopped to consider why you ONLY use Solyndra? Why there's only ONE company you mention? It's because of the many green energy companies who received money, most of them made good use of the money.
But that aside, everything you said here (even if it was true, which it is not) doesn't change the fact that Obama clearly has not killed the oil industry.
It has nothing to do with me being smarter than you, and everything to do with you apparently not reading. Just because you chose not to read my post, don't push your faults onto me.
I do no such thing, but considering how incredibly blind you are to anything aside from partisan attacks, it doesn't surprise me you'd post this. It never ceases to amaze me how many times I prove you wrong and you simply try to change the subject or ignore the fact you are wrong. It's happened many times.
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Think about what you just posted. Then maybe you'll come to realize why I'm laughing at you.
So, you can't cite a single Obama policy that encouraged an increase in domestic oil production?