# About freaking time....

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/about-freaking-time/29812>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [May 24, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/about-freaking-time/29812 "2007-05-24T08:03:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/about-freaking-time/29812/1 "2007-05-24T08:03:49Z")

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Exxon alone made over $9 billion in the first quarter of this year…finally some type of regulation on high gas prices.

[http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top\_News/2007/05/23/house\_oks\_outrageous\_gas\_prices\_bill/9282/](http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/05/23/house_oks_outrageous_gas_prices_bill/9282/)

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/about-freaking-time/29812/2 "2007-05-24T08:51:45Z")

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> The White House said President George W. Bush would likely veto Stupak’s bill if it reached his desk.

Hm.

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**Author:** ![n20junkie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n20junkie/32/7396_2.png) [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/about-freaking-time/29812/3 "2007-05-24T15:55:27Z")

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Yea but the return on investment wasn’t even close to most other industries. Regulation be the .Gov never helps anything, its just more feel good shit that in the end, always bites us in the ass.

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**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/about-freaking-time/29812/4 "2007-05-24T16:19:05Z")

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This bill, even if enacted, would only apply during declared times of energy crises.

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**Author:** ![Supraman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/supraman/32/7307_2.png) [@Supraman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Supraman)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/about-freaking-time/29812/5 "2007-05-24T16:36:35Z")

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uuugh! i wish i could remember what that commission was… there was a federal commission in '02 that would do this… but bush nixxed the department…