German Shepherd dog

Leading Oil Analyst predicts this rise in the near future on CNBC..
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080521145247.aspx

How exactly will it effect you, your dogs, your sport?

We have  looking for a new minivan, which might double as a hunting transport vehicle for me, & get rid of the Ford Truck I own, at 16mpg presently.  Long trips will be difficult.

A Declining Dollar=A Declining Nation
Im glad we are spending $1 trillion overseas & not worrying about inflation however.

I have 6 GSD's, so it should not affect me much being I can get a dog sled and learn mush instead of fuss.

Oh, I'm not worried about it. Bush will pull a miracle out of his hat and suddenly just before election the price will begin to drop and the credit will be given to the wiley Republicans and used as a gimic to get McCain et al elected. OR the oil companies will have a heart and decide that it's really un-American to make record profits every quarter while us peons are eating beans. The CEO;s will give up their obscene perks and salaries so those earning minimum wage can even get to work without spending their entire paycheck on fuel.  OR we just might get smart and start to think about the most environmentally friendly way to recover and refine our own oil until we find a viable alternative fuel.  You could also buy a Harley, they get great gas mileage and my husband works there so you'd be helping us buy our own gas.  I'd love that.

It all sucks, doesn't it? Thank you Dubya, you certainly have helped to change the way we do business and live in this country. Lucky for us you were elected to 2 terms. Who could ask for more?

Everything is skyrocketing due to the price of oil.  Many things we don't even think of are effected; everything we wear, use and eat has been produced by petroleum somewhere along the line and it is delivered by trucks fueled with diesel. The railroads may be the only industry to benefit in the the end. Chicken feed, cattle feed, the diesel to fuel the tractors to plow the fields, plant, and harvest the food we will be eating next year. Hay, straw, is predicted to at least double in price by the end of this year. We will be paying as much for pole beans this yearaas we paid for filets in 2000.  The upside is maybe some of us will lose the weight we have packed on eating those filets.

BTW, be very careful with chickens this year. Much of the  "organic chicken feed" is being imported from China now. If you are a raw feeder and buy organically fed chickens, be sure to ask the chicken raiser where their food comes from. Best to be using locally milled animal feed right now. If you're feeding free range chickens, you're OK. But if you're buying it at the supermarket or a butcher shop that processes "organically fed" poultry using Chinese feed, you may as well be feeding Eukanuba. It's probably a lot safer in today's world.

Innaguration Day 2009 can't come fast enough for me.

Maybe the tree huggin libs should just let us drill our own oil then we would be fine.  Or if the whack jobs in CA would loosin up and let us build some refineries it may help. 

Dont blame GWB for all of this.  There is a lot more involved than him and this war. 

As far as our dollar being worth nothing, you can thank the libs in Congress that forced the financial institues to loan money to people that should not have a credit card let alone a god damn mortgage.  Then when these people could not keep up with there rising adjustable mortgages they lost their houses.  Houses they never should have had in the first place.  Then our brilliant government decided to lower the interest rate causing our dollar to lose value to try and help these people.  A problem Congress created.  I dont mind putting blame where it goes but lets be fair, this does not rest soley on Bush.  A president can do almost nothing without the approval of Congress.

I know I bit into this, but what does this have to do with dogs?

Shawn

Shawn..the question was phrased...."How will this effect YOU & YOUR DOGS"?

Price right now Has Nothing to do with Supply. Theres plenty of Oil.

The US Dollar is Declining, at all time lows, DUE to Financing an overseas Disaster  (Iraq) $600 Billion + to date, creating more inflation & a devalued currency.

Congress doesnt make loans.

The Fed Reserve (A Private Banking cartel, never audited)  loans money to our banks, & at the behest of the Fed-home loans were encouraged to the Banks, BY the Fed...Arm loans especially, remember?

The FED Creates Bubbles, Not the Congress. The President sets a Budget & congress approves or vetoes it.

Subprime Loans are only 15% of the bad loans out there, Shawn.  It is the struggling economy, outsourcing & Inflation that is causing people to not afford their payments & unwilling banks to correct the problem & freezing or restructuring Mortgage Notes..

I know I think twice before I turn the ignition key these days. When my old AWD Aerostar is tuned up, it gets about 22 mpg highway. I don't know of any other vehicle I could afford that will pull a dog trailer and carry 4 #500 crates + all my junk, suitcases etc., so I will just try to keep ole-Red going for as long as possible, plan trips to be as efficient as possible and stay home a lot more than I otherwise might.

I'm with varga: DRILL in Alaska, build more refineries. We have enough oil on US soil to keep us going a LONG time, if the tree-huggers would lighten up and let us reduce our dependence on foreign oil!  I really don't think Hillary or Obama can/would do a damend thing about our oil prices, but am hoping McCain will choose an economic genius for VP. Dubya is a lame duck at this point. He might be able to do something tomake the party look good this fall, but I wouldn't expect that to last much longer than election day.

SS

I've talked to a lot of people who've noticed a significant decline in people spending big money on not only dogs but everything from a new car, a vacation or even taking your family out to dinner.

I think all of us have to make a choice now....drive to a sporting event or save the money on gas to drive back n forth to work for the next week?? Import another dog or buy a smaller car that's more fuel efficient??

I never used to even think about how far I'd have to drive to get to where I needed or wanted to go or how much money in gas it'd cost me but when the only vehicle's in your house are both V8's it's kinda tough not to think about it when you just watch the fuel needle quickly go to empty before you reach the first exit on the highway.

There's a lot of things killing our economy right now and I fear it's gonna be a long time before we are on a more stable footing economically.  If you look around the shopping centers you'll probably notice they're not as full as they used to be.  My mom works in a popular resturaunt in our area and you used to have to wait over an hour for a table....not any more, you get a seat right away.  It's hurting everyone and everything right now; times are just tight.

Well said Shelley & Blueshep....

I too work for a construction company.  We are booming.  My wife and I make less than $85,000 a year.  I own my house, a new Suburban with the big V8, commute 45 miles one way to work and I own 2 GSD's with 2 Kids also.  I am doing just fine.  So is most other people I know.  It is very few people that are truly hurting.  I dont have any sympathy because someone cant travel hundreds of miles to show or trial, or now they cant import a dog because the cost is too high.  We live in an expensive society.  I live in one of if not the most expensive state to live in (CA).  My dog training and dogs have not suffered one bit. 

Uglydog...I am not even going to get into it with you over this overseas war. 

As far as the subprime loans, that was just an example.  Dont try and tell me that just because Congress or the Govt for that matter cant influence these banks to give homeloans.  Because that is exactly what happened.  Your right they dont make the loans, they can jus do away with tax breaks and other benefits to these banks. 

Two Moons...Im not saying we needmore highways.  But you have to decide what is more important the spotted owl or the 3 eyed Moose or you being able to afford Gas. And dont forget Oil is wha runs this country.  I for one can do with a lot less trees and owls and moose and whatever other animal MAY be affected by the US drilling for its own Oil

I can't haul 4 crates in a Toyota Prius, let alone pull a dog trailer. If I can't take at least 4 dogs, it isn't worth going in my book. When was the last time you hiked through the Alaskan wilderness? Throw bales of hay and dead cattle out of helicopters for the polar bears and caribou for the couple of years it takes to bury another pipeline.

Dogs ARE my work. Transporting them safely to training and events is part of the job. No sub-compact in my immediate future. If it doesn't hold a few crates, equipment, suitcases, and pull a trailer, I have little use for it. Guess I'll just replace the plugs and wires, try to get as much done on each trip as possible.

SS

Shelly..

If you want to see something cool, here is a car that runs on compressed air.  Cost is $3500 Euros, made in France by the Grand Prix racers & engineers.  It Goes 80mph & 300 Miles on 1 charge.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4

There a story  yesterday in TX about a man  that bought an Eagle Talon for $750.  He Took out the engine & put in an electric motor.  Cost was $4000.  It Goes 300 miles on a charge & cost him $7 a month in batteries & charging. Car does speeds of 55mph.  

We have the technology. Oil Companies discourage & even buy up the technology,  to keep it from getting to market. They are making records profits at this time. Millions of dollars per hour they are making, Billions per month.

blueshep and s vargas-  I too can sympathize with you both.  We have a commercial contracting business as well and are feeling the sting on the gas prices. I think I needed nitroglycerine for myself the other day when I opened up the fuel credit card bill from everyone's vehicles just for one month.  The suppliers are forced to put fuel surcharges on everything now where as before you'd just get charged a flat delivery fee regardless of how big or small the delivery.  Most of my suppliers never even charged us for delivery because we dealt in large enough volume but now they've sent out "I" sorry we have to do this BUT" letters regarding fuel surcharges.  We in turn have to make up for this additional cost and pass it on to the client who's forever bitchin we charge too much to begin with. lol  It's just a never ending circle.

I think I'm gonna have to invent a Hybrid skid loader and dumpt truck.

We have seen a difference in our training group and at trials already!  We used to have a good turn out for training and trials and now we have only a few regulars.

Vickie

www.PowerHausKennels.com

There is no oil shortage and never was.  The USA went through this in the early 1900 and after they realized the standrad oil crtel was strangling the life out of the country, congress broke it up after we darned near had a revolution over it.  People just refused to take it any more and the oil cartel was broken up.  Since then oil companies have again cannibalized the small independent oil drillers in kansas, oklahoma, texas and formed another cartel which must be broken up.  Problem is that they have bought off most members of congress, paid for the environmental movement, the animal rights movement, epa, and much more, and kept any new refineries from being built for over 29 years.  A well known professor at the univ of chicago studied this and found iron clad evidnce that everyu time the price of oil went too low, there was a mysterious refinery fire, or a tanker spill.   I remember the oil shortages of the past in early 1970's and 1980's when cars lined up.  I personally witnessed the loil tankers low in the water (full of oil) off galveston, texas and heard about all the wells being capped to create the illusion of an oil shortage.  A couiple of years ago Russia discovered and underground river of flowing oil, one of the world's greatest deposits, enough for 30 years oil.  The worl is literally awash in oil and it appears to be self renewing, contrary to what is being taught.  It is not a result of decay of fossils as is being taught but is a mineral that was formed by heat and pressure. 

Here is the ugly truth, the dollar has been purposely deflated to drive the price of oil up and to collapse our economy.  Right now you are witnessing the single biggest restructuring of our nation economically since the great depression of 1929.  The overall end game/purpse/goal is to globalize the usa by destroying it and forming the Norh American Union (NAU consisting of Canada, USA and Mexico).  The agreement has already been signed and the union is scheduled to take place in the year 2010.   It has already been decided that the govt will be taking control of all food, all water and all energy in the near future. We will be reduced to a third world nation soon.  Get used to the idea or "vote em all out".  That is get all the "enemies within", these "bought off" traitors out of Congress and govt.  Our own govt has declared war on the people and if the people don't stand up and do something soon we will be reduced to pawns in a fascist regime.

Maybe the tree huggin libs should just let us drill our own oil then we would be fine. 

What do the studies show?  Enough oil in ANWR for what, 4 years?  7 years?  And then we do this all again?  Destroy ANWR?  No thanks.  The oil companies made $36 BILLION in profits in Jan-Feb-March of 2008.  Not earnings, PROFITS.  And you think drill for a temporary respite in ANWR and we'll be fine?

And the dollar tanked against the Euro LONG LONG before the mortgage crisis.  Get your facts straight.
 

There is so much oil off the coast of florida it's simply mind blowing.  Enough to run the USA for at least 35 years.  But the environmental laws paid for and promoed by the oikl cartel won't allow this.  Same goes for all the oil in SD, Montana, Utah, California, off the Coast of California etc.  Almost all the oil mined from alaska goes to guess where?  Japan.

There is so much oil in alaska it is freaky, at least 20 years worth for the USA.  And yet all this propoganda is  constantly pumped out in the major mass media, and most folks believe these lies.

The public has so little knowledge about the oil shortage scam it is unbelievable and a real scandal.  We are being super chumped from every angle. Wake up and vote em out, all of em. Or there will be no country left, you will be starving in the street with no shelter and certainly there will be no dog sports.

Blueshep...this is actually one of my more up beat posts.  I wont tell you what I really think. Its much worse than implied.

Preston..Excellent comments, I agree with them all.   Except  I have no faith in Americans, any longer. Most wont fight back,

Fed Chart..Notice Banks (almost all) will soon be insolvent, that means Bankrupt.  Next year or so.  From their own website.

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BOGNONBR

http://www.federalreserve.gov/re...ist/ h3hist4.txt

There will be dog sports, of a different sort, Preston; our dogs will be defending us from marauding gangs of thugs who will hold you up, not to steal your worthless dollars, but to suck your tanks dry, with a quick stab to the tank...no need to unlock a gas cap.....I dream of self suffiency again; grow my own food, wind & solar power....sheep, & shepherds....jh

This was sent to me by a very paranoid friend who lives in Florida. Sorry for the all CAPS.

I HAVE BEEN PERPLEXED LATELY AS TO WHAT DIRECTION TO TAKE, THERE
IS SUCH A HUGE GAP BETWEEN HUNKERING DOWN FOR A SEVERE STORM AND
HUNKERING DOWN FOR A COLLAPSE IN SOCIETY.......WE ARE ALL PLANNING
FOR DIFFERENT DEGREES OF HARDSHIP ? ~ WE ARE ALL PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME SHEET

IN REGARDS TO FOOD, WATER AND SHELTER.

THE BIG ISSUE DRIVING ALL THIS CONCERN IS THE GREAT UNKNOWN THAT I
FEEL ABOUT THIS SUMMER AND THE FALL LEADING UP TO ELECTION TIME, WE
ALREADY SEE THE RISING OIL AND FUEL COSTS AND THE SLOW INCREASE IN
GROCERIES, NEWS ARTICLES OF AIRLINES INCREASING FEES AND TRUCKERS
BEGGINING FEELING THE PINCH~ AT SOME POINT I FEEL THESE GRADUAL
INCREASES ARE GOING TO PICK UP MOMENTUM AND BEGIN RISING WITH A
NOTICEABLE VIGOR THAT WILL TEST THE VERY ENDURANCE OF THE AMERICAN
CONSUMER~ OUTRAGEOUS GAS PRICES TO CARRY US TO THE STORE TO PURCHASE
WAY OVERPRICED GROCERIES (IF THE TRUCKS ARE RUNNING AND THE SHELVES
AREN'T EMPTY).......SKY ROCKETING HOME ENERGY BILLS (LIMITED OR NO
AC THIS SUMMER)...........EXPENSIVE UTILITIES, EXPENSIVE CLOTHES,
EXPENSIVE MEDICINE.....WHERE DOES IT END? AND WHAT HAVE I LEFT OUT?

IN ALITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS THE UNITED STATES EAST COAST AND THE GULF
COAST WILL ENTER HURRICANE SEASON 2008~ IF WE TAKE A STORM, HISTORY
HAS SHOWN THAT THE "CANDY COATING" STOPS.....YOU CAN LOSE YOUR LIFE
OVER A BAG OF ICE OR BE RAPED OR MURDERED IN A DESIGNATED SHELTER
(NEW ORLEANS SUPER DOME)......LOOTERS....PRICE GOUGERS.....AND
BUMBLING DISORGANIZED FEDERAL AGENCIES........GOD HELP US IF WE HAVE
TO FIGHT OVER $4.00+ GAS TO KEEP OUR GENERATORS RUNNING......

IMAGINE WHAT GAS PRICES WILL DO IF A STORM ENTERS THE GULF OF MEXICO
AND STARTS WRECKING OIL PLATFORMS! WHAT THEN, $20.00 PER GALLON GAS?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER I CAN ONLY SPECUALTE, TRY TO PIECE
TOGETHER, TRY TO LOOK FOR WRITING ON THE WALLS.......WHAT I KNOW FOR
SURE IS THAT WE ARE ALREADY SEEING THE STORM ON THE HORIZON OF
RISING FUEL AND FUEL DELIVERED GOODS, WE KNOW THAT GAS WILL BE HIGH,
WE KNOW FOOD IS INCREASING IN PRICE.............IF YOUR NOT MAKING
PLANS NOW, TIME IS RUNNING OUT......WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT MONTHS
AHEAD WE'RE LOOKING AT DAYS AND YOUR PREPS BETTER START AFTER
READING THIS IS YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!
 

Heh, they can have my gun when they pry it out of my cold dead hand. Dissarming a people is the same as killing them slowly. No way in hell anybody I know, would willingly hand over their guns but I'm from a hick town. We still have shot gun racks in the back windows of our pickups. Registered firearms...what  registered firearms? 1/2 the guns in this town are so old they were NEVER registered.  Thank God for that! 22 shells are still cheap and plenty. If I have no $$ to buy food, your damn skippy I'll be shooting it before I go hungry. You come to take my stuff or my guns, I'll be shooting at you too. Maybe I'll save my shells and just send the dogs on ya. LOL

History teaches one thing.  When folks are starving to death and the govt doesn't turn in its tracks and take strong corrective actions, folks will riot and go after the govt and those in power.  This happened in 1776 and 1906 and would've happened again except FDR took immediate action to get folks working again.  I have one acquaintance that fears that the govt will either institute or allow another or more 9-11 type attack(s) if they start losing control.  The govt have built up the big anti-drug and anti-terrorist machinery which includes the militarization of the police and taking central command over the national guard, and how else would they have been allowed to do this except by instituting these problems in the first place.  He thinks that there may not be a prezidential election this Nov. and instead another new war against Iran which could easly take the price of gas to 12-15 or even$20 a gallon.  This is one of the worst case scenarios possible and I hope this doesn't come to pass.  But you can bet we are all probably going to be in for a rough time the next few years.

I had to purchase a second car - first time I ever considered how many miles per gallon it could get.  I have a 2004 Merc Moutaineer which I love and is great for the dogs, but I drive 210 miles round trip to work 3x per week.  The gas was killing me, so now I have a Ford Fusion which is averaging 28.7 mpg.  (Disappointed I could not buy the mustang 8 cyl).  The truck is now used for taking the dogs to training or competing only.   My company relocated in Feb 2007.  I used to be a 15 minute drive away and now it takes about 2 1/2 hours each way.  If the prices go up much higher, I will have to consider leaving my company of 19 years as this additional cost plus the long commute will not be worth it.

So far the rising cost of gas has not changed my training or competing time.  I will try to cut back in other areas, as for me training and working my dogs is the one thing that I do for myself and will  not give it up.

"The reality is, are you ready to kill to protect yourself & defend your 2nd amendment rights? Once government goons come en masse, doing house to house searches, youre outnumbered & fighting a losing battle. You will lose."

Funny you say that, because I think of it like this. There are too many honest Americans who support and defend the US Constitution in it's entirety wether buy oath or by honest tradition. It is clear, who the "criminals" are relating to your question. If you don't think there are Americans that will die for Freedom and Liberty as intended in that "goddamn piece of paper" ... you are sadly mistaken. And for the ones who do stand true to the Constitution defending the last amendment before Liberty's demise and die... well, they are the true Hero's in the Fathers eyes. Once it hits home, blood is thicker than water. I personally don't think the real "criminals" have a chance once the ball starts rolling. Our Government enities didn't make America Home of the Brave, "we the people" do. "we the people" are the last defenders of this Republic for which it stands, the 2nd amendment will not lose.

Then of course this pandemic they plan to use will kill us easy and quick... either way we die ... they don't and will NEVER stand for what this flag represents in the hearts of who they killed. That's how I look at it. I wonder what the new flag will look like. **PUKE**

"The reality is, are you ready to kill to protect yourself & defend your 2nd amendment rights? Once government goons come en masse, doing house to house searches, youre outnumbered & fighting a losing battle. You will lose."

I'm not fooling myself, unless my neighbors deffend themselves and help me, themselves and protect their own rights, I probably would loose. But like I said, it's die now or die slowly later. I'd rather go out with my rights than standing in some bread line watching my kid starve and everything around me crumble. They will have to take my freedoms, I wont hand it over willingly. So yes I am willing to kill. I always have been.

What will we do?

What will we do.   You don't have very many choice's here, I see rants and comments going off in every direction.  I see part of the problem, some of us live in a bubble and dont have a clue.  Others are extreme and make no sense.

We have an option right now, elections are coming.  Start by writing letters and expressing your concerns to your representatives and elected officials.   Then explain to them that they have had their chance and you are voting them out of office in favor of new face's.  Write to the politition of your choice and explain to them what you expect in return for your vote.   Forget the party lines and loyalties of the past, they have not served you and its time to break away from the flock.  

If there was ever a time to get involved its now, raise your voice and be heard.  Write that letter, send that e-mail, talk to your friends and nieghbors about it.   Sadly none of them will agree with you but try anyway.   Don't forget the power you have in the dollars you spend.  Boycott those who harm us, and let them know what and why your doing it.   Any shift in our spending habits sends shivers up the backs of those who profit from our labors.   We the people make it happen, we generate the money, we feed the machine.   Its a way to take back control of our country without violence.   We'd lose that battle and anyone who doesn't know that is a fool.    Its time we put aside our difference's and prejudice's and unite as Americans with the single goal of changing our system.   No more lobbiest's, no more special interest's, no more pork barrel, no more waste.  Enforce the laws against monopolies, and price gouging, price fixing and fraud.   Start at the top with these big companies who have sold us out and put people in prison, tax their ass's and take back whats been taken from us in the past.

Sorry, I'm starting to rant now.     Just do something and stop whinning, I will.

Brent.

Great things have been accomplished by men who chose not to use force.   Just remember everything has a price and sometimes the price is a lot.   Even some of those great men payed the price, they payed with their lives.  Lest we forget.

Just don't be guilty of doing nothing.

OK I have had a glass of wine and have to admit you guys are scaring the crap out of me!! My husband has been talking about this $hit for years, and personally I can "feel" the change already. The gas prices, not to mention everything else, has got people on edge. I am just glad I live in the country, I think we stand half a chance, versus city dwellers. So WTF is the answer?? Who do we vote for? I suggest Ron Paul but how can that happen?? A long time ago I decided to go hunting, to see if I could kill a deer. I knew if I could (and I did) do that, I can kill some SOB frickin' with me or mine....BTW  I can put a round in a half dollar size target at 100 yds. with an open sight 30-30 ....

9.  $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused
     by the illegal aliens.  Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10.  The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate  that's two and a