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[StephanieVanbryce]

thanks for that Fuagf..you rounded up quite a few there .. PLUS I had never read this one ..

If gas prices go up further, blame Canada

Article by: PHILIP K. VERLEGER
Updated: March 13, 2011 - 4:24 PM

Pipeline plan would manipulate what Midwest farmers and consumers pay.

In the second week of March, Minnesotans paid an average of 42 cents more for a gallon of gas than they did just two weeks ago.

The price spike stems from Mideast unrest and speculation about its future.

But foreign oil interests are planning a deliberate manipulation of the U.S. oil market that would raise gas prices
for Midwest farmers and consumers even higher.

Who's behind the plan? Not OPEC.

It's Canada.

The Canadian oil industry, with the strong backing of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government, wants to build
a pipeline to move crude oil from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico.

.............and so on .. I know you already read it .. ;)
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/117832183.html