Re: Relevance? ** There ain't none ***

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On 7/01/04, Hardy Parkerson, Atty. wrote:
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> Dear Counsel.Net Friends,
>
> Someone asked the relevance of my posting about the price of
> gasoline to either Counsel.Net, or to the Business Law section of
> Counsel.Net. The answer is that down here in South Louisiana we
> are right in the big middle of the oil-patch, as well as the
> stepping-off point for off-shore exploration and production. The
> higher the price of oil and gasoline go, the more exploration and
> production take place. Can't explore and produce oil without oil
> and gas lawyers to examine titles, draw leases and divison orders,
> among other things, and to litigate mineral rights. Only place to
> post such information relating to oil and gas law, as I saw it,
> was on the Business Law section of Counsel.Net. As for
> communicating with Bush about the oil and gas industry, Bush has
> roots deep in Southwest Louisiana, as his father was once
> president of Zapata-Haynie, headquartered in Cameron, the number
> one fishing port in the Nation and the mouth of the Calcasieu Ship
> Channel leading to the biggest petro-chemical complex in the
> world. Bush knows us Cajuns and listens to us. That's why we want
> him to keep lowering the price of gasoline before the election.
> As Carville would say, "It's the price of gasoline, stupid!" Bush
> sees that, and he's listening to what I told him, and that is to
> get the oil companies to lower the price of gasoline before the
> election. It dropped ten cents just last week, and continues to
> drop. Of course, once Bush wins re-election, it's pay back time
> for the oil companies; and the price of gasoline will soar to
> $3.00 a gallon in a few weeks following the election. If he does
> not get the price down, which I am sure he will, it's all over for
> him. Of course, we do not want to lose him. As I say, he listens
> to us Cajuns, for he has roots deep in Southwest Louisiana. Why
> do you think Cheney and Scalia came down here duck-hunting
> recently? Bush has been here too.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Hardy Parkerson, Atty.
> Oil and Gas Attorney
> (among other things)
> Lake Charles and New Orleans
>

Mr. Parkerson,

OK, let me see if I have this correct - The current price of gasoline
is now averaging about $2.07 per gallon and Mr. Bush "got" a 10-cent
per gallon price reduction. HOWEVER, if he is re-elected, prices are
expected, as you stated in your post, to rise upwards to $3.00 per
gallon!

So sir, let me ask - Why would his "actions" encourage us to re-elect
him when, in the long run, it's going to cost us? Also, why do we
not "want to lose him"? It's obvious that this yo-yo game of oil
prices is going to cost us MORE in the long run, especially with Bush
in office and by him listening to you "cajuns". I fail to see the
logic of Mr. Bush's actions or, as sharwinston stated,
the "relevance" of your post; It's contradictory and the logic fails
to hold water (ooops, oil).