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

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Mon cher, when you type the word Cajun, please Capitalize it. We
Cajuns are proud of our name and heritage.

Thanks!

August Boudreax
Bayou LaFourche

On 7/02/04, Michael wrote:
> On 7/01/04, Hardy Parkerson, Atty. wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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).