<DIV>If oil prices keep climbing, I think I am going to move into a cardboard box and gnaw on it for nourishment. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Ted Moffett <starbliss@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV><A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>NEW YORK - Oil prices shot up more than $11 to a new record above $139 Friday after Morgan Stanley predicted prices would hit $150 by the Fourth of July. The unprecedented jump is all but certain to drive gas prices well past the $4 mark in the coming weeks.</DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=textBodyBlack><SPAN id=byLine></SPAN>Oil's meteoric surge, which pushed prices more than 8 percent higher in a single day, added to a huge increase Thursday to cap oil's biggest
two-day gain in the history of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The burst higher — which also came on rising Middle East tensions — also raised the prospect of accelerating inflation by adding to already strained transportation costs.</DIV> <DIV class=textBodyBlack><SPAN id=byLine></SPAN>That gloomy outlook sent stocks tumbling, taking the Dow Jones industrials down more than 300 points.</DIV> <DIV class=textBodyBlack>------------------------------------------</DIV> <DIV class=textBodyBlack>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</DIV></DIV>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>