gas prices

Our Republican leadership gets it.  Energy is THE issue of the day.  Gas prices are killing us.  I’m glad to see the President and our GOP reps pressing the issue as hard as they can.  They need to keep it up, keep hammering. From the Hill:

If you've seen the TN GOP ad, or this McCain ad, you'd think Obama was responsible for high gas prices.
Why this issue is a red herring and is designed to persuade the ignorant to capture votes:

If you’ve seen the TN GOP ad, or this McCain ad, you’d think Obama was responsible for high gas prices.
Why this issue is a red herring and is designed to work with the ignorants to capture votes:
1) There are 172 US offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, and 26 off of southern California. [...]

Former Predator actor turned political candidate, Sonny Landham, has gone “off the reservation” so to speak:

Democrats have set their legislative sights on oil speculators, illustrating once again the Democrats have absolutely no interest in actually lowering gas prices, but rather attacking the free market that delivers crude oil to the gas tank.

The lunch crowd at Community Care Fellowship is the biggest I've seen it, and the ladies who run the dayroom there tell me it's unbelievable how many people are coming in asking for help, for everything from food to clothing to medicines to rent to gas money to help with utility bills.

The wind outside is perfect for sailing, but I have some things I need to be doing at my laptop today. So alas, I am not out sailing my Catalina 22. On a related note, my dad and I are thinking that there are less motorboats on the lakes as a result of gas prices. Did you know that you pay a premium for gas at a marina?

Here's an update on Al Gore's energy use since his hand was called on it a year ago.  There's nothing I hate more than a hypocrite.  Just more of the "do as I say not as I do" from Al.   Instead of fawning o

Democratic leaders are starting to get very nervous about Al Gore’s environmental crusade in the age of high gas prices: