Oldtimer said:aplusmnt said:fff said:None of us needs someone else to tell us that gasoline prices are about three times higher than when the conservatives took control of the White House..
First off a Conservative did not take control of the White house, Bush is a long ways from being a Conservative!
And secondly gas prices are about to double what they were 2 years ago when the Democrats took control of the Congress. And Pelosi I believe said they would do something about high gas prices.
Congress has more power than the president, lets see these Democrats do something about these prices as they promised.
Bush and the Bushites blame the Congress and Dems-- the Congress and Dems blames Bush, the Cheney (supersecret) energy policy and years of a do nothing but spend and sell out the country Republican Congress-- and no body is going to do anything....
Dems like watching the prices go higher- and people suffering more under a Republican lame duck President (who vetoes everything they send him)...They can blame it all on him and will (especially since the current Republican candidate is walking in lockstep with GW)-- and know that next year they almost positively will have many more seats controlled in both houses of Congress- and quite possibly even the White House-- and that they can get much more of what they want, then by making a deal now....
Nothing will be accomplished until 09.....
I really do not blame either of them! I just pointed out that the Dems promised to do something and they did not!
I think the free market and the drive of the consumer has dictated these prices. I think a lot of small components such as speculators drive up the price. I think the world is growing and product consumption is expanding. I think China and India as well as other countries are increasing their demand for oil.
I do not think the Government needs to search out alternative energy, I believe the free market should do that! I only fault the government for limiting such things as drilling for oil, building refineries, and nuclear plants.