Thus said Charles Curley on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:19:59 MDT: > The only questions are who is surprised at this, and which hole in the > sand did they have their heads in? (Probably an exclusive diet of > American media.)
Apparently there are a lot of people surprised by it... why else would public figures and their followers petition congress for a solution when prices get ``too high'' or at ``critical levels''? As if price controls is something that congress should be involved in. > I'm going to keep right on driving my Suburban for the nonce. I hope you do keep driving it. If you start curbing your demand for gasoline, then we may never arrive at an alternative energy source. :-) Maybe once the prices get high enough, someoe will seriously consider developing an alternative since the profits will certainly be worth it then. > And if McCain gets elected, expect it to go up faster than if Obama > gets elected. So, if the pain comes more slowly its better? It would seem to me that the end results of the policies implemented by the ``ruling class'' don't differ much. Sure, they may have superficial differences when they are sold to the public --- assuming the public even has any say in the matter --- that lead many to believe that there is a major partisan division, but is there really that much difference in the end? Andy -- [-----------[system uptime]--------------------------------------------] 8:00pm up 30 min, 1 user, load average: 1.07, 1.08, 0.97 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
