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You Think A Gallon Of Gas (or nitro) Is Expensive? This might make one think, and put things in perspective.

Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ........$10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ......$ 9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 .............$10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 .......$10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ..........$33.60 per gallon
Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 .........$178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 ........$123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ...............$25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 ................$84.48 per gallon

and this is the REAL KICKER......
Evian water 9 oz for $1.49 ......$21.19 per gallon.

$21.19 FOR WATER! ....and the buyers don't even know the source. So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid, PEPTO BISMOL or NYQUIL! Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump.

Itoldyouso/Don, As a person on a mostly fixed income I am certainly aware that the price of gas has far reaching effects and the situation does not look good, BUT, I was impressed with the recent interview of Sen. Clinton by Bill O'Reilly in which it was revealed that Sen. Clinton put the blame of the high price of gas on the Oil companies but O'Reilly pointed out that she had voted against drilling on seven occasions. In my opinion the combination of Democrats continuous opposition to Executive policies AND overzealous Environmentalism has caused this whole problem. Can you name a single CONSTRUCTIVE thing accomplished by the Pelosi crew since they took control of Congress? (Raising the minimum wage did not look constructive to my fixed income.) This blatant Democrat opposition and the unrealistic goals of Environmentalists has caused this whole problem along with the remnants of the devaluation of the U.S. dollar following 9/11. To me it looks very much like the Democrats take glee in damaging U.S. policy just so they can take over. Human nature can be nasty and takes it's most virulent form in politics! I hasten to add that some checks and balances are needed in terms of environmental control, but the bottom line is that human population generates human waste and so a sewer system is indeed needed but nevertheless the waste keeps coming! The lesson is that crap happens and so we need ways to get rid of it but it will still be a continuing situation. Nuclear plants generate hot waste and off-shore oil wells occasionally polute beaches but we can't just stop generating the waste and invoking NIMBY in every case! What make us so sure that change to a totally inexperienced leader will help the situation? Change for the sake of change should be accompanied by the question, "change to what?"

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by Don Shillady

In my opinion the combination of Democrats continuous opposition to Executive policies AND overzealous Environmentalism has caused this whole problem. Can you name a single CONSTRUCTIVE thing accomplished by the Pelosi crew since they took control of Congress? (Raising the minimum wage did not look constructive to my fixed income.) This blatant Democrat opposition and the unrealistic goals of . Change for the sake of change should be accompanied by the question, "change to what?"

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Well, IMO the old political blame game hasn't accomplished anything and I don't see where it ever will....

The old game of the Democrats did this wrong, the Republicans did this wrong just doesn't seem to work anymore. The old Partisan politics haven't solved much in the last years other then lead to a stalemate on most issues........

Change to what??? Heck who cares? What we have hasn't accomplished much and it's doubtful it's continuance will accomplish anything either......

As I've said before, the politicians are the problem, why in the heck would they look for a solution???? Change to what? Well how about we start with a change to term limits and get the "good old boys" out of office and get some new blood in there that isn't owned by one faction or another.... Or how about a change to people taking personal responsibility for what is going on, and maybe a voter turnout larger then 40%????

Pointing fingers and blaming the other party is not going to fix anything!!!!!! IMO the current administration hasn't accomplished anything other then promoting a "the sky is falling mentality" and wasting 3,000 plus lives, and tens of thousands of wounded and crippled bodies and minds on a war based on nothing but lies!!!!! Remember the line of how the oil we could steal while at war in Iraq would cover the cost of the war????? Continuing on with this or any other such absurd course of action will accomplish nothing, either!!!

More of the same, with either party in power, is not likely to accomplish anything other then more of the same..... Change to what??? How about a change to representatives who will actually do something other the same old thing...and when they don't, replace them to... Until the government again becomes accountable to the people, we will change to nothing and continue along this course of destroying the country.....

More of the same, with either party in power, is not likely to accomplish anything other then more of the same..... Change to what??? How about a change to representatives who will actually do something other the same old thing...and when they don't, replace them to... Until the government again becomes accountable to the people, we will change to nothing and continue along this course of destroying the country..... Well said Dave.

I think that if everyone in power was reduced to the income of the common working man, and had a savings account like mine, they just might think of a solution much quicker. They are all well off financially and do not understand what its like to walk in our shoes. I say shame on all of them for letting this continue as they sit laughing as they count thier money. The money they are raking in because they all have stocks in oil, you can assure that. And I hope karma plays a role in thier lives real soon. Unfortunately a million more people will be bankrupt and homeless before that day. As far as I am concerned our government is not taking very good care of its own people.

also gulfcoastgasser, you forgot that printer ink is 5000.00 a gallon.