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