But they always tell us the same thing -- bend over
Listen here what Steve Pearce, a Republican House member from New Mexico who is running for the Senate, said in the LA Times:
"At a time when we're facing $4 gasoline, I think that you need people who've been in the energy industry to tell us what to do."
Yeah sure...and when I want advice about my diet I'll run to Dunkin' Donuts and Pizza Hut....
Here's what the energy industry would tell us: "When the price of gasoline jumps to $5, $6, or even higher, here's what you should do... pay it. No matter what the price is, just pay it. And don't complain. Be grateful we let you have any gas at all. Don't like it? Go find your own gas."
Energy industry people know one thing for dang sure -- electing Republicans affects the price of oil products in ways that are in their best interests.
Soooo...expect to see the oil companies drop the price of gasoline as the November election comes nigh. This will help McCain's chances of winning, so he can continue the Bush administration's oil-friendly policies.
<sigh>...the price of a gallon of gas at the pump, on 1/22/2001 (a week that will live in infamy) was $1.66.
