Let's Go To The Gasoline Station

I passed the gas station a couple of weeks ago. I called my wife to let her know the price was $3.05/gallon. I called a couple of days later to mention to her that gas was now $3.09 and we needed to fill up our car the next morning. I did so, fortunately at $3.09. A few hours later, I drove past the same station to see the price on the marquis now at $3.19. Four days later, gas at the same station was $3.22. I was getting a bit angry at the continuing rise of gasoline prices. A mere 24 hours later, Wednesday night on the way to work, gas had now been priced at $3.29!

A few years ago when gasoline prices were going through the roof, the media was calling for the head of our President. As if it were his fault the gasoline prices were as high as they were. Then again, it was a liberal media stirring the pot, acting as the driving force to create a mob scene in the op/ed sections of local newspapers. A few months later, when gasoline prices began to decline, the media was much slower to give credit to the same President. I wonder if they finally realized the President / Executive Branch of the US government has little or nothing to do with gasoline prices? I find it interesting the lesson has stayed true. I have heard nothing mentioned from the leftist media to come down on the current President.

Granted, it is not in the hands of the Executive Branch of government to determine the prices of gasoline at the pump. I simply find it amusing, and somewhat sad, at the inconsistencies of the left-wing members of the media.

So, what do we Americans do in the face of rising fuel costs? Do we discipline ourselves to drive less? Do we lobby our congressional leaders for more bio-technical fuel? Or should we already have been drilling at home, utilizing the millions (or should I say Billions) of barrels of crude here within our own borders? I suppose in the short-term, we should discipline ourselves to drive less. Plan our trips more carefully, even across town.

But in the long term, consider contacting your congressional leaders to pressure them to drill at home. We have been blessed with the natural resources to lower the cost of our fuel. We really do not need to spend money we already don't have in order to fill our tanks.

And by the way, have you noticed how fuel prices only rise significantly after the media says it is going up? There are some times that ignorance is bliss! I wonder if that just might affect the sharp spike in fuel prices?