Oh, that’s right. The SRO is only supposed to be tapped for national emergencies…or in case someone starts a war based on falsified intelligence. (remember: Bush topped off the SRO back in 2002 in preparation for going to war in Iraq. Hmmmm, I wonder how the SRO is doing today with all the talk about Bush attacking Iran in the next several months).

Anyway, Bush would never tap into the SRO to help lower gasoline prices today. It goes against his free-market philosophy, which BTW only seems to help his fat-cat friends to the detriment of everyone else. For instance, during the California energy crisis of 2001, California’s leaders petitioned Bush to have the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission step in and do something at odds with the Bush philosophy…regulate. In other words, while Enron was raping the California utilities and their rate payers, Bush stonewalled. Months went by. Billions of dollars of excess utility charges accumulated. Later, it was discovered that one of Bush’s biggest campaign supporters, who headed Enron, was behind the price gouging in California.

So, the idea that Bush would step in today and release oil from the SRO is laughable. If he did this, it might cut into the record profits oil companies are making. So, once again, we see the Bush philosophy at work…screw the little people while rewarding all his fat-cat friends.

And, if I remember correctly, a real Republican president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, warned us about corrupt people like Bush fifty years ago. Of course, he also warned us about the military-industrial complex and people like Dick Cheney, too, with his Halliburton ties and a proclivity for starting foreign wars to pad the bank accounts of his fat-cat friends in the military-industrial complex.

I wonder how many millions of dollars in profit Cheney will realize from his Halliburton stock because he orchestrated a war in Iraq based on “fixed” intelligence and the use of blatant lies to support his scam? Oh, that’s right, he’ll either be out of office, or dead from a massive heart attack, but any profiteering by him will probably be classified, you know, for the sake of national security. Unfortunately, we’ll probably never know the true extent of corruption in the Bush administration, unless enough conscientious “partisan” whistleblowers start exposing the inner-workings, the rampant corruption of what has to be the most evil administration this country has ever seen.

And the idea that they are Christian is a slap in the face of Jesus Christ. I believe Jesus had a word for people like Bush and those who back him…”thieves.”

I can site specific policies that enraged Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Russia. Apart from that, what kind of political nicety will make doubling of revenue without extra investments a non-preferred course of action?

In the same time, 90% of American cars have gas milage decreased by 20% because they have too much power (e.g. compare Civic with Cavalier). Increasing gas mileage of new cars by 20% requires no new technologies whatsover. With new — but already existing — technologies, it can be doubled.

Demand at 100% of supplies — sellers market. Demand at 90% of supplies — buyers market. It is rather elementary.

That’s not fair! Me and Brad do a lot of actual… The third thing you said, after ‘analysis.’

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