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Want to get the Plame and DSM issue off of the national radar, Mr. President? Pressure the oil companies to start funneling their obscene profits - profits so huge that the senior executives are complaining about their inability to spend it - into rolling the price of gas back to $1.25/gallon. Either that or declare a moratorium on the federal gas tax and encourage the states to do the same.

Which oil companies. We import 60% of our oil and those companies and countries are not owned by the US. Just how do we go about pressuring OPEC when there is plenty of demand from other countries for their oil. Do you suggest that we stop them from trading with any one but us to set price? How do you stop them from selling to countries that will pay $60 barrel? You are not in the catbird seat here.

China as a country is investing in Canadian oil sands as an alternative to ME oil. Like the US, they are tied to the ME and Russia for their oil. Perhaps we need such a public effort by our government, to prospect for more secure sources.