[new cruelty]

President Bush's speech did very little to offer hope for lower gas prices over this summer. But you are dead-on correct that he never stated that little could be done about high gas prices.

[Alberta's Child]

Yes, but think of how these high gasoline prices have actually reduced the expectations of the American public. If the average price of gas is around $2.00 next fall, then it will still be much higher than it was a couple of years ago but will seem extremely low by today's standards.