Actually, $3 a gallon is cheap, compared to what we are really paying for our oil. If we truly factored in the costs of the war in Iraq, and possibly Iran next, rather than throwing it off to the next generation, then we'd get a more complete economic picture. Does anyone else find it ironic to see a guy in a two-ton pickup on the news complaining about gas prices, even while he sports a "support our troops" bumper sticker?
The war isn't about oil. The war's about maintaining/attaining a free world. Irraq had oil to sell before. The country was in the hands of a criminal enterprise that back jihadi interests. Their interests were in getitng WMDs to exert their criminal power on the free world. The criminal enterprise that posed the threat to the free world was eliminated. Iran poses the same danger as criminal jihadists with nukes. Oil is irrelevant. Jihadi conquest is not. Jihadi conquest through threat, terrorism and any other form of intimidation is what our action opposes. We're not there to get oil.
"Does anyone else find it ironic to see a guy in a two-ton pickup on the news complaining about gas prices, even while he sports a "support our troops" bumper sticker?"
Feel good propaganda really tuggs at the liberal heartstrings. I suppose the WWs, the Cold war(WWIII), Korea and Nam were just for a few big business interests. Like this one is for big redneck and oil.
$3 per gallon gasoline is not cheap.
+$70 per barrel oil is ridiculous.
There is no oil shortage.
We might run out of oil someday, but not today.
There's actually an oil glut.
The record high prices are due to speculation and market manipulation.
At this point, I'd be looking to short oil, because there's plenty of supply to meet demand.
By the way, I don't drive a truck, I drive an Oldsmobile. I do support the troops, and I'll complain about the too high gas prices as much as I feel like it.