[irishjuggler]

But this endless whine of "Big oil is screwing us!" is pathetic when the gasoline industry is subject to as much free market force as any other industry

Amen. No one is being forced at gunpoint to pay $3.20 per gallon for gasoline. We have a free-market economy. If you drive into a gas station and fill your tank at the current price, then we must assume that the current price is at (or below) the level at which you value the gasoline.

Personally, the high gasoline prices DO bother me. However, my solution is not in griping about "big oil" but rather in simply buying less gasoline. It's actually pretty easy to do. Walk places. Stay home.

[Iscool]

No one is being forced at gunpoint to pay $3.20 per gallon for gasoline

We're not talking about watermelons...Of course people have to buy the gas...Apparently you don't have to drive to work...You may not know it, but millions of Americans do...