[Thermalseeker]

Blame the Dems yada yada yada.

This is exactly the point I was arguing with my Liberal neighbor over the weekend. All this Republican/Democrat finger pointing is fodder for the masses. At this point it's all water under the bridge.

The real question is how much longer will it be before Congress, Republicans and Democrats alike, get off their collective asses and get out of the way?

I expect nothing from Democrats except repeated "plans" to tax us into oblivion, as if that were, in some way, going to help matters. If the Republicans were serious about curing our energy woes they would be publicly beating the Dims about the head with their flawed plans. They aren't and this is an election year. If not now, when?

Either the Republicans are clueless and have no idea what to do, or they are complicit and have a vested interest in high fuel prices. Personally, I think it's the latter.....

[TomGuy]

If the Republicans were serious about curing our energy woes they would be publicly beating the Dims about the head with their flawed plans. They aren't

Correct!

Bush gives a wishy-washy speech and politics goes on as usual.

If the Pubbies had any backbone (or real interest in creating solutions), they would be out en masse every day banging the drum.

Instead, they are about as useless as (ole country saying) teets on a boar hog.

There has be NO leadership -- not from the Dems, not from the Republicans -- on solving the energy situation since Nixon -- 39 years and counting.