[Brilliant]

Wasn't John F. Kerry primarily responsible for blocking the Bush Energy Plan?

[streetsmart]

What's wrong? The RATS & RINO's in Congress.

I hate the NY Times.

[federal]

So since we haven't supported another anti-American communist and brutal regime in Argentina, we're being to much of a Cowboy. It just floors me that some a**clown could even write this crap, surely they know how hypocritical they are being. What you mean bashing Bush is all that matters to them?

I wonder why the NY Times is loosing market share? can anyone think of a reason that might be happening?

[lewislynn]

[Whatever happened to Bush's Energy Plan?]

You're experiencing it.

[prognostigaator]

Alaska=oil

[DustyMoment]

"Our cowboy mentality has failed us miserably in Venezuela," said Fadel Gheit, an energy industry analyst at Oppenheimer & Company in New York. "We could have pumped up Chávez to be our back-alley oil reserve, but instead we squandered our attention and resources elsewhere. We're paying for having botched Venezuela."

Ah, yes, ANOTHER appeaser heard from. Perhaps he should get his facts straight, however. Currently, our largest oil supplier is CANADA, NOT Venezuela. IMO, I think Bush is allowing the gas prices to rise so that Americans can see that the Senate should NOT have opposed drilling in the ANWR. If enough of us get unhappy and complain to our Congresscritters about the price of gas at the pump, maybe the leftists will re-think their position on our reliance on foreign oil. From a security standpoint, it's not a good strategy.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Whatever happened to Bush's Energy Plan?

From day one of his administration, Bush wanted a new comprehensive energy plan.

That was over three years ago.

Democrats stopped the plan at every junction.

Now they are trying to use the high gas prices as an issue in the election.

If Bush's plan had been quickly adopted in 2001, the domestic energy supply would have grown by now.

Tens of thousands of jobs in the drilling, transport, petrochemical engineering and pipeline construction industries would have been added to the nation's payrolls.

Democrats are bad for jobs.

For every Democrat turned out of Congress this fall, I predict 1,000,000 new jobs will be created.

[verity]

Women, children, and minorities most affected!

[Iscool]

according to the National Association of Convenience Stores. The association's members sell about three-quarters of the nation's gasoline...

Another Union...I just love it...

[raloxk]

it was filibustered to death in the senate by NH Senators.

Even if it had passed, it wouldnt have made any difference this year.

[ChadGore]

Isn't it a shame the the democrats were ubstructionist on energy.

Sad.

[freethistle]

"Technical" problems causing shutting down of refineries yield bigger profits in the short run.

As long as customers keep spending on gasoline the prices will rise or stay high. When and if customers decrease spending, the technical problems will be magically resolved and prices will drop.

Unfortunately a lot of customers including lots of businesses will get hurt in the short run, and school boards and local governments will cry for tax increases to pay for increased transportation costs.

Hate to be cynical but similar thing happened in the 1970s-
Middle East unrest (OPEC) created artificial shortages and then oil industry created additional shortages.

If we are seen as dependent on gasoline because of the way we live, we are going to be targets for periodic gouging.

[1066AD]

Just maybe Uncle Sam should encourage domestic exploration, onshore and offshore including Alaska.
Just maybe Uncle Sam should build some refineries.
Just maybe Uncle Sam should formulate one gasoline so any refinery can supply any state.

Oh, and don't we get this "crisis" every spring ?

[bereanway]

Chavez is a Castro wannabe who deserves nothing but contempt.

I say we keep building the SOR as it's the only insurance we have against possible supply disruptions. Given the tinderbox much of the oil producing world operates in a supply disruption is a real possiblility.

Also, why do these guys keep quoting non inflation adujusted fuel prices? That's meaningless, just a number when it's taken out of context of the overall purchasing power of the dollar. Fuel prices have risen quite a bit over the past several months, but they're not at historic highs when you make inflation adjustments. And the CPI seriously understates inflation to boot.

Open up ANNWAR and our western coastal areas for drilling and cut down on the number of formulations these refineries are forced to produce. A few more new refineries wouldn't hurt either.

[WhiteGuy]

[Whatever happened to Bush's Energy Plan?]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..................................

This IS the bush energy plan.

You were thinking he meant energy costs were going down?

[Fiddlstix]

Wasn't John F. Kerry primarily responsible for blocking the Bush Energy Plan?

Among others, Yes!
And, by the way, what's the latest on ANWAR?
Or how about the "no offshore drilling" crap?
The wacko enviros in concert with the Dims are responsible for this crap more than anyone else.
(BTW, my family owns some property that was surveyed by Western Geco back in 1996. It was determined in that survey that there is a very large, deep pool down there. It can't be drilled however because of some kind of EPA crap. Don't ask me just what. I don't understand it all. I'm still trying to future it out! We have oil and yet it can't be drilled. Wooo Boy!)

[mrsmith]

Editor: "Hey it's spring! There's been no change in our energy policy, so who wants to write the usual high gas price article and then take the rest of the day off!"

03/05/2003 SF Bay area gas prices reach new record

03/12/2002 Drivers hit by gas prices

02/08/2001 Gas Prices Could Surge This Summer ~ $3-a-gallon price expected by panel

3/2/2000 Pumped-up gas prices could hit $2

03/12/99 Gas Prices Soon To Increase

[YourtaxCutMan]

why are rising gas prices a bad thing? price goes up, demand goes down, problem solved ... or all of you a bunch of PEAKers and think this means the end of civilization as we know it. People who can't afford to Europe are too poor to drive around the Us instead? how stupid is that?

[StriperSniper]

[Whatever happened to Bush's Energy Plan?]

[.38sw]

...warned that gasoline prices might rise to a nationwide average of $1.83 a gallon in April, well past the previous record

That's be a bargain around here. I paid $1.92 at Costco a couple of days ago, and it's running around $2.05/gal at the discount stations like ARCO. But then, California has it's "special" blend.

[kenth]

One more example of wanting to regain power at any cost. Who was screaming about the proposed drilling in ANWR and blocking the energy plan? This 'outrage' is no different than the gleeful 'outrage' they exhibit everytime one of our guys dies in Iraq or Afghanistan.

The democrats don't take and hold on to power through merit. They do it through taking advantage of other people's suffering and hardship.