Harry Reid had the audacity to claim credit for the recent drop in crude oil prices!!!!!! In a press conference after Republicans refused to allow the voting on the Democrat sponsored bill to regulate futures trading/speculation, Reid stated that the mere fact that Democrats have discussed the regulation of speculators caused oil prices to drop!!!! Never mind that oil prices immediately dropped RIGHT AFTER President Bush lifted the executive ban on offshore drilling and before this anti-speculation bill even got rolling. Never mind that perhaps the forced conservatism of gasoline may have slightly lowered the demand. Reid and the Democrats want to take credit for something that they absolutely had nothing to do with. These are the same Democrat politicians who refuse to even allow an amendment on their anti-speculation bill about offshore drilling, or to allow a vote on whether or not to lift the statutory ban on offshore drilling so that the states can decide on their own. Why are the Democrats afraid to vote on the matter? Is it because they are afraid that if there is a vote, then the Americans that elected them will find out that they voted against the will of the American people?? So if there is no vote, they can always say that they never voted against offshore drilling. Some moron senator from New York not named Clinton says that "Democrats are for the future." Yeah, keep worrying about the future while Americans suffer TODAY because gas prices are too high. This is so typical of Democrats, who champion themselves as the party of the working class, the little people, the blue colar workers, and the poor. The position taken by them about drilling clearly shows that the Democrats don't give a darn about them. Who suffers the most when gas prices are high? The people who are poor! The working class!! High gas prices may bother the middle class, but it doesn't bankrupt them. The rich could care less about high gas prices. So the "little people" suffer TODAY while Democrats talk about the future. And why?? Their argument is that it won't have an effect on oil prices. It will polute the world. Cause more hurricanes. And yet, each of them keep on driving their big SUVs and Mercedez Benz. That's because high gas prices don't affect them. Why do they also oppose more drilling? Because they must oppose any Republican initiative AS A F---ING MATTER OF COURSE!! Because if they admit that the Republicans have it correct, then they are going to look bad!! So screw the American people who favor drilling, say the Democrats. This is the most angry I've ever been in my life with these so called champions of the working class. Thanks for listening to my vent ... How I wish more Americans would see through this charade and vote these morons off ...

We all know how expensive gasoline is nowadays. There are several theories out there addressing what is causing the high gasoline prices, and different people have different theories. Meanwhile, Obama and McCain are sparring over who has a better energy plan. Obama's plan is no additional domestic drilling and invest all our resources on alternative energy sources. McCain's energy plan is to drill more domestically and also promote alternative energy sources. McCain used to oppose offshore drilling, but changed his position in light of the current perceived energy crisis. So liberals have accused him of flip flopping. Unlike Obama though, McCain's shift in position came from the realization that there is a different set of circumstances facing the American people nowadays. Energy plans that were sensible when gasoline was $2.00 per gallon may not exactly be sensible when the national average gas price exceeds $4.00 per gallon. Moreover, technological advances in offshore production methods have improved dramatically in the last ten years to the point that ecological concerns are negligible if not outright non-existant. Unlike Obama's flip-flop, McCain's change in position in offshore drilling was NOT a change in McCain's core value and belief system such as Obama's change about whether or not the 2nd Amendment provides individuals the right to bear arms. Or Obama's change about the public finance of election campaigns. But I digress, so going back to the energy issue, Obama's plan totally ignores the fact that 99.999% of Americans own gasoline powered vehicles. Are Americans supposed to ride bikes to work everyday? Walk? Will wind and/or solar energy power our cars?? Assuming (and that's a big assmption) that alternative energy cars totally independent of fossil fuels (unlike current hybrids in the market) are widely available within the next 3-5 years, the Obama Plan's sole focus on promoting alternative energy sources while totally ignoring fossil fuel production will force 99.999% of Americans to spend $30,000 or more on new electric or hydrogen powered cars. Most Americans don't have the money to be buying new cars, but Obama is totally ignorant of that fact. So Obama wants Americans to either buy new cars (assuming they are available) or pay $8, $9 or $10 per gallon for gasoline. Given Obama's rock star status, he might be one of the 500 celebrities that have access to purchase one of the 500 Honda hydrogen powered vehicles available in the U.S. And he can probably afford to pay $8 per gallon for gasoline too. Unfortunately, most Americans can't afford to pay $8 per gallon. And most Americans can't afford and don't even have the option to get a hydrogen powered car.