I am with you 100 per cent, but we had our chance last Nov. and did not do any thing about the situation. Our poor boys are still suffering in Iraq, and as I read it, moale is getting to be lower every day. Where are the WMD, that we were lead to believe.
Thr price of diesel fuel is out of this world and no lower price in sight. We must pray for better leader ship
Check out the homicide rates of all the major US cities per year and tally up the number of combat related deaths for US soldiers per year. I think you'll find that we're losing more Americans to Americans yearly than we are losing Americans to terrorists and others overseas. I hate the war situation too, and if we had a way to push a button and end the problem I'd love it. Unfortunately there isn't (an acceptable) magic button that can be pushed, and American men and women will continue to need to be placed in harm's way for the good of the rest of us.
If you believe different leadership is going to gain us lower fuel prices, I have some ocean front property in Colorado I'd be willing to make you a great deal on. Why aren't the Democrats in Congress standing up screaming for the President to do something about it? Wouldn't you think that'd be something huge to point to come election time? Unless of course maybe more controls aren't in their best interest either.
The problem with the Democrats is they tend to bend to the will of the environmental radical movement, and the environmental nuts want expensive fuel. They want people to feel the pinch and downgrade to smaller more efficient cars, or ultimately give it up. It's the goal of the radical environmental movement. In fact, it's the goal of the socialist movement in general. The trend among some seems to be wanting to increase taxes in order to make it more expensive. I bet the socialist leaning members of the Democratic party (or any party for that matter) wouldn't shed a tear if fuel got up to $4-5/gallon whether it be by taxes or not.
Now since this isn't supposed to be a political thread (or it'd be in politics) I'll end the sentiment there and simply remind everyone it's a global economy now and what happens everyplace else Asia (especially China with it's literally continuous expansion of cities and industry), Europe, the Mid-East, and even N. and S. America. Things happen to offset the balance.
What I'd love to see is the Government subsidizing biodiesel production and research more heavily in order to have a significant benefit to drivers and farmers, since they'd be literally growing our fuel source...