gasoline prices

House Republican leaders pressured 13 of their members to switch their vote from “yes” to “no” during Wednesday's vote on the Commodity Markets and Transparency Act (H.R. 6604), a bill designed to rein in oil profiteers.

House Republican leaders pressured 13 of their members to switch their vote from “yes” to “no” during Wednesday’s vote on the Commodity Markets and Transparency Act (H.R. 6604), a bill designed to rein in oil profiteers. Thanks to these strong arm tactics and weak members, the bill to lower gasoline prices by controlling profiteers [...]

While Obama is telling us to inflate our tires and get tune-ups, the Speaker of State, Nancy Pelosi, remains steadfast that we will not increase offshore drilling.

The New Republic has an interesting article on the subject of "demographic inversion," a.k.a gentrification, a.k.a. 'new urbanism,' which seems to be taking over many of the major cities across the country.

This story at the Los Angeles Times tells us how:

Gasoline prices fall in California, U.S. as demand drops

By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 22, 2008

Several years ago, an article in Time magazine about the rise of what the magazine termed "modem cowboys" - professionals who were full-time telecommuting from homes far away from their employers - so intrigued me that I saved a copy of it for years.

From IBD:
Muslim Moles
Homeland Security: In a sign background checks are far too lax, an alarming number of Arabs and Muslims have landed sensitive government jobs only to be caught later spying for the enemy.

Plugging Up The Pipeline
Energy: Anyone who’s not sure why gasoline prices are so high has the opportunity to see a real-time reason [...]

Yes, I’m talking to you. OK, I’m not really. But Phil Gramm is. You remember him?

If you have a hard time making ends meet in a world of $4/gallon gasoline, you’re just a bunch of whiners. At least, that’s what former Texas Senator Phil Gramm, John McCain’s economic advisor, told the Washington Times:

"We have sort of become a nation of whiners," he said.