energy prices

The lunch crowd at Community Care Fellowship is the biggest I've seen it, and the ladies who run the dayroom there tell me it's unbelievable how many people are coming in asking for help, for everything from food to clothing to medicines to rent to gas money to help with utility bills.

According to a recent survey, 42% of NFIB members ranked the cost of natural gas, propane, gasoline, diesel and fuel oil as a "critical" problem. The issue has climbed from being the #10 ranked issue concern to the #2 concern in this year's survey.

Inflation is real and will become an even bigger concern over the coming months.

On the heels of the President’s call to lift the domestic drilling moratorium, the well-crafted Democratic response was as follows:

Investors Business Daily tackles the Dem talking point that American oil companies are already leasing land.  Here’s their nice chart:

Yep, as I said many, many times before: Cap and Trade is the ultimate vote buying scheme.  Read the just released info from the Congressional Budget Office:

From the Congressional Budget Office:

Republican presidential nominee John McCain is announcing today his support for resumption of offshore oil drilling

Yawn. Nuthin to see here.

Go spend some rebate checks...

(NYT)

Via a press release: