User:ISRG

I consider myself an Independent voter as I believe I know enough about the issues that are important to me and I do not need a political party leading me by a ring in my nose to tell me what I should and shouldn't believe. I have voted for Republicans as well as for Democrats depending on the issues and what the politician's ideas were at the time. Having said that, this is not a political statement, just an observation. As I left Randolph Air Force Base last Friday, I went to the same gas station that I go to all the time. As I pulled into the parking lot, I got a little excited as I saw that the gas was $1.97 a gallon! Wow, less than $2...what a deal...gotta get me some...this is great! As I was filling my tank, I started thinking about gas prices. Gas is less than $2 a gallon and I thought that was a great deal, but wait a minute. Not too long ago gas was $1.00 a gallon and we thought that was steep. Then it gradually went up to $1.25 and slowly crept up to $1.50. When it reached $1.75, some of us were getting worried and by the time it hit $2 a gallon, Americans wanted to know more about the hybrid automobiles and everyone was asking the White House what was going on...we were infuriated! With the war, hurricanes, and just about any other excuse the oil barons could think of, the prices started going up to $2.50, then $2.75 a gallon. We were all extremely concerned at this point and when it hit $3.00 a gallon, we finally figured out some folks over in the foreign desert were making a killing on us as their profits were soaring to all-time highs. After several meetings and a world-wide outcry of rage, it looks like things may be settling down a bit and now we are more than happy to pay a paltry $2.00 a gallon. Wait, isn't that the same price that we were paying when people protesting and we were getting ready to start riding bicycles to work? Then why is $2 a gallon such a good deal now? I think we have slowly but surely been desensitized. In a short period of time, gas may slowly rise to well over $4 a gallon and then we will be happy to finally be paying $3 a gallon. Then it will rise to $5 a gallon and be happy with $4 for a period of time, and so on and so on. See how that works? Now, I'm not one of the goofballs that starts yelling at the White House if one of my own isn't sitting in the Oval Office. But I believe it is time that America started to seriously consider producing and refining our own oil so we can control and price it for our people, without the interference of the Saudis and other foreign oil producing (and gouging) countries. If the Republican party gets this going, the Democrats will scream and berate any ideas of bringing it about, but if a Democrat were in office, the Republicans would do the same thing...it's all about politically drawn lines.

Why can't we just be Americans and make decisions which are good for all of America and do away with the childish political games? I think I should go find that hybrid before it's too late.