A running gag I had with my buddy last night at the Indiana J&J dinner was to, every so often, do my best Homer Simpson angry voice and say, "Ooooh. I hate oil companies so much!" when someone was bagging on the evil oil companies. If it had been a drinking game to drink a beer and a shot, Clinton style, every time someone ragged on the oil companies, I'd probably still be in the hospital right now.
Sure, we have an energy problem and, sure, the oil companies are making money hand over fist right now, but it's like the deal with the scorpion and the turtle. An oil company, like a scorpion, is what it is. You don't especially blame the scorpion for stinging and you don't especially blame the oil companies for trying to make big profits selling oil. With scorpions, you don't blame them, but you do try to avoid them if you can and kill them if you can't. I recommend a similar approach with oil companies.
Still, it was great to see Obama, Dean, Clinton, Bayh, Hamilton, and gubernatorial candidates Schellinger and Long Thompson all speak in one place. Lots of energy among Indiana Democrats.