(Cross posted at
E Pluribus Media )
COUGH! GASP! WHEEZE! UGH!
That's the sound of me reading what our Exalted Leader has proposed in order to "curb" skyrocketing gas prices.
What to do, Chicken Little, what to do? $3.00 a gallon gas, record oil company profits, and 32% approval ratings.
Well, of course (thunks head with hand)! Time to give a little gift to the oil refiners...and relax those pesky environmental regulations.
I'm beginning to think this was all planned from the beginning (he says with a little bit o' snark):
President Bush on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly dampen prices at the pump. He also halted for the summer the purchase of crude oil for the government's emergency reserve.
Temporary. Riiiight. Temporary like Iraq was weekend police action. Temporary like we'll have New Orleans rebuilt in no time. Temporary as in those golden parachute oil executive compensation packages....oh, wait a minute.
Easing the environment rules will allow refiners greater flexibility in providing oil supplies since they will not have to use certain additives such as ethanol to meet clean air standards. The suspension of oil purchases for the federal emergency oil reserve is likely to have only modest impact since relative little extra oil will be involved.
Let's see the equation:
Less additives = less cost = oil excutives rolling in EVEN MORE MONEY like pigs in shit.
Yeah, I'll be waiting to see the drop in gas prices any time now...waiting...waiting...
The president said Democrats in the past have urged higher taxes on fuel and price caps to control fuel expenses, but he said neither approach works. Instead, he called for increased conservation, an expansion of domestic production and increased use of alternative fuels like ethanol.
This is getting even more comical, isn't it? In one move, you eliminate environmental standards for additives to gasoline (like ethanol) and in the next breath, you call for an increase in ethanol...
Que? Oy vey.
So, anyway, thought you might want to know that as we approach summer, when gas is $4.00 a gallon, when those Ozone Action Alert days hit in the 100 degree heat, when you are coughing and wheezing your way to work...
our Preznit is on top of it, gutting those pesky clean air regs.
God Bless America! (Please!)