178 countries + Seattle Wa thought otherwise.
I think that about summarizes my view, too. After eight years of letting our country be run by the rest of the world, I think it is great to see us take a stand and tell the rest of the world, "Hey, this is what we're going to do. You can like it or lump it." It was time we had leadership that was representing OUR interests for a change.
Your view would confirm that these two guys mis-represented the problem
Hardly. Cheney made absolutely clear that we would see an easing in prices shortly after Memorial Day, even as this was going on. Why? Refineries are what allows crude to be converted in a timely manner -- if you don't have enough refineries, you get a bottleneck in supply. Inventories have increased, and therefore price has decreased. Not complicated, and this was detailed by Cheney up front.
Before you go accusing Bush/Cheney of "campaign paybacks" (an allegation for which there isn't a shred of evidence), let's remember what your guys did about it: Released oil from the reserve. Talk about politics!!! This was such a clear attempt to politicize the issue it was sickening.
You have to view this problem in its totality -- when crude is available, if you don't have refinery capacity, you'll have increased prices at the pump. Likewise, if OPEC cuts supply, you'll have increased prices at the pump.
Bush and Cheney have BOTH made it clear that we need (1) our own sources of crude to eliminate OPEC control of supply, and (2) increased refinery capability to smooth out supply and demand bottlenecks.
This is not a difficult concept to understand. |
