The price of a gallon of gas when Obama took office was just under two dollars after it had nearly doubled that mark causing Democrats to blame the “oil men” in the White House for the problems. Investigations were launched (nothing was ever found) and when prices went down again, the Democrats moved on to their next item with which to beat the Republican president.

Now gas prices are way up and have eclipsed five dollars a gallon in some places and the price has risen for 35 consecutive days. Obama’s answer has been to blame speculators (were there no speculators the last time) and to tell people perhaps they should not be driving cars that get eight miles to a gallon (without actually knowing if that was the case). Democrats are mostly silent and though Obama is talking the talk, the fact is he wanted gas prices to go higher.

He would have preferred that it was more gradual but he wanted them to rise. In his mind, rising gas prices will force people to cut back consumption and allow him and his regime to pursue their “green” agenda of solar and wind, as if either can power a car.

Before Obama took office he discussed gas prices and said he wanted them to go up so keep this in mind when he acts as if he is pained by it actually happening. He wanted it to happen and it has.

Saying he wanted to see gas prices go up and actually having it happen has a bright side for the Obama supporters.

He finally kept his word on something.

Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.

The Democrats have long believed that more taxes are the answer to every problem we face. They tax anything and they increase the taxes on everything just to cover their out of control spending. Of course there are those who defend the so called “progressives” and indicate that higher taxes are necessary but that is foolish thinking by people who either don’t pay taxes, hide their income so they are not subjected to taxes, or don’t understand how a budget is supposed to work.

The cost of gasoline is hurting a lot of people in this country. Gasoline went from a little over $2.00 a gallon when the Democrats took control of Congress to over $4.00 a gallon now. Fair or not, it happened on their watch and if they can blame all that is evil on Republicans when they had control then turn about is certainly fair play.

Many groups are calling for an end to the moronic restrictions this country has on drilling for our own oil. The President and the Congress have banned oil exploration in many areas that we own, areas that have known deposits of oil. The President lifted the Executive Order banning the drilling but Democrats in Congress continue to obstruct our progress. They simply will not allow drilling. People like Al Gore (who obstructs from outside Congress) and Nancy Pelosi have stated we cannot drill our way out of the problem which is a silly and illogical statement because it is patently false. Drilling and using the oil we have will provide relief while alternatives to fossil fuels are developed (they have talked about developing alternatives for decades but it is just talk). It is insane to eliminate one form of dependable fuel when no viable alternative exists and I don’t care how much Al Gore cries about it. Gorebal Warming is a hoax and the idea that drilling will not help us is as stupid as saying that a man dying of thirst cannot drink his way out of it.

What is the solution that Democrats have for high gas prices? They want to increase taxes. Not only the taxes on oil company profits (which would be passed on to consumers) but on the gasoline that consumers buy. Congress is considering raising the tax by 10 cents a gallon. This comes after a member of a construction industry told members that a gas tax holiday (I do not favor that, I favor eliminating the gas tax altogether) would decrease the amount of money available for transportation projects, which are already down because people are driving less, and would result in a large number of construction employees (read union) out of work just before an election. Democrats cannot afford to lose votes so they want to boost the gas tax to ensure that union workers have jobs.

The transportation trust fund is no different than any other fund in government. They raid it and use the money for whatever they wish. They also call the Social Security money a Trust Fund but it has been raided more times than the Lost Ark. Transportation money is used for all kinds of projects and some of them even deal with transportation.

This idea is only the beginning of the pain that they want you to feel at the pump. In addition to the 10 cents a gallon, they want to index it to construction cost inflation. That whole idea is just ready made for corruption. Additionally, the taxes you pay on gas would continually change based on the inflation in construction and it would be a percentage of the price you are paying per gallon. I have seen ideas like this and there is no reverse button. If there is no inflation or things are really good (like costs go down) they keep the price at the last level. In other words, it can only increase and not decrease.

They are also looking at implementing congestion pricing and charging people for the number of miles they drive a year. I thought that the gas tax accomplished that. The more miles you drive the more gas you use so the more taxes you pay. People who use fuel efficient cars save money. If they charge by the miles then everyone pays the same regardless of how fuel efficient they are.

Government will continue to increase what we pay and the people in it do not care what it costs us or how it hurts us. Remember, when they raise the gas tax YOU will be paying for the tax on your gas and on theirs because we pay for their cars, their insurance, their registration and their gas. They do not care how it affects YOU because it will not affect them. They are only concerned with how far they can push you before you decide not to vote for them.

We need to solve this problem and we can start by eliminating the people who vote for tax increases and work our way back from there. We could consider driving fewer miles but then they would only raise taxes more because they need us to drive in order to keep the union workers employed.

This should be a great example of all the price gouging that Democrats cried about. They don’t do anything to get the gas to market but they extort a portion of the price from people. When they make BILLIONS of dollars from taxing oil they increase the amount they take but when the oil companies make BILLIONS off a product they brought to market, the government wants to punish them. The only people gouging you have been elected to office.

Get rid of them NOW.

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My Way News

Very few things infuriate me more than an ignorant schmuck who cuts in a line. I have no problems with polite people who ask like at the airport when they are running late for a flight. I will let people who ask me cut ahead of me in a heartbeat. What I cannot stand are the jackasses who think that they do not have to be bothered with standing in line. This also applies to large groups of people who have one person hold the place while they all screw off. They then show up and jump in front of scores of other people.

I especially cannot stand drivers who stay in a lane that is going to end so that they can pass everyone else who has slowed to a crawl. They wait until the last minute and shoot in or force their way in so they do not have to wait. One particular thing is what happens around Washington DC. On the Capitol Beltway the exit ramps have long approaches so traffic can pull over to exit without slowing the rest of the cars. Usually though, the traffic on the beltway is crawling along and no one is in the exit lane. That is when the people way in the back move to the right and go all the way down as if they are exiting the beltway and then they merge back into the traffic. Whenever I can, I move my vehicle over so I straddle the line and prevent these people from passing. I absolutely refuse to let people who pass everyone in. I will inch up to the guy in front of me just to keep them from getting in.

Why am I mentioning this? A doctor in California has been arrested because he took a tire iron out of his car and went to greet the inconsiderate moron who cut in front of him and everyone else waiting to get gas. The coward who pulled in locked his car up and called the police and they arrested the doctor instead of the real criminal. It is not bad enough that gasoline costs a lot of money and that sometimes the lines to get gas get long but having someone pull in front of you is basically the last straw. The doctor should have offered the driver the chance to get back in line. If he refused the doctor should have smashed up the car and the guy inside. In today’s society, this seems to be the only way to get people with bad behavior to notice.

That jackass would have been oblivious to everyone else had he been left alone. He would have pumped his gas while everyone else was calling him names. I doubt this made much difference but I would hope he thinks twice about cutting in line again. I certainly know how that doctor feels. When I am in slow moving traffic and the aforementioned idiots cut in line I feel like dragging them out of their cars and beating them half to death. I find myself hoping that there is a huge semi in a blind spot when they zoom by. The thought of them going through the windshield while trying to cut the line brings a smile to my face. I am always hoping that a cop is at the end handing out tickets but the only time you see them is when the warm light at Krispy Kreme comes on.

Line cutters are ignorant and their behavior should not be tolerated. I have had quite a bit of fun telling people that they are cutting a line and that they need to go to the end. I love it. They show up to the airport or some other public gathering where folks stand in line an they walk past everyone and kind of shuffle into the line. “Excuse me, the end of the line is back there and you need to get there.”

I am with the doctor on this one. The driver should have been dragged from his car and strapped to the hood. Then they could move it out of the way and into the hot sun. After while his manners would improve and he could be cut loose.

Pain is the fastest teacher. People will avoid a painful situation after only one occurrence. They will however, keep doing whatever they get away with or whatever they are rewarded for.

This guy should have felt some pain.

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Breitbart