"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:

: "Harry Krause" wrote in message
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: How long do you think it will be before President Idiot is forced to
: impose price controls on gasoline and diesel?

: I would welcome that, but not for financial reasons. I'm sure that
shortly
: after he suggested or implemented the idea, one of his oily friends
would
: invite him to visit an oil rig in the Gulf, ride in a real live
: hel-i-o-copter (pretending to fly it), and put on a hard hat & pretend
to be
: an oil rig guy. I suspect they'd arrange for him to "slip and fall in
the
: ocean", by accident, of course.

Already being done: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9071642/

Oil runs the gubment though and there's little hope for real relief.

b.

Just saw a news report about a Marathon station in Chicago that's charging
3.69 for regular. That's a 3, not a 2. No typo error. The owners slipped
out the back when the TV crew tried to interview them. This is going to
get ugly.


I live in Chicago, and have not seen anything around 3.69, but I don't doubt
it... however, check this out

http://www.gaspricewatch.com/new/

Highest gas is in Death Valley, CA at 3.88 a gallon...