An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Obama’s Gum Bumping
Obama to address rising gas prices, draw attention to his energy policies
President Barack Obama is confronting Americans’ anxiety over rising gasoline prices by drawing attention to his energy policies and taking credit for rising oil and gas production, a greater mix of energy sources and decreased consumption.
Well, he’s finally taking credit for something. The fact that the price of gas has gone up isn’t exactly something to be proud of, but hey…this is D’Bama after all. Oh…wait a minute…he’s not taking credit for the prices? Oh, I forgot…that’s BUSH’S fault. Silly me. So, he’s saying that rising oil and gas production has gone up? So I guess that oil exec was lying when he said the production had gone from 10 million to 7 million? Let’s see…ya take ten, you subtract 7 and you get 3 right? Well, to me, that says we are producing less….3 million barrels less.
Obama is heading to Florida on Thursday to promote an energy strategy that the administration says will reduce dependence on foreign oil in the long term. But Obama’s pitch will also have a subtext: that the federal government can do little to halt the current rise in gasoline prices.
Nope! The Feds can’t do a darn thing! Well, except for maybe knock off the ridiculous over regulation, and approve more drilling, and perhaps allow building a refinery or ten, since we haven’t had a new one since the late 70s, and I’m fairly sure those we have aren’t as efficient as news ones would be. Have ya noticed they ALL say they want to reduce our dependence of ‘foreign oil’, yet do absolutely NOTHING to get us to that point? We have the resource right here in the good ol’ U. S. of A., but are prevented from actually making use of those resources.
White House advisers believe Obama needs to address the recent spike in gasoline prices, even though they see it as a cyclical occurrence. The current $3.58 per gallon is the highest price at the pump ever for this time of year.
I really don’t believe there is one single person in this administration that has the good sense that God gave a goose! It’s not like the seasons, y’know! That’s cyclical. This is a whole different cycle…like the cycle of increasing mass stupidity, arrogance, and forced regulations coming directly from a government agency that is answerable to no one. Hmmm.. maybe that is a cycle after all, because apparently, it goes from dumb to dumber on a regular basis.
Obama aides worry that the rise in prices could reverse the country’s economic gains and the president’s improved political standing. A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows that though Obama’s approval rating on the economy has climbed, 58 percent disapprove of what he’s doing on gas prices.
Seriously? I’d like to have a chat with those 58%. Obviously products of the more recent decline of our public education, or they are just damn dumb! I have to ask….what economic gains? Do they mean the phony numbers the administration coughs up on a regular basis, or the REAL numbers that proves there is no gain, but a lot of loss? Just wondering.
Now, the biggest problem I see…this administration has NO idea how the economy works. When the price of gas goes up, the price of EVERYTHING goes up. It costs more to ship products to their destination. When companies have to increase their prices, usually the demand for said products go down. The demand goes down, jobs are lost. People have a tougher time meet just their every day needs due to the cost of food rising as well. This is NOT a good thing. If I can see it, why can’t they? Oh, that’s right. I have common sense, and Washington has none! Ooops. Once again….silly me!
