Meter Shock

I drove by our gas station in the last couple of weeks and saw the price rise nearly thirty cents per gallon….so I figured although I had a half tank, I’d better top it off.



After I got off the ground, and paid the more than thirty dollars for half a tank, I thought back to the president’s press conference today when one of the reporters asked him about whether he agreed that the price of oil was headed towards $4.00 a gallon; he looked nonplussed. And said he hadn’t heard that.



The president based on what he said and his expressions indicated that he didn’t have a clue about gas prices.



Some might say that’s understandable. He doesn’t fill his gas tank.



And when he goes to the ranch, he doesn’t worry about how many taxpayer dollars are required to rush him and his family and aides to his weekend vacation spot. Fortunately for him, he doesn't have to worry about taking his pills or filling the gas tank.



Ronald Reagan in his eight years, accumulated one complete year at the Reagan ranch at the cost of 50,000 dollars a round trip.



Bush will exceed Reagan's excesses at his home in Texas but nobody is willing to estimate what it will cost taxpayers—the poor of course since the rich barely pay taxes.



It is a shame at a time of need that we have a president who has absolutely no understanding of the pain the people are suffering at the hand of his policies and his slavish commitment to take care of his friends.



It is called screwing the nation and it is reflected in everything he does, not necessarily in what he says.



But what’s more disheartening is where is the outcry from our officials.



They have enough material to give a speech every single day on one of his policies, violations, or complete avoidance of doing his job. And where are the investigations promised with the elections of 06?



It is a bloody shame that we get screwed with a loss of jobs and then must pay for keeping this damned government afloat.



A pox on all their houses.



And you can quote me on that!....



Les Aaron