I can't stand the idiotarians who are running around claiming the recent decline is gas prices was orchestrated by the White House to help the GOP in the mid-term elections. What sort of reality-based fantasy island are these buffoons living on and what are they putting in the water there?

Have these morons given the slightest thought to where gasoline comes from? News flash fools; gas is made from petroleum. Petroleum that is pumped out of the ground in places like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Venezuela. How much oil is pumped out of the ground is largely determined by a group called the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. If you need help with the acronym, its OPEC.

In order for the White House to control the price of gas. They need to control the price of petroleum. Which means they need to be able to pick up the phone and give marching orders to OPEC which OPEC member nations will blindly follow. I'm sure the Mullahs in Iran have no problem with this arrangement. The only complaint from Hugo Chavez is likely to be the faint whiff of sulfur in the air when he hangs up the phone.

Once Bush, Cheney and Rove have given OPEC their pricing and production orders, then they issue their orders to world oil trading markets. I'm sure it was a big hurdle to convince China to accept having the White House determine how much oil they are allowed to purchase on the "open market" but they'll get used to it.

I'm sure it wasn't too difficult to order the National Hurricane Center to make sure no Hurricanes impacted our energy infrastructure. They're federally funded after all. Getting them to keep it secret must be a a constant headache. I'm sure they must be worried by now that having no hurricanes make landfall in the U.S. looks a little suspicious so I am sure they are already debating what part of the East Coast will gate a late season thrashing.

Anyone want to suggest a target?

UPDATE: Bush has been busy on the OPEC Hotline today.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 01:16 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment