I saw a sign for gas at $2.45 this morning. Regular, self-serve.
Coincidence the election is six weeks away and that, even during Labor Day weekend, when gas prices are at their highest, the prices were coming down? From $3.05 in mid-August to $2.45 five weeks later.
Gas Is Down - Go Back to Sleep, by Kelpie Wilson.
"You know, if you were a real cynic, you could also wonder if the oil companies might not be pulling the price of gas down to help the Republicans get re-elected in the midterm elections a couple of months away."
Consumers Skeptical of Dropping Gas Prices, by Brad Foss.
Almost half of all Americans believe the November elections have more influence than market forces. For them, the plunge at the pump is about politics, not economics.
Retired farmer Jim Mohr of Lexington, Ill., rattled off a tankful of reasons why pump prices may be falling, including the end of the summer travel season and the fact that no major hurricanes have disrupted Gulf of Mexico output.
"But I think the big important reason is Republicans want to get elected," Mohr, 66, said while filling up for $2.17 a gallon. "They think getting the prices down is going to help get some more incumbents re-elected."
Why Retired Military Brass Don't Want Torture, by Charles Kaiser.
"[Vice President Dick] Cheney made mention in the days after 9/11 that he wanted to operate sort of on the dark side," Cullen said. "Here was a guy who never served, and now something terrible had happened, and he wanted to show that he was a tough guy.... So he's going to operate outside the rules of law. Bad message."
Rules of law. Interesting concept - alien to the United States of America since the election of 2000.
Never forget, the Constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper.
Robert Scheer: A War on Intelligence.
The mainstream media has pissed me off more than ever before with their discussion of the information released on from the NIE report.
Media people, that terrorism would surge was a goddamn GIVEN in January 2002 when Bush proclaimed Iraq to be one of the Axis of Evil nations. Where the fuck have you morons been since then? Anyone with an ounce of common sense KNEW in March of 2003 what would happen. Just how stupid are you people?
In the name of defending our security, the Bush administration has suppressed any intelligence information it could, ignoring the public’s right to know, as much as is feasible, what is being done in its name. We must never forget that our system of government is based on the utility of freedom that truth will expose error—and just such an accounting is long overdue.
And isn't it the job of journalists to seek out such information and report it to the public? Or do I not understand what journalism is for? You are right, sir, an accounting is due. The media must also be held up for scrutiny - they've failed, miserably, and continue to do so, when it comes to doing their job. They've done nothing, with the exception of a few, but parrot the Republican talking points for six years.
