[ambiddetcat]

I didn't think gas could jump so high in one day... I thought there were federal regulations that gas could only increase once per day, and only to a certain maximum. I could be wrong about that.

Thinks are connected although they shouldn't always be. The gas price situation is one of those cases. We depend on oil in general much more than we have to... With hybrid technology and so many ways to produce renewable electricity, we could cut down on our oil needs tremendously. Keeping our need of oil only helps make a small percentage rich, while giving the anti-Muslim crowd ammunition to go after its targets because of the prices. While of course ignoring the people who are gouging us with the gas prices.

Besides, with the incredible changes happening in the Middle East, you see the duplicity of many anti-Muslim people in our own government: You know the ones who nine years ago said democracy and freedom came at a price? Well, the situation in the Middle East is a rice of democracy... But all of a sudden, because it's not our freedom or democracy, the price of five bucks more or whatever in gas prices is suddenly not acceptable.

The current events in the Middle East could be very beneficial to the U.S. (bringing said democracy to new states, allowing educated people to take a stronger lead in the region... I even saw a story how the changes could be very harmful to al Qaeda's survival). However, because it could allow certain Muslim groups, who aren't even extremists, to come to power, the Palins of this country are up in arms.

If you can't tell, I'm very optimistic about what's happening. This is the change I hoped for when I voted in the last presidential election.