Oil Prices

Where is the American Spirit that I learned about in my history classes? The Boston Tea Party is one great example of how Americans refused to be taken advantage of. As I look to oil prices and the effect it is having on my family and the people around me, I can't help but wonder "Where is the American Spirit?" Don't get me wrong I am not saying that we need to dress up and storm some oil tankers and empty the contents into the ocean, but we seriously need to do something. For example Americans have become so complacent with the establishment that we can't even organize a "Don't buy gas on such and such day." I don't think such a tactic would work with the rising oil consumption in China and India; however at least it would make a statement to OPEC/"Big Oil." Another example on how oil companies are bleeding us (the American people) dry is how when the price of a barrel of oil goes up-the prices at the pump almost immediately go up. When the price of a barrel of oil goes down- the prices at the pump stay high for weeks.

I wonder how high prices will go before people say enough. I would have thought that $4.00 a gallon would have been the limit but no Americans are just complaining not doing anything. Sure we are driving less, but we are submitting to the high prices. I asked my brother how per gallon of gas that he would be comfortable paying and he immediately responded $3.00. This is where OPEC/"Big Oil" has "beaten" us into submission. I bet a lot of Americans would be happy to pay $3.00 a gallon, sad. So in answer to my question on where is the American Spirit? I sadly have to answer.......DEAD.

Silence

Obamamessiah

Obamamessiah??

So when Obama first announced his candidacy I was interested in what he had to say. I am a registered republican but I have never voted the party line, anyway even a few weeks ago it would not have been unusual for me to say "I am pretty sure I am going to vote for Obama." However, in the last few days I have been disenfranchised. The last straw for me was Obama "campaigning" in Germany, he even went so far as to "admit" to the Germans, that "America has made mistakes," and that "[America] is not without its faults"
Obama not only bad mouthed America on foreign soil but he even compared himself to other Presidents saying that he was only one of three Americans to address the Germans in that manner and jested that he didn't look like the others. Obama is not the President and according to the most recent Gallop poll only leads McCain by 2 points. With a statistical error of plus or minus 2 that is essentially a tie. One would think that with such a small lead that campaigning at home would be more meaningful. Hopefully Americans will wake up and notice that Obama is not the messiah that the media is making him out to be.
With all this said I am not sold on McCain but at least he doesn't go to other countries and bad mouth America.

Thanks for listening to my rant,

Silence