Gas prices in the United States have been steadily dropping since the middle of July, down about 30 cents to a nationwide average of $3.82. This downturn, which comes after five months of sharp increases, has left consumers both puzzled and relieved. The big question now is, “What brought about this mid-summer reprieve?” The answers range from the ridiculous to the unobservant to the sublime.
Let’s start with the ridiculous. House Republicans such as John Shadegg of Arizona are saying that their incessant clamor for offshore drilling somehow deserves the credit: “Markets respond. The market is responding to the fact that we’re here talking.”
The Huffington Post’s Katherine Zaleski explains how this claim is logically impossible to make:
The protest was done to bring about a vote on domestic drilling - and that hasn’t happened. Now they are saying that their failed protest is in fact lowering oil prices. But ...
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Nancy Pelosi is questioning the patriotism of House Republicans.
This comes from the woman who hasn’t upheld a single promise from the 2006 campaign, who has single-handedly controlled every piece of legislation that hit the House floor for the past two years, who closed down the House while you and I were paying more than $4 per gallon of gasoline, and when Congress came back from their five-week vacation, pushed her own energy bill on the American people.
Now, with the impendin... more
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