So what does this mean for our economic recovery?

Gas prices have moved into the stratosphere and now the airlines are raising their fares in response to higher energy costs.

Aside from the chilling effect this is going to have on the vacation season what is this going to do to the overall economy?

The President says we can’t drill our way to lower gas prices… He’s wrong… in the long term, but probably correct in the near term.

President Obama is again demonstrating how disconnected he is from the average American.

With few exceptions, Americans do not have access to effective mass transit and are relegated to driving to work, school, grocery stores, etc.

When I rode busses in the Los Angeles area, I planned on 6 hours a day commuting because there were no express busses to specific transit hubs. Later when I used the light rail the commuting time only shortened by 2 hours. This is why most people in Southern California drive. In other places I’ve lived, city sprawl precludes biking, walking, or bus because the distance from cheap housing to places of work is too great.

President Obama needs to stop assuming his completely urban experiences are representative of average Americans. The Chicago Elevated Train is pretty dang efficient. I know, I’ve ridden it. But most of the “Flyover” states have no such systems. Heck, get out of Chicago and you must have a car.

So it’s time for the President to open the Reserve, make the oil companies open all their refineries, and remove impediments to any and all pipelines from what’s left of our functioning oil fields.

The President is right about one thing… We need to be independent of foreign oil. Obviously we don’t have alternative energy up & running yet, until we do lets not keep telling OPEC “Thank you for kicking us in the nuts… may we have another?“

Use our own resources.

Or as I’ve suggested before… Sink our sippy straw into a middle eastern desert and suck it dry.

On the other hand… Men Our SPERM can command as much as $600 per 0.5 mL, this is dependent on motility and if you’re wiling to provide all the information about you, your family, etc.

Are we likely to see donation slots in fuel pumps in the near future?  Nahhh…. But gotta admit it would make paying at the pump a whole lot more fun!

Hummm…. I wonder if that would increase gas consumption? Or would you be more likely to help someone out that was uhhh… coming up a bit short???