$3 to $5 a gallon expected this summer. Huh!!!!?!!?!!

$3-a-Gallon Gas Expected This Summer
United Press International (UPI)
Probable $3-a-gallon gasoline, possibly going up to $5 a gallon, painted a bleak picture Monday for lovers of the open road.
Bloomberg News says crude oil costs, lack of refineries and an anticipated shortage of ethanol are likely to push gasoline prices to more than $3 a gallon this summer. Analyst Brian Hicks of U.S. Global Investors in San Antonio said $5-a-gallon gasoline is a possibility.
The national average for regular unleaded is now $2.59 a gallon. In Indianapolis, regular unleaded gas is $2.70 a gallon compared to $2.32 a year ago, according to AAA.

On my commute to work this morning, I heard on the Brad and Britt morning talk show that a Bush analyst's said in 2002, prior to us going to war, that removing Saddam from power and going to war would reduce the price we were paying at the pump.
Well, that is not happening, buddy!!!!
I know you can't lay the blame for the high price of oil at one person's feet, but Bush and his supporters have to take some blame for what's happening.
Right now, it's poor people and middle-class Americans who are complaining about the prices. And as long as poor people are complaining, the decision makers and the powerful can turn a deaf ear to them.
Prices will have to continue to rise, unfortunately ,before politicians and their deep-pocketed supporters began to feel it and decide that enough is enough.
But while we are waiting for that trickle up effect, what's going to happen to the moderate to low income individuals who don't have a lot of discretionary funds?
We say we are a compassionate country, but we don't care unless it affects us in our homes. Most don't care what is happening to our families.
I drive 40 miles one way to work every day. I am currently feeling the pinch.
We have the technology and the know how. Why is our government not pushing for the development of alternative oil sources? Why are we not writing letters to our Congressmen and women demanding that they look for other sources?