How High's the Gas Prices, Father?

To paraphrase a Johnny Cash song, I'd say the answer here in the Fox Lake area in northeast Illinois is now $3.04.

The GRBs at Big Oil and hedgie-wedgies are back to their old tricks. Hurting regular folks, the economy and the United States in their blind quest for profit. They announced back in March that they were going to do this despite the fact that usage in the US is still way down and flat in Europe. They are not making enough profit. Of course, they use the long-time Chinese and Indian excuse.

Hey, these guys are cutting back production and laying off workers to make sure they have a reason.

Hey guys, I am already preparing to cut back seriously on my travel like I did the last time you did this in the summer of 2008. A lot of other people did just that as well.

Have you not learned anything or is your greed an overriding factor?

It's sad this happens again, but this time, hopefully, we have a government that will stand up to you, not like the last president who was one of your guys. It sure would be nice to have the government do something for me for a change instead of just helping the rich and poor.

All these wonderful bailouts has not helped me with the possible low interest rates helping me pay a couple hundred less on my taxes this year.

When you have most of your money in CDs, this really hurts.

Deja Vu, Folks. Deja Vu. --RoadDog