This'n'That; March Twentieth #2; More Effects?!?

The Ancillary Effects
    The current national average gas price (03/20-AM) is $3.846; diesel-$4.142.  Of course, these averages are important.... but not nearly as important as the pump prices where you are!!  If you check the 'aaa' URL below, be prepared for a surprise with the "E85 MPG/BTU adjusted price!!"
The EPA, the tree-huggin' environmentalists would like grain-based fuels to be mandated for use.  As you can see--at these prices--said mandate would bankrupt the average consumer.
    The national pamphleteers will never report it; the 'Palace' mouthpieces will never admit it, but the gargantuan rise in fuel prices can be directly attributed to the failed national energy policy--IF there even is one--of the "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" regime!!  The "Palace"  mouthpieces say that approval of the "Keystone XL Pipeline" project won't get us out of this "Clown Prince"-made economic hole.  True, as far as it goes.  In every case, NOW is when we prepare for the FUTURE.  The "Keystone" project--when the NEXT ruler anoints it--will be on line eventually to start the fall in fuel prices; to start the rise to +/- 200,000 additional, permanent--well paying--jobs!!  The "Palace" mouthpieces say we can't 'drill our way out' of this kerfuffle.  If we can't then why drill at all?!?
    We can carp about the "Clown Prince" and his failed presidency--til-the-cows-come-home--to no avail!  He is what he is; socio-fascists--apparently--can not be reformed!  What we must be more concerned about is the ancillary net effects of his failed policies.  While we're getting raped at the pump, has anyone thought about what happens practically everywhere else in the economy?!?  I have.
    In practically every sector of the economy, the products travel from point-to-point by truck.  Eventually, as inventory is sold and replenished, the affects of higher fuel prices will be felt at the retail level:
The Wegman's; the Topps; the Giant; the Winn-Dixie; the HEB supermarkets will be forced to raise prices on foodstuffs to reflect the higher fuel expense.
The local Walmart, Target, Macy's, et al, will do the same; 
The local Lowes', Home Depot, Menard's, et al, will do the same;
The local Pep Boys, Advance Auto Parts, O'Reilly's, et al, will do the same; on and on to every segment; to every level of the wholesale and retail economies!
    The affects are felt not only at the pump and the local retail establishments but the various branches of house-building.... hell, every segment you can think of!!  Not only do we have to worry about current and future retail prices, now the "i-word"--inflation--will be an ever greater factor in price increases as well!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/?redirectto=http://fuelgaugereport.opisnet.com/index.asp
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aaa-report-gas-prices-10th-122100932.html

This'n'That; February Twentieth #1; Will he....

....Keep ONE Of his Campaign Promises?!?
    I know the current times are trying!  But, can you remember back when times were good; back when there was just the inexperienced, 140+DAY U. S. Senator owe-bama?!?  Remember during the latter stages of his 'Campaign of Fluff,' when we--the conservatives amongst the populus--were ever-so-slowly realizing what the inexperienced Senator owe-bama was actually all about?!?
    I recall an interview owe-bama did with the San Francisco Chronicle--in January of 2008--where he re-affirmed his stance:
"Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity prices would 'necessarily skyrocket'!" 
During the same interview, the future "Clown Prince" also said that he'd bankrupt anyone so foolish as to build a coal-fired power plant!!
    From what we're experiencing here in western New York State, I suspect his inexperience and ineptness has been extended to the retail fuel markets!!  I've not been able to find historical location-by-location fuel price histories.  What I have found though, is the 'national average' fuel prices for both January, 2009 and the latest 2012 figures.  Do you realize that THE DAY BEFORE "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" was immaculated, the national average gas price was: $1.85/gallon; the national average diesel price was:  $2.30/gallon.  Last week--February 13th--the national average gas price was:  $3.52/gallon;  the national average diesel price was $3.94/gallon!!  The "Clown Prince" has increased the gas average price by 90%, the national average diesel price by 71% in just three years!!
    Now is the perfect occasion to blame President George W. Bush (43) once again, this time for rediculously low gas and diesel prices!!
Did President Bush (43) have a national energy policy?!? You bet-cher gas!!
Did President Bush (43) have a workable foreign policy?!? You bet'cher ass!!
Til Nex'Time....
http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2012/02/average-gas-prices-february-13-2012.html
http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/01/gas-prices-2.html
http://www.currentgasprices.org/index.php