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Interesting Times2/16/2012 7:23:53 am PST

Are we on the subject of gas prices? Three GOP Senators are trying to make them go much, much higher so John Boehner’s investments make more money. They’re also jeopardizing US National Security and emboldening Iran in the process:

In other words, unless the president approves Keystone, he cannot sell our emergency oil — even if Iran causes an oil supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, a hurricane or other disaster disables oil production or refining facilities, or any other type of event causes gasoline prices to soar above $4 per gallon. If any of these events happen, middle class Americans would pay significantly higher gasoline pump prices, giving billions of dollars more to big oil companies that made record profits last year.