re: #371 Charles

Right wingers feel it’s their God-given right to waste as much energy as they possibly can, just for the sheer hell of it. But if the price goes up as the supply dries up, they scream bloody murder and blame it on Obama.

If Obama says he can’t do anything in the short run to lower prices, they scream, “He says we just have to get used to it!” (That’s what all the right wing blogs are parroting today.)

Well, Obama didn’t say it but I will. Yes, you’re going to have to get used to paying more for gas. America has had an artificially low price on gasoline for many years, while the rest of the world paid for it. Those days are coming to an end.

Earlier, pitching the promise of energy independence in Pennsylvania, Obama cautioned that it’s going to be tough to transition from America’s oil-dependent economy and acknowledged there’s little he can do to lower gasoline prices over the short term.

“I’m just going to be honest with you. There’s not much we can do next week or two weeks from now,” the president told workers at a wind turbine plant outside Philadelphia.”

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