Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:27:20 -0500

****White House may put hold on offshore drilling plan****

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama may order a hold on a proposal issued in the final days of the Bush administration to expand offshore drilling in previously banned areas, an Interior Department official told Reuters on Wednesday

http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINWBT01046020090121

1:36 a.m. EST, Mon January 26, 2009

****Recent gas prices post steady escalation****

A gallon of self-serve regular cost, on average, $1.86, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey. That's a rise of nearly 8 cents over the past two weeks.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/26/gas.prices/index.html?section=cnn_latest

In the hallowed halls of economic academia where the liberals live out their fantasies of a hypothetical world of socialism, supply and demand are set aside for a utopia of mind numbed robots happy to give all their money to a government for whatever wide-eyed notions the leaders deem worthy. But for the rest of us who live in reality, perhaps Mr. Obama ought to think about the result of his actions. It is easy for people who have never held real jobs and have lived their lives at taxpayer expense to do and say whatever they want because they aren’t subject to the results. Hey, instead of worrying about Rush Limbaugh, our new president might want to consider the lives of the folks who supported him.