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Actually I think Michael Moore is an idiot. Not so much because of his movies but because he thinks along the lines of "us vs. them", He's as partisan as that other idiot Ann Coulter. This country has MASSIVE problems in the short term and SURREAL problems in the long term. Yet people are busy picking out their red or blue hats to wear on the deck of the Titanic. as far as the EPA there's no worry about breaking the law when the bar is set lower and lower each year. And those who do get caught get a mere slap on the wrist when you consider what they are doing to ALL OF US. If we can't even expect adequate federaly funded budgets to fight terrorism in the NYC subway (actually LESS since 9/11) how can you expect adequate funding for a lab looking for water polluters in areas no one goes to?? But rest assure that water makes it way onto the dinner tables of many working stiffs. Hello Washington anybody home????

The Concorde Coaltion have been squaking about the fiscal mess that our current crop of clowns in Washington have made for years yet its made no ZERO, ZILCH impact. There are no solutions that have a shot in hell of getting approved by our current Congress.
Pete Petersen a true fiscal conservative, a very smart dude and life time Republican has given up all hope of our fixing this mess. When smart dudes who know everybody that can help pass a law or enact a change are out of solutions then you have to wonder. I can only hope the current elections will bring about some massive reshuffling and maybe some form of political reform can be brought about to end the corruption and influence peddling that drive up our energy bills, spike our gas prices, and send our jobs to China.

I guess you are of the school of thought that without evidence you are "NOT GUILTY" while I beleive that the lack of 'proof' (there's plenty to find, depens who is looking) does not mean "INNOCENT".

The oil and gas industry is no more evil than the Tobbacco industry, Pharmaceutical industry, Health Care Industry, Walmart, and other very profitable industries that provide jobs but chip away and degrade the future of this country when a long term outlook is employed. This country has allowed companies to be as profitable as they can be for hundreds of years but in this latest chapter we are allowing to seek profitability at the cost of our nation's future like never before. A trillion dollar deficit, A massive chunk of our GDP to pay for healthcare, Our manufacturing base in tatters and the influence of those who lead these industries have done nothing wrong???????

A stronger argument for divided goverment has never been more glarinlgy evident. Collobaration is needed, one party in charge of everything makes it open season on the country.

and what should a gallon of gas cost? Every industry operates with different levels of profitability, they take whatever they can get and leave nothing behind. Some can expect nearly zero while others can expect a heck of allot more. Depending on how much we need their product governs the amount of abuse/gouging/manipulating we are willing to tolerate from those lucky industries. Particularly in an industry that unlike many is driven by speculation that somehow benefits allot of people in many different stages from production to retail.