Extra! Extra! Higher Gas Prices Make SUV Owners Pee in Their Pants

Oh, please. "Families are gripped by the fear of rising gas prices?" What? I don't know about you, but I'm not exactly "gripped by fear" over this. But that's what Democratic Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (MD) said in response to Bush's proposal to ease environmental restrictions in an effort to lower gas prices at the pump.

Partisan ploys and political histrionics such as was evidenced in the statement by the honorable senator from Maryland just irk me. The real issue here is not the increased hit on the wallets of people who drive oversized, inefficient vehicles (they made that bargain with the devil when they bought their shiny, big Billy trucks), it's the environment, stupid. We've enjoyed underpriced oil for too long. Let's quit screwing up the environment and put our efforts into renewable energy.