WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE HIGH GAS AND FUEL PROCES AND THE SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THIS NAGGING ENERGY PROBLEM

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, RECENTLY, ARE FEELING THE PAIN AT THE PUMP, DUE TO THE RECENT SURGE IN GASOLINE PRICES. PRICES FOR GASOLINE HAS DOUBLED IN COST PER GALLON THE LAST TWO YEARS WHILE OIL COMPANIES REPORT SCANDULOUS INCREASES IN PROFITS. EXXON MOBILE REPORTS EXCESSIVE AND SHAMEFUL PROFITS AND A RETIREMENT PACKAGE FOR ITS RETIRING CEO OF ABOUT 400 MILLION DOLLARS. ALL THIS, IN SPITE OF THE FACT IT DOES NOT COST THEM ONE CENT MORE TO PUMP THE OIL OUT OF THE AMERICAN SOIL. THEY ARE LAUGHING AND THUMBING THEIR NOSE AT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, WHILE THEY MERRILY MARCH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK WITH THESE EXCESS PROFITS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT OURSELVES FOR THIS SITUATION.
SINCE1973, THAT IS 35 YEARS AGO, WHEN OPEC FIRST EXERTED CONTROL OVER OIL PRICES, WE HAVE BEEN AT THE MERCY AND WHIM OF OPEC AND THE GREEDY OIL COMPANIES IN THE U.S. AND OTHER OIL PRODUCERS. YET, WE LEFT IT TO OUR LEADERS TO SOLVE OUR PLIGHT.
SINCE 1973 THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE U.S. HAS FAILED TO CAJOL AND DEMAND CONGRESS AND SUCCESSIVE ADMINISTRATIONS TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY. IN THE MEANTIME, OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC OIL HAS DOUBLED, WHILE WE SOLD OUR NEWLY FOUND ALASKAN OIL TO JAPAN.
IT IS TIME FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO LEARN THAT THEY CANNOT DEPEND ON THEIR CONGRESSMEN OR ANY ADMINISTRATION TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND, IN FACT, MOST OTHER PRESSING PROBLEMS.
ORDINARILY, WE SHOULD EXPECT A MAJORITY OF OUR CONGRESSMEN TO HAVE ROCOGNIZED THE PROBLEM AND TO LEGISLATE SOLUTIONS. OUR TRADITIONAL TWO PARTY POLITICAL SYSTEM DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE CONTENT TO SIT IN THEIR “DO NOTHING CONGRESS” AND LAMBAST EACH OTHER WHILE WASHINGTON BURNS AND THE COUNTRY’S NEEDS ARE IGNORED.
IN ADDITION, CONGRESS HAS VOTED TO STAY IN SESSION ONLY ABOUT 94 DAYS A YEAR, WHILE MOST AMERICANS WORK 240 DAYS AT THEIR JOBS. OBVIOUSLY, SINCE THESE ARE PRESSING NATIONAL PROBLEMS TO SOLVE, THEY SHOULD SPEND ALL THEIR TIME IN SESSION TO SOLVE THEM. THERE IS NO REASON FOR RECESSES.
THEREFORE, IF THE AMERICAN VOTER CONTINUES TO WAIT FOR CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO SOLVE THIS OIL PRICE CRISIS, THEY CAN BE ASSURED THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE LIP SERVICE, STOP GAP TEMPORARY PATCHES AND ASSURANCES OF SOLUTIONS YEARS DOWN THE LINE, WHILE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE CONTINUES TO RISE UNABATED. AS A RESULT THE COST OF TRANSPORTING RISES, RESULTING IN INCREASED COSTS FOR OUR GOODS IN THE MARKET PLACE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND VOTERS, HOWEVER, HAVE IT WITHIN THEIR POWER TO PUT AN END TO THIS CRISES, BY TAKING THE FOLLOWING SIMPLE STEPS:
1. MAKE YOUR GASOLINE PURCHASES FROM ANYONE BUT EXXON MOBIL. THEIR CEO RECENTLY SAID THAT PRICES ARE CONTROLLED BY SUPPLY AND DEMAND. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE STOP BUYING EXXON MOBIL GASOLINE, THE DEMAND FOR THEIR PRODUCT WILL BE REDUCED IN HALF, THEY WILL BE FORCED TO REDUCE PRICES OR GO OUT OF BUSINESS. THE CONSUMER CALLS THIS A BOYCOTT. ONCE EXXON MOBIL REDUCES PRICES, ALL OTHER U.S. OIL COMPANIES WILL BE FORCED TO REDUCE THEIR PRICES ALSO, BASED ON THE THEORY OF COMPETITION.
2. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC CAN AND SHOULD FIND WAYS TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY TRAVEL, THEREBY REDUCING DEMAND AND LOWERING GASOLINE PRICES. MANY AMERICANS CAN WORK AT HOME AND, THUS, AVOID TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK.
3. THE AMERICAN VOTER SHOULD INFORM THEIR CONGRESSMEN TO DO SOMETHING DURING THIS SESSION TO REDUCE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE AT THE PUMP. IF THEY FAIL TO DO SO, WE SHOULD VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE, STARTING IN NOVEMBER, 2008 AND ELECT CONGRESSMEN WHO WILL PROMISE TO LOWER SAID PRICES AND VOTE LEGISLATION TO SPONSOR ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY. THIS EDICT APPLIES TO BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE.

IT IS TIME FOR CONGRESS TO BE SEATED TOGETHER IN CONGRESS IN ALPABETICAL ORDER RATHER THAN THE PRESENT REQUIREMENT OF SEATING ACCORDNING TO PARTY AFFILIATION. THE CONSTITUTION MAKES NO MENTION OF POLITICAL PARTIES. ONCE THEY ARE ELECTED TO OFFICE CONGRESSMEN SHOULD REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THEIR CONSTITUANCY REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION. ANY REFERENCE TO POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD BE BANNED WHILE CONGRESS IS IN SESSION. IT IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHOM THE CONGRESSMEN REPRESENT, FIRST AND ALWAYS, NOT ANY POLITICAL PARTY, OR LOBBYIST. THIS SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. AND HIS OR HER ADMINISTRATION, ONCE THEY ARE ELECTED TO OFFICE, THEY HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE NOT THEIR POLITICAL PARTY.