Here’s a photo of House Speaker Dennis Hastert as he leaves a hydrogen-fueled car he used for the press conference photo-op. Note the SUV. He’d been discussing gas prices, and once away from the cameras (he thought) he got into his SUV to drive the few blocks back to the Capitol. Priceless.
Our gas bills for the last two months have caused something like heart palpitations for hubby and me – this on top of budget-busting interest rate increases. Gas Meter (originally uploaded by chipgrafx) So I went to look and see…. and here’s what I found. Governor Purdue, our guy – who got into office running on the Confederate Flag, staunch supporter of our Chief Deceiver in the White House. Governor Gas Guy The retail prices don’t even reflect the wholesale…
I somehow made it all the way through the State of the Union address last night. Much as I disagree with the Bush administration, I even found him unusually appealing. I actually had the thought, “Well, maybe most of this administration’s ugliness is Cheney. Maybe Bush means some of what he is saying here.” I thought he really tried to appeal to our hopefulness at a very sour time – that showed some good leadership. But that’s about it. So…