Gas prices

I would say the basis of the problem can be found in this document from Georgetown. Pretty interesting stuff in here. I'm thinkin it's about page 23,24 but I haven't read the whole thing.

Religious Directives

BTW, the answer should not include, what shouldnt be done in the current administration, you guy's tend to stray

cloggggggggggg....solution Greg solution, not rightyganda

ahhhhh the old "answer a question with a question trick"

I think gass seeker doesnt get the whole catholic religion doesnt approve of birth control thing.(even if it is to cover the 3? % of the women who need it for 2 reasons .   it is as usual there are blinders on people from both sides . I for one was raised catholic. believed in birth control. did believe in abortion . upon the loss of my son at 14 . it changed my views for the rest of my life. it also made me more intolerant of ignorance and you glass seeker could take a lesson from some of the dems on here and try to not look so defiant preaching over and over about something so trivial. that girl should have known a catholic school wouldnt approve of her birth control...end of story

Hansel wrote: Hi Dave, Personally I would like to see... Liberty to live as you see fit within good reason, Healthcare for everybody who needs or wants it, Education for everybody who needs or wants it, A sustainable and clean environment, Safety of your person at home, work, or abroad, As many people contributing their personal skills to the greater good as possible, and a civil society that works together for the betterment of mankind. "Whoa!" you say. "That is a pipe dream!" I'd probably have to agree with you but I'm just old enough to know that and still young enough to believe it is worth fighting for. Best!

Jamin, no one can argue that this a a bad vision, that is why it is so easy to sell and so many people buy into it. the problem is it does not take into account basic human behavior and group dynamics. For this reason this model has been tried and outright failed or failed to prosper all over the world.

Let me give you a simple scenario of human nature. Being from the Midwest I am sure you have seen a car stuck in the snow being pushed by a group of people. I have observed this multiple times and find the behavior very consistent. Lets take a church group of 10 people plus a driver are piling into a van to go to the Amy Grant concert. The parking lot is not plowed and they have to go 100 feet to the street through a ten inch snow falland the van tires just spin. the driver (the president?) orders everyone out to push, and he is going to steer us through this. Everybody gets out and one or two guys automatically lean there shoulders into the van and start to push, the driver spins his wheels,, and the van goes nowhere, so others start to join in until finally 8 of the ten are pushing and the van starts to go. you notice two never got involved. one says he has a bad aback and the other came totally unprepared in high heals but is totally willing to do that rolling arm motion and say push harder. . As the van starts to move two more people will immediately stop pushing assuming that the job is accomplished as the van moves slowly forward. Another get dumped on with smow from the driver spinning the wheels and says this is not worth it, now six are pushing and the van gathers speed. As it travels faster more drop out satisfied with the progress till the first two guys are the only ones left and the van slows and then stops 25 feet from where it started and the whole thing repeats. the group moves forward, now seven of the eight restart the process, the one that got slushed stays out. this cycle repeats until the van gets out of the lot. End result two people performed most of the work others helped out when they had two , and a few did nothing but still fully feel they deserve a ride to the concert. In the ultimate act no respect one of the non pushers on the way to the concert will say now I am going to miss the start , we should have pushed faster. That is human nature and that is why socialism never works.

There are also two types of drivers. one will open the door and push until he has to hop in and steer, the other stays in the heated dry drivers seat until it is time to do his part. Who do think we we have driving?

OK just concentrate on Erics question. You're just beating the same old drum on the BC issue and so I still say if you don't bleed you can have no say-ask your wives and GF's. It's a healthcare issue for women. You gave no reason that it is excluded...except religion. You failed to grasp what she said in the speech.

So concentrate on Erics question now. Healthcare? what should be done?
(besides lowering gas prices!)

Eric, to answer your question, interstate competition, tort control, and stop mandating that every plan cover every thing. Let the consumers decide and pay for what they want or need. There, no more waiting.

David, great link and story about Sandra Fluke. It will be interesting to see where that goes next week. As far as George Steponopoolos goes, he's no different than Rush Limbaugh, except he's portrayed as an objective journalist, which is a crock. There's a wicked double standard toward the Dem side when it comes to the media and that is just the way it is.

i find it hard to believe there is more to the story........

Great link to a non biased report ever hear of misogyny...no it's not someone who rubs your back. How about if the Catholic church required them all to cover their faces..

Gas is 3.99 now in Michigan and is going to hit the $5 mark this summer according to the the radio in my truck. Tell me again why its jumping so fast? Will a volt be able to pull my cargo trailer, pop up, pontoon, my flatbed, and of course my cc ?    

I drove through a town yesterday and it was $3.85 in the morning and $3.93 in the afternoon. When it's hit the $4.00 mark in the past that has been when the economy around here has come to a holt. If it's $5 by summer, it's going to be a quite tourist season and the lake will be dead. If the govenment subsidizes the Volt to about $15K, I'll buy one!

Here in Italy gas has gone up by nearly 30% in the last 9 months and is now around $6.80 a gallon. Diesel is about the same.
I run my boat on Propane about $3.05.
The US still has cheap fuel compared to the rest of the world.

Tom

Well this story stinks to high heavan. It another one of Obama socialist agenda. If you cant see it then you have problems.