Call and Answer

[mazzie]

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Senate Energy Committee will hold a hearing next month to determine reasons for the high cost of U.S. gasoline, the panel said Friday.

Driven by tight supplies and U.S. crude prices near $65 a barrel, average retail gasoline prices hit a record $2.55 a gallon this week, according to government data."


uh ... the Senate will have a hearing to find out what you just reported?

(from CNN)

Comments

[belmikey.livejournal.com]

Most people don't really want democracy or justice. They also don't want freedome of speech, religion, or press.

They say they do, of course, but what they really mean is that they want a say in government, they want to be judged favourably (not fairly, mind you, but favourably); they wan to be able to say, print, and believe what they like. They don't give a shit about anyone else.

[winterbadger]

I'm not quite cynical and bitter enough to believe that. Yet...

[belmikey.livejournal.com]

The framers of the Constitution knew it was true 200+ years ago. That's exactly why they attempted to make it impossible for Congress to someday, in a populist fever, restrict speech, restrict press, or establish a religion.

That's also why most of them died terribly disappointed at how much America had become a democracy, rather than a republic. Because they knew that the demos were stupid, selfish bastards.