Quote of the Day

"Republicans are staying in Washington to argue that Big Oil deserves more taxpayer lands. Republicans must think Big Oil is paying them by the hour." - - Drew Hammell, press spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, commenting on the House Republicans' stunt to remain in town beyond last Friday's August recess to stage phony sessions on "gas prices."

UPDATE: John Cole wonders if anyone in our stellar media will notice that in the first four months of the year 1.6 million barrels of oil per day were being exported by U.S. oil companies. *crickets chirping*

In Big Oil's Pocket

The Obama campaign unveiled a new ad pointing to the $2 million in contributions that McBush has received from Big Oil. It also reminds people that there would be little or no difference between a McBush presidency and a third Bushit term.

Some of the talking heads on last weekend's gab fests indicated that the Obama campaign would start hitting back hard at McBush after his negative ads last week. The sooner and the harder the better.

Gas Price Musings

We can't help but take note that every time the public's attention is diverted for a while (thank you? Anna Nicole and Paris), gas prices take an upward spiral - and that the spiral levels off mysteriously as soon as previously distracted Joe Sixpack contacts his Congressman and hearings are scheduled. Amid much chin music about "refinery capacity" and OPEC production that the MSM happily pass along without a critique, Big Oil continues to pile up the record profits. Hmmm... let me put in a fact-checking call to this oil industry PR firm, Dewey, Cheatham and Howe (apologies to the Three Stooges - no, not Rudy McRomney, the original Three Stooges).