Sound_Off's Blog

The United States has the bst roadway infrastructure in the world and if we don't invest in alternate fuel and synthetic oils immediately then we won't need this roadway system do we?

My wife and I are retired on a fixed income and after several years of declining IRA's and other retirement accounts our ability to absorb rapidly rising gasoline costs is making life difficult. As gas rises so does everything else including food. We have limited our driving to only necessary trips and try to take care of everything in one outing. Groceries are limited to the basics, ie. no steak. We only eat out once or twice a month. Also, the prospect of vacations or any trip that requires driving is out of the picture.
Presently we have a Dodge minivan which will be traded for the best high gas mileage car we can afford, American or Japanese. After that who knows.

It's time for this country to stop pampering the Green Peace and Pine Nuts radicals and release the emission controls put onto vehicles. It's time to open up drilling in Alaska, ND, SD, Montana, Wyoming, Texas, HELL...all of America. It's time to stop all aid to Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Brazil, HELL...all of the world besides us.

No sales to Japan. No sales to Mexico. No sales to China. No sales to Russia. No sales to any country. No free food to Japan, Mexico, China, Somalia, Russia, etc. Remove all illegal immigrants from Mexico, even if it has to be by force of gun. Remove all business from all countries. Bring back our technology and our security information from India, Pakistan and Philliphines.

Do this for 1 year. 1 YEAR!!!! And we guarantee you that you will have the fuel you need. You will have the freedom of jobs and social security and medical access.

Find the Oil Speculators that have driven up the price of crude oil and remove their financial gains, homes, cars, toys, or whatever they've purchased or hidden in offshore accounts. Then remove them from the United States with no visa to return. This is our own country men and women who are driving up the price of oil, and they should be accountable.

So should Congress. The next time you see your Senator driving into an event in your town in his Limo, stand in front of him or her and make him or her get out and walk. Hold them accountable for their $1000.00 plate dinners to build up the portfolio's of the next FRIGGIN politician that comes in with the promi

My husband just purchased a motor scooter yesterday to help save money on his commute to work. I work from home, but with five kids we are doing everything we can to save money with these ridiculous gas prices.

I don't travel very much as my income is very small and I drive an escort.I have to pay for my own health insurance now and it has taken a big chunk out of monthly pay,so gas is limited big time. I will not let my tank get below 3/4 because i just cringe if i have to put more than $15.00 in. the problem in this country is just greed. like they say the rich keep getting richer and the poor are getting poorer with more moving into the poor catagory

In 35 yrs. on the road one constant remains;
GAS AIN'T GOIN DOWN....
NEVER HAS, NEVER WILL....
Blame who you want, OPEC, GWB, Huricanes, China,and now with Ethynol, even FARMERS.....
Quit worrying about higher prices,
Start worrying about increasing your income !
If it pays, is moral, and legal, I'll do it !

yes i cut back
can not do any thing these days due to the price of gas

i believe it will go higher as pres. bush rating goes lower. there is a connection between the two.

my guess is pres bush will have planned another attack on america. just to bolster his slush fund that the oil company's are holding for him

he made sure of that with his last visit to saudi, to complete the deal as it were.

Most people quit traveiling. Like LONGSNOT, she had to quit because the CDC considers her a carrier of some ugly case of HOOF & MOUTH (as you can read from her post here and others), so she's actually quarantined, not because she wants to. And she wants fights like in the 60's? My God, they outlawed fights when your birthday came in 1860, so pull in your reins LONGSNOT, because it appears that while you worked at the race track, you've been ridden hard and put away wet.

Fox2NewsViewer, we're all in the same boat, and we mean literally due to the flooding, but you have to cut corners to make it. Hang on, for this bubble is going to break, we just don't know when.

Vacation? I can't afford to put gas in my car to go out to look for a job.
Yes for all the people who want to save the earth from drilling for oil in the good ole' USA go to NASA & board the next ship to MARS.
Hug a tree in Saudi because all the oil in Texas is in reserve for your former US presidents when the rest of of are cutting down trees to heat our homes & cook our food.

I have changed my life style to cutting my families hair--it may not look as nice but with 3 kids and a husband that is $45 + a good tip right there. I wait until I can't stand my own hair and either my husband will treat me to a hair cut or my Mother will pay for me to get one. My mother who is retired and living on a fixed income that is. How sad is that?? My children will have to change schools this coming year because they attended a charter school that I drove them to and even with carpooling, I have a school they can attend right behind my house or there is public school with busing. We never eat out any more. Our summer has been dull for the children because what little money we have--has to go in our tank. We simply can't afford big vacations like before. This is a sad economy....