Lost tribe of Westwood

The sun is shinning and my name is not in the obits, it must be a good day.

Once again we watched the gas prices jump 20 cents per gallon. George Bush blames the congress and congress blames the president. Everyone has tried everything from boycotting Mobil, buying every other day, and bitching about it. Using less gas will drive up the price, and using more gas will drive up the price. Making a fuel substitute will raise the gas prices. Gas prices will reach 4 dollars per gallon and will even continue to rise. As a result, jobs will be cut, businesses will fail, people will lose their homes. It is called a depression. It is not a recession, but a depression. If you dust off your history books, you will see that greed caused the first depression and greed is starting this depression.
History 101 shows that the rich and greedy made a profit during the depression. It was the speculators that lost their fortunes. It was the common man that lost his money. And who did he lose it to, the rich and greedy. History is repeating itself.
The politicians and the banking industries do not want to call it a depression because they do not want a run on the banks. The politicians would have to admit failure
The last gas crisis, we had gas lines, and people could only buy gas on odd or even days. People thought this was because there was a shortage. It turned out to be a price control tool. If we slow down our importing of oil, the prices will have to come down. So we have gas lines for a few months, the results would be lower prices. Lower prices will mean a jump start to the economy. Now is the time. Ride your bikes, car pool, and use less gas. Call your congressman and ask them to sponsor a bill that oil over a certain price cannot be imported as it is a health risk.

Our politicians and president have to get a backbone. The free market system is collapsing once again and we are watching it happen. History has not taught us a thing. The stock market has given us warnings, but we do not listen. Our leaders are leading us like lambs to the wolves. This is not a republican thing, or a democratic thing, but a matter of right and wrong.