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Published:June 26th, 2008 10:18 EST
Exactly what would President Obama do about the price of gasoline?

Exactly what would President Obama do about the price of gasoline?

By John Lillpop


Specifically, as president, Obama would not:

Advocate domestic drilling;

Seek additional refining capacity; or,

Encourage development of nuclear power.

Having ruled out all reasonable ideas for increasing supply, Obama seems obsessed with reducing demand, even though oil is the mother`s milk of America`s economy and fuels the way of life that Americans adore.




Installing more refining capacity is out because it would take at least five years to implement. By then, science will most likely have perfected the technology needed to convert conservative talk show commentary-- ergo, hot air-- into affordable home heating products and fuel pellets for imported compact cars.




Immediately after being inaugurated on January 20, 1977, President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, jumped out of their limousine and walked down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House.



Unfortunately for America and western civilization, Carter`s stroll down Pennsylvania failed to prove anything, except that Jimmy was even more of a loon than Republicans had alleged.

Still, Carter`s walk showed the unwashed masses that he was doing something.


Further proof of this truth came when President Carter created two new cabinet-level departments: The Department of Energy and the Department of Education, which dang near ruined energy and education in America.

But, back to 2008.

Perhaps Barack Obama should sprint down Pennsylvania Avenue, in light of the fact that gasoline is nearly ten times more expensive than when Jimmy Carter rained on America`s parade in 1977?


Better still, Mr. Obama: For the sake of America, don`t do something, just stand there!