Get Over Gas Prices

Charles Krauthammer says we shouldn't be surprised, even at the hysteria:

If you thought the Dubai port deal marked a record high in Washington cynicism, think again. Nothing can match the spectacle of politicians scrambling for cover during a spike in gasoline prices. And this time, the panderfest has gone all the way to the Oval Office. President Bush has joined the braying congressional hordes by ordering the Energy and Justice Departments and the FTC to launch an investigation into possible gasoline price-fixing.

Why not ethanol?

Brazil makes a ton of it and very cheaply. Answer: The Iowa caucuses. Iowa grows corn and chooses presidents. So we have a ridiculously high 54-cent ethanol tariff and ethanol shortages.

My take is, we are at war, so gas shortages and high prices shouldn't faze us. Think of what our troops on the frontline in Iraq are facing everday next time you complain at the pumps.