Gas trap

Can we all smell a rat here? It appears that the big oil industries are appeasing voters with drastic lowering of fuel prices in hopes of keeping the failed Republican leadership in both houses of Congress, for which they are the biggest political contributors. The congressional elections are less than five weeks away. If successful, let's just see which way these oil prices will be headed once the high demand for heating oil goes into full swing during the cold winter season. During the last three elections (2000, 2002 and 2004), we've really been taken for a ride by the GOP. The status quo simply will not cut it. Barring voter ignorance and the Republican Party's adept use of negative spin, I expect that when President Bush gives his State of the Union address in January, he will be in an uncomfortable position to find that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will be sitting right behind him and next to Vice President Dick Cheney. Brad Moy, Lindenwold - Published in the Courier Post, October 7, 2006