Definitely. Fires in California, New Mexico and Colorado, too. What was the irony of those fires in the Southwest? Because the dead trees weren't cleared out - per the enviros, thousands of acres of - get this - Spotted Owl habitat were destroyed in the fires. Only the Northeast Dems - Kerry and Co. voted against the Bush forest bill a couple of years ago. No forest fires in Massachusetts!
Dems have no solutions, only an agenda of obstruction. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) even said the Dems will use energy prices as a partisan weapon next year. Desperate Dems in Disarray. To their advantage politically to have high gas prices. They'll want to keep them artificially high.
An absolutely absurd "solution" from Senate Democrats. Considering Hillary's penchant for socializing things like health care, perhaps not a shocking development.
Shows one thing - Democrats really have no solutions to any of the nation's problems. How on Earth would socializing the refining industry - under the EPA's authority no less - contribute to any kind of gas price relief? Remember this year and next when they try to use high gas prices against Republicans at the polls - their only solution was to put EPA in charge of gas production. Ludicrous!
The Halliburton tie-in is an interesting twist. Good that Christopher Byron picked up on that point. It's the only company around that could do the work. Clearly the Dems didn't stop and think about what they were proposing.
More news outlets need to pick this story up and run with it!