I respect the people who care enough to speak out about negative behavior that goes on in our nation. Here we go again with some more abstract reasoning on the article concerning gasoline prices in Abilene and Texas. Morris Burns may think this is glorious for the oil industry, but let me tell you, it inflates everything you buy because the distributor of products must pass on the price of fuel to the consumer. No, the answer to foreign independence is not higher prices at the pumps, but alternate fuel development like alcohol and ethanol or electric. Also, being a SUV owner, I do not find your Feb. 17 cartoon amusing.
Winter means less travel and reduced fuel demand and evidently a time for price piracy.
One quick look at how the bonfire was being built should answer why it collapsed. Layers of logs stacked on end to 55-plus feet high can't be structurally sound. In the real world, responsibility is determined and heads roll. Clinton can get plenty of money loose for the Yankees to heat their homes, but there is never any money for oil producers or oil support companies when the prices are too low to pay expenses. I don't know if you have seen Hubbard Creek Lake lately, but it is the lowest I have ever seen it.