IN: George W. Bush , Sarah Palin , Newt Gingrich , Sean Hannity , and the misguided Republicans who stayed behind to protest during the congressional recess are wrong . If the petroleum industry and their apologists in politics and the media get their way , and they pump the wells dry before turning to alternatives , a worldwide economic catastrophe will ensue . Had the leaders of the Carter and Reagan administrations been more courageous and foresighted following the last energy crisis , the shift from expensive and dirty fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy would be well underway . Instead , oil costs $ 110 per barrel , gas and diesel cost averages of $ 3.68 and $ 4.12 per gallon respectively in the United States , and the transition from petroleum has hardly begun .
Why is the narrator so pessimistic about the United States ?

OUT: They do n't like the price of oil .

IN: I was talking to a friend who told me his Soldier caught her husband in bed with another man . Yes a damn MAN and she stayed with him because they had 5 kids together . Now I ca n't talk for no one else , but i would of left him and he would of been paying child support .
What may be the reason for the girl staying with their husband ?

OUT: They wanted to raise their children with a father .

IN: I ' m beginning to understand Jason 's whole thing about playing from the shoulder and not the wrist . An unexpected benefit from picking up the bass is that it 's my made my mom so happy . Every time she passes by and catches me practicing she starts smiling .
What may be the reason my mom is so happy ?

OUT:
I have gotten better at playing bass .