Hey -- let's all keep quiet -- pretend it's OK.

From Drudge:
Oil Rises to Close Above $71 a Barrel on Concerns About Gas Supplies and Tensions With Iran

NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices rebounded Monday from early declines to settle above $71 for the first time in 10 months as traders focused on a refinery outage in Kansas and new accusations about Iran's role in Lebanon and Iraq.

Yes -- you have let the environmental crazies dictate policy for 25-30 years -- and now the charges are coming due. "Don't let them drill for oil -- put huge government restrictions on building refineries -- so much so that it's too expensive for the oil companies to build them -- that'll stop 'em.

Yep -- very true -- and it did "stop 'em." Nice job. The funny part is, it'll take at least 10 years to fix -- and that's if the government lifts the ridiculous restrictions. Enjoy parting with your money.

What? -- You say it's free to make stupid laws? Okie dokie -- it's free -- by the way -- when gas prices go up, I just raise prices in my business -- so it's free for me -- but how are YOU doing? Perhaps a course in economics is in order for you jackass libtards.

Oh wait -- this looks helpful:
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who both often rail against Washington, also signed a series of other deals to expand economic cooperation, ranging from setting up a dairy factory in Venezuela to forming an oil company.

"The two countries will united defeat the imperialism of North America," a beaming Chavez told a news conference during an official visit to the Islamic Republic, which the United States has labeled part of an "axis of evil".

Ha ha ha ha - I wonder how much money the OPEC countries donated to Birkenstock-wearing, jackass environmentalists over the years ... you know .. so they could hire lawyers and do ad campaigns etc. But keep quiet about it -- just bitch at the pump -- that seems to work very well.