This is not very helpful to the working poor who cannot afford a Prius, and may have to choose between gas and food.

We can’t drill our way out of the foreign oil crisis, but we can’t inflate our way out of it either. Until a suitable alternative is developed, people still need to get to work.

John McCain wants to find an alternative to oil, and step up production in the meantime.

I told her I didn’t think there was much for us to discuss because I wanted to drill holes and get the oil out, but I did it NICELY!

FORT WRIGHT, Ky. — Police in northern Kentucky arrested a woman who officers say traded sex for gasoline.

Police in Fort Wright set up a prostitution sting and said one of the suspects they arrested engaged in sex for a $100 gasoline card and other gifts.

Angela Eversole, 34, of Fort Wright is charged with prostitution and doing business without an occupational license. She pleaded not guilty at a Tuesday arraignment.

Police also arrested a man they said paid Eversole. He is 50-year-old Kenneth Nowak of Avon, Indiana.

Kenton County prosecutor Ken Easterling said it’s sad when people are selling their bodies for gas.

It’s bad enough that the government is in parents business as much as they are, but to be able to tell a father that his punishment is too harsh, is over the top.

OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl’s grounding, overturning her father’s punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet, his lawyer said Wednesday.

The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting “inappropriate” pictures of herself online using a friend’s computer.

The father’s lawyer Kim Beaudoin said the disciplinary measures were for the girl’s “own protection” and is appealing the ruling. “She’s a child,” Beaudoin told AFP. “At her age, children test their limits and it’s up to their parents to set boundaries.”

“I started an appeal of the decision today to reestablish parental authority, and to ensure that this case doesn’t set a precedent,” she said. Otherwise, said Beaudoin, “parents are going to be walking on egg shells from now on.” “I think most children respect their parents and would never go so far as to take them to court, but it’s clear that some would and we have to ask ourselves how far this will go.”

According to court documents, the girl’s Internet transgression was just the latest in a string of broken house rules. Even so, Justice Suzanne Tessier found her punishment too severe.
Beaudoin noted the girl used a court-appointed lawyer in her parents’ 10-year custody dispute to launch her landmark case against dear old dad.

I cannot even imagine one of my kids pulling a stunt like this, and if they did, I’d ground them until they were 18! Unless the Judicial System wants to intervene …