$2.46 !!!

The price per gallon of gas I found last night. For the first time in years, the price is actually lower than it was one year ago. (I remember rushing to fill up with $2.49 the night after Katrina before the price spiked.)

Just in time for the congressional campaigns.

Well, so much for the $4 a gallon gas predicted last month by this time.

UPDATE: Went down a penny.

 

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Your avatar continues to scar me. Every time I see ol' Johnny Wang over there, it takes me back to that early morning OTR's-wife-looks-at-the-PC-at-the-wrong-time incident.

 

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Alright, I fixed it.

 

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$2.29 in my neck of the woods, bitches.

 

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The summer rape is over . . .

. . . and any speculators who were climbing up the tape, trying to provoke the $80/gal spike, can eat shit,
for the time being.

Enjoy it, while it lasts.

 

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$2.47? Fucking awesome! Consume, baby, consume!

Excuse me while I write thank you note to OPEC, the big oil companies, George W. Bush and the state of Texas.

 

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Bless you, Foosball Baht.... Bless you.

 

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You sound so disappointed.

 

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It's a welcome sight that the price is creeping back down, but two things still scare/piss me off:
1) It's annoying as hell that I'm getting excited about gas at $2.50 a gallon. We live in the greatest country in the world. I don't ask much from my government, except to keep people from blowing me up on my daily commute and to keep gas at a reasonable price. You're 0-for-2 there, Dubya.
2) There's still the lingering feeling that we're one Ahminadjad (still can't spell that fucker's name) rant away from a 25- or 50-cent price hike. I can see it now:
Waiter at Tehran Starbucks: Here's your latte grande, Mr. President.
Ahmenidjad: Latte!? I ordered a cappucino, you western capitalist pig! Off with your head! And cut off the flow of oil to the U.S.! If I'm paying $5 for a cup of coffee, they're paying $5 for a gallon of gas! Ha Ha!

 

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I can't believe we're celebrating "cheap" $2.47 gas.

 

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As a representative of the great state of Texas and a neigbor of Exxon/Mobil corporate...we send you a warm your welcome.

 

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How regularly are you blown up on your commute? Daily? Only one way? Do you do sports for the Falluja Herald?

I haven't been overseas for a little while admittedly, but which country has better gas prices than we do?