Gas prices

While driving to work today, I came across a guy standing by the side of the road. He was wearing a white T-shirt with a handwritten message that said, "Fuel up only once a week!" in an obvious attempt to protest gas prices. He also held up a sign that said, "Politicians, this is your job!"

I understand his frustration and his obvious desperation. Still, that's just no solution. Fuel up only once a week? That's easier said that done. This suggestion is only marginally better than those idiotic "Boycott gas on Wednesday!" campaigns or those petitions for gas companies to lower their prices.

And in what sense is this the job of politicians? Sure politicos be doing something? Maybe; I won't debate that point right now. But to simply declare that this is the politicians' job is woefully simplistic at best.