I recently heard a scenario was war-gamed where oil facilities, tankers, and Saudi Arabian oil pipelines were blown up. The crisis point was reached in 24 hours. The maximum price gas could reach before a total melt-down and virtual shut-down of the economy was $5.81/gal (national average). It has also been suggested gas prices in a worst case scenario could reach $20/gal. The implications involved shortages of basic necessities reaching the stores, gas stations closing, rioting, mass looting, and rampant violence. This was projection of course, but still alarming. That was at $5.81. It was shortly after 9/11 this war gaming was done. So the critical-mass-price could probably be adjusted a l...

I recently heard a scenario was war-gamed where oil facilities, tankers, and Saudi Arabian oil pipelines were blown up. The crisis point was reached in 24 hours. The maximum price gas could reach before a total melt-down and virtual shut-down of the economy was $5.81/gal (national average). It has also been suggested gas prices in a worst case scenario could reach $20/gal. The implications involved shortages of basic necessities reaching the stores, gas stations closing, rioting, mass looting, and rampant violence. This was projection of course, but still alarming. That was at $5.81. It was shortly after 9/11 this war gaming was done. So the critical-mass-price could probably be adjusted a little bit higher.

Still, it was alarming to me that the price did not have to go up that much to cause this scenario.

FACT: In January of 1995 when in the first time in 40 years the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress average gas prices in the US was $1.06 a gallon. (Note: there was just a few months in 2002-2003 that Jumpin Jim caused a brief switch in the US Senate to the Democrats)

FACT: In January of 2007 when the DEMOCRATs took back control of both houses of Congress the average price of Gasoline in the US was $2.28 a gallon.

FACT: In "TWELVE" again, in 12 years of Republican Control of Congress gas prices rose 215% with no adjustment for inflation.

FACT: Right now under a DEMOCRAT led Congress gasoline prices in the US average $4.16 a gallon.

FACT: Since the DEMOCRATs took over both hou...

FACT: In January of 1995 when in the first time in 40 years the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress average gas prices in the US was $1.06 a gallon. (Note: there was just a few months in 2002-2003 that Jumpin Jim caused a brief switch in the US Senate to the Democrats)

FACT: In January of 2007 when the DEMOCRATs took back control of both houses of Congress the average price of Gasoline in the US was $2.28 a gallon.

FACT: In "TWELVE" again, in 12 years of Republican Control of Congress gas prices rose 215% with no adjustment for inflation.

FACT: Right now under a DEMOCRAT led Congress gasoline prices in the US average $4.16 a gallon.

FACT: Since the DEMOCRATs took over both houses in Congress in January 2007 just "EIGHTEEN" again, just 18 months ago, gasoline has sky rocketed 182.46%!!!!! Even with an adjustment for inflation that still qualifies as skyrocketing!!! That is ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO PERCENT INCREASE IN AVERAGE GAS PRICES IN ONLY 18 MONTHS!!!

FACT: In 12 years of a Republican controlled Congress gas prices rose and average of 17.91% per year or 01.49% per month.

FACT: In 18 MONTHs of a DEMOCRAT controlled Congress gas prices rose and average of "121.64%" per year or 10.13% per MONTH!!!!

"THAT IS SIX POINT FIVE TIMES ((6.5 TIMES)) GREATER INCREASE IN GASOLINE PRICES UNDER A DEMOCRAT CONGRESS!!”

FACT: During the Carter years a DEMOCRAT Congress put off limits 98% of all US public lands to oil exploration.

FACT: A DEMOCRAT Congress put off limits BILLIONs of barrels of "KNOWN" oil deposits in a small 2000 acre coastal plain part of ANWR which is 19,000,000 acres in size.

FACT: A DEMOCRAT Congress put off limits the coastal shelf, an area with KNOWN oil deposits of BILLIONs of barrels of oil and TRILLIONs of cubic feet of natural gas.

FACT: A DEMOCRAT Congress put off limits KNOWN oil shale deposits located in The largest deposits in the world are found in the United States in the Green River basin, which covers portions of Colorado, U