High Gas Prices

*People are absolutely angry (USA Today) about the price of gasoline. How can these Republicans work to control the oil companies when they get thousands and thousands of dollars in contributions from people associated with the oil companies? The oil companies have bought influence with the Republicans and they are getting it. The Republican controlled legislative branch will not do anything to hurt the gravy train provided by the oil companies. What part does Cheney play in the high cost of gasoline?

*Here is a question to ponder---Why did Jack Abramoff visit the White House almost 200 times in the first ten months of the Bush administration? The Mercury News has an article which states---

...Abramoff was a $100,000 fundraiser for Bush and lobbying records obtained by the AP show his lobbying team logged nearly 200 meetings with the administration during its first 10 months in office on behalf of one of his clients, the Northern Mariana Islands.

The contacts between Abramoff's team and the administration included meetings with Attorney General John Ashcroft and policy advisers to Vice President Dick Cheney, the AP reported last year.

Why was Abramoff granted this access???