Tag Archives: Gas Prices

Unpopular Vote: Giving Oil Companies Everything They Want Will NOT Lower Gas Prices

It’s been almost comical to see Republicans repeatedly fret about gas/oil prices, but then come up with no credible solutions to actually lower gas/oil prices. Their general “answers” all seem to revolve around the concept that if you give a huge industry everything they want, prices will magically lower themselves out of the goodness of… Read More »

Despite Whining About “Inflation,” Republicans Actually Want to Make Price Gouging Even Worse

Republicans seem to have a mantra for the 2020 midterm elections: “crime, gas prices, inflation.” Whereas they struggled mightily to make a coherent case against Biden in the 2020 election (“Hunter Biden’s laptop is on a Ukrainian war boat stuffed with cash, cocaine, and child sex slaves. Why won’t the media cover this?”), they appear… Read More »

Episode 92–G.I.A. (Guns, Immigration, Abortion) Revisited & The Libertarian Lie

A jam-packed episode exploding with ideas and covering the buffet of horrific news the last few months have brought like the worst elementary school shooting since Sandy Hook, the media’s myopic obsession with gas prices or Biden’s poll numbers, and–worst of all–the possible loss of another one of American’s rights with the overturning of Roe… Read More »

Episode 37–Are Fossil Fuels Holding Us Back?

In the second part of our “Big Things” trilogy, we look at the biggest thing: climate crisis. After debunking the various (cough, bullshit, cough) climate change denials, we look at getting rid of fossil fuels and what that would really mean. Questions asked (and answered) include: Is climate crisis contributing to terrorism? Is it more… Read More »