China puts price controls on gasoline and diesel so that oil companies aren't gouging our pockets. China is the No. 2 consumer of oil.

Even India uses price controls. The problem, according to the countries, is that the oil companies are losing millions of dollars since they have to eat the cost.

Of course, with Exxon Mobile Corp. mogul J. Stephen ( Read more... )

Don't mind me. Just a little homesick yesterday and today. Aaron's 19th birthday is today. I remember when he was 1. Time goes way  too fast.

From Gellar-

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and ( Read more... )

*Sigh* Never a dull moment in my family. My very own "Days of Our Lives." You know, I really need to sit down and right a book about my family ... but then again, they're so crazy, I think everyone would think I'm making it all up.

Don't feel sorry for me though. Save it for my mom. She needs it.

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I almost cried when I went grocery shopping the other day - $82 just for necessitites. It's not that I'm poor. It's just sad to realize that going to McDonald's for a $1 burger and $1 for a small fries is cheaper than buying the meat and vegetables (let's not even mention rice) to make a small meal.

China had a massive earthquake killing many people. I wondered as I listened to that news if the U.S. had a massive natural disaster:

Would another country come to our aid? Perhaps England and the U.N. might try and rally up something to prove that the U.S. is not the world police, but I seriously doubt aid would be swift, if at all.

Why is it that ( Read more... )