President Bush took a firm stand against soaring prices at the gas pump yesterday, using the worst epithet in the Republican lexicon: "They're like a tax on our farmers. They're like a tax on small businesses.” Bush’s proposed solution was a patchwork of minor relief efforts, including suspending purchases for the national reserve. But one suggestion is drawing a considerable amount of attention...

He also directed the Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority to temporarily waive air quality laws in states if that would relieve a local gasoline supply shortage.

So this is how Bush handles our “addiction to oil?” It doesn’t seem right. I’ve seen Intervention. We’re supposed to have the guy with the mustache telling us we leave right now and fly to a clinic in Sausalito. We’re supposed to be clutching our SUV in the fetal position and yelling that nobody understands.

But that’s the beauty of the Bush Administration. George isn’t telling us we’re wrong, blathering about low fuel efficiency blahdy blah. Cleaning your heroin needle before mainlining taking away too many precious seconds of “you time?” Don’t worry, baby. It doesn’t have to be that clean. It’s not your health that matters; it’s your fix. George understands. It’s our stupid lungs that don’t. They don’t care about us, about our needs. So, the only vehicle we have is big enough to transport a month’s worth of produce for a small village. How else are we going to go to Sev-lev to get the new Us Weekly? WALK?

Bush Eases Environmental Rules on Gasoline (WaPo)

Bush’s Proposals Viewed As Drop In The Oil Bucket (LAT)