Whoops! If, as many suspect, President Barack Obama (D) is discouraging drilling for gas and oil thereby increasing its price, it will force people to use public transportation. But if people are herded onto public transportation, according to a survey of the American Public Transportation Association, soaring gas prices will convince Americans to turn to public transportation in record numbers, possibly overloading our transit systems.Those of you squeezed onto New York's, Washington DC's, Philadelphia's or Chicago's subway systems may have thought you were on an overloaded system already. This survey was a plea for more money for public transportation even though most Americans do not live in high population dense areas necessary for efficient public transportation. Is the high price of gas Obama's fault? Sarah Palin certainly thinks so as she carefully lays out the facts. His war on domestic oil and gas exploration and production has caused us pain at the pump, endangered...(Read Full Post)