Sound Politics Public Blog: Gas Prices: Arm, Leg, & Firstborn Child

June 29, 2008

Gas Prices: Arm, Leg, & Firstborn Child

Depression hurts... so do gas prices. Sorry for my recent lack of blogging. The usual excuse: I've been busy (gardening, job hunting, gathering my bearings, et al).

I'm sure many of you have seen this clever picture or ones like it. Every time I go to fill up, I tend to glance around at the other people pumping their tanks full of liquid gold and I usually see a lot of faces that look like they could be poster children for depression commercials, and I'm sure I look a lot like it too:

    Yep, it stinks.

    Arm: I just filled up yesterday at $4.33 for regular unleaded.
    Leg: There's NOTHING in this area below $4.30 a gallon (Arco doesn't count--it's like water).
    Firstborn: My dad spends around $150 every other day to fill up his big diesel work truck. The closest gas station to home (the one we all avoid) is at $4.53 a gallon for regular unleaded. Uff-da!

Anyone else with any cheery gasoline-pump stories? Leave a comment.

-Cydney

Cross-posted on The Celebrity.

Posted by Cydney at June 29, 2008 11:44 AM | Email This

Comments

1. Senators Patty, Maria & Barak think this is a good thing. People need to suffer so that they will stop driving and save the planet. $10/gal for gas is a bargain if it slows global warming. So say all the Democrats.

Senators Patty, Maria & Barak think this is a good thing. They would rather have the USA swallow a poison pill so they can blame the Republican President, than to do something for the good of the nation and risk letting the GOP take credit.

Senators Patty, Maria & Barak think this is a good thing. It will force us to develop new energy sources, they say. Throw the baby out with the bath water, they say. It doesn't matter that it will take years to wean the USA off oil, and in the mean time we could sustain ourselves if we chose to. But Senators Patty, Maria & Barak would rather have the USA give away our treasury to nations that really are not our friends.

Posted by: Seabecker on June 29, 2008 09:42 PM

2. The Democrats all think this is a great thing, and July 1st Washington will again add even more tax on the gas.

Get Rid of these democrats, we need new leadership in this state.

Posted by: gs on June 29, 2008 10:29 PM

3. Sorry to hear you have to be job hunting.

Posted by: swatter on June 30, 2008 11:53 AM

4. AAA says the average price is $4.34/gal in Washington. It's risen 22 cents in the last month and it's up $1.25/gal since this time last year.

ARCO gas runs fine in my 95 Jeep. Due to the lower price, I've been buying gas at AM/PM stores for almost 3 years with nary a problem. I filled up at the AM/PM near Muckleshoot Casino yesterday for $4.21/gal (+ $0.45 for using debit card at the pump).

Something that I'm curious about is why more stations don't offer a cash discount over using a credit card for gasoline purchases. You can get %3 or more back by using certain "cash back" credit cards for gas purchases. Why don't the retailers just give you the break at the time of purchase?

I found this article on the web that might be of use to some.

Posted by: Smoley on June 30, 2008 04:40 PM

5. The one time that I did fill up with Arco, my old '89 Chevy Celebrity nearly died on the 509. I swore never to use it again. Of course, now I have a much newer, more awesome car, so that could change...but still...it's left a sour taste in my mouth.

Swatter: I finally found a job. Hooray for Starbucks!

Posted by: Cydney on July 1, 2008 10:23 AM