Bush's Oil Saving Plan

Letter to the Times of London

Dear Editor:

As reported in the London Times today (April 26, 2006) President Bush announced a four point plan to try and help lower the cost of gasoline for the American consumer. This oil president's so-called plan is once again nothing more than "spin" on the truth. Take the first two points:

1-He directed the Justice Department to join the Federal Trade Commission inquiry into possible price manipulation by big oil companies. THE TRUTH- The FTC has been doing this since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and surprise, surprise, they haven't found anything yet, which he already knows.

2-For this summer the oil companies will not have to repay any of the oil they borrowed from the government's reserve, thereby putting more oil into the marketplace. To quote him, "Every little bit helps.". THE TRUTH- The oil companies borrowed 70 million barrels from the government's reserve and have already repaid 68 million barrels. The two million barrels still owed are a big nothing in the daily US usage, which he already knows.

Once a bender of the truth, always a bender of the truth.