Daily Journal Entries

• Tax Gouging – $.63 = taxes (local+state+federal) on 1 gallon of gasoline in NY; national average = ±$.45/gallon. If "Big Oil" is making 10% profits on each gallon of gasoline sold, and that is considered excessive, what do we make of government profits that are 4-6 times that?
• 3 bombs detonated in American hotels in Jordan; one suicide bomber blew himself up after walking into a Muslim wedding party — illustrative of terrorist outlook. In my opinion, this contradicts those who are of the mindset that Americans are primarily responsible for the terrorists' actions. Why would they deliberately murder fellow Muslims if they were simply "insurgents?"