Gas Prices, Again

Last time I looked, gas was over $2.30 a gallon. Certainly, that is the highest in history. And with President Bush meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and recalling the strong words from then candidate-Bush about how a United States President should handle OPEC, I expected great things. Think Progress has this handy checklist:

• Strolled through wildflowers — check
• Stood up for pro-democracy Saudi activists — no check
• Called for democratic reform in countries that aren’t Saudi Arabia — check
• Called for democratic reform in Saudi Arabia — no check
• Talked about old agreements to lower gas prices in ten years — check
• Worked out new agreement to deal with today’s sky-high gas prices — no check