Survey: Nationwide gas prices decline nearly 24 cents
U.S. retail gas prices dropped nearly 24 cents a gallon in the past two weeks, the third consecutive decline since a mid-August peak, according to a survey today. The national average for self-serve regular was about $2.42 on Sept. 22, down from about $2.65 two weeks earlier, according to the Lundberg Survey of 7,000 gas stations across the country.
Hmm…it’s almost as if there’s an election looming.
Uh, wait…there is? Damn, what a coincidence, eh? Or not, depending on just how cynical you happen to be. And I,of course, am just cynical enough to wonder if that smell isn’t just the barest hint of market manipulation just in time to ensure that Republicans (the best friend Big Oil ever had) maintain control of Congress.
Could it be happening? Who knows? While I’m not one to spout conspiracy theories, the “coincidence” is just a bit too much for me to pass off the drop in gasoline prices as just a normal “market correction”.
And here’s something else to consider: we’re just in time for Karl Rove’s “October Surprise”. I can hardly wait….
