one thing though, there is never not unrest in the Middle East...yet the price still fluctuates...seems to me, like they are artificially raising the price at the pump right now (there is usually a lag between the price of a barrel of oil versus the price per gallon at the pump--although it may not always seem like it)
to continue my rant, the truth is that the big oil companies have been in bed with our government for MANY MANY years now (doesn't matter Democrat or Republican) and our govt. does them a lot of favors...anyone who doesn't see that is an idiot...and the consumer suffers as a result...personally, i have a 60 mile roundtrip to work everyday...it simply got too expensive to drive each day and i'm now taking a combination of the train/bus to work now for half the amount it would cost me to drive