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So Obama says an off-hand comment about people checking their tire pressure to get more gas efficiency from their cars, and the Republicans pounce on this thing pretending that it’s the core of his energy policy. Not only is this kind of attack really immature and disingenuous but it really gets to the core of one of the basic hypocrices of today’s Republican party. While they claim to be the party of personal and individual freedom, they at the same time ignore personal responsibility. We should be doing all that we can in our own personal lives to reduce our own energy usage instead of relying on institutional solutions that allow us to continue to be wasteful and lazy, which is exactly what the Republicans who are calling for off-shore drilling are doing. Looking to government to solve all our problems is a charge the Republicans usually throw at the Democrats.

The worst of this is that keeping your tire pressure at the appropriate levels will save as much or more money as off-shore drilling. Turns out the oil companies just want a lock on land leases they’re more likely to get while Big Oil Bush is still in office.