too true, plus allmost half that price of the gallon is infact generated by state and federal taxes, heck our county just raised a tax for gas to help pay for a public transportation system that is only used by a small portion of people in our inner city,, wtf am i paying extra for, i live like 20miles out,lol,, as for torture i am asstonished that any red blooded american would even consider it,,let alone condone it, like rome we americans have many jealous of our prosperity, its not a question of those who would be our enemies intentions, like the Japanese admiral suposably said just after pearl harbor "i fear we have awakened a sleeping giant" the bad guys should watch the f out,, but that doesnt mean we have to compromise the ethical standard that made our nation great to begin with by playing down to our opositions level