Gas prices may approach all-time high within days

Gas prices may soar another 20 to 30 cents a gallon in California in the next few days - approaching all-time highs - to the frustration of motorists who have seen pump costs jump more than 40 cents in the past month.
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So far, so good. But in the very next paragraph, the article veers out of control into oil cartel propaganda:


A series of refinery problems and the conversion to the state's summer blend of fuel are the main causes behind the dizzy increase at local stations. Motorists were paying an average of $3.04 a gallon in the South Bay today up from $2.68 four weeks ago.


Full article, San Jose Mercury News, March 9, 2007

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What gives? The Mercury News has a good reputation, right?

Guess again, Alice. Welcome to Propagandaland.

The Mercury News is one of many papers that has been assimilated by Dean Singleton's MediaNews corporation.

So what's *really* going on? The fall erections [sic] are over, and the public is getting screwed again. What, you thought the declining gas prices as November 2006 approached were anything other than an attempt to lull the American people into a false sense of non-panic? Ha! Connecticut is the best example, with Independent-In-Name-Only Joseph LIEberman getting back into the U.S. Senate over genuine Democrat Ned Lamont.

Bend over and grab yer gas cap, because the multinational oil cartel is just getting warmed up, with Iran their next target.

TLC