The majority of Americans are wrong, Obama and McCain both know it, and they are both pandering for votes, and selling out the future of the planet to do it.

I don't know if I can justify this one in the long run. We'll see. I'm furious about this capitulation by Obama.

I can condone all matter of trivial position flip flops in the name of electability and post-partisanship.

But some things aren't trivial--like war and the state of the environment. And both those things are inextricably linked in both our foreign policy militarism, and our domestic over-consumption of fossil fuels to provide energy for wasteful, extravagant lifestyles that aren't ecologically or financially sustainable.

You have to draw the line somewhere, and I tend to draw the line over the big issues that matter, like war and the environment.

Obama has backpedalled on the war considerably since announcing his candidacy, and even more since the primaries ended.

But this?

God, this is just appalling. Clinton was rightly demonized for pandering to voters over the gas issue during the primary.

This is a far more important matter than not taxing gas for a couple of months.