bobad - I think the rise in natural gas has something to do with supply and demand. If there isn't much oil available, the cost of natural gas goes up. I think natural gas is also needed to build(or re-build) pipelines. I don't really know. Ask Dick Cheney.

Les - I, too, was thinking it was some kind of wierd karma coming down on Bush but I decided it must not be true because too many innocents were being harmed. Maybe its just all the 'bad vibes' from people outside the U.S. whirling about and searching for Bush in an attempt to destroy him. ;>)