People swallowed hard when gas hit $2 a gallon last year. Now, it has passed yet another horrific milestone. In some parts of the country, people are paying as much as $3 a gallon at the pump. That's just ridiculous. Plus, there's no sign that things are going to get any better.

I wish that the United States would just get on the ball with alternative energy. As much as I'm impressed with the space program, maybe those funding dollars should be redirected into research that would develop other ways of fueling our nation.

I'm also very tired of hearing about how our government is working with Saudi Arabia to try to stop the rising price of oil. I can see those heads of oil-producing countries just laughing as they continue to jack up the cost per gallon. If we would just threaten to stop protecting all those countries, I think we'd see an immediate drop in oil prices.