Replying to a message of Jeff Binkley to Bob Ackley:   
      
    SH>>> You may remember that from 2001 until 2009, every spike in the   
    SH>>> price of gas was the president's fault.  Regular here is inching   
    SH>>> toward $3 a gallon.  Is there some reason why this is not the   
    SH>>> president's fault?   
      
    BA>> Gasoline here is up about 10% in the past 3 weeks or so.  Since   
    BA>> January of 2009 my cost of living gas bone up about 20% - but there's   
    BA>> been no inflation according o the administration - for two years n   
    BA>> ow.   
      
    JB> They don't consider currency devaluation as inflation.   
      
   Tell me about it.  I'm going to have to budget most of my forthcoming tax   
   refund for food and dog food.   
      
   --- FleetStreet 1.19+   
    * Origin: Bob's Boneyard, Emerson, Iowa (1:300/3)