Where Did Our Love Go? (Where Did Our Country Go?)

He's back -- the hateful custumor who blamed President Obama for high-gas prices last summer, looked at me like I was stupid when I said I didn't think a president had much control over gas prices, and then looked at me like I was even more stupid (stupider?) a few months later when he was elated about lower gas prices and I asked if he credited Obama for the drop in costs. (See Feeding the Beast?)

He's back; back to hatefully blaming Obama again.

Why? Because gas recently jumped from to $1.98-9/10 a gallon to $2.09-9/10 a gallon.

(Ever wonder why gas prices usually end in 9/10 of a cent? According to the National Association of Convenience Stores -- yes, there actually is a National Association of Convenience Stores -- it's a mixture of legality, competition, marketing and history. "It really harkens back to 80 years ago when a one-cent change in the price of gas was a big jump and fuels dispensers had become sophisticated enough to measure out precise volumes," the association claims. "Intense price competition plus some regulation has institutionalized the practice to the point where anything other than 0.9 cent pricing is unusual in the United States."  To learn more, click here: NACS.)

Ever wonder why gas prices are going up yet again?  According to the hateful customer, it's Obama's fault.

"I can't stand Obama," the hateful custumor said. "I hate him. I can't wait until that socialist moron is gone and we get our country back. When we get our country back, gas prices will stay down."

He left me wondering, Where did our country go? So I Googled the question. The first four "hits" were links relating to the 1964 hit song by The Supremes, "Where Did Our Love Go?"

It's a good question.