1/3 of Americans are democrats.
1/3 of Americans are republicans.
1/3 of Americans just care about gas price.


Go to the pumps. Look around. Say out loud, "This is getting expensive!"
1/3 of those pumping will expound on their anger.

Coupons for gasoline rationing were printed but were never actually used during the 1979 crisis. On July 15, 1979, President Carter outlined his plans to reduce oil imports and improve energy efficiency in his "Crisis of Confidence" speech (sometimes known as the "malaise" speech).


There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps