Maryland Lightning

The good news is we Marylanders won't get hit with a 72% rate hike this summer.  The bad news is, BG&E will hike rates 72% over 18 months.  Under the old rates, adjusted for Katrina shock, my own gas-electric bill hit close to $500 last November.  Do the math.  $500 x 172 = HFS! ''I was talking to a friend, from the Midwest, this weekend. I was trying to explain how I am looking at a 72% rate hike in my electric bill in June. She asked, "I thought Maryland was a Democratic paradise. How come the people are allowing this to happen?" I replied," Well, the first problem is that common sense is at a premium here. The second is that Marylanders are so used to getting screwed by government and business, they don't know any better."  Assclown from Annapolis Assclown is correct in his analysis, but eventually  blames Gov. Ehrlich for not making a burnt pizza edible.  Remember the Schlong  dictum ... virtually all elected democrats are liars and crooks.  Maryland has been a Donk playground for 3000 years. Here's all you need to know about our energy problem, here in the *choke* Free State. 1999  - Maryland Politburo deregulates power, promises a competitive atmosphere that will make consumers dance in the streets.  Politburo freezes rates for six years.  Rodger's Power Co (I bought 6- 5000 watt generators in anticipation) , and other competitors said, hey, we can't compete against subsidies. I sell 6 generators at a loss. Meaningful competition fails to materialize Politburo ignores the 2006 end to caps - until election season, is now blaming Republican Gov. Ehrlich for what?  Not capping rates another 6 years?  There you go, the Gray Davis energy solution all over Here's the conundrum. Democrats can never govern effectively until they understand the concept of a market economy.  But, because they are democrats, they are incapable of grasping that concept. Gas pump prices are $3.00 here, and rising.  The solution?   Use our own national resources, and build desperately needed refineries.  To really make a difference, however, we will have to nuke a billion or so folks in China and India who have decided to drive automobiles.   Is that Howard Dean's secret solution?  Stay  tuned.  And, stock up on food, water, ammo, and red whiskey.