Ah yes, the rising gas prices. People can't believe that the price of gas is getting so high.

The only thing more surprising than the high price of gas is the fact that it's so surprising!

My dad (who is a very smart man) couldn't believe it when gas went above one dollar a gallon. And he was surprised again when it went above two dollars a gallon. Nowadays, when gas prices spike, he can believe it.

Republican Congressman Allen West complained today that it cost him $70 dollars to fill up his Hummer, and blamed Mr. Obama for it. Well excuse me, Mr. West, but when you drive a car that's known for being a gas guzzler, you should be prepared to pay through the nose to fill it up!

The cold fact is, the President has absolutely nothing to do with the high cost of gas, and is being used as a scapegoat for it.

And do you know what I think will happen if gas does reach $5 a gallon? Will we stop driving cards like we've been threatening to do for the decades that the price of gas has been rising? Will we assign blame to it?

No. We'll do what we've always done. We'll all Tweet some pretty rude things and grumble a lot, but we'll still pay it.