As I’m sitting in stop-and-go traffic outside of Sisters, I’m thinking to myself the sad irony of the situation. It just so happens that this weekend of remembrance for our fallen soldiers is also one of the largest fuel consumption times of the year in America. Whether it’s cars, trucks, RVs or boats, Americans are guzzling gasoline today while our soldiers are dying in Iraq largely because of our nation’s dependence on foreign oil.

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