The oil companies charging these exorbitant prices are picking through New Yorkers’ pockets through the tax code, collecting billions of dollars every year in unnecessary taxpayer subsidies,” said Chuck Schumer this week. This from a Senator who specializes in tax code deals for those willing to pony up.  Translation. “The oil companies didn’t pay me enough.”

That War in Libya. There being no consensus, Senator John McCain says that Congress will not act before the May 20 deadline to authorize military engagement in Libya.  If there is no consensus in Congress to support a resolution authorizing war, why the hell are we waging an unautho