Not really gamer or teacher related, but election related. This is a graph of average gas prices in the U.S. for the past six years. There are ups and downs, as expected. But notice when dips coincide: there were noticable drops in 2004, 2006, and now in 2008 all in the lead-up to the presidential and midterm elections. I won't go so far as to say that Republicans are part of a vast conspiracy to manipulate oil prices to lull voters into a sense of complacency about the status quo, but it's a helluva coincidence.
