Here is the story:

Buttigieg says there’s no ‘dial in the Oval Office’ to lower gas prices

Here is the pull quote from the story:

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday there’s no “dial” in the White House that sets the price of gas.

Here is what you need to know:

The Obama Administration had been saying the same thing before President Trump was elected. President Trump took office and started to remove all the obstacles Democrats had been placing in the way of the oil industry. The price of gas dropped to the lowest we had seen in years, and the lowest in relation to the minimum wage that we had seen in decades. Biden took office and immediately started putting those obstacles back in place and the price of gas has now shot up to the highest in American history — both in terms of raw cost and in relation to the minimum wage.

Furthermore, it should be obvious to anyone who has ever heard that cost is directly connected to ‘supply-and-demand.’ Biden has deliberately acted in ways that reduce the supply of gasoline. He has also said the economy is recovering, which means, there is a higher demand (this is a debatable matter, but I will grant his claim — for now). Furthermore, we are in the summer months now, when the demand for gasoline traditionally increases.

Here is the take-away:

The math should be simple: Biden has acted in a way that decreases the supply of gasoline at the same time the demand is increasing. This leads directly to higher gas prices.

Conversely: if Biden were to remove the obstacles preventing increased supply, then there would be more oil on the market and, in spite of increased demand, the price would come down.

This means Buttigieg is wrong. Now, ask yourself these two questions:

Does Buttigieg know he is wrong and, if so, why is he lying?

If Buttigieg does not realize he is wrong — or why — is he actually qualified to hold the position of Transportation Secretary?

Here is the story:

Joe Scarborough Claims AR-15s Are ‘Deadlier’ Than The M16s Used During The Vietnam War

Here is the pull-quote from the story:

“I’ve said this before, I said it a couple weeks ago, and I’ll say it again. This style weapon, deadlier than what we had our soldiers carry around during Vietnam,” Scarborough said on his show Monday morning.

Here is what you need to know:

If we assume Scarborough was thinking about the M-16 when he mentions Vietnam, then he is factually wrong. The M-16 was derived from the AR-15. Essentially, they are the same weapon. The biggest difference is that, with the AR-15, you have to pull the trigger every time you want to fire a bullet, but the M-16 had an automatic setting that allowed you to pull the trigger once and the gun would fire until the magazine ran out of bullets. By the measure most people would use to compare the two guns, the M-16 is far more dangerous than the AR-15.

Here is the take-away:

Do not allow yourself to be distracted by the argument about which gun is more dangerous. Do not get distracted by debates over whether Scarborough is intentionally lying or just ignorant. Instead, focus on what Scarborough is trying to do.

Scarborough is trying to scare you — period! Once you see and understand that scaring you is the real goal here, ask yourself:

Why is he trying to scare you?

That is the question you should ask yourself. All the rational answers are bad, but I’ll leave those up to you. If you think I am wrong about this, and you believe there are ‘good’ reasons for scaring people, please, post them in the comments section below. I need to know what they are — for my own edification.