Obama talks of shared sacrifice.  They think about more tax breaks that we can't afford.

Obama talks about making hard choices.  They think about handing out projects using the same formulas that have failed us for years.

Obama talks about our failure to change the ways we use energy.  They give mass transit so small a portion of the stimulus package that it's an insult to the millions of people who want to move from cars to mass transit, but find our systems inadequate.

The Highway Trust Fund is broke, gas prices are rising, and the House sticks its head in the sand.  We need to raise the gas tax now.  We need to raise the gas guzzler tax now.  We need to subsidize our transit systems so that they can maintain current service levels, and fund significant new projects across the country, to get people out of their cars and onto trains and trolleys, and even buses.

As the price of gas rises again, the chance to do something meaningful, something for our future, is slipping away.  We won't have such an opportunity again.