$147+

By GottaLaff

Since Bush has been president, the oil companies have made $600 billion in profits, per Bernie Sanders just now on the Thom Hartmann show.

Oil prices spiked to a new record above $147 a barrel Friday, as rising hostilities between the West and Iran and the potential for attacks on Nigerian oil facilities gave investors reason to rush back into the energy markets.

Another drop in the U.S. dollar also lured buyers.

The resurgence in crude prices not only raises the concern that $4-a-gallon gasoline is here to stay for U.S. drivers — it also means that heating homes could get significantly more expensive this winter.

But it's all in your mentally recessed heads.