>> neil: helen writes -- >> neil: helen, you might want to talk to robert in florida. "i'm not an obama supporter but when you invite guests on proceeds to shout over, talk over, cut them off and lecture them. one of your guests called you an ass. he was spot on." scott e-mails -- neil, i get it. neil. more of your name? snake oil. it's speculators. supply is up. demand has not increased. pure speculation." scott, pure bull. demand is up. and the dollar is down and has been going down for years. because of the mockery of the budget process in washington, which hasn't produced a budget in years.