Drop in the bucket

The Clinton (Impeached)/Gore Campaign Administration has dipped into the country's oil reserves, supposedly to save us from an impending oil crisis. As it turns out, the act was just more symbolism over substance.

You do the math.

Our country presently uses 20 million gallons of oil per day. Dipping into the oil reserves will give us 30 million additional gallons from which to operate. How many additional days will our country be able to survive using this extra 30 million gallons?

One year? Nine months? Six months?

None of the above. Would you believe, 36 hours?

ARMOND SIMMONS

Pell City, Ala.