Growth Energy, an ethanol trade group, is promoting legislation that would force oil makers to inform them about the country of origin of their fuel.

"Most Americans don't want their paychecks going to Venezuela and other regimes that don't agree with and support the U.S," said retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, according to Reuters. Clark, who co-chairs the group, has been looking for a day job since the break up of Yugoslavia. From the sound of it, it doesn't sound like a label stating, "Two-thirds of this fluid comes from overseas. Oh, and it's flammable," would do it.

There are a lot of reasons for this legislation. One, it would force oil companies to engage in a pointless documentation scheme that would drive up the price of oil and make electric cars more competitive. Two, the Pew Foundation might come out with a subsequent poll that says that 57 percent of Americans previously thought that Qatar was the capital of Kentucky, and thus prompting a call for more education in geography.

Three, it might cause a backlash against corn ethanol growers when the public sees how much "Buy American" fuel costs and that corn subsidies go to many of the same people behind high-calorie cereals.

But most importantly, it would force some country/western composers to find more adequate rhymes for Canada, which is the largest exporter of fuel to the U.S. at the moment with 2.5 million barrels a day.

"We ain't gonna be doomed/By some guys in suits from Saskatoon" etc.

Don't forget: It's a flag, not a windshield wiping rag.