The gas prices in this country are seriously getting ridiculous. Looking at my handy gas price checking widget it would seem the cheapest gasoline anywhere this side of Fallujah, Iraq for me is $3.25 a gallon. $3.25?! WTF?! The funny thing about the whole situation is, we're all totally screwed by this too. What are we going to do about it...stop buying gas? Yeah, because that will work. In a city like the one I live in, where we do not have reliable and far reaching public transportation, we are almost totally dependent on fuel burning automobiles. Good luck riding a bicycle the 22 miles I have to traverse from home to work one way. The buses are real great here, and we don't have the benefit of a light rail or subway system.
I'm sure back when Ford invented the automobile fossil fuels seemed like a good idea, but come 2007 I think a lot of people would really re-evaluate that thinking. Or perhaps it would be better served to have politicians without ties to special interest groups such as oil companies, no? I'm not saying the War on Terror doubles as a great fund raiser for oil companies and those with ties to defense spending contracts...but, yeah, I am. All I know is...OPEC can officially suck it...like all day long. It's not like I have a slush fund of discretionary income lying about to purchase full tanks of gas whenever the urge to drive strikes me. I would appreciate a little leniency from the powers that be in the oil business. Hell, at least if they have decided to openly rob us...could they at least wear a ski mask on Thursdays just to change it up a bit?
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