I don't think the most insane evil overlord could have designed a more disastrous one/two punch for energy prices in this country.

Yes, gas prices are affecting me. I'm much more aware of each and every trip. I really spend some time organizing my time, my errands and my appointments. Before such high gas prices, I didn't think anything of running from one side of town to the other or driving a couple of hours to see family and friends.

We are also considering purchasing a hybrid this winter.

Find out what kind of mileage they're getting first. I bought a used Toyota Echo for like $5300 and it gets 44mpg. I'd be really pisssed if I paid a premium price for something fancy that can't do what primitive tech can. just a thought g

guess we'll all wind up driving a computer. Sometimes I have to leave home to go to work. Hopefully soon I'll just work here. Several of my friends do now.
Even at that stage, you still HAVE to get out sometimes. The "let's take a ride" for pleasure days are over. Transportation is quickly becoming a need to only deal and not a recreation issue. I'm sure lots of us remember the go cruisin' days. They're prolly not coming back. Of couse my 70 & 1/2 Rat ain't comin back either.

I filled up today at Kroger for $ 2.68. What a difference in price as opposed to the distance geographically.

Of course we DO have a great Governor, but that doesn't account for that variation. I will prolly see that in the near future here...... why?

It sure as hell ain't right for them to charge that much 'cause the supply is short. That ain't gouging, thats forcable anal intrusion. Pisses me right the F off.

Could be $4 or $5 after Rita. :(

? why are you here reading this instead of being out filling up your tank? Time is short, we are getting ready to see the largest major disaster the US has ever seen.

Getting ready? It all started in November 2001 and has been episode after episode ever since. Don't you get it? Every time fundamentalist religion's chosen leader is brought to power, then god sends wrath upon the people. In normal times, we don't have Tsunamis, skyscraper collapses, and chains of hurricanes year after year.

Did I mention that the nation's largest earthquake in New Madrid MO that occurs about every 100 years is long overdue? If you are truly religious, then you have long recognized an MBA in power who decrees everything from his religious beliefs actually has horns and a tail. Another irony: when a person, who never did anything successful, somehow rises to power anyway, well, we have Hitler as a previous example. Did not Hitler also invade other nations without any provocation or legitimate reason? When did the largest major disaster the US has even seen really start?

Ok, tw. You just jumped the shark. Any invocation of Hitler in a serious tone of voice is an instant shark-jump.

Jump the shark, the dolphine, and the whale. TW, TW, TW. What the hell are you talking about? We're talking about gas prices and all of a sudden you onto religous chosen leaders? I'm not ever sure I understand what your point to this comment is. That when we elect a non-religious leader that God leaves us alone as opposed to a religious leader? That doesn't make sense. Purhaps I am just misreading your intent, purhaps not. I have read many of your past posts. What is your point, what is your position. I never took you as a religious zelot type TW, so this is a strange angle you've taken. And I have to agree, the Hitler reference, although this point is probly the only one that I get (sort of), was off base.


Side note: The largest major disaster? Could that be Mt. St. Helen, back in 1980? Or how about the earthquake in san Francisco back in 1901? Okalahoma bombing? 9/11? Earthquake in Alaska 1964? Colombine shootings in Colorado? Plenty of disasters to go around.

Side note: The largest major disaster? Could that be Mt. St. Helen, back in 1980? Or how about the earthquake in san Francisco back in 1901? Okalahoma bombing? 9/11? Earthquake in Alaska 1964? Colombine shootings in Colorado? Plenty of disasters to go around.

I'd like to add the Galveston hurricane of 1900.
High gas prices? Terrorist attacks? Please.

In normal times, we don't have Tsunamis, skyscraper collapses, and chains of hurricanes year after year.

Hate to tell you this, but those are very "normal" events. The peace and quiet we experienced for some years was the exception, not the rule.

You wait until mother earth gets seriously pissed off at us. With the dense population centers we have these days, stuff could be much, much worse.

Seems like many intelligent people are currently predicting a few hundred million will be killed worldwide by the coming bird flu epidemic. We'll see. The little nasties are usually the ones that do the most damage. It happened to the densely planted elm trees when dutch elm disease came along. It can happen to us. Hurricanes are nothing compared to a major epidemic. Of course, epidemics don't cause any property damage, so we've got that going for us, which is nice. :worried:

Well, 35,000 people died two years ago during the extreme heat wave in Europe. I'd call that major.

Al Kay Hall maybe said it.

However is you want to identify the source of many large disaster - as determined by the number of lives lost - religion repeatedly is a cause of so many disasterous deaths. The devil made us do it.

Gasoline? Only a trivial symptom. Notice that virtually no one has changed their driving habits.

If you don't understand where my post came from, then go back and read a post from shoot and a chapter in a well published book called Revelations. I mock thee who proclaimed for the mental midget president and brought god's wrath down upon us.

Sincerely in fire and brimstone-
TW

The point tw is making is that if religious nuts can invoke an angry God whenever something bad happens, he can do the same invoking a more rational God's reaction to heretics like Bush.