I feel sorry for kids

They most likely won't know the joy of a ride in the country. It's too expensive a pleasure now.

I remember spending a lot of time riding around in my youth. Getting out to see stuff. Now I hardly drive anywhere other than work, the grocery stores, and the golf course on the weekends.

I was thinking the other day I would love to just go for a ride. Maybe to look at houses for sale, or just to see what is new around town. Nope, can't do it. Unless I want to go broke...

I have to laugh, a Chrysler commercial is on TV - "Chyrsler is PROTECTING you from high gas prices". Really? Protecting? Wow....

Which brings up another thing that I've been hearing regarding their 2.99 promo. Economists don't think it is a good deal, and you would actually do better with cash back.... Well, based on economists records as of late (how many predicted oil this high this soon?), it certainly could be a good deal. A year from now everyone else is paying 7 bucks a gallon, while you pay 3? Sounds pretty good to me.

"Addiction" to oil

I am so freaking sick and tired of hearing that phrase. America's "Addiction" to oil. They make it sound as if we are on drugs or alcoholics or something. Moron President was the first one to use this phrase I think.

Give me a break. No, better yet, give me an alternative. This is what makes our economy work. What do you think would happen if we quit our "addiction" cold turkey? Gee, let's try it, and see how the government deals with that. You'd have NO economy. You'd have chaos. Screw you Moron President. You offer no leadership. You offer no vision. You suck.

Can you tell I am a little irate today? I am so sick of this crap. The oil companies are raping us. Sure they have every right to make money and be successful, but at what cost? How much of a profit do they really need? Greed. Pure greed.

I can only hope somebody comes up with an alternative. I bet they already have alternatives, and have for years. But there is too much money to be made now to let those cats out of the bag.

You can't tell me something strange isn't going on here

I am not an economist, or an expert on anything. But there is no way that the price of oil is increasing at the same rate as the demand for it. It seems utterly impossible that all of a sudden over the course of 5 years the demand has quadrupled.

I was going to buy a new car. I am not sure I am now. I can't help but feel that it will be too expensive to drive cars in the not too distant future.

We Are Screwed

Oil up to $125 a barrel. No end in sight. You can't tell me this country can adjust to this quickly enough to avoid a catastrophe. I am wondering if this is the beginning of the end. I am talking THE END. I can see anarchy and chaos on the horizon. Followed by WWIII. The financial crisis that is going to occur will ultimately result in the war for oil fields.

Dumb question, why are we not EMPTYING Iraq's oil fields? Frankly, we never should have been there in the first place, but now that we are, having paid a King's ransom in both dollars and lives, we should just continue to be the plunderers we are, and rape the land. Might be the only thing that saves us.

Man I sound like a crackpot. I really hope I am wrong, but part of me really does believe this is the beginning of the end of the world as we know it. And I don't feel fine.