The left is truly insane
posted earlier
Didn’t they say the same thing when Bush was Prez and it went over $4.00? /s
What he means of course that life will be so much better for the Limousine Liberals of the world, now that they won’t have to share elbow room with the masses.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Democrat.
The very same MSNBC saying this, after endless whining under Bush is hypocrisy of the first order.
We have truly passed over in to an Orwellian World now.
And you thought “1984” was just a book?
The LEFT’s agenda in WRITING no less.
This writer is such a moron...it has to be in jest to see what kind of response they would get.
A month or so ago, local Reno stations were touting that the number of car deaths on American roads in 2010 were as low as 1948 had been. Actual numbers were never stated.
They were saying it was because of the MUCH safer cars of today.
NOT a WORD was said about the fact that 15 million people are out of work & NOT DRIVING to and from a job they USED to have!!!!!
Don’t I just LOVE the news editing that is done in every ‘newsroom’ in America!!!!!
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
And I feel fine!
Remember the way at the beginning of Obama’s term, the media were saying that via growing unemployement Obama was HELPING people spend more time with their families?
And now they tell us we’re happy with expensive gas?
I get this eery feeling that our leaders of Oceania will be UPPING our meat ration to 400 grams weekly..? And that Oceana is at war with East Asia, and we have ALWAYS been at war with East Asia...? Right?
What OTHER STUFF that we once considered bad now pleases us?
Any takers?
Summary: because it gets all the little people out of his way.
this was written by a person unable to do any critical thinking at all, or one who assumed their readers are unable to do the same.
“It’s all about democracy. If we let up on the gas pedal, we’ll starve those oil-rich despots out of existence.”?????
Ahh yes, the gauzy feel-good logic of the leftist...
- fewer people will die in auto accidents
- shorter security lines
- less pollution
- less congestion
...until you realize you could have the same benefits for much less expense if you shot every fifth person on the street. Which is why history bears out this line of thought ultimately leads to murder.
Sums it up quite nicely
Is it any wonder that we have deficits when the author states clearly about pumping 13 gal. of gasoline at $5 per gallon, and marvels at the $50 price. Is this a deflated dollar? Or is this some of that ObamaCare math that rounds $65 down to $50?
Look on the bright side. 5 buck gas will probably mean that the Obozo is a one-termer.
sound like an article from http://msnbc.theonion.com
"...(but) $5 gasoline may actually have an upside if it arrives this summer as some experts predict. Not for you and your family personally, maybe, but perhaps for the United States as a whole."
"Some possible benefits (and we're serious about most of them):"
Your imagery and use of the word "serious" are like Jeffry Dahmer's conception of the term "finger food".
"Fewer people will die on the road. The less you drive, the more likely you will ..."
...fall victim to being carjacked by ever-growing numbers of desperate criminals and illegal aliens whose very survival will depend upon their ability to perfect the art of criminal predation upon you. With less drivers on the road, perhaps they will elect to rob you in your home or walking down the street, instead. Hey, roads might become really, really safe.
"Demand for high-mileage cars may grow. The key word here is "may." Hybrid sales rose quickly in 2007 as gas prices climbed..."
So did suicides. That work for you?
So there's another thing you'll be forced to pay more money for and in an era of generally declining wages, why, think of how less TV you'll watch and how much less time you'll have to spend with your irritating children and family as you now have to work 2 jobs instead of one. Cool!
"Shorter security lines. Airlines fares are extremely fuel-price reactive. Soon, hardly..."
Yes, all these impingements upon our freedoms paint a wonderful, dare I say it, utopian image of a new world in which all of us can live as brethren in peace and harmony. Of course, if fewer people can fly, the airlines won't be cutting back on their flights, so in the new utopia, we'll be practically guaranteed better choices of flight times and near-empty planes with our choice of seating. But that's OK, security lines will still be shorter when the airlines have fewer flights and force more people onto the remaining planes and fewer pilots and mechanics and airport clerks will be working for the airlines, so that's all a big plus, as I see it.
"Less pollution. Less driving means cleaner air. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ..."
Another well-intentioned government agency whose motives for restricting our freedoms ranks very high on my list of anti-Constituionalism.
"Less congestion. Ever notice how well rush-hour freeway traffic flows on the minor holidays ..."
I guess I won't even be free to make those choices myself, but hey, things could be worse. After all, I might have to bear responsibility for my own choices. I might get stuck with a job that I found and got hired for instead of having the government or perhaps the EPA itself choose one for me. I like this thing about having a well-propagandized third grader work out my life problems for me.
"High prices lead to lower prices. Mackubin Thomas Owens, a professor ... theorizes that if gas prices rise enough, the government will open up areas now closed to oil production..."
Excuse me, I have to get medical attention for the rib I just cracked laughing at that one. OTOH, it's one of those professors who came up with this idea. Maybe we should give him a raise, grant him tenure and a fat pension, and award him 2 Nobel prizes; one for physics and one for economics.
Too bad it doesn't work the same way with sanity, eg; low values of sanity lead to higher degrees of sanity.
"End of wars. According to National Defense Magazine, the cost of "in theater" gasoline to our troops in Afghanistan can range from $100..."
Damn, there goes another rib or two. Where's my free medical care? History proves the validity of these kinds of splendid thoughts, dones't it? Oh, and that makes perfect sense, that the cost of fuel delivered to a battlefield shouldn't really cost any more than fuel delivered to, say, Chanute, Kansas.
"Local businesses may profit. If you can't afford to drive out to the Wal-Mart or The Home Depot, you may be buying instead at the local supermarket or neighborhood hardware store. In addition, as the cost of transporting, say, grapes from Chile, goes out of sight, you may turn to regional ..."
.....uhhhh....DESPERATION....? Poverty? Food riots? How cool are all of those?
"It's all about democracy. If we let up on the gas pedal, we'll starve those oil-rich despots out of existence."
It's always the rich, isn't it? Always. It's irrevocable, inescapable. Whether they're Arabs who we are not allowed to dislike and/or say bad things about or US citizens who we have been trained to hate, it's always important to allow the envy of wealthy people to wash over you, to control your actions and your desires, to make you focus on the limitations of your own circumstances and to hate other people; to withhold your creativity and ingenuity out of spite and in general, to make yourself the smallest and most miserable creature you can imagine so that the government can be empowered to take care of every little problem in your life and to restrict every piece of freedom you once had. How delightful it will be in our brave new world when smarter people than I am share their great wisdom they learned in those expensive universities their mommies and daddies paid for. How could I ever wish to argue with their obviously superior wisdom and worldliness?
Excuse me once again, FRiends, I have to have my afternoon "hate-mantra" session where I renew my dedication to hating successful people and the awful freedoms of our miserable system of freedom and optimism.
The only reason wars happen, apparently, is that America starts them.
Nothing here about higher oil prices providing additional funding to our enemies and more incentive for various groups to try to take over in the OPEC countries.
Also the cost of the fuel itself is a very minor part of the cost of getting it to troops on the battlefield. Almost all of the cost is associated with the equipment and personnel required to get it there. So if the present cost is $400, raising the price of the fuel itself by $2 would make the battlefield price $402. Or something like that.