From a gasoline shortage thread started by operationpetty. (Yeah, she's a gun-totin' Dixie right-winger, but she sure is cute!)...

Why should the panic & hysteria over "gas shortages" be any different than all the other panic & hysteria that drives the common herd?

Simply put, we're a slovenly, stupid, greedy, slack-jawed nation of idiots who thrive on fear. Doesn't matter what sort of manufactured hobgoblins we're cowering from of at any particular moment in history, just so long as we're scared to fucking death... the American Way.

G'head - name your poison du jour: Blacks, Mexicans, terrorists, stem cells, deer ticks, anthrax, Vioxx, recession, hurricanes, dirty bombs, communists, earthquakes, interest rates, gun-grabbers, flag-burners, child molesters, serial killers, tree-huggers, SUVs, abortionists, crystal meth, activist judges, global warming, Kim Jong-Il, The Clintons, bin Laden, Pat Robertson, radon, swine flu, SIDS, AIDS, the CIA, the ACLU, the BATF, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, crack cocaine, Cesar Chavez, Hugo Chavez or the morning-after pill...

Same old Star-Spangled Bullshit, different day.

P.S. Support our troops!

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In other news:

I've spent the last three days trying to contact friends in NOLA (only reaching half so far). One of 'em vividly described a steady parade of pet & wildlife carcasses - each marinating in sewage, oil and debri – floating down her street, all day long... "kinda like a slaughterhouse Mardi Gras..."

I didn't have the heart to bring it up, but her home – like most of Metairie - will likely be condemned when the EPA surveyors finally arrive. She’s 100% fucked, stem to stern.

BTW, three bucks a gallon is gonna seem like fire sale pricing a week from now. This doesn't help matters any.

But, hey - let's look on the bright side:



Are those fuckin' perfect, or what?

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