Mr. P said:
Heck no! Never! The oil companies have worked this like the frog in the pot of water..
Pump the price then ease back abit, pump er again then ease back a bit...I'd say at this point most would be happy with $2.30 and never blink an eye, their used to it now.
How are the dredded oil companies any different from any other business? Name all of the businesses out there trying to merely make life better for all of us. . . any? Even the nonprofit businesses are ripoffs.
The trend following, ignorant , self centered idiots across this country allow this to happen. The same person that wouldn't dare be seen in a station wagon is more than happy to sport around in a top heavy, poor handling, gas guzzling panel truck with a cute marketing strategy. Let's call them Sport Utility Vehicles and nobody will realize that we are selling them an overpriced, oversized, ugly, and almost useless truck that you can't even use as a truck. Living in Texas I am forced to try to see around these disgusting examples of pathetic design at it's worst, everyone has either one of these behemoths or giant 4 wheel drive trucks with waxed beds(not only never go off road,nothing is carried in the back 99% of the time).And on top of that, the drivers all think they and their rolling living rooms are on race tracks. How stupid do you have to be to think that 90 miles an hour is safe or sane in one of these jokes. . . besides the fact that they aren't getting 8 miles to the gallon.
Even with the big price jump in gas I don't see any changes in the way these spoiled dolts conduct their lives. The drive-thrus are still full of these same vehicles , air conditioner blasting and talking on the phone oblivious to anyone else around them, waiting until they get up to the menu to start the process of deciding what they are going to stuff into their 350 pound asses. They're at Taco Bell and still take 15 minutes to order!
As much as I am not impressed or even like others around the world, I can certainly understand why they think that we are assholes. When I was in Ireland I had a car that you could drive into a typical American SUV and do figure eights. The roads were even small for a little go cart like that and gas was a couple of bucks per litter.
I am not a "tree hugger" by any stretch of the imagination but I am tired of listening to overfed, overpaid, overhoused, overentertained, 400 pounders sucking down 5 dollar crappy Starbucks coffee complain about the big oil companies making huge profits, it is nothing but hypocritical and stupid.Do something about it. Take the bus or a train for your 2 hour commute to work. Don't drive across the country to go on one more wasteful, meaningless vacation. Stay at home and enjoy the rediculous square footage that you just had to have.Watch some movies on that big screen hdtv with 900 channels, read a book, take a walk, or heaven forbid. . . meet your neighbors.
Take a look at yourselves .. .critically, and tell me that not only are we the most spoiled jerks on the planet but also some of the most unhappy ones too. I don't have most of the luxuries I have listed above but I still consider myself very spoiled and lucky. I also think it will be even harder on all of us when our luck runs out and the lights go off.
That's my rant, tell me I'm wrong.
