Good news. People are reading this blog. I hope all of you are keeping up with the cat fight in the comment section of the last post. I feel so honored to have two women fighting over me. I'm going to get a little political here for no other reason then the Yankee's are playing like crap (easy there SAKUNYRSN, Baltimore is in first) and I really, really can't get overly excited about the NFL draft. It appears that I am the only one because ESPN has spent the last few weeks pushing and promoting the draft. So why else get political? Because it cost me $48 to fill my gas tank yesterday. You know, back a few years, ( no Rob, this isn't a yearn about the good old days but when I was in High School gas was $.50 a gallon) it only cost me $40 to fill the gladiator's tank. For eight years now we have heard the President tell us how we must fight the war on terror. When ever anything else is brought up this administration reminds us that the boogyman, Osama Ben Ladin is still out there, planning, stalking us, gaining new members for his jihad. The whole time as a nation trembles in fear from the mid east, a bigger terrorist looms in our own country. The oil companies. Gas prices are at an all time high, crude oil is $117 a barrel, and the whole time Exxon is raking in more profits then ever, 40 billion, according to the Washington Post. Yes, that was billion with a b. What makes these men terrorist you ask, isn't this just capitalism at it's best. The price of gas is only due to supply and demand you say. Wrong. Supply and demand have nothing to due with the cost of gas. Investors are pushing the price of crude high and higher as speculators buy and buy. What will happen when this bubble burst? Still, why call them terrorist? Gas prices just don't effect you at the pump. Think about all the every day things we take for granted that are affected by the cost of gas. How much does it cost the US Postal Service everyday to deliver mail with gas at $3.75 a gallon? Have you noticed the increase in food cost at your local Price Chopper or Hannaford markets? Have a pizza delivered lately? These terrorist are attacking the inner structure of the United States, they are bankrupting a nation. Why does the government let this happen? Because George Bush and his administration are in the pocket of big business, mostly the oil companies. Don't expect to hear any of this during the Presidential race, you will hear how same sex marriage is ruining America. You will hear about family values and abortion. You will hear over and over how we need to fight terror in Iraq before it comes here. The Republican party over the past eight years has tried to scare Americans into voting for them. If it was up to the Democrats, there would be a mosque on every corner. Why shouldn't there be a mosque on every corner, along with churches and synagogues. Doesn't the first amendment of the constitution guarantee the right of freedom of religion ? [Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.] The Constitution isn't worth the paper it's printed on with this administration. Think Patriot Act. When you fill your tank this week remember that we are still fighting the war on terror so don't pay attention to how much it's costing you .
posted by Steve @ 9:05 AM
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