Gas Prices

Wow!  It has been a long time since I posted.  I was waiting for my prediction to come true.  Gas is now $4 per gallon but the economy is still improving.  I guess I was wrong.  People are still driving and buying gas.  My ship is a hybrid so I get good mileage and the price does not bother me so much.  I can’t imagine filling up those 30 Gallon SUV tanks every other day since the only get 10-15 MPG. 

Why does no one question gas prices?  5 years ago we hit $4 per gallon but oil was $150 per barrel.  Oil is only $100 per barrel now but gas is back up to $4.  Could someone be gouging the consumers?  Oh, that’s right, supply is down because coincidentally all of the refineries shut down for repairs at the same time.  Of course we have reached peak oil so the supply will be going down from now on. Oops!  Didn’t we reach peak oil in the 70′s, and again in the 90′s, and again in the late 2000′s?  Wait! It must be the middle east tensions.  Yeah, Yeah, that’s it.  Except we don’t get much of our oil there.  What could be setting the prices then?  Let me know your theories!

Get Ready for the next Shock! zzzztttt

Just heard on the news that gas prices are expected to rise to $4 within the next year.  Just what the faltering economy needs needs.  Something to make people stop spending and start losing more jobs while the price of everything else goes up.

The new Shock and Awe

This time it’s called a recession. Knock everyone down that isn’t super rich, then get all kinds of stupid reform laws past that don’t really protect those voting for them. And Gas prices are one of the biggest weapons of the new Shock and Awe. They keep going up for no reason other than to keep the recession going for a little longer. $4 a gallon gas pushed the US into recession full force. Everyone stopped driving, buying cars and extra toys, next thing you know… recession. We keep getting dumber and dumber here. Now we have more people in poverty than we did 50 years ago. How is that? Our roads are in terrible shape and our space program is ending. All part of the plan to hand things over to the big corporations. It’s working. Jobs are going overseas and are not coming back. Better profits that way, and profits are the only thing that are important. Shareholder value.

It’s just not the same for some reason

When big banks make bad investments and they fail, governments bail them out and the taxpayers foot the bill. When governments make bad investments, big banks call them idiots and call for shutting them down and then the taxpayers foot the bill. Are you seeing a pattern here?

No taxes

I have decided that since I use a flying saucer to get around, I should not have to pay road taxes. Since the repubs don’t want to pay taxes, we should convert all roads to toll roads so that only the people that use a road will pay for it. I think the road in your neighborhood is useless so I don’t want to pay for it with my tax dollars. While we are at it, we should make all schools private since I don’t want to pay for that useless school in your neighborhood that I don’t use. We should also get rid of the USDA since they interfere with private enterprise by imposing ridiculous restrictions on their drugs and testing procedures. And if we get rid of the court systems, we could save tons of money by not having lawsuits or worry about crimes. If we don’t worry about crimes, we could shut down all those expensive prisons too. Huge tax savings.

Education… or the lack thereof

We keep falling further and further behind.  Soon we will have to outsource our school kids just like the adults and their jobs.  I  know many teachers and they all say that parents just don’t get involved any more.  Unless of course, little Johnny gets cause stealing, or fighting, or doing some other stupid thing, then the parents are right there a the school complaining about the teacher.  It’s always easier to blame others for your problems.  Never take responsibility, it is too hard.  Just the other day, I launched a missile off the coast of California and all the military could do is say that it was not a missile.  Afraid to admit that they didn’t know about it.    Of course, now the Department of Homeless Security will be searching everyone at the airports for pocket missiles.

It’s all about the profits

BP still posted a profit even after recognizing that the Gulf of Mexico clean up will cost over $40 Billion.  After 6 months they have paid out less than $500 Million.  I bet they find a way to dodge most of the claims and the Gov. will let them off easy on the fines.  And guess who is right in the middle of the money making.  Yep, Haliburton.  Odd how they bought and oil spill clean up company right before their shoddy work cause the larges oil spill in US history.

Only in Florida

FOOD FIGHT!!!

How fast will BP disappear from the news?

Now that the oil has stopped flowing, the media will move on to the next big thing.  BP will fade into the background as they try to avoid paying for the damages they caused.  I saw one of their commercials today that stated they had paid over $400,000,000 in claims.  I  would be willing to bet that they have received $billions in claims and are rejecting or slow rolling many of them.  The impact was real and will remain real for many years to come.  Everyone from the coast of Texas through Key West was dramatically impacted.  The tourism on the West Coast of Florida saw a 20 to 30 percent cancellation rate due to the oil coated beaches.  Thank you sensationalizing media.  I have friends in Europe who lived in Florida until recently and they emailed us how upset they were that the beaches had been ruined.  All they saw on their news was that beaches in Florida were covered in oil.  People from Europe canceled their trips to Florida based on the news.  Many billions of tourist dollars lost in Florida along.  Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi were hit even harder due to the fact the oil actually did make it to their shores.

It’s Obama’s Fault

It seems lately that all the R’s out there are blaming President Obama for almost everything about the world that they don’t like.  Gulf Oil Leak – Obama’s fault.  Bad Economy – Obama’s fault.  Lost Jobs – Obama’s fault.  Lady Gaga – Obama’s fault.  Doesn’t anyone stop and think any more?  The same people that bash the health care plan are the ones that have either recently lost or will be soon losing their healthcare coverage since their job will be shipped to India or Asia.  The one’s that want all the illegal immigrants kicked out of the country will soon be crying about the cost of their food since very few Americans will work those jobs to harvest.  It is hard work.  The funny thing is, most of those illegals are actually paying into Social Security and will never be able to get it back.  When was the last time you saw someone working in the fields that was not Mexican?  How about putting a roof on a house?

How about wanting those lower taxes?  Those are the same people that drive their cars on roads built and maintained by the government.

The D’s are getting too far on the other extreme.  I don’t believe that we should be giving money to people to buy a house or repair their house.  Not a good use of taxpayer $.  People don’t appreciate it and it is too easy to abuse the system.  Letting people be on unemployment for years is not a good idea.  Why try to find a job if you keep getting checks?