Here is a sign we don't see a lot of nowadays. "No blood for oil" is dramatic, searing, heartfelt, poignant...and dead in the water.
You see, now that gas prices are soaring to $3 and higher for the second time, even the most bone dumb idiot out there has started to realize, "Hmmmm...This kinda sucks."
Yeah...kinda.
And here is some more bad news Mr. & Mrs. Enlightened: 3 of the 4 largest oil fields in the world are in Middle East, Venezuela, and Russia. Oooops. That ain't good, is it Buckwheat?
In the United States alone, there are 143,781,202 registered cars, 21,760,000 trucks or construction vehicles, and an estimated 68.7 million non-registered yet functioning automobiles or trucks driving our highways and byways.
Q.How many United States businesses are 100% dependent upon oil?
Cue the Jeopardy theme song
A. All of 'em, brainchild. All of 'em.
If gas goes to $5 a gallon or higher, you think you're working next week? Or the week after that? You do? I don't. You think your boss or your company's clients are going to foot the bill for the petrol? You do? I don't.
We need alternative sources of fuel and energy. I agree. Read this again...I agree. But right now, we don't have them, do we? Nuh, ah. We gots oil, Buckweat. It even takes oil...and a lot of it...to run the facilities that we have trying to develop alternative sources. In other words, there is no getting away from it...which makes those signs and sympathies obsolete.
And who is in charge of the oil?
Cindy Sheehan's friend Hugo Chavez. And our favorite picnic napkin wearing buddies, Ibn AL Phukwad and his passenger airline demolition derby team. Oh, and let's not forget Vladmr Putin, the man who wants the Soviet Union rebuilt to its old self, and is willing to take sides with all the bad seeds to make it happen.
You don't want blood for oil? Me either. But you know what, that's exactly what is going on, and I'm damn glad it is. Hand me an M-16 and tell me it's about oil, and I'll say to you, "Where are they at?" You see, I'll be checking out for good soon enough, but my children and their children are going to want to live longer. That means they need oil...and it's in Iraq, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. We need someone in the world to maintain a presence and keep it safe for everyone. Since I'm not seeing anyone besides England standing up to the task, that means it's up to us.
Then again, the flip-side is we could all be unemployed, penniless, hungry, and our children and grandchildren will die starving paupers...that would be fun, wouldn't it, Buckwheat?
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3 comments:
Blood for oil~
Whatever happened to money for oil?
Oh...yes...a bunch of people who control the oil want us dead...
Oil prices are set by some of those people- right?
What about all the oil we have in our own country- in Alaska? Thousands and thousands of acres of land set aside for the express purpose of drilling for oil-
but not one new refinery has been built in 25 years...too much red tape to build a new one? Too much wildlife? I don't know.
What I do know is that my kids, and yours- and theirs- are going to drive/thrive on something other than oil- and it's going to be a somewhat painful transition. My dad is already taking courses in bio-fuel- and I feel pretty sure that the next car we buy will be a hybrid of some sort...
Anyway- all this to say you are right. Gas prices can cripple our economy in a heartbeat, and energy prices are affected by fuel prices too.
On the other hand, the American spirit has not been really tested since WWII...our resolve to work together- regardless of party- has been poor (to put it mildly).
I hope it's not too late to see the Phoenix rise from the ashes...
the bird's not quite dead yet- but I don't think it will take much longer.
Good response.
When you say WWII times, you're of course talking about public sacrifice...rationing and things like that.
I believe...and this is after minutes of pondering this simple thing...I believe when push comes to shove, we could and would do it again. But it won't be painless like it was in WWII.
There will be tens of millions who will scream to the high heavens...sue...protest...and possibly even fight...if we tell them they're limited on gas, food, and gross materials.
The righteous and the prudent will win out, but it may actually be anarchy at first. This of course, is part and parcel of why we're in this position we're in now.
Sure...the President and others have made MONUMENTAL mistakes, but that's not why we're here now.
We're here because we've spent the last 60 years, getting fat, dumb, spoiled and stupid...and that tiger isn't going to want to change it's stripes, no matter what the consequences.
The fight will be massive and intense.
Yes- that is exactly what I was talking about...public sacrifice- it will be tough. But more for some than others...
Katrina gave us a good look at how different communities dealt with the loss of basic needs.
One tore itself apart- the others (in Miss) pulled together- even though we didn't see nearly as much coverage about that.
"The fight will be massive and intense. "
Yes, it will.
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