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Gender: Male
Status: Married
Age: 39
Sign: Taurus

City: All across the USA
State: Connecticut
Country: US
Signup Date: 6/4/2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008 

Current mood:  frustrated
Category: Life
Let's talk about shrinking our carbon footprint today.

No, really.

Ok, maybe I'm being a little bit sarcastic here, but I do have some observations on the matter, and so I'm going to share them. Don't try to stop me. By the time you read this, I will have already written the entire article, and then what? After all that I'm gonna delete it? No. It's going right here. But I digress... again...

So, I normally drive to work. Alone. Typically at speeds in excess of 55mph. With a lot of rapid acceleration and breaking. And frequently with the added wind resistance of one hand sticking out the window, plus the added resistance of the longest of my fingers extended.

Yeah, you get the point. I'm not exactly a granola eating, prius driving tree hugger. Though with gas prices going the way they are, I'd certainly consider a prius, as long as they can weave quickly through the maze of idiots on the roads I tend to travel. Maybe a Tesla Roadster... The point is, I'll be green as long as it doesn't degrade my quality of life any. (Take note, environmentalists - though they may not say it outright, most people think like I do on that front.)

Today, I even took the bus. Why? Because I had to be somewhere else today, and taking the bus there was actually more convenient than driving there, dealing with even worse idiots than I normally have to deal with, paying tolls out the ass, and then paying an extra $30 to park for the day. All so I could sit through a meeting that I really didn't want to sit through.

So, I'm thinking, ok, this sucks, but at least I won't have to drive. Too bad more idiots didn't take the bus. then I'd have less traffic to deal with on my daily commute. Oh well. With gas prices going the way they are, maybe everybody will start doing that soon. I bet they'll be doing things to make using public transportation more attractive now. Maybe bus attendants that'll bring you peanuts and coffee or a handjob or something.

You can imagine my surprise when I parked my car in the commuter lot and saw that, in this once free lot, I now have to f$$!@%!$@%$&&%$%$$@&^*%&%$$ PAY TO PARK AND TAKE THE F@@!$@$%&$&$^@!$%^ BUS?!?!? ARE YOU S@$@^%&$@@HITTING ME?!?!?

Needless to say, this irritated me.

So, our economy sucks ass. The "R" word is being tossed around with greater frequency (that's "recession" for those readers who's job involves a tip cup out there). Gas prices are through the roof. Retail prices are going up because of transportation costs. Apparently there was a bad wheat crop or something and now flour prices are sky high. And I can only imagine what these floods in Iowa are going to do to the price of corn... And why do I feel like the price increase will not be directly related to the supply reduction if crops were damaged?

So what is the nation doing about it?

Well, let's see... We've raised bus ticket prices. Ok, I understand gas costs are higher. I can live with that one.

We scrap the free commuter lot and charge everybody a few bucks to take the bus instead of driving.

I got an email this morning warning me that one state is about to start a speeding ticket blitzkreig (WWII Nazi Germany reference intentional).

I heard another state is actually considering RAISING the gas tax.

So, what's the word of the day? BOHICA. It's an acronym. It means "Bend Over, Here It Comes Again." Use it today. Use it every day. It's easy if you just pay attention to what's going on around you.

I need a F@@!$@$%&$&$^@!$%^ happy hour. NOW. What the hell... I'm not driving today.
2:50 PM
 
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