It's pointless to say this, but I remember when gasoline was only 95 cents a gallon. Boy, those were good days, weren't
they? Everyone was so much nicer, life just seemed so much fuller...
...Okay, that's not true at all. People were dicks and trivialities ruled our everyday lives, just as they do now. But gas
certainly was cheaper and that counted for a lot!

Once it started creeping up, people got a little upset. When it got close to $2.00 and kept going, in people's minds that
was certainly past the point of the everyday fluctuations. It started to look like a trend--and the trash-talk started flying. As
proof I'll use my uncle Jack as an example, since he's pretty much representative of the average, angry suburban white
man, or "dude," as they're commonly called.

You already know what he said, because you've heard everybody you know say it:
"Grrrrr, that's bullshit! Two-fifty? I don't think so, I ain't payin' that! There'll be rioting! We'll fuckin' revolt! No way!
They'd better fix that shit, or else..."

Or else nothin.' It's passing three dollars, well past your little line in the sand. You haven't done shit and you won't do shit.
It's called a captive market for a reason. "I'll quit my job, since I can't afford anything!" Good. So will the farmers and
truckers. Then you're really fucked. There are no refrigerators in the forest.

The only way it's gonna ease up is if some great program starts up, greed stops, or the market gets to the point where
we're buying too few barrels to justify the high price. If it goes up, and you pay, it's probably gonna go up again. Just like
sex. Remember high school?

I don't know squat about money or commerce, so I'm just going to rip the scab and say: lets push for $5 a gallon! By
January I wanna be paying 5 and 99 thousandths for regular. Do you think we can get there? Write Big Oil and ask 'em
to drill harder! They'll know what you mean.

P.S. There's a bit out there about milk that goes, "why are we upset about 3 dollars a gallon for gas and not $3.49 for a
gallon of milk?"

Because, asshole, I don't have to buy 13 gallons of milk every week.