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The answer to the gasoline problem
The answer to the gasoline problem is as close as your nearest bus stop. Or
bicycle. Or pair of walking shoes. Yeah, I know... none of that applies to YOU. You have all kinds of good & valid reasons to keep doing nothing at all. The truth is, the ultimate answer to ALL of our nation's ills is no farther away than the nearest mirror because our society is a reflection of us all. Don't like the high price of gasoline? Then don't buy it. Not the nation, YOU. Our courts have repeatedly pointed out that the responsibilities of citizenship reside in the individual, not in some agency or branch of government. Good citizenship REQUIRES you... YOU... to step in and personally take charge when things begin to go awry. And yes, doing so can be a risky business involving our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. But that too is part of the price of citizenship. People tend to forget that governments don't create themselves. People create governments to collectively achieve what they can not individually accomplish. And having created a government, when it begins to spin off-course it is YOUR responsibility to step in and sort things out. You. That face in the mirror. But you won't. You're too fat and too lazy and when it comes right down to it, you're too ignorant. Not stupid. Ignorant; uneducated. Yeah, I know... Batchelor of this... Master of that... Beginning in the mid-1950's the educational content of the typical BA has been in steady decline to the point where a college graduate of 2004 will come away with an education roughly equivalent to a high school diplma, circa 1937. The best evidence of that is seen in the statistics associated with this idiotic 'Gas Out' on May 19. Odds are, if you're the typically ill-educated American you still think we are a representative democracy, unaware that the number of Representatives is now fixed and no longer reflects the nation's population. Since each State automatically gets at least one Representative it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that by the Census of 2070 the majority of Representatives will come from just four States. Hardly a 'representative' Democracy, eh? But don't tell anyone. The typical American still thinks a budget surplus is something good. (It means you've been over-taxed.) And that the major cost of transportation is buying gas. (Fuel is typically less than 10% of the total package.) As William Lederer said, we've become a nation of sheep. Someone recently expanded on that by pointing out that today the flock is owned by pigs. And herded by wolves. -R.S.Hoover |
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"Veeduber" wrote in message ... The answer to the gasoline problem is as close as your nearest bus stop. Or bicycle. Or pair of walking shoes. [...] As William Lederer said, we've become a nation of sheep. Someone recently expanded on that by pointing out that today the flock is owned by pigs. And herded by wolves. -R.S.Hoover Good then. I'll ride my bike the 50 miles to the airport where my ethanol-powered puddle-jumper is hangared. Just kidding. |
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"Bernardo Melendez. Jr." wrote in message
om... Michael Savage calls them "Sheeple", followers and those incapable of thinking for themselves. Bernardo Melendez, Jr. But those who parrot that psycho are brilliant. Right. |
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