My neighborhood gas station - not such a friendly place.

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Listening to the radio the other day, the show was being broadcast from Los Angeles.  The news guy came on and starting talking about local gas prices, as he said “the highest in the nation” at $4.12 a gallon.

EXCUSE ME????

Need to see that a little better?

Welcome to Illinois, a state deeply in debt, where the government is so irresponsible with our money, taxes were raised 67% this year to cover expenditures.  You read that right.  67%.  And this is considered legitimate government? 

They all ought to be in jail.

Have a nice day.


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S'cuse me while I stomp my feet a bit.

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$4.17 a gallon.

This is where I frequently get gas, it is close to my house and for me it is all about convenience.  Usually. OMG!  Tonight I went about a mile and a half out of my way to save 12 cents a gallon.  Enough already!  Lift the moratorium on off shore drilling, start drilling in ANWAR and the other places in the United States where oil has been found.  YES we need to develop other types of energy.  But right now?  Right now our infrastructure is not set up to accommodate other types of energy.  Eventually it will be and of course we should continue to move in that direction.  But we can't throw the baby out with the bath water right now.


We are being held hostage by people in the Middle East that hate us when we have plenty of resources right here at home.  Yes I know people in Europe are paying twice what we are.  SO?  Let me tell you why that's different.  The U.S. is much larger geographically, than Europe.  Things are more spread out here unless you are in the heart of a large city.  Most of us aren't.  The rest of us are in suburbs surrounding large cities, and in small towns and rural communities around the country.  And we commute to where we need to go.  Should we be more conservative with our energy usage?  Maybe.  But we have the resources right here in our country to last the next hundred years - at least - and that should give us plenty of time to develop other types of energy and not be dependent on anyone else.

Almost $60.00 and I don't have a big tank!

Canada has oil.  Canada can sell oil to the U.S.  Canada likes us, for the most part.  So why was the president over there in Brazil pledging money to them to help them develop their oil resources?  Why was he telling them he would love the U.S. to be their biggest customer?  WTF?  


I am sorry that Europeans pay what they do for gas.  But if we don't have do, and we don't, why should we? WHY ARE WE?


The end.


Go back to your regularly scheduled blog reading.  Thank you for your time and attention.

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Sigh-h-h.

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Here is the new 'piece of furnace' I got today. I believe it is a gas valve. It's not the heating guys fault, I mean - I'm sure they would make a bunch more money if they said the furnace was just plain broken and had to be replaced. They are being honest when they recommend the furnace be replaced, but still fixing a part that can be fixed to make it work. At least I have a brand new Carbon Monoxide detector right outside my bedroom door, right?


To make myself feel better and to show that I have more things in my life than big rusty appliances, here is a picture of the lovely flowers my lovely BF brought me today. Nope. No reason. Lovely, right?



Oh and this? This is my cranky old man cat, Riley, having a bit of a snack when my back was turned!

Yummy!
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This stuff just cracks me up..

When people cannot control the laughter ...