Ok so how is this Bush's Fault

[Princess Doreen]

Originally Posted by Danzig

why do you keep going to oil, when the original post mentioned gasoline? that's what i don't understand. how is gas 'life essential'? there are other fuels that could take it's place pretty quickly. it's certainly far from essential. food is essential, so's water...i'd give up gasoline before i gave up refrigeration, electricity, etc. as for phil, i'm sure he can speak for himself just fine. not sure what your point was there. funny tho, when i reply to you, you're the only one accusing me of cherry picking. but then, maybe rupert is just trying to think of a retort to my post about barrack. or maybe you take these discussions far more personally than many? i'm just enjoying the discussion, sorry if you feel picked on when someone disagrees with you.

Why do YOU keep insisting that I'm talking strictly about oil? Just what product is there that would so readily replace gasoline to power a transportation vehicle? Without gasoline you wouldn't have food in the grocery stores or any othe other items in every day living upon which you have grown dependent . You'll not be able to commute to work, let alone do any other type of long distance driving. And, oil is related. Without it, you don't have gasoline or any of the other products that come from oil.

Gas rationings in the 70's damn near brought this nation to its knees. Can you imagine waiting on line for 2 - 3 hours or more to fill your car with 5 or 10 gallons of gasoline every other day? Can you imagine going to the supermarkets and finding the shelves nearly bare because the trucks delivering goods couldn't make it because they, too, had long waits to fill up when they could.

"The rationing led to incidents of violence, after truck drivers nationwide chose to strike for two days in December 1973 because they objected to the supplies Simon had rationed for their industry. In Pennsylvania and Ohio, non-striking truckers were shot at by striking truckers, and in Arkansas, trucks of non-strikers were attacked with bombs."

Please don't try and tell me that gasoline isn't life essential. What would your day be like without it?

And, by the way, did I borrow money from you and forget to pay it back? Seems you're on my tail every opportunity you can make of it, so I do take it personally. I could say the world is round, and you'd argue the point,

I'm here. I'm going to say what I have to or want to say. It may not set right with you, but take Antitrust's advice about talking down to people. You're not the fountainhead of knowledge.

Oh, and by the way, hi_good gawd. Grow up, minion!