further more, and still on driving

it's a big travel week end. sure sure . but ya' know what burns my ass? I mean other then a candle about 3 feet tall ... pause for effect ... seriously though.. it's these radio "journalists" shall we call them .. who for whatever reason, try to speculate whether or not "america will stay home" or travel due to Gas prices .. back to My point .. we're a consumer nation .. we will consume. Big Oil will charge us whatever they want because we will consume. Sure some single mother from some suburban burrough, won't be able to drive her kids to N.C. .. uhmm.. bboo hooo .. one less car on the roads this holiday week end .. ya' know what, traffic's still gonna suck! Still gonna be thousands upon thousands of ppl who are able to go somewhere, and will try. nothing the local media, or big oil can do to stop it.
We'll all spend way too many hours on the road, even if we're just going to work . . We'll all spend way more then we should on gas. We complain, but will any of us do anything about it? uhm nope
we'll be stuck in rush hour for what seems like days .. and we'll suffer road rage, flip off total strangers because they are trying to get in front of us... and all in all burn alot more fossil fuel then any one nation has a right to, all because the government says we can have an extra day off this week end .. nto exactly what our founding fathers had in mind. And for the countless heroes who have died defending this once great nation, and it's ideals ... I really don't think that any of us are doing them justice.
Not a sermon, just a thought. Be well, Be safe, and if it's at all possible people be loved.
I know I am, and for that I am, and will be eternally greatful.