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digitaldiscipline
digitaldisciplineThirty percent.
That's how much a gallon of unleaded has gone up in the last year in my neighborhood.
How do I know? Because I'm one of those guys who tracks every penny he puts into his car on a spreadsheet, and I filled up today.
Second fillup in the new car (10 May 03): $1.28 9/10 per gallon of 87 octane unleaded
Twenty-fourth fillup (today, 19 Apr 04): $1.65 9/10 per gallon
Same gas station. Same gasoline.
Last time I paid less than a buck forty five was December 9th ($1.32). . . five weeks later (1/12/04), it was $1.50. Last August and September also saw a price spike at the pumps to the $1.55 neighborhood.
The only other time I paid as much for gas as I did today was 2/16/04 - and that was for 93 octane premium.
Dubya, if your war's about oil, I expect you to make your deal with the Saudis to try and save your ass come November pretty soon, because right now, even pulling Osama out of your ass [and it's widely suspected on pretty good evidence that you've got him holed up and are just using him like an attempted political trump card] isn't going to swing enough votes your way to keep you around for four more years of this bullshit.
I bet none of y'all have seen your salaries go up 30%. Or the unemployment rate drop 30%.
I didn't think so.
Let's have a 30% reduction in politics as usual, a 30% reduction in piss-poor policy, or 30% more attention paid to the wrongs at home rather than 30% more gusto overseas.
30% - what the average American pays in taxes, and how much more we're paying at the pump.
Let's see 30% more truth and freedom.
That's how much a gallon of unleaded has gone up in the last year in my neighborhood.
How do I know? Because I'm one of those guys who tracks every penny he puts into his car on a spreadsheet, and I filled up today.
Second fillup in the new car (10 May 03): $1.28 9/10 per gallon of 87 octane unleaded
Twenty-fourth fillup (today, 19 Apr 04): $1.65 9/10 per gallon
Same gas station. Same gasoline.
Last time I paid less than a buck forty five was December 9th ($1.32). . . five weeks later (1/12/04), it was $1.50. Last August and September also saw a price spike at the pumps to the $1.55 neighborhood.
The only other time I paid as much for gas as I did today was 2/16/04 - and that was for 93 octane premium.
Dubya, if your war's about oil, I expect you to make your deal with the Saudis to try and save your ass come November pretty soon, because right now, even pulling Osama out of your ass [and it's widely suspected on pretty good evidence that you've got him holed up and are just using him like an attempted political trump card] isn't going to swing enough votes your way to keep you around for four more years of this bullshit.
I bet none of y'all have seen your salaries go up 30%. Or the unemployment rate drop 30%.
I didn't think so.
Let's have a 30% reduction in politics as usual, a 30% reduction in piss-poor policy, or 30% more attention paid to the wrongs at home rather than 30% more gusto overseas.
30% - what the average American pays in taxes, and how much more we're paying at the pump.
Let's see 30% more truth and freedom.
