We only have ourselves to blame

The price of oil/gas/heating fuel/ energy - Skyrocketing!

We knew it was going to happen someday. Didn't the Jesus-Hating, Commie-loving, Pinko, Vegetarian, Gay-Marrying , Tree-Hugging Hippies tell us so?

Well, many people told us so from all walks of life, but were categorized as the above. Especially by those who were:

1) making TONS of money from the energy/auto Industry

2) too scared to see the Truth before them and closed their eyes thinking that would make it "all go away."

Well, you can clamp your eyes shut, stick your fingers in your ears while singing "LA-LA-LA I can't hear you, I can't see you therefore you don't exist!" but the monster under your bed is now on your bed, and it just ate the last slice of pizza in the fridge, drank the last of the orange juice drove all night in your SUV and used the last roll of toilet paper too! Hard times are coming, and you were warned!

We all were warned...as far back as the 1960's..heck even President Carter said that we'd be in trouble if we didn't get ourselves off the oil habit, back in 1976.
In appreciation for his brave and honest assessment, we voted for Reagan, who let the Status Quo continue. It continued to continue up through today with that idiot bastard son in the White House, who didn't think bombing Persia (where the oil is) would lead to painful consequences.


In the 1980's the last of the V-8 automobiles rolled off of the assembly line to make way for more fuel efficient four cylinder cars. Of course, in hindsight, it appears that the auto companies purposely screwed up the Four-cylinder cars to make us wish for the "good old days" when an economy car was 318cu in.

In the 1990's the first SUV rolled off the assembly line...My reaction to that was. "Gosh! who wants to own that gas-sucking thing?" The answer was millions of stupid people who wanted to feel safe in oversize esteem-building tanks that were only used to commute through city traffic (with the least gas efficiency rating!).

Then, in the 2000's, The Hemi V-8 returns from the 70's! Why? Did we feel guilty about having some of the lowest gas prices in the world here in North America? And still the stupid people went in droves to buy these stupid cars to feel "strong" and "safe" or "secure" or to "get respect" and other completely pathetic reasons, born of the obscene consumerist culture, "you are nothing unless you have the latest thing!".

"All of a sudden", gas prices are rising ever higher. "How did this happen!?" the stupid people cluck.

I've heard every excuse in the book why people bought those fuel guzzling cars instead of the economy cars. No excuses! Now you really have to pay for your stupidity!

Others will have to pay as well. For example, the people who have businesses that rely on vehicles like Taxis, Buses, pickup trucks (and not for the mud-boggin' crowd, either!) and vans and Tractor-Trailers, Construction Equipment, etc.
Many of them will start going out of business because they won't be able to support their fleets. Maybe you work for one? Not for long! That's okay though, they won't be needed anyway once the infrastructure collapses. Public transit will be a thing of the past too, though it should have been the wave of the future!

But ya know what? There will be millions of innocent people who will pay more for the ego-driven pursuits of others.

The Poor will suffer the most. You know, those "bums" who are considered worthless because the don't have the means to find their way into a decent living because our collective selfishness and greed pushes them down further while we look down upon them with scorn? Many of them will indeed die...first in "underdeveloped" nations, who (let's face it) we don't give a fig about anyway, so what's the problem?

Then, the poor in our own countries will wither and die...first in "those other towns and cities", but then in our "own back yards". Once again, we don't give a fig, do we? "Better them than us" is something I hear too often!

Well here's the most delicious part! Guess who's going to replace them? That's right, oh great over-consumers with five maxed credit cards, you are the future Poor!

Bwaahh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!


Welcome to the Hell of your own making! Are you listening to us Hippies Now!?

The warnings were there for decades! You wouldn't listen!

Where will you find food? Supermarkets won't exist!

Where will you live? If you can't pay your mortgage or rent, better look at the "plus side" of a tent city or shanty town! Primitive living will be the new chic!

Water Supply and Drainage will likely be the same thing! What's that? You only thought that happened in "uncivilized countries"? It's amazing how Civilization disappears when there's nothing to sustain it!

No Hospitals, No Fire Dept, No Police...

What a wonderful future you selfish twits have made for yourselves...Serves you right, you bums!

But let me stop pointing the finger at "you".

We are all in this together whether we want to be or not.

We are all to blame.

Those of us who knew this was coming have a fair amount of blame to share as well.

You see, We failed.
We failed to find a way to reach those of "you" who didn't/wouldn't listen!
Some of us quit trying to reach "you", because we got tired of arguing with the business end of a brick wall.
That is our Greatest Mortal Sin.
Many of "Us" quit on "You" because we decided it was better to let "You" learn "your" lessons on "your" own. "You" knew better and one day "you" would figure it out. "You" would end up paying for "your" mistakes.

To be honest, that was akin to leaving children to play with matches in a room full of explosives on board a ship in the middle of the ocean. If the ship goes up in flames, we all sink! But the lesson would be learned, no?

The currency used for "you" to pay for "your" mistakes, is All of Us! And that is too steep a price, thank you very much!

So where are We now?

We are standing at the edge of a cliff, with the ground crumbling below our feet. Behind us is a line drawn on solid ground and a sign posted that simply says "unless". Beyond that sign is safety.

We all still know what we must do, but will we?

I will do my part. I can only speak for myself. I am stepping away from the edge and moving towards the line behind me. But I'm still tied to "you" with a rope, and no matter how much I pull backwards, if "you" go over the edge, eventually I will too.

What will "you" do?

I trust We can work it out and make a better world for Us All.

The solutions are in front of us...we need only throw our "wants" off the cliff rather than follow them to the final consequence below.

Who is with me?