Making New Social Media Friends
This article might seem strange and out of place, but I want to share something very personal with you.
Read MoreThe Myth of American Energy Independence
Do you really think “American” oil producers and energy companies aren’t exactly like the Saudis, the Venezuelans, and the Russians when it comes to profiteering?
Read MoreThe Dangers of Horror Fatigue
These images are so hard to look at. But they are so important to see.
Read More100 Essential Albums: #90 — “Nothing Like the Sun” by Sting (1987)
Read More“I don’t give a fuck about rock and roll,” Sting emphatically declared in 1987. There was, he complained, “no new fuel in rock music.” Instead, Sting insisted, writers and musicians should be looking outside of rock and into African, jazz, raggae, funk, and even classical music: “Anything! Anything will do.”
The Dumbest “Protest” Ever: Driving ‘Round and ‘Round in Circles
Round and ’round they go. Where they stop, nobody knows.
Read MoreThe Oil Industry Boardroom
Meeting called to order.
Now, here’s what we’re going to do:
Read MoreMy Thoughts on Rising Gas Prices
“Oil companies want you to be their gasoline-addicted junkie.”
Read MoreThe Best Responses to Those Complaining About Gas Prices (4)
You laughed at me for driving a Honda Civic Hybrid that gets 40 miles/gallon.  You ridicule people who own a Toyota Prius.  You lied about wind energy and dismissed solar power.  Then, you went out and bought a $65,000 monster-ass truck with mag wheels that gets 12 miles to the gallon. And NOW, you expect me to listen to you bitching about rising gas prices?
#FU
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The Best Responses to Those Complaining About Gas Prices (3)
So, you’re pissed off at $5 a gallon gas. I totally get it. But what I don’t understand is why you blame this guy while the six biggest oil corporations in the world earned a whopping record $172 billion in profits while gouging American consumers. Sure, it’s easy to blame the guy you see. But the real problem is those you *don’t* see, secretly screwing the public behind the scenes, with their greedy hands deep in your pockets, and needles in your arms bleeding you dry.
— Nolan Dalla
Read MoreThe Best Responses to Those Complaining About Gas Prices (2)
Thank goodness the “gas-price whiners” and “personal freedom convoys” weren’t around during the early 1940s when our nation was fighting World War II and everything was rationed by the government. Just imagine how the outcome might have been different if social media was around back then to parrot millions of idiotic memes, twisted disinformation, and such grotesque displays of selfishness.
— Nolan Dalla
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