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BOUNCER MIKE: I didn't get it at first because
I don't follow politics, I just follow the law. But now I'm hearing all these reports in the media that Bush and Cheney
and all those other New World Order punks were behind the mortgage fraud and the high gas prices. I'm starting to read some really
weird conspiracy theory books about how the quickest way a government can seize control of its citizens is by inducing massive economic hardship. I'm starting to feel like a slave workin' for peanuts. |
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COLLEGE STUDENT: I'm riding my mountain bike to class these days. I'm not even
using much electricity, now that I have moved into a solar mobile home park near the lake. I use my solar backpack to power
my laptop, so I'm good wherever I go. I have finally concluded there's no need to FREAK over PEAK oil. |
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MR. BIG BIZ: What we are seeing is a magnificent run-up in oil, perhaps the most
important run-up for investors in the history of investing. I just bought a million more shares of my own oil company stock.
Oil almost made Wall Street's $150 target by the Fourth of July. I see oil running past 200 by the end of the year,to be honest.
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JENNIFER: I hate this oil crisis yet I've learned a lot from it. I realize that I don't have to spend more on gas at all. I found work online, so I'll be working from home from here on out. I do
environmental consulting. We look past the oil industry. We're starting to get into solar and wind. I predict that by 2012 we
won't need oil companies for anything anymore. |
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SKULL MADISON: We need to applaud the oil industry for taking control of the world's energy and making record profits for several quarters in a row now. I realize some people are idiots and need simple facts to be explained on a third grade reading level: that oil fuels the war economy. During every war the price of oil skyrockets. It's great to have control of oil, because he who controls oil writes the headlines, controls the futures market and defines the wartime economy. |
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GURU DION: Man, gas prices are out of control. It's just a buncha lame conspiracy over and over again. It's not hidden from the wise. Just because most people don't have a clue about what's going on, doesn't mean
everyone is stupid. Yes, I pay the damn gas prices because I am forced to. Unfortunately, I can't find work anywhere except out of
town. It's because most right wing business owners hate me for telling it like it is. They think I'm a smart ass. But let me tell you something. I'd rather be a smart ass like me than a dumb ass like them. |
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GOOFBALL GREG: I finally realize that Bush is a liar. I can't believe I voted
for that imposter twice. I just got laid off along with 10,000 other fools at my company all because of the
Bush recession. It turns out the company is going bankrupt because it borrowed too much money
to aggressively try to become number one in the market. They did it because they were trying to mirror Bush's economical
policy of spending as much as you can now and let someone else worry about it later. |