"As the price of gas climbs, people's values decline"

Back from a weeklong meeting in Vermont...same old shit. Gas station owners are being run over by angry SUV lovers (quote from Jeff Lenard, National Assoc. of Convenience Stores spokesman, embedded in article); the religious right calls for the assassination of Hugo Chavez (see below), oil-hoarding and Islamic Communist Dictator.

How many more years can this last?