Suddenly GM's CEO has got religion and is saying that the price of gas should be raised a dollar. Of course, it has nothing to do with their latest car. har har

Capitalism creates a dog-eat-dog society where it's OK to screw your neighbor if you come out ahead. Everyone is looking for the deal, the best bargain, the cheapest labor. Businesses take the attitude that no matter how much they get taxed or regulated, the customer will always pay for it. In school the principles of the American Revolution get boiled down to the importance of freedom and not having to pay taxes. "United We Stand" gets short shrift except when we are fighting someone outside our borders, and we always seem to be fighting someone out there. Fear is our unifying force instead of love for what makes our country worth living in. At the same time fear is used to divide us by people who are only interested in their own personal gain. We get hooked on the soma of TV and video games or on actual drugs so that it takes a more and more blatant threat to our survival to rouse some people to action. End of rant.