Comments on: Makes a Chrisitan want to cuss… http://mlhodges.com/2007/05/21/makes-a-chrisitan-want-to-cuss/ Words inspire, motivate, and incite mental riots that result in change... Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:20:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Joel http://mlhodges.com/2007/05/21/makes-a-chrisitan-want-to-cuss/#comment-55 Joel Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:32:15 +0000 http://mlhodges.com/?p=91#comment-55 While I believe there are many reasons for the rise in the price of gas, it doesn't help that much of America has been lulled into a need (and sometimes false) to drive. Our lifestyles force us to drive. For example, commuting to work from distant suburbs that we have moved to for safe,comfortable living with good schools. Or what about the size of the burbs--you HAVE to drive around to do simple things. The funny thing is that most of America does not live in dense cities like New York, Chicago, or San Francisco. Most of us live where driving is necessary. So cutting back on the amount of driving you do isn't always feasible. Oil companies have a captive market that they will continue to exploit. The sad thing is that even with record profits, they don't ban together to provide some kind of at least temporary relief from from the rise of crude oil prices. Can't a brother get just a .20 break for a month or so? While we haven't seen gas prices that will truely change driving habits, I don't know if that will be a good thing if we do. Much of the American economy will come to a crawl or standstill. Something has to give. Will we continue to pay more? Will the oil giants figure out how to provide relief? Or will the economy get crushed? While I believe there are many reasons for the rise in the price of gas, it doesn’t help that much of America has been lulled into a need (and sometimes false) to drive. Our lifestyles force us to drive. For example, commuting to work from distant suburbs that we have moved to for safe,comfortable living with good schools. Or what about the size of the burbs–you HAVE to drive around to do simple things.

The funny thing is that most of America does not live in dense cities like New York, Chicago, or San Francisco. Most of us live where driving is necessary. So cutting back on the amount of driving you do isn’t always feasible. Oil companies have a captive market that they will continue to exploit. The sad thing is that even with record profits, they don’t ban together to provide some kind of at least temporary relief from from the rise of crude oil prices. Can’t a brother get just a .20 break for a month or so?

While we haven’t seen gas prices that will truely change driving habits, I don’t know if that will be a good thing if we do. Much of the American economy will come to a crawl or standstill. Something has to give. Will we continue to pay more? Will the oil giants figure out how to provide relief? Or will the economy get crushed?

]]> By: MARK http://mlhodges.com/2007/05/21/makes-a-chrisitan-want-to-cuss/#comment-50 MARK Tue, 22 May 2007 19:27:22 +0000 http://mlhodges.com/?p=91#comment-50 DID YOU SAY GAS PRICES ARE GOING UP? GET OUT OF HERE, I AM A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND I SEE NO EASING OF TRAFFIC ANYWHERE. SO I CAN'T TELL THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING HIT THAT HARD BY GAS PRICES. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS OUR CONSUMER APPETITES FOR CONVENIENCE HAS PUT US IN A POSITION OF PSEUDO DEPENDENCE. WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE OR ADJUST OUR LIFESTYLES,THAT HAVE BECOME COMFORTABLE IN,BECAUSE OUR PROSPERITY MAKES US FEEL INTITLED. INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT GAS PRICES WHY NOT CUT BACK ON SOME OF THE DRIVING YOU DO? JUST A THOUGHT. AND ABOUT THOSE CUSSING CHURCH FOLK IT'S NOT JUST GAS PRICES SOME OF THEM JUST LIKE TO CUSS! DID YOU SAY GAS PRICES ARE GOING UP? GET OUT OF HERE, I AM A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND I SEE NO EASING OF TRAFFIC ANYWHERE. SO I CAN’T TELL THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING HIT THAT HARD BY GAS PRICES. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS OUR CONSUMER APPETITES FOR CONVENIENCE HAS PUT US IN A POSITION OF PSEUDO DEPENDENCE. WE DON’T WANT TO CHANGE OR ADJUST OUR LIFESTYLES,THAT HAVE BECOME COMFORTABLE IN,BECAUSE OUR PROSPERITY MAKES US FEEL INTITLED. INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT GAS PRICES WHY NOT CUT BACK ON SOME OF THE DRIVING YOU DO? JUST A THOUGHT. AND ABOUT THOSE CUSSING CHURCH FOLK IT’S NOT JUST GAS PRICES SOME OF THEM JUST LIKE TO CUSS!

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