Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
I'll second that sentiment.
I dislike the fact that most politicians here feels the need to tread lightly on anything oil-related. They can't speak out against oversized and unjustifiable SUVs for fear of offending the gas-guzzling electorate. The overriding sentiment of entitlement in the United States is sickening. The whole idea that we are the greatest nation in the world, are fundamentally superior, and are thus entitled to anything we damn well want, including consuming half the world's resources, producing 2/3 of its waste, and driving a Hummer H2 through Manhattan.
I heard something on the radio this morning suggesting that a number of countries (including, but certainly not limited to, the US) were calling on the oil producing nations to increase their output/reduce their prices. I always thought in a capitalist state, the idea was that people were free to make as much money as they possibly can? Yet here were the same people who preach the capitalist gospel trying to apply a communist principle. Am I the only one who can see the double-standard?