My friend Pablo, (cheshire42) recently wrote something that I wanted to share. I got his permission. And so, w/out further ado….

HIT BY THE CRAZY!

1. Oil is a precious commodity with a finite, limited supply.
2. Human beings are using more oil every day, as more of the world gains access to its oily wonders.
3. People can charge lots of money for oil as a result.
4. Like many things, Oil is great in moderation, dangerous when used heavily, and a hard habit to break once you’re hooked. And most of us are hooked.
5. Realizing this, people that control the oil can charge a lot more for it, because they know they have so many people hooked like slobbering heroin junkies.
6. People need their fix so bad, they’ll go to war for it.
7. Only sometimes, that don’t work out so hot. War happens… and surprise! Oil’s still expensive. In fact… strangely… it’s being sold for more than ever before.
8. When confronted about all of this, the powers that be in Oil Land shrug their shoulders and say ‘well, gosh folks, it sure is hard to bring that Oil you love your way. We sure aren’t in this for the money, we are altruistic knights of Petrol. We’re just selling it at cost, plus some adjustments for our rising expenses.’
9. Uh huh. Yet strangely, most if not all Oil companies seem to be posting record profits.
10. The price of gas is rising, rising rising… and people are still driving SUV’s, full-size trucks and the like.
11. Since they’re getting away with it, the folks in Oil Land seem just OK with jacking the prices even higher.
12. Oh, golly! The Oil Greed Fest is sending the rest of the Economy into a tail spin! PANIC!
13. Faced with making tough choices (with long-term benefits) or lazy choices (which will prolong, if not horribly complicate the issue)…
14. …our corrupt goon squad of so-called leaders are calling for Offshore Drilling. Let’s trash the environment even more in order to hand more Oil to a band of thieves to prolong the Gas Addiction and add more blood money to Big Oil’s coffers.
15. We certainly can’t regulate the Oil Companies! That would be an affront to the God of Capitalism. Just like drugs, porn or wacky religion, if you don’t like Oil, don’t use it…right?
16. We certainly can’t pursue an aggressive Alternate Energy Policy, especially one that would eventually eliminate the need for Oil. Because, you know… quitting an addiction is hard, and it’s much easier to deny the 800 ton Gorilla than send it away. Gorillas hit hard.
17. We certainly can’t take steps to reduce the addiction’s hold, like, I dunno, getting rid of fuel-inefficient junkie mobiles like SUV’s and full-sized Trucks. Cause using a hybrid to carry groceries and the kids just doesn’t say ‘Ignore my small Penis’ or ‘Boy, I sure wish I had a Penis’ as loud and proud as using an SUV to do those things.

And the smart money is saying that very piece of insanity will happen.

Now me, I think that’s sheer, utter stupid dumb horrible madness. However, I get the feeling that I am in the minority on this.

Therefore, I must’ve been…

HIT BY THE CRAZY!

It’s crazy to want this idiocy to cease.

It’s crazy to wish for an end to Oil Addiction.

It’s crazy to want an end to the Oil War, a war whose biggest victim is the living mother of us all, the world we all live in and will die without.

It’s crazy to dream of hitting the terrible men and women behind all of this madness, and hit them so hard they’ll never ever want to pursue it again.

It’s crazy when clean, viable alternatives to Oil Crack are seen as weak, expensive, inferior objects of ridicule and hate – and the dark matter of petroleum lust that poisons the Earth is the holy ideal.

It’s crazy to live in a world where hypocrites wage a War on Drugs, preaching abstinence and virtue, and yet do nothing to stop the most dangerous drug in the world – Oil. In fact, they’re doing everything in their power to keep us deeply and painfully addicted to it.

Crazy.

I’ve been hit by the Crazy, and I want to hit back.