Dang, perspective is everything… Anyone else ever thought of things this way? I keep hearing people complain that gasoline is over $4.00 a gallon. And yes, I'd love to see it at $2.00 again. But before we declare gasoline the most outrageously expensive liquid on Earth, let's put things in perspective. For $4.00, I get a GALLON of gasoline. I pour it into a 4,000-pound machine, turn a key, and that gallon will haul me, the groceries, the golf clubs and half the junk in my trunk almost 30 miles down the highway. That's actually a pretty impressive day's work for $4.00. Now let's compare. A restaurant sells me a 5-ounce glass of wine for $9. That's about $230 a gallon. And how far does it transport me? Usually from the dinner table to the women's room. A fancy coffee shop can charge $6 for a 16-ounce latte. That's $48 a gallon. It doesn't transport me 30 miles. It transports me from "Leave me alone" to "Okay, now you may speak." Bottled water at a convenience store might be $2.50 for 20 ounces. That's $16 a gallon, for something that occasionally falls out of the sky FOR FREE. A 12-ounce energy drink at $3.50 works out to more than $37 a gallon. Apparently caffeine becomes a precious mineral once you put lightning bolts on the can. Buy one of those little 2-ounce bottles of "energy shot" for $3. That's $192 a gallon. At that price, it shouldn't give me energy. It should mow my lawn. Maple syrup at $8 for a 12-ounce bottle? About $85 a gallon. And its principal technological achievement is making pancakes sticky. Vanilla extract at $6 for two ounces? That's $384 a gallon. For $384, I expect the vanilla bean to come to my house and bake the cookies. Printer ink can cost thousands of dollars per gallon. And unlike gasoline, it sometimes refuses to come out because the printer has decided cyan is low. Even that $9 glass of wine deserves another look. At roughly $230 a gallon, filling a typical 15-gallon gas tank with restaurant wine would cost about $3,450. Of course, after drinking 15 gallons of wine, transportation would no longer be your biggest concern. So yes, $4.00 gasoline is expensive. But it's also a remarkable bargain when you think about what you're buying. You're purchasing enough concentrated energy to push several thousand pounds of steel, glass, groceries and humanity nearly 30 miles. Meanwhile, we'll cheerfully pay $6 for coffee, $9 for wine and $3 for water, then stand at the gas pump staring at the numbers like we're watching the national debt clock. Maybe gasoline doesn't need better pricing. Maybe it just needs a fancier name. "Handcrafted Premium Petroleum, locally pumped, small-batch refined, with subtle notes of octane and dinosaur." Put it in a 12-ounce artisan bottle and charge $14. We'll line up around the block. FEEL FREE TO COPY THIS LIKE I DID.

I’m sick of paying for these freeloaders, aren’t you? If you come here on a green card you should be able to support yourself!!

Sounds like 9-11 dispatchers are not qualified.

If I ruled the world, intentionally blocking traffic would be a serious felony. (Like my new logo? One of my buddies made it for me. I love it!)

The US Congress is shit. I only know one worth keeping John Fetterman. The rest of both houses are lying cheating garbage.

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It's been 2065 days since the murder of Ashli Babbitt and Michael Byrd is still walking around free. @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @TheJusticeDept #JusticeForAshliBabbit Explain that.

On occasion, they deserve it. If you don't agree try eating MREs for weeks or months at a time.

But not enough pay.

Why don't we have a functional Justice Deportment?. The crooks are well know, but No arrests.

RIP Greg Holmes from MN. Served Alpha 1st platoon 1/1 from67/68 Left Khe Sahn April 68 with third Purple Heart.

Starlink running real slow.

How heavily is X being censored?

TIME TO VOTE NO INCUMBENTS. Our election system is making it difficult by not letting us know on the ballot who the incumbent is.

When are we going to get a real working Justice Dept including a real AG?

Where's the ARREST?

Our combat Veterans are being treated like shit. I hope the Sec of VA reads this because our Vietnam Vets are dying not from lack of support from the VA Hospitals, but lack of the VA giving a shit. End of speech

A Veterans resources are the VA, dead end. DAV great in some states like Texas but not NM, IN or AZ. In Arizona we have the Arizona State Veterans Services. Great. Using the VA or DAV 💩

This is the account of a Vietnam combat Vet. How does a combat Vet lose a leg and has medical issue's with the other leg making work impossible? And yet gets refused 100% disability? How does a combat Vet diagnosed with Prostate cancer and cannot work get refused 100%? How does a combat Vet treated for years for PTSD and documented still get no disability? Our VA system is BROKEN. Stay out of combat and ride a desk or its a long battle with a corrupt VA