California gas stations begin to shut on record-high prices

California gas stations begin to shut on record-high prices. “Gas is costing me almost $4.75 a gallon with taxes. There’s no sense in staying open. The profit margins are so low it’s not worth it.” Good thing they have those wind-powered cars and don’t need to rely on dirty oil. Hey, is that a bullet train we hear a comin’? Nope, just the wind whistlin’ thru Moonbeam’s ears.

Bonfire of the Absurdities: After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.

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  • Just had a discussion with some liberal lunatics on FB. They blame Reagan for turning loose the mental patients in California when he was Governor. So I mentioned the "coincidence" that the state turned into liberal La-La-Land right after the loonies were released. Maybe that was the ACLU's plan?

    • Reagan turned mental patients loose? I didn't even know that Jerry Brown had been committed. Huh. Figures.

      Were these lunatics able to satisfactorily explain Moochelle's patient dumping scheme? I mean, is it possible to do this in a "good" way?

      • They said they saw it in a New York Times article. Therefore, I discounted it because of the source. They also claimed he didn't lower tax rates, nor was there an increase in government revenue.

  • Californians will respond to this grim news by voting for Obama.

    One definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over, thinking it will magically change. Californians keep reelecting the same politicians who got them into this economic hell hoping that, somehow, they'll fix things.

  • Wait until AB 32 Kicks in (California's very own cap & trade program) signed by Schwartasstupid.

  • .” There’s no sense in staying open. The profit margins are so low it’s not worth it.”

    The New Economic Patriotism will punish that kind of treasonous thought.

  • Someone who is wiser or smarter will be able to post the picture " Who needs oil , I ride the bus ".

    I heard a sound bite today that was the result of the ridiculous attempt to spin the crap job Obama did last night into something else . It said " I reject your reality and substitute my own ."

    Its all they have , as reality is something they all hate .