we're doubly fucked: ap

this picture came through on yahoo news, attached to the "stimulus packages are coming" headline. click the pic, however, and you'll see a headline "food prices spark protest."

to ms. anonymous gas-tank-filler:
you'll get a lot more sympathy from the ichf staff when you're filling something other than that audi suv. in fact, bicycles don't even need gas! idiot.

update: a group in san francisco has organized a PRAY-IN to lower gas prices. normally, asking god for price controls is the domain of the president alone, but he has been too busy asking for nachos, a gun that lights poor people on fire, and a rangers world series victory.

update 2: i totally forgot about yesterday's canary in the coal mine...i was at costco buying the supercheap stuff from the food court. you wouldn't imagine the kind of line i saw yesterday...bigger than i've ever seen in my years of getting cheap food there. screw rice, i'm stocking up on hot dogs and soft serve. the line at the costco gas station was equally gnarly.