Spiraling out of control

“Standard personality tests revealed that the starving individuals experienced a large rise in the "neurotic triad" -- hypochondriasis, depression, and hysteria.” (Brozek, Josef. "Psychology of Human Starvation and Nutritional Rehabilitation." The Scientific Monthly 70 (1950): 270-274.)

I am saddened today by the alarming conditions in the USA. Starving in the land of plenty… does the bible not warn us of this?

Today there are gas shortages in many areas. What will our world be like if there is no more gas… no oil to be had? Already we have people who are spending hours looking for gas; some of them running out and stranded before they can get gas for their vehicles; pulling guns on each other; following the tanker trucks to see where they might be delivering gas in the hopes of buying a gallon or two to get to work.

In the beginning we all thought the government would pull us out of this mess somehow some way. After 911 and the second Iraq war things have quickly gone from bad to worse. Gas prices have risen higher and higher and the government has never once stepped in. The oil producers’ suddenly are kings and there is nothing we can do. Even though this is a time of high technology – why can’t they produce more oil? As gas prices rise so does every thing else. Food; because the trucking companies pass the cost of fuel on to the grocers and they pass it right on down to us, milk; eggs; bread; rice….staples of American tables will continue to rise as farmers give up trying to make a living from the land. Land will be sold off for parking lots for all the cars that have no gas to run them. Yes, we are spiraling out of control and the government’s solution….. hum let’s bail out some of these big corporations who screwed up and let’s us not worry about middle America. After all they are used to high taxes and having nothing but mediocre lives because most of the money earned goes back to the government for taxes. Let them stay home and watch TV if they can afford the cable bills. Sad little lives with nothing to watch on TV or the movies but celebration of immortalities in America.