"South America Hates Americans!"

As I was waiting for a ride to lunch today, something I rarely do, I was taken aback by the Ford Expedition parked barely 3 yards away. It literally startled me, to find this SUV with posterboard taped to the back.

Upon closer inspection, I realized this Ron Paul supporter (allegedly) has written the names of those companies who import middle eastern oil, and the number of barrels.

Now I can only assume this intrepid researcher got those figures from some government agency, and not a crazy militia website. I do enjoy how Xenophobic Xavier (you do better) lists those who import middle eastern oil, and then at the bottom gives the old finger to the South Americans for good measure. I think, for the record, it's just Venezuela who has an out and out hatred/desire for vengeance towards the Estados Unidos. And just in case you were not 100% sure on this Minuteman's views towards the importation of oil from foreign countries, he writes NO! and encapsulates it in a big red rectangle. Now, to show you he's not a completely negative guy, let's gaze at the poster on the right:

George Washington here has compiled a handy list of the stations and companies you should be buying your gas from. It just so happens these places make the kind of gas that rots your engine from the inside out. And for continuity sake, he lets you know that this is the YES! list, and since red is a classic danger color, a nice soothing blue is used for this rectangle.

Now I wonder what Alan Greenspan here would say if you asked him why he is driving such a big fucking gas guzzler in the first place, and does he know he wouldn't be using up so much goddamn gas in a smaller car? This illustrates the super-point he was trying to make here, which is we need to close our borders and use up as much of our own oil as possible. He certainly doesn't care about the pollution aspect of it (Expedition), so basically what we have here is an advocate for the kind of climate and closed borders that China has. And it has worked out swimmingly for them.

Listen, I know that's a pretty simplistic and specious argument I just made, but the main point is this: There are a lot of stupid people and they fucking love to give their stupid opinions. No one cares what your fucking stance is on the oil you put in your car; the only thing I care about is if you sit too long at a green light. I will get Hugo Chavez to garrote your throat open if you don't press down on the goddamn vertical pedal on the right!