So long, car wash.

Okay kids....since the morons who sit in Sacramento and Washington D.C. can't seem to figure out that we really shouldn't have to pay $3.83 a gallon for gas which is mainly purchased from the sick and twisted Middle East, I have decided to cut another thing out of my budget. My local car wash will no longer be seeing my awesome red truck. Sorry, guys. You'll have to find someone else to get your $2.00 tip from. Not that I took my truck to the car wash all the time. Usually I do it myself. But every now and then it is nice to have someone else do it. Sort of like when you go to the salon and someone else washes your hair. I feel bad that I can no longer support a local business but in these rough economic times you have to make tough choices.
The sad thing is, it doesn't have to be this way. We have oil off our coasts, we have oil in Alaska, and guess what? There's oil in Canada. Why are we buying oil from terrorists and murderers? The obvious answer is because a lot of people in high places are making a profit from it and they don't want to give that up. Why aren't we giving grants to scientists so they can develop alternative sources of fuel? The obvious answer is because a lot of people in high places wouldn't be able to make a big profit from it right away. Why are we paying farmers not to grow corn when corn could be used to produce ethanol which can be used to fuel our cars? The obvious answer is because a lot of people in high places wouldn't be able to make a profit from it right away.
But, brother, watch out when they figure it out!