Got Gas?

I survived the 2008 southern states gas shortage.
I have never in my life experienced something like this. I mean this is America. Land of the Free,Home of the Brave. Why can't I get some gas for my car? It'sbad enough I had to stop riding with the air conditioner on, and in hotlanta it's still 86F in October. Why no air? I CAN'T AFFORD IT BECAUSE GAS IS $4.29GAL!! I used to be able to fill my chevy cavelier up for $20, now it's $50 a week. But even still, I could at least find the gas when I needed it. Every place you went it was empty. Shell, BP,Quicktrip, Citgo,Exxon,all empty. And when you did find a place with gas, you had to wait forever to get some.I actually, had some old lady cut me off(after i waited 30 min) in her big old hearsemobile. I was too salty. All the stations looked like ghost towns. I mean what are we in Iraq for? And don't tell me it's to liberate the Iraqi people or to find weapons of mass destruction. It's all about control of the oil fields. so why don't i have any gas? The powers that be claim hurricane ike caused Texas to stop production in their off-shore refineries. Texas supplies all of southeastern america. I don't believe it. When Katrina struck, we still had gas. Katrina hit states from Texas to Alabama. It' a plot by big business to prevent environmentalists from lobbying for governent sponsored alternative fuel sources. It's funny how this happened right before the presidential elections. hmm. What I really don't understand is why gas couldn't be shipped in from other parts of the country? This lasted almost a month. People were running out of gas by the side of the road. Is it too much to ask for some gas?
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