| We've all seen the movie Road Warrior, and it was a | | | | turn on one another over gasoline? And what about |
| great flick indeed, and yet, somewhat scary when you | | | | food shortages, everyone would be forced to stay |
| think about it. After all, what would happen if the US | | | | home. Would people riot in the streets? It could be a |
| ran out of oil completely? Some say not much, but I | | | | component of a Civil War, but it wouldn't be the cause. |
| would beg to differ. Why you ask? Well, simple really, | | | | In fact, I truly believe that our free-market would solve |
| everything we have comes by truck, train, or plane, | | | | the problem in short order. All the government has to |
| sometimes some of all three. School buses take our | | | | do is deregulate the small business inventor, |
| children to school and the US is a mobile society, | | | | entrepreneur and millions of people like me would solve |
| without fuel, ouch! | | | | the problem using the free market system. Heck, |
| But some say it's even worse than that, in fact, one | | | | maybe Americans would lose some weight. |
| "doom and gloom" caller, a tourist from the Middle East, | | | | Oh and too that caller or any other international citizen |
| called into our radio show the other day stated; | | | | listening, yes, our nation is armed to the teeth, you |
| "Imagine what will happen in the US if you actually run | | | | wouldn't even believe me if I told you. Enough so, that |
| out of fuel. Your people are already armed to the | | | | the citizenry alone could fight off any Army invading, |
| teeth. If you run out of fuel it will take 24 hours to turn | | | | and yes we do have enough bullets to fend them off. |
| you all into animals. No if's, ands, or buts." | | | | Well, I hope you enjoyed today's topic alright. |
| Baloney, I said, but then I thought about it. Would people | | | | |