Get Your Kicks With Crude at 66

Let's see...at $2.50 cents per gallon of gasoline--and, oh, a 40 gallon tank--a fill up will cost an even $100 dollars...

And then, if you live up north, you've got the heating bill to contend with...

However, the silver lining to this cloud is that the Gret Stet, at least, should collect plenty of revenue. For that matter, Needlenose noted that a certain South American populist likewise will be flush with cash, which, if invested wisely, could make for dramatic improvements in living standards for Venezuelans.

Of course, there's an additional cloud to this silver lining; namely, that money will also flow to areas that have a high concentration of people who aren't exactly friendly to the United States. In other words, the cost of driving around in SUVs includes payments to those who want to kill Americans.

Hummer--10 Miles to the Gallon. 2 Soldiers a day (that is, on a good day--sometimes, it's worse).