In response to the hideous email I found from them in my mail box whining about $4/gallon gas:
I was surprised and saddened to see your latest screed berating oil companies for supposedly "gouging" consumers with expensive gas prices. No one held a gun to anyone's head and told people to live a life of conspicuous consumption that included senseless hours of precious life wasted in a single occupant vehicle on a tax payer financed highway that is destroying the earth, one mcmansion at a time. It is ridiculous to blame oil companies for americans being the fat lazy SUV drivers that they are, and while I am no fan of the oil industry, i'm even less of a fan of people who can't take responsibility for the lifestyle choices they make at the expense of the health of the rest of the world, and anything that disincentivizes driving is a positive in my book. Americans need to be pushed to get out of the cars and their alienated suburban way of life. My 3 mile bike ride to work is a part of my self-righteous and ever so pious decision to choose to live in a way that i don't need a car. As the wealthiest nation on earth, we should be more generous and not treat the destruction of the environment as our right, and try to waste time manipulating congress on such a short-sighted vote winning strategy. You have turned into a shameful organization of borg-like zealots. You no longer think for yourselves and are just looking for something to be mad about. And I will look down my nose and piously judge you for it.
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You Rock! Hopefully some of the zealots will be swayed by your argument.
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