"God, deliver us from these high gas prices. That's all they have to say!"

[Bluebear]

From streetsblog:

As this country goes bonkers over $4-per-gallon gasoline, it would seem a good time for a sober discussion about our near-total dependence on one unsustainable mode of transport. But as modern Americans, we generally prefer whining to introspection. And when whining doesn't work, well, there's always prayer.

Enter Rocky Twyman, a choir director and PR guy who, as the San Francisco Chronicle reports, has tapped into the national zeitgeist by arranging "pray-ins" at gas stations from DC to California.

"God is the only one we can turn to at this point," said Twyman, 59. "Our leaders don't seem to be able to do anything about it. The prices keep soaring and soaring."

To solve the problem, Twyman isn't begging the Lord for any specific act of intervention. He is not asking God to make OPEC pump more oil. Nor is he praying for all the speculative investors to be purged from the New York Mercantile Exchange, where crude oil is traded.

Instead, he says anyone who wants to follow his example should keep it simple.

"God, deliver us from these high gas prices," Twyman said. "That's all they have to say."

It's just that simple, folks.

http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/29/americans-turn-to-prayer-at-the-pump/

"$4 a gallon gasoline? That's interesting!" - George W. Bush

[Horse with no Name]

1. I'm sure God has been a cheerleader for the raping of the natural resources

and the murdering of Middeasterners to get that oil.

If the truth be told...God IS answering prayers. His own.

[spoony]

4. Poignant and all-too-true

[Turbineguy]

2. I'll drive down there right now.

San Francisco? I can make that in about 12 hours if I go heavy on the gas pedal.

[Fumesucker]

3. Prayers are always answered..

The answer is usually "no"..

[Crunchy Frog]

5. God deliver us from our stupidity, greed, and wastefulness.

God give us the sense to manufacture and purchase high fuel efficiency vehicles, and invest in public transport, and infrastructure that encourages walking, and alternative energy sources. Amen.

[featherman]

6. "You ain't seen nothing yet" - signed "God"

[Bluebear]

7. ---

Sad but

:spray:

[SmellsLikeDeanSpirit]

8. Get a bike, carpool, walk, take public trans, ect

Quit whining.

[Tyler Durden]

11. No bus, 26 miles to work, nobody lives here, 55 years old, etc.

Up yours.

[tyedyeto]

9. Oh My Fucking Gosh...... Are these people really out there?

People having 'pray-ins' at gas stations?

That is some fucked up shit.

[Arctic Dave]

10. God, please deliver us from high oil prices

so I can keep driving my 10 mpg bloated monstrosity of a vehicle.
P.S. God, why did you give all those dirty brown people America's oil.
Amen.