Godless Mom in the Bible Belt

Warning: Rant ahead...Proceed at own risk.

It seems to me that years from now historians will look back on the Iraq war and freely discuss the fact that oil had a lot to do with the Bush administration's decision to remove Saddam Hussein from power. You can talk about WMDs and ties to terrorism all you want, you can paint the war in the noble colors of freedom and democracy but the fact is the people who make up the Bush administration have had their eye on the prize beneath the Iraqi soil for a long time. Now I'm not so cynical that I believe oil was their only motivation, but I honestly feel that we are pulling the wool over our eyes if we refuse to acknowledge the role black gold has played in the current situation.

Now, I hate those stupid "Support Our Troops" car magnets that people put on the ass end of their vehicles and I become particularly annoyed when I see such ribbons on gas-guzzling SUVs. (If we really wanted to support our troops, we would do everything in our power to dramatically reduce our reliance on foreign oil thereby eliminating the need to attack other countries in order to gain control of the stuff.) So, you can imagine the indignant tirade I went into when this vehicle pulled out in front of me on my way home from the grocery store this weekend.






But that's not the worst of it...This is what the vehicle looked like from the side.





It's a freaking stretch Hummer! I have only one thing to say to anyone who could be so glib as to put a "Support Our Troops" magnet on such a vehicle. YOU SIR, ARE A MONUMENTAL ASS!!