In one of the most ridiculous segments to air on “Good Morning America,” reporter Bianna Golodryga worried that the unusually high gas prices could lead to poor health, less church and no Christmas. Holy Cow.
On Monday’s program, Golodryga warned viewers that she’s heard “reports” that “some people are foregoing routine visits to the doctor and are opting for cheaper foods, like pasta and peanut butter, as opposed to protein, fruits and vegetables, in order that they can save as much money as possible” at the pump.
The reporter also managed to find Juan Martinez of Phoenix, Arizona. According to Golodryga, the spike in prices has taken “a toll on the family’s relationship with God.” It seems as though the Martinez clan is cutting back on religious attendance due to the 40 mile journey trek to their church. (I could probably find a Tridentine Mass closer than that) Additionally, GMA featured footage of Golodryga shopping with Martinez as she lamented, “…Even holiday gift shopping won’t be the same.” Apparently, there will be less Christmas presents this year.
So the Middle East is preventing people from going to church and making Jesus birthday less fun. THE TERRORISTS ARE WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (H/T Newsbusters.org)
November 13, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Driving 40 miles to church does sound like a lot. How many churches do they drive by to get to the one they like? Among all the other reasons for uniting the body of Christ saving gas is one more.
November 14, 2007 at 9:08 pm
The inimitable Fran Parretto from Eternity Road, brought the high gas prices into perspective for me.
When I was a kid in 1964, I remember my dad being ticked off when gas reached 30 cents a gallon.
So people look at my dad and think “oh, he had it bad?”, but actually, he did.
Each dime in 1964 contained .071 oz of pure silver. So three dimes (30 cents) contained .231 oz pure silver.
Silver is currently trading around $15/ oz, so those three dimes that my dad used to buy his gallon of gas was actually worth…
$3.20 đŸ˜‰
So my dad paid more as a percentage of his salary than I do.
Some people pay $1.20 for 20 ounces of filtered water. That comes to…
$7.68 / gallon
Some people pay over $5 for a Starbuck’s happy-crappy-latte-mocha-ccino which comes to…
$32 / gallon.
We are such babies in this country any more. My grandfather’s generation would be ashamed of us.