preparing in the face of stupidity and ignorance

ok, so I'm a little miffed today :) It's because I came across a couple things today:

1. Did you check out the new hummer ad? It shows this astronomer realizing that the world is about to be crushed by a huge asteroid, so he rushes to buy a customized hummer online, and then drives his fuel-efficient car to pick up the hummer. Then the tagline, "we're not saying, we're just saying."

What's the message? "Hey all you Christians! The world is going to end anyways, so why worry about the environment, dwindling oil supplies - or even your own credit? There is no future, so some have fun by buying a hummer!"

2. Here's a new AP "analysis" of the U.S. oil industry. It's utterly ridiculous - it uses all these points that obviously support Peak Oil to somehow conclude that the U.S. oil companies are underperforming in an effort to crank up profits. Idiots!

Net-net: Don't succumb to marketing, ignorance and stupidity. The self-proclaimed "conservative" viewpoint is anything but. Decide for yourself, but you'll have to work to shake off all the bad information.