About those low gas prices when Obama took office

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26. My wife and I were also keying off the pessimism on DU and other

left-leaning sites to pay down our debt and, as the crisis grew acute, to stockpile dried and canned goods in anticipation of a possible breakdown in the food supply chain.

I remember during one particularly acute time visiting an Army surplus store that was almost completely deserted and wondering if I were losing my mind or if LA collectively had its head completely up its ass. Since the cataclysm never came to pass, I suppose I will never know for sure. I'm actually glad the cataclysm never occurred, as it would have necessarily meant the suffering of large numbers of the working classes. Except for the egg on my face at my unwarranted alarmism. But that's just bruised vanity speaking.