Gas went up all of 30 cents in the past month and now it's driving everyone into the poor house? One guy I saw on Headline News showed a guy pawning an antique watch who stated he only got a check a month from the government and was driving a Jaguar. Why does a guy on public assistance need a Jaguar? I don't care if he did pick it up for $3k as was mentioned, a VW Rabbit or a Geo Metro can be found for under a grand, and neither one will cost as much per mile as a Jaguar. Hell, I've got a job and I drive a Ford Contour that cost less than his Jag's resale value and is decently fuel efficient. If you're driving a nicer car than me and you're collecting food stamps, don't expect me to feel sorry for you.

But that's another rant altogether. It just seems strange to me that all of a sudden, we're being bombarded by these stories from all over the country. Even more suspicious is the fact that all of these news reports are coming from Local TV affiliates, not newspapers. For those of you on the other side of the pond, local TV news broadcasts are generally as the retarded cousin of journalism.

The rise in customers at pawn shops seeking gas money would have nothing to do with the fact that pawning your TV to fill up your tank sounds a hell of a lot better than telling the pawn dealer that you need money for meth, right? I'd be interested to hear how many of these people looking for "gas money" have horribly decayed teeth and were overly twitchy during the transaction.

Just wait, there will be more. By the end of July, someone will claim they committed murder for gas money. And it'll be all over the national news. I'd put money on it.