my beef

ok so im listening to the news tonight and one thing sounds louder than the rest. "with the devistation Katrina left gas prices are gonna sour..." well correct me if im wrong but gas started to jump long before this happened. why would THEY use such a horrific tragity to justift gas prices? i really don't understand. am i the only one who doesn't care about that as much as the utter loss and destruction in the world. how can we bitch when there are people who lost everything....their houses, possessions, everything material and more importantly. the loss of life. in such mass numbers that who knows what the real number is. and when it will stop. don't get me wrong-the price of gas is outragious but the two shouldn't be tied together. my prayers go out to everyone who has been touched by this disaster and i hope finally people will look at whats really important in their lives and do the right thing. whatever that may be individual to everyone