HOW LONG MUST AMERICA PUT UP WITH THE EAGER OIL BEAVER?

On my way to work this morning, I passed 2 gas stations. Prices were at $3.15 a gallon. Less than two hours later, they skyrocketed -- 3.49 a bloody effin' gallon. How long will America wait to realize that the oil companies are lining their pockets with OUR MONEY!?

Too long. And by then, I am so afraid it will be too late. America is FAR TOO DEPENDENT on oil.

So how do we force the corporate mojos to their knees? It won't be easy. In fact, it would be almost miraculous. Almost.

Here's what it would take. One solid seven-day stretch with as little gas consumption as humanly possible. I know for some of us this is a back-breaker -- two hour commutes, and such. But for MOST of us, we can scrape by.

How? Buy just a couple gallons of gas -- just enough to get by for one or two days. If every person who owned a car in America did this for ONE WEEK, those high-horses would buckle under the strain of all the excess oil.

It is high time we turned their rising price tide against them.

In the end, it will be either fill up and starve, or walk and eat another day. I'd rather eat than starve, so you know which boat *I* am in.

The Charge of the Goddess

Listen to the words of the Great Mother,
who of old was called
Artemis, Astarte, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite,
Cerridwen, Diana, Arionrhod, Brigid,
and by many other names:

Whenever you have need of anything,
once a month, and better it be when the moon is full,
you shall assemble in some secret place
and adore the spirit of Me Who is Queen of all the Wise.

You shall be free from slavery,
and as a sign that you be free you
shall be naked in your rites.
Sing, feast, dance, make music and love,
all in My presence,
for Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit
and Mine also is joy on Earth.

For My law is love unto all things.
Mine is the secret that opens
the door of youth,
and Mine is the cup of wine of life that is
the Cauldron of Cerridwen,
that is the holy grail of immortality.

I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal,
and beyond death I give peace and freedom
and reunion with those that have gone before.

Nor do I demand aught of sacrifice, for behold,
I am the Mother of all things
and My love is poured out upon the Earth.

Hear the words of the Star Goddess,
the dust of Whose feet are the hosts of Heaven,
Whose body encircles the universe.

I who am the beauty of the green earth
and the white moon among the stars
and the mysteries of the waters,
I call upon your soul to arise and come unto me.

For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe.
From Me all things proceed and unto Me they must return.
Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices,
for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.
Let there be beauty and strength,
power and compassion,
honour and humility,
mirth and reverence within you.

And you who seek to know Me,
know that the seeking and yearning will avail you not,
unless you know the Mystery:
for if that which you seek,
you find not within yourself,
you will never find it without.

For behold,
I have been with you from the beginning,
and I am That which is attained at the end of desire.

The Charge of The God

Listen to the Words of the Horned God,

Who was of old called among men:

Adonis, Tammuz, Dianus, Herne,

Bran, Beli, Lugh, Gwyn,

Dionysus, Osiris, Cernunnos, Pan,

And by many other Names.

O Secret of Secrets,

That art hidden in the being of all that lives,

Not Thee do we adore,

For That which adoreth is also Thou.

Thou art That, and That am I.

I am the Flame that burns in the heart of every being,

And in the core of every Star.

I am Life, and the Giver of Life,

Yet therefore is the Knowledge of Me

The Knowledge of Death and Resurrection.

I am alone, the Lord within ourselves,

Whose Name is Mystery of Mysteries.

I am the Horned God.

I am the Lord of the Universe,

The Father of all living,

The All-Devourer and the All-Begetter.

I am He Whose Seed lies strewn

As glittering Gems across velvet darkness

Within the Womb of the Mother.

I am the Lord of the Shadows

In the darkness of the Underworld,

For I am the Midnight Sun.

I am the Light of the Stars,

And the Spark of the Spirit Eternal,

For I am the God Within.

I am the Horned Leader of the Hosts of Air,

The Leader of the Wild Hunt,

The Judge of Gods and of Men.

I am the Hidden God,

Who ever yet remains,

For I dwell within the secret seed.

I am the seed of grain,

I am the seed of flesh,

I am the Seed of the Stars.

I am the Lord of the Heights,

I am the Lord of the Depths,

God of forest, of flock, and of field.

I am the Hunter and Hunted,

I am the wolf and the Shepherd,

I am the vine and the grain.

I am a Guiding Star above you,

I am a bright Flame before you,

I am a smooth Path beneath you.

I am the Light of Life.

I am the Flame of Love.

I am the Horned God!