The above poll shows a number of data sets. Sure, on the outside you only see two bars of results from the poll relating to the single question asking if readers feel gasoline will ever drop below three bucks per gallon again. I, however, don't always take things at face value. I dig deep as is shown all over this crude blog.Simpletons will say, "Gee, 67% of people say gas prices won't go below $3/gallon again."
I also refer to those 67% as realists. Others would call them pessimists.Some would say that the other 33% of respondents are optimists thinking that gas prices will indeed dip below $3/gallon. I prefer to think of them as another word -- idiots.
You have to understand where I'm coming from to know how I arrived at the scientifically studied conclusion that 1/3 of Americans (33%=1/3, right?) are then idiots. I see this not only in scientific polls such as this one but in my daily life. Hell, sometimes even I fit into that dreaded 33% idiot pool where the sun sets in the east, down is up and dinosaurs lurk around every corner waiting to steal your chocolate frosty. It's an unpleasant world to live in -- especially if you believe that there's a snowball's chance in hell that gas prices will dip below level not seen since early in 2008.Hey, I'd rather be totally wrong about this prediction than be right and be able to gloat about being right but either way, I'm in the majority. Are you?
