*snicker*

Last time gas was at 3,5$ a gallon (which is 0,97 cents a liter) was back in 1995.

Prices here rose up to 1.32 Euro a liter before the holidays (easter) - 5 cents within three days and as always the petrol mafia told customers that it was because of the high prices on the market because the US bought all the crude oil. Yeah right. Anyway, just to let you know how much that is per gallon: it's 4.2 Euro and with the current exchange rate of 1.33 Dollar per Euro that's 6.27 US$. You'd have to pay that here in germany if you came here and wanted to drive around in a rented car.

Now back in 1998 the exchange rate was the complete opposite (you only got 0.80 Dollar for a Euro) so 9 years ago you'd actually would pay less in germany than you pay in the US now.

So actually, considering that we have to pay 82% taxes per liter, gas in the US is actually much more expensive. The taxes added are used for pensions as well as eco stuff (8% of the 82% are eco-tax).

So people like Bill Maher now think it's time to add an extra tax to US petrol to save the environment.

In my opinion it's already too late IF you simply add it.

If you ask me, you get ripped off way more by your petrol companies than we do. We get ripped of by the state - we have to pay a lot of taxes, some of which are used to save the environment (yeah right) and pay for the pensions of our elderly (which is not me - duh!) so something is seriously wrong over there when I see profits of Exxon et al rise to all time highs.

But to get back on topic - this free gas makes me think of the late 70ies where there was an actual petrol crisis. I would not be _glad_ to get free gas and would not accociate thankfulness with the show for that gas - I would get pissed because of the situation.

So if you ask me, free tickets to a Nascar race or something like that could've been a better idea. This think just rubs it in if you ask me.

So I think it was a great idea to focus on the hot girls and overall give this posting an enjoyable spin. Great photos, thanks for posting them I love hot chicks next to great muscle cars nobody can afford anymore because of... nah let's just focus on the nice girls. *drool* :-D

Nathan Fillion fans would watch him cook breakfast, dig weeds, watch "American Idol," whatever he was up to at the time...

My favorite Nathan-related quote of all time, from his mom, the wonderfully named Cookie: "We're just glad he found something to do."

Do Nathan Fillion fans really want to see him pumping gas?

This stunt has to be the most symbolically humiliating thing imaginable. Asking an actor to pump gas? Talk about forcing a smile...

That looks distinctly like a Dodge Challenger, not a Charger.