The Oil Drum

Washington D.C.'s Trans Am were offered $180,000 by Hummer for the song "Total Information Awareness."

"We figured it was almost like giving music to the Army, or Exxon," guitarist Philip Manley said.

They said no.

Americans are expressing their outrage at the soaring price of the non-renewable resource gasoline from the passenger seats of their vehicles across the country. "America means having a right to cheap gas without having to say please," said Augusta, GA resident George Rizner, idling in his Hummer H2 in a protest near the Georgia State Capitol. "What are we supposed to do, walk?" Rizner then did doughnuts in a nearby parking ramp until his vehicle stalled. The public continues to express similar frustration at long lines at gas pumps, constant and disruptive road construction, and increasing traffic gridlock, insisting that all these problems can be easily solved with more and cheaper gasoline.

And for a great local story on a HUMMER induced traffic jam, read this guest post at Starts and Fits. It's hilarious.

There are many great photos of the strike in the blogosphere, starting with the indispensible Gothamist, which has a good round up of all the different local photo slide shows. AD over at Startsandfits, has some great photos so does Curbed.

I started taking photos on 2 mile walk to work along 2nd Ave, but not all came out as well as I had hoped. Here's a few that were no blurry beyond recognition.