PLASTIC BAGS LOVE AL QAEDA

I remember they used to put warnings on plastic bags that said "keep away from children, not a toy!" I always thought that was funny because I've only seen my cats try to play with a plastic bag like it was a toy. That said, I always understood why the message was there--because kids and plastic bags don't mix. Well, it turns out that plastic bags and the American Way are doing a bit of an "Oil and Water" routine, too. Check out this screencap I took from a page at onepointzero.com (ignore the first post underneath the train thing and skip to the yellow/orange text):

Pretty wild, huh?

The words "Plastic bags" in the original post link to a Salon.com article on this subject here: http://urltea.com/16qf

I wonder if the management of my local Ralph's supermarket would mind loading up my groceries into a Trader Joe's brand non-paper-or-plastic grocery bag...I've got five of them, I think.

Regardless, it's pretty disturbing to think that part of why we're in Iraq today is so we can keep using those damn plastic bags--and if that's how many barrels of oil just the bags represent, think about everything else oil-based in our lives.

All of the plastic found in our computers, TVs, DVDs, cars, kitchens, bathrooms. Then there's make-up, chemicals and a great deal more.

If Al Qaeda really wanted to get at us, they'd stay right where they are, assuming Bush is right (ha!), and blow up all that oil.

We would be so, intensely, completely screwed.