Seeing the Light; Law School Bubble Is Bursting

Many young people are finally seeing the light that the lawyer profession's in a tail spin.  As was reported in the Wall Street Journal, the Law School Admission Counsel reported a whopping 11.5 % drop in law school applicants, the lowest since 2001.  Other contributing factors may simply be the high cost of a legal education that can easily cost over $100,000. This is great news because the legal profession's been over saturated with too many greedy lawyers for decades.

In an outstanding article, Slate.com reported:

In the past few years, young lawyers faced a glut of competition from other legal professionals; plummeting wages; a reduction in openings in and offers at big law firms; and cripplingly high student-loan debts. When the recession hit, thousands of young lawyers suddenly found themselves trying to work off six figures of debt in pay-per-hour assistant gigs. - Drop in Law-School Admissions - Has the Law School Bubble Finally Burst? - Slate.com

The fact is law school never teaches anything but how to pass the bar exam and once the graduate is in the job market they're on their own.  These new lawyers don't know how to do much of anything until taught by another legal professional.  

But the biggest reason (i.e., for the decline in applications) may be cultural, not economic. In the past year or two, scads of blogs have committed themselves to exposing law school as a "scam," and the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have devoted thousands of words to telling readers why law school is a bad, bad idea if you do not actually want to be a lawyer. Drop in Law-School Admissions - Has the Law School Bubble Finally Burst?- Slate.com

Law school a scam?  I never thought I'd see the day of this revelation!  The law schools make huge amounts of money feasting off of the dreams of future lawyers who end up paying thousands of dollars they can't really afford or pay back within a reasonable time frame.

Attorneys Became Legal Word Processors Charging Clients Legal Fees As Typists

I've had a front row seat to all the gluttony that occurred at major law firms for a decade from 1998-2008 and can report attorneys are generally highly wasteful and parasitic in nature.  What happens when there are too many lawyers you might ask?  They're commonly very intelligent people who know how to play the system and exploit circumstances to keep the money flowing for themselves.  When attorneys began typing and formatting their own legal documents I realized they were likely using it as a means to charge the client. They essentially were doing the work I was supposed to be doing as a legal word processor so they could bill their client.  The law firms didn't monitor this kind of activity at all.

The Good Ole Days

It used to be that attorneys would dictate tapes I'd transcribe, provide a handwritten or typed document with pencil edits to type or request I format a document.  That kind of common sense went out the window when attorneys began to use previously typed "templates" of legal documents to edit for their particular circumstances.  Instead of printing out the document and doing their edits in pencil, they ended up simply typing in the edits themselves. As for formatting the document, instead of asking me to format for them, they began asking me how to do their own formatting. I was expected to teach attorneys how to do my job  These law firms had no way of knowing when an attorney charged their client for typing and formatting a document versus providing their legal knowledge.


People have no idea all the partying that goes on at some of these major law firms.  Every day these lawyers think of themselves as winners and continually celebrate as a reminder.  Every day with their successful law firm is a victory for these attorneys. That is, until their law firm implodes from greed and the pink slips get handed out. 

• Drop in Law-School Admissions - Has the Law School Bubble Finally Burst?- Slate.com

Catastrophic Earthquake Predicted for California March 20-25th, 2011

In a follow-up to my recent post The Ring of Fire Is Coming Alive, a few very reputable sources are predicting a catastrophic earthquake within the next few days for California.  Based on the evidence of recent fish die offs and beached whales in San Francisco, not to mention the San Andreas fault's due for a large earthquake at any time,  there's a strong possibility it will take place in either Los Angeles or San Francisco.

Former USGS geologist Jim Berkland, who predicted the 1989 San Francisco quake to the day, predicts a new date for California earthquake of March 20-25th, 2011

Along with Mr. Berkland's prediction, a Russian scientist also made a similar one on the day prior to the Japan earthquake.

A new report released today in the Kremlin prepared for Prime Minister Putin by the Institute of Physics of the Earth, in Moscow, is warning that the America’s are in danger of suffering a mega-quake of catastrophic proportions during the next fortnight (14 days) with a specific emphasis being placed on the United States, Mexico, Central America and South American west coast regions along with the New Madrid Fault Zone region. 

Posted by EU Times on Mar 10th, 2011 Link to Article

This is a very compelling video about all the crazy stuff that's been happening prior to an apocalyptic 2012 including the aforementioned catastrophic earthquakes in the United States.

People who live in Los Angeles should consider heading inland for a few days to avoid the coming radiation and potential earthquake. As for myself, my sixth sense doesn't tell me of any coming earthquake in San Francisco.  The birds sing every morning and haven't taken off.  They say birds are a good sign of an impending earthquake because they leave the area so I've heard.  Pets behavior can also hold hints of an impending earthquake.

Los Angeles would be a horrible place to be trapped in, I hope people get a chance to leave the city should there be a large earthquake.

Just a Harmless Little Radiation Plume Headed Our Way?

The radioactive particles from Japan's disaster are set to arrive in Southern California late Friday according to the New York Times.  Regardless of the government's claims of low radiation levels, based on its track record the information simply can't be trusted.

As I stated in yesterday's post, the primary reason we can't trust the U.S. or Japan governments is that they're in bed with the nuclear energy industry.  As with BP and the oil spill, the nuclear industry will sacrifice human life to maintain their objectives of global growth for its industry.  To this day we still don't really know the extent of BP's oil spill damage they covered up with a highly toxic chemical corexit except that many people are still sick and dying on the gulf coast. See video BP Oil Spill - Kindra Arnesen's Message to the World.

There are many other reasons why we can't trust what the U.S. government is telling us about radiation levels based on their track record for lying alone.  A good example is when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lied to zero ground workers on 9/11 telling them that the air was safe to breath when it turned out otherwise. Hundreds of workers have since died and are still dying from the disaster from breathing in toxic chemicals.

"The same people telling us that the levels are minuscule and the radiation 'harmless', are from the same organizations who assured us that the Chernobyl disaster only killed 9,000 people, when in reality it exposed 550 million Europeans, and 150 to 230 million others in the Northern Hemisphere to notable contamination and led to nearly a million deaths.

Assurances that the majority of the radiation plume will disperse over the Pacific Ocean are also glib, given how the Chernobyl radiation cloud smothered most of the northern hemisphere within a week. Remember, experts are calling this crisis 'Chernobyl on steroids', if the worst comes to the worst the radiation cloud could affect the entire globe. - U.S. Government Cannot Be Trusted on Radiation Levels - Paul Watson, Prison Planet.com

 3/17/2010 LA Times Article Link

According to a 2010 book published by the New York Academy of Sciences "Nearly one million people around the world died from exposure to radiation released by the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl reactor."  According to today's New York Times article, in Russia, people are ignoring their officials assurances that there is no danger and are beginning to stockpile food, medicines and face masks.  "People are in a panic," said Dmitri Mukhotin, a spokesman for Pharma Premium that sells iodine products. See Fear of Fallout From Japan Spreads to Russia.

A good site to visit to check on radiation levels is www.EnviroReporter.com that has a geiger counter and live time web cam set up in Santa Monica California.  Anything above a reading of 100 is abnormal radiation levels.

I've since been doing more research on how to protect one's health during these radioactive times.  The sad thing is there isn't anywhere nearly enough potassium iodide to go around, the inventory in the U.S. was depleted within a few days of the disaster.  One 14 pill pack of PI sold on eBay for $600 a couple days ago if that's any indicator. Potassium iodide is used to fill up the thyroid with iodine so it won't soak up any radiation.  Americans are known to be greatly deficient in iodine for their thyroids. The potassium iodide's only meant to be used only when exposed to large amounts of radiation.

As far as using kelp iodine or other similar iodines to protect one's self for the disaster, unless you've been taking dosages and building it up in your system for a while, this kind of naturally derived iodine won't do much of anything for what's coming.  So basically, without potassium iodide or long term use of another iodine most all of us are vulnerable to radiation poisoning. I unknowingly began taking iodine a few months ago using this product  and this other immune boosting system product but don't know at what level so I'm in the dark.  I don't believe one weeks use of kelp iodine gel capsules is enough either.

A YouTuber's top rated comment on the BP oil spill of Kindra's video (link also listed above):

They don't care cause they WANT us to die. Their inaction speaks volumes.
the gov of the USA is raping and murdering our happy way of life and destroying our home planet we're MEANT to protect.  They're not FIT to lead ANYONE.THEY are terrorists!! 

         *****

Kindra, your not seeing the big picture. The problem is the fact the the USA has been sold the the highest bidder. Corporations control the Government. The Government is not worried about it because the corporations NOT YOU get them into office. Money talks. The fix is simple but hard to implement, GET corporations out of government. ONLY THEN CAN WE START TO FIX THE REAL PROBLEMS.

So the bottom line is people are really on their own. Many governments of this world have recklessly conducted themselves without regard for people's safety.  If Japan really cared about the well being of their people and the world, they wouldn't have built dozens of nuclear reactors with their partner General Electric in a land that has one 8.5 earthquake every 5 years.  Truly insane!

www.EnviroReporter.com

The Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Hear No Evil Nuclear Cover-Up

The "see no evil" ancient Japanese carving from 716 B.C was popular back in the 1960's era. As a kid I remember seeing little statues of the three monkeys everywhere.  Unfortunately, this poem is still applicable hundreds of years later in 2011.

"O'er the door of the sacred Temple
They sit in their wisdom the three --
The little deaf Monkey,
The little dumb Monkey,
The Monkey who will not see;
With their eyes shut to evil,
Ears that hear only the right,
Lips that are dumb to scandal,
They sit in their silent night"

It's easy to spot certain media outlets that have an agenda to cover-up what's really happening in Japan and potential dangers of radiation fallout when they release such statement as in this SFGate.com article, No Radiation Peril Foreseen for California.  Such a headline is shocking to those who have researched there's a strong possibility the partial meltdowns of several plants in Japan could eventually cause radiation to travel by means of the Pacific Jet Stream to the West Coast of the United States. From such obvious omissions of facts in reporting we can obtain a good snap shot of those who have an agenda, perhaps proponents of the highly profitable nuclear power industry. See Fukushima Coverup, 40 Years of Spent Nuclear Rods Blown Sky High - PrisonPlanet.com.

In my opinion, instead of issuing such politically based statements, the news media should be letting people know they need to prepare just in case of nuclear fallout.  We all know there's a strong possibility the situation could worsen at this point.  The news outlets that release absolute "no radiation threat" statements don't care about the health or well being of people at all.

The U.S. government should have a large stock of potassium iodide tablets available for the public but instead it's allegedly trying to prevent people from obtaining it, even disallowing medical doctors to prescribe what is over the counter tablets.  See U.S. Government Blocking Americans from Obtaining Potassium Iodide?

A caller to The Alex Jones Show today related how he tried to obtain potassium iodide via prescription from his doctor having failed to buy it over the counter due to stocks being completely exhausted.

“Yesterday afternoon the Urgent Care in Ventura, California, denied me a prescription for KI (potassium iodide): an over the counter, salt,” writes Michael (surname withheld). “The reason for denying me a prescription was predicated upon the Doctors conversation, with both CDC and DHSC representatives, whom discouraged it. After asking her if she took government orders, she replied, “No, but I do take their recommendations.”

“As KI is unavailable in Ventura right now and I was unable to get a prescription, which the pharmacy required, I am still without a supply of KI,” adds Michael. - U.S. Government Blocking Americans from Obtaining Potassium Iodide?

According to CNN, the U.S. government has never purchased enough potassium iodide other than for those living within a 10 mile radius of a nuclear plant. See U.S. Radiation Drug Manufacturers Swamped with Calls from Japan.

Alan Morris talked very fast about the dangers of thyroid gland radiation poisoning as his business line rang incessantly in the background.

Some of these news outlets clearly have an agenda to diminish the potential dangers of the Japan nuclear fallout. In doing so, it appears the outlets are willing to lie and omit relevant facts to obtain their objectives.  People need to be aware there's a large industry of nuclear energy and its proponents that doesn't want this tragedy to affect their profitable industry possibly influencing a reverse of plans for global growth.

The Ring of Fire is Coming Alive!

Those who live along the Ring of Fire should be on RED ALERT.  The past 13 months have seen three high profile seismic events and thousands of smaller quakes and volcanic eruptions over the past year.

The Ring of Fire is home to 400 active volcanoes, including more than 160 in the United States.  (See the interactive USGS map)

Being a native Californian whose been through many earthquakes and other disasters, I'm well prepared but many aren't.  I'm living in one of the five metropolitan cities predicted to have a major earthquake one day, San Francisco.  Scientists have said the city could be flattened like a pancake should the big one occur.  We haven't had a large earthquake since 1989 prior to my moving from Los Angeles in 1995. This means pressure has built up along the fault and is ready to blow at any time.

 Volcanic activity along the Ring of Fire - See interactive USGS Map

All of this increase in earthquake and volcanic activity could likely be due to solar related activity along with the moon being the closest to the earth in the past two decades since 1992.  It could also have something to do with Comet Elinen's arrival and trajectory lining up with the earth.  (See my previous post Woman Forewarns of Japan Earthquake).  What it all really means is that seismic activity along the Ring of Fire is 100% guaranteed.  In any event, people need to take heed and prepare.  No one ever knows for certain where the next major earthquake will hit, but the California faults are especially cocked and ready to fire at any time.

Here's a an interesting video of a typical day and then when an earthquake hits from "The Great Southern California ShakeOut Project".

USGS Preparedness Video - Southern California San Andreas Fault Scenario

In any event, everyone especially living along the Ring of Fire should at the very least get 72 hour supplies and also for their vehicles should they have the misfortune of being trapped in them.  A good site I've used to purchase my supplies is www.Nitro-Pak.com and I highly recommend it.  They have numerous selections for prepackaged 72 hour backpack kits with high quality items.

West Coast Citizens of U.S. Need Potassium Iodide or Kelp Iodine Tablets

Radiation fallout from Japan is said to be headed toward the West Coast of the United States and is set to arrive within the next couple of days via the Pacific jetstream. See Radiation from Fukushima Would Take 7 Days to Reach U.S.

“The wind direction for the time being seems to point the (nuclear) pollution towards the Pacific,” said Andre-Claude Lacoste of the French Nuclear Safety Authority, briefing journalists in Paris on the Japanese crisis."  U.S. West Coast in Path of Fallout - www.Prison Planet.com

I happened to revisit my supplies a few weeks ago and confirmed I have plenty of military grade  potassium iodide that doesn't expire until 2015.  I never believed I'd have to take the tablets but it seems things have changed.  The U.S. government won't tell people they need these tablets from radiation fallout because they could really care less. I won't be taking this grade of potassium iodide unless I have heavy exposure to radiation because that's it's purpose.  See Don't Take Potassium Iodide Unless You're Exposed to Radiation 


Washington's Blog recommends:

"Ideally, buy potassium iodide now and monitor radiation levels by looking at real-time monitoring networks such as this and this. Don’t take iodide unless and until elevated radiation levels hit your area."

Whatever you do, don’t take more than the recommended dosage. The Centers for Disease Control and the FDA recommend:

• 130 milligrams for adults

• 65 milligrams for children

Each 24 hours that one is exposed to radiation.

Since the government won't tell us what's up with the radiation, there are ways we can obtain the information ourselves through geiger counters.  There's also radiation software you can purchase to detect radiation in your area you can order from the Radiation Network.

This $79 software from Radiation Network hooks up to a nationwide network of radiation detection devices to alert you of high radiation levels.



There are alternatives to military grade tablets such as consuming raw kelp  or buying it in tablet form at Whole Foods Market.  On Sunday afternoon a Whole Foods store person told me they were nearly sold out on their kelp tablets and Sea Tangle Noodles, "the tablets will be gone in about a half hour", he said. I then observed someone in the store aisle looking for something and offered help with "are you looking for kelp?".  The shopper responded "yes". I responded, the kelp's right over here.  The shopper smiled and responded "not kelp, help."   Oops.

In the meantime, people shouldn't panic, many sources say it's not high enough a dose of radiation that will cause people to immediately die in the U.S., it will be more along the lines of birth defects and a rise in cancer. 

For U.S. populations, we can hope that most of the radiation will disperse into the ocean and never reach us, however, with the U.S. West Coast in the direct path of the jet stream from Japan, it is a good precaution to stock up on potassium iodide or natural iodine from kelp, which can prevent the absorption of radioactive iodine, the most common complication from radiation poisoning. Consult with your doctor or medical professional before taking these or any supplement (we are NOT giving medical advice). However, unfortunately, we cannot count on the government to be honest and upfront with us about the dangers of fallout, so you should consider your own potential risks and don’t wait until things are already underway. - U.S. West Coast in Path of Fallout - PrisonPlanet.com

On his Sunday radio program, Alex Jones talks among other things about the importance of preparing for Japan's radiation fallout because the government won't be honest.

Nuclear Expert: Radiation Could Spread to US West Coast

Nuclear expert interviewed over exposure of nuclear rods.

You can order kelp online here.

**Update** 

Japan's nightmare gets even WORSE: All THREE damaged nuclear reactors now in 'meltdown' at tsunami-hit power station - MailOnline - UK

Woman Forewarns of Japan Quake - Video Evidence

***UPDATE** The people on the west coast of the U.S. need to obtain Potassium Iodide or take raw kelp for the radiation fallout headed from Japan. It is set to arrive in one day from Sunday.  Please see my photo at the end of the article. The government won't tell anyone to get the stuff.

Sorry I'm late posting this morning, lost an hour with the time change and I slept in.  Today I'm posting an interesting video of a lady forewarning on March 8th of the Japan quake she predicted between March 11 - 15th.  The video goes on with all kinds of interesting information.

March 9th - the woman's follow-up warning video

A video about the Japan earthquake explains it caused the earth's axis to shift.

On February 19th, the woman begins to share what an angel was showing her.   Interesting video.

A few weeks ago I made sure I hand plenty of Potassium Iodide.  I bought this from www.Nitro-Pak.com two years ago.  If you don't have the pills, you can also consume raw kelp that will last a good week for low levels of exposure to radiation.  the Potassium is for high exposure scenarios.

I guess this is where all that "California falling into the sea" came from, I've never heard of this vision before:

• Joe Brand'ts 1937 Prophetic Dream of a Huge Earthquake in Los Angeles

Just How Intelligent Is Our Sun?

Scientists say there's some correlation with large earthquakes and activities between the sun and moon in relation to our planet earth. (See Did Supermooon Spark Quake? - The Sun)  I knew intuitively something big was coming because my sixth sense told me so.  Our world is so interconnected that we're all affected one way or another by an earthquake of this magnitude.

For instance, my brain shut down the night before the big quake that I couldn't find anything I wanted to blog about.  I had the time to write and actually sat down to blog Thursday night but just couldn't. Something told me I'd be writing in real time the next day and to just get a good night's sleep.  I woke up to the horrific news and ended up covering information on the tsunami warning for San Francisco.

As it seems I'm moving into real time events on this blog my attention's now being drawn to the sun.  The growing sun flare activity has made the sun a celebrity of sorts I find far more interesting then that idiot Charlie Sheen.  An amazing NASA site allows anyone to record the sun's outer shell activities and upload the data to YouTube.  How many people could do this in all human history?

Astrophysicist Piers Corbyn Discusses Sun and Moon Influences on Major Earthquakes

A singer in Australia who calls himself Yahdoh has been using www.HelioViewer.org to record videos of sun flare activity. This particular one below he recorded he calls "The Flaming Horse" that's quite interesting.  All of the sudden an apparent horse leaves the sun, it's amazing to watch.  There's nothing quite so breathtaking as the creative life force of the sun and human imagination as Yahdoh demonstrates.

The Flaming Horse Solar Flare - March 8, 2011





This sun video was uploaded March 10, 2011 a day before the earthquake.

Here's another sun video in which the Australian asks if UFO's observed in the footage are causing the solar flare activity.

In this video on March 4, 2011 the Australian predicts a large earthquake will hit within the next few days.



I remember the rare experience I had with hallucinogens really put me in touch with the sun for some reason.  The sun came through loud and clear as an eternal life force when I took the mushrooms in the early 1980's (note, statute of limitations for this offense has expired!).  There's something about our sun, it's alive and conscious in some form.  At least that's what I remember from my mushroom experience that was far different then feeling the sun's warmth on my face.  I don't really regret my mushroom experiences, I regret not having more of them.

www.HelioViewer.org

Tsunami Expected to Hit San Francisco Coast in AM

This is a first for me as a native Californian of 51 years, a tsunami from a one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history is expected to hit the beaches in San Francisco today.

Last night I heard about Japan's 8.9 earthquake and scanned the Internet to find it didn't seem that serious.  The media reported that buildings had been shaking and it seemed the quake was too deep within the earth to have much of an impact.  I always read about large earthquakes happening in Indonesia that have little to no impact because they're so far below the surface of the earth.  So when I woke-up to hear of all the catastrophe I was a bit shocked to learn they're expecting a tsunami to hit San Francisco's beaches this morning. 

A tsunami arrived in San Francisco bay at 9:38 a.m. this photograph was taken.

A  BART transportation person said, "We've never had a tsunami warning this big. We are being overly cautious." -SFGate.com

Back when I was living in the Ocean Beach area of San Francisco in 1999, I once had a  lucid dream of a huge wall of water coming toward me from miles away and being inundated by it.  According to Lori Dengler, professor of geology at Humboldt State University this is how it will unfold:

Asked what the tsunami could look like on the West Coast, given the horrific images from Japan, where the 8.9 earthquake late yesterday launched destructive waves, Dengler said, "It will look different in different places: In some places it looks like a wall, in some places it looks like a sloping mountain of water, or a rapidly rising flood or a tide. The native people in our area, the Yurok people, described the earth tilting and the water flowing in. - SFGate. 

Here's the latest info on San Francisco Bay area and Northern California tsunami news:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

I follow earthquake reports from this Australian YouTuber who believes solar activity has something to do with triggering earthquakes. We had an enormous solar flare yesterday, March 10th.  In these two videos below, he's letting people know of another earthquake that just happened prior to Japan's last night in Bali Indonesia and of a solar flare.  He's now apparently asleep on the other side of the world unaware of what unfolded shortly after he uploaded this vid.   

Yesterday's solar flare release was recorded and uploaded by a YouTuber in Australia

Later that day, the Australian YouTuber uploaded his assessment of a large 6.5 earthquake in Bali Indonesia

I'm going to head out with my video camera to any allowed areas overlooking the tsunami area if I can. I'd love to get footage of the waves.  I'll post them here later today if I manage to get any footage. It's just not every day the largest earthquake in recent history causes a tsunami to come to San Francisco so I'm taking the day off.  It's times like these I just love having no boss.  

For live updates on the tsunami visit here.

Tsunami Closes Local Beaches, Great Highway - SFGate.com

Time to Get Smart Out Of Gas Guzzling Vehicles

Oil prices are on the rise due to Middle East unrest and gas prices are going up up and up!  While many such as myself took action long ago to get out of the kind of geographic areas that demand long distance driving such as Los Angeles, many still haven't even begun to address the issue.

Yesterday I had a loan signing requiring I drive a Zip Car hourly rental a few miles across the city that seemed like an eternity.  Zip Car prices are very affordable for errands and hourly use trips.  The advantages of using a Zip Car is you don't pay for gas or insurance.  The average hourly rental is only $10.75.

If I owned a gas vehicle the growing signs of unstable oil prices would cause me to obtain an electric car or at least a hybrid if I could afford it.  I would also consider moving to a walk and bike friendly city.  A good site to check out is www.WalkScore.com for information on city walk ability, especially the Living in a Walker's Paradise Top 138 Cities list.  I can't imagine how people could afford these $4-5.00/gallon gas prices these days, it's just throwing money away.  Here's some stats on the effects of city walk ability from www.WalkScore.com:

Walkable neighborhoods offer surprising benefits to the environment, our health, our finances, and our communities.

Environment: Cars are a leading cause of climate change. Your feet are zero-pollution transportation machines.

Health: The average resident of a walkable neighborhood weighs 7 pounds less than someone who lives in a sprawling neighborhood.

Finances: One point of Walk Score is worth up to $3,000 of value for your property. Read the research report.

Communities: Studies show that for every 10 minutes a person spends in a daily car commute, time spent in community activities falls by 10%. - Walkable Neighborhoods - www.WalkScore.com

If I had a real need for a car, I would get a Smart Car by BMW.  They're cute little well made electric cars.  At this point it makes no sense for me to own an electric car.  In the interim, I'm hoping Zip Cars will get hip and start purchasing Smart Cars to keep their hourly rates down. The problem of course is where to charge up the cars.  For now, whenever I need a car I can book a Zipper within one hour and there are always cars available nearby.  I pay a $50 yearly fee, it's as simple as that.

For the more daring, they could try the new technology offered with the jet pack and simply fly to work that may save a few gallons of gas:

Demo of a Jetpack Flying Machine by Martin

I hope people can find solutions to this growing gas price crisis to get out of their gas guzzling vehicles.  I got out of my RX-7 Mazda  way back in 1986 having transitioned over to fun motor scooters and  then moved to San Francisco where everything I need is nearby. 

Smart Car
Zip Car
WalkScore.com