coming soon to a city near you?

hope not, but what happens when the truckers decide that the price of diesel precludes them making their regular trips to restock the local Safeway, and our fellow citizens panic and start hoarding, and, instead, start stocking up on ammo, and...

OK, it's science-fiction. Can't happen here. Americans would always be totally generous and share whatever we have, right?

Reminds me of a line from the graphic novel Maus, where the father, who survived Aushwitz, says to his incredulous son something like, "you'd be amazed at what people are capable of, when they haven't eaten in a couple of days."