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You’re witnessing an “Atlas Shrugged” scenario unfolding right in front your eyes here.

If atlas is a hurricane, you are right. :)

This mess has nothing to do with the natural flow or common rules of free commerce. It is a disaster area.

I live in this "disaster area," and the gas stations are the only businesses in my town where things aren't operating like they would on a normal November weekend. Yesterday there was a line of cars more than half a mile long at the only open gas station, while 200 yards away at a public park there were groups of young kids playing their normal Saturday morning soccer league games, and several dozen minivans and SUVs parked in the lot while their parents watched them play.

Meanwhile, the major New Jersey media website is filled with numerous stories from anguished readers complaining that they sat on line for 3-4 hours only to find that the pumps at their local gas station had run dry ... while there are dozens of online responses to these stories from other readers telling these people that they're morons because they can drive 30-40 minutes away to either central New Jersey or Pennsylvania and fill up their vehicles without any delays and with no concern for this stupid odd/even "rationing" nonsense.

Yeah, it's a "disaster zone." This is what happens when you have too many people raised in an urban environment that has thoroughly stripped them of some basic human survival skills.

I'll ask this question again .. would you rather pay $10/gallon for 10 gallons of fuel or $3.50/gallon for 0 gallons of fuel?