Fired up about gas prices

I'm not super happy about the price of gas these days, but I'm not about to do something this mind-numbingly stupid about it:

A Danville [California] woman faces arson charges after she allegedly set fires at two gas stations and a coffee house, saying she was protesting high gas prices.

The woman, 64, remained Thursday in a Contra Costa jail on $810,000 bail on suspicion of premeditated arson and burglary.

Police say the woman used a fireplace log and a lighter to set fires in the restrooms of an Arco station, a Chevron station and a Starbucks on Wednesday. No structural damage was reported at the locations.

Police later found the woman at a nearby fast food restaurant with eight fireplace logs with her. She told officers that she was behind the fires and said she woke up that morning wanting to do something about high gas prices.

So, why not bitch to your Congressman about the fact that we're not drilling for oil off the coast or in ANWR, or getting a piece of posterboard and some markers and carrying a sign that says "Honk if you hate high gas prices" instead of lighting fires at gas stations? Because, last time I checked, fire and gasoline really weren't two great tastes that go great together. Dumbass.

Oh, and they don't know why she set the fire at the Starbucks, either. I guess maybe she felt the price for a latte was a wee bit too steep.