EMOTE OR DIE

If you were looking for a sign that our oil crisis has finally reached critical mass, look no further: P Diddy is flying commercial. That's right, COMMERCIAL. And not only that, he's flying American (apparently he's not powerful enough to get on United).

A regular of the private jet scene, high gas prices have forced Diddy to curtail his lavish expenditures and grind elbows with the beggars and gremlins of First Class.

America, enough is enough. We've watched Katrina devastate the Gulf Coast. We've seen people lose their homes in the subprime mortgage crisis. We've witnessed inflation increase, wages decrease, schools close, jobs lost, and a neverending war overseas. But when the Executive Producer of Making The Band can't even fly on his own private jet twice a month to and from LA to pursue his acting career, action must be taken.

*Special thanks to CNN for alerting me to this story. I anxiously await their forthcoming report on Governor Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter's baby daddy.

*Spoiler Alert - He's not actually in coach.