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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:20 AM Original message |
Frustrated Crowd To NY Fed Chief: 'I Can't Eat An iPad' |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Amen |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. Reminds me of G.H.W.'s never having seen a supermarket scanner. Out of touch with the real world. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Scanners are widespread. He was at, I believe, JC Penney, buying socks, when a scanner bemused him. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
63. It's rare that you see a Poppy apologia here. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. They are NOT OUT OF TOUCH. They DON'T CARE. There's a difference. nt |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. I think it's both. |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
81. Guess we |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. This stupid fuck gets butler service... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. I've met many very wealthy people who understand poverty and many who don't. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Me too - and I agree |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. HE DOESN'T CARE. HE DOESN'T CARE. HE DOESN'T CARE. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Let them eat iPads." - Republicon Billionaire Eeeeleeetes |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Hmmmm.....iPads - crunchy! |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. ... too bad we can't afford peanut butter to put on it ... |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Would it would be wrong to wish that the crowd had seized Dudley and forced him to eat an ipad? |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. No, it would be all right, because they would be showing him what |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. Please accept my apologies for how respect for teachers has declined since you chose your career. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Thank you. The first decade is the toughest - after that, you get lots of |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
70. I watched one of my son's friends attempt to be a teacher. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #70 |
77. My experience as a School Nurse.... |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Deleted.... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Their statistics are so so flawed when it comes to determining COLAs. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Right |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Honestly, I know one person who owns |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
62. I teach college English, and today was the first time I have ever seen an iPad in person. |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. thats weird |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. my teaching colleague showed me some handy dandy things iPads do but |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. ??? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Yep, Neither does airfare or cost of getting to work, or restaurant meals, or working |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. They don't use statistics. The make their numbers up from spread sheets the same as job creation |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. Grey Poupon |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Probably, but |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. He's right in that this is actually part of what goes into the inflation calcution. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Bon Appetit |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I agree |
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pinqy (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
51. It would be over-calculated if you did. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. recommend |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. Wrong. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. LOL. A good thing too, because a chicken just went up to $10. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Maybe wrap in bacon, too? |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. No kidding |
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Night Crawler (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. Just another Goldman Sucks alum |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. Even Aldi's prices have been going up |
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kjackson227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Yep. I noticed that too. The milk at Aldi's used to cost... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well sure you'll starve, but you'll look so stylish doing it! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. Duchess of Windsor said "You can't be too rich or too thin." |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
75. That's why she was so beloved. |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wages up = inflation. Food up, profits up = no inflation! |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. +1 |
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imemod (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Hedonics |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. Welcome to DU. Agree, but no such thing as a "fixed basket" anymore. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. yeah, just the facts-we need FOOD not ipads |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Let them have iPads" |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. GREAT meme!.. "YOU CAN'T EAT AN iPAD" |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yet one more |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Many people who have never experiened involuntary hunger don't "get" poverty. Film at 11. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. I've got an iPad sitting here on my desk. |
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soupkitchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. An Apple product a day |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. The ipads may be cheaper |
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Moostache (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The cheap labor pool is being expanded right now...in the USA!!! |
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Populist_Prole (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't see it as about Ipads really, It's part of the larger canard. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. Made in China no doubt. Good with egg roles . |
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uberblonde (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
47. Anonymous calling for civil disobedience... |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Wass up on the 28? Dance in with the starz? 'merican eye doll? |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. Four percent my lilly white ass!!! |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Maybe fed prez dudley gets 'secret' "donations" from ceo 'pals' |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Not only is the TP roll narrower |
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Random Guy (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. Let them eat iPad!!! |
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Mybrokenchains (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. this! |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
56. how in the world was he even near people who are concerned about food costs? |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
60. There's an app for that! |
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SleeplessinSoCal (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
61. This pretty much proves what many thought - they are completely out of touch with reality. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
64. Yes. Food, fuel, education, healthcare. Non-optional expenses rise, gizmos get cheaper. Doesn't work |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. What a maroon!!!! |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
67. This reminded me of the fracking issue - One group against said "We can't drink money!"! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. Out of touch douche bag. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
69. That summarizes our present situation. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
72. nor can you fill up your car or turn on the lights/heat your home with an iPad |
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Flora (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
76. $1.85 tomato |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
79. Appropriately named Dudd. Milk Dudds stick to the bottom of one's shoes when stepped on, |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
80. K&R! //nt |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
82. Put some salt on it |
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