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Tue Aug-16-05 07:39 PM
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CBS reports bright spot on gas prices affecting the nation's economy |
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which is:
The U.S. is not as dependent on fuel as in the 70's and 80's because we have few manufacturing jobs any more (!?!) and are "more of a service oriented economy."
That's the good news?
:rofl: :scared: :rofl: :scared: :rofl: :scared: :rofl: :scared: :banghead: :crazy:
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:41 PM
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1. And unemployed people use less fuel |
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Hey, that IS good news! :sarcasm:
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:45 PM
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5. See what we did there-- with da humor! |
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Tue Aug-16-05 11:38 PM
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63. I am saving SO much money on gas since I lost my job! |
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Where will I EVER spend it all! :sarcasm:
Oh, just wait until the fuel costs show up at the grocery stores! Stock up on those Ramen Noodles now!
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Tue Aug-16-05 11:58 PM
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68. They're already showing up at my grocery stores - Milk up 10 cents |
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Edited on Tue Aug-16-05 11:59 PM by kath
per gallon yesterday, quart of yogurt up 10 cents today. Prices have been creeping up for awhile, but now they seem to be taking a significant jump.
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:41 PM
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2. Even more great news on the horizon |
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When we lose our jobs to the depression brought on by fuel prices, we won't be dependent on gasoline at all!
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:49 PM
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9. Fuel > Plastic > job > China > Walmart > no job or fuel to buy their crap> |
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Maybe. the. dots. will. finally. be. connected..........
:kick: why ain't that a strong Dem issue?
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:54 PM
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13. Because the Democratic party is guilty |
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almost as much as the Republican party. Sad, isn't it?
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:06 PM
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21. Let's call em on it. Let's boil the Dem message down to the nitty |
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as it be gettin mighty gritty.
Outsourcing Lying to war for oil profits Record oil profits as gas tanks eat $$$$ and economy tanks Bogus elections
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Tue Aug-16-05 11:12 PM
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61. Does this mean Dominoes Pizza will increase prices or stop |
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delivering unless delivery surcharge to be automatically added to bill?
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Tue Aug-16-05 11:21 PM
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62. They'll streamline by baking sodas and napkins into the crust |
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:42 PM
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3. Gas has gone up 37 cents this week alone in middle Tennessee. |
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I don't think I can stand any more good news.
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:44 PM
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Did they happen to mention what us servers are suppose to do when our pittance of a wage doesn't even get us to work and back?
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:46 PM
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:48 PM
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Noone will be able to afford to go out to eat anymore, so you won't have to go to work and back.
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:52 PM
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11. Through the Looking Glass and into a Kafka novel |
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:03 PM
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18. I meant "server" as in service job worker....hairstylist. |
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It's as about a service job as a job can be. And if I can't afford commute to the rich burbs than how are all the doctors, lawyers, sports professionals going to get their hair serviced? Their sons,daughters and neighbors aren't the one going to beauty college.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:07 PM
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23. They've got you covered |
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Work camps- I mean dormitories will be built on the periphery so that the rich can be served. Sure it's a little barbed wire, but at least we aren't socialists right?
A Republican would tell you to raise your prices, that maybe a better idea.
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Tue Aug-16-05 09:26 PM
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47. You can add "fuel surcharge" to the price of your service |
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this is what everyone else does, or will do
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:48 PM
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8. You need to learn the skills for the jobs of the 21'st Century |
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I heard * say this in a debate. He wants to give junior colleges a couple thousand each to fund training for the jobs of the 21'st Century. And before you ask, no I have no idea what those jobs are. I just know I'm quitting my network engineering position that I'm very fortunate to have so that I can go enroll in a community college. To learn. Stuff. New technologies or something like that.
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:55 PM
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14. Fry, flip, fry some more. How hard is that? n/t |
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:00 PM
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15. Here are the new jobs for the 21st century |
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Candle maker. Horse farrier. Bicycle repair. Iceman. Mail carrier.
and finally, Junk dealer.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:02 PM
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17. polishing petrified dinosaur turds.... |
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there were no dinosaurs, they were just a test. You failed.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:15 PM
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when no one can afford the medication anymore
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:55 PM
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55. Change that to "Republican Hunter" |
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Tue Aug-16-05 11:10 PM
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60. They won't all be Raptured? |
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Should be some good gigs for "clothes collectors" after the BornAginers are all sucked up into the sky. :evilfrown:
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:12 AM
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76. Or maybe a spice miner from Dune? Horse Whisperer? |
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Rodeo Clown? Chimney Sweep?
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Tue Aug-16-05 07:54 PM
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12. and when we freeze to death this winter |
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we'll be even less dependent next year :rofl: wait...why am I laughing ?? :scared:
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:05 PM
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20. And they won't have to pay us Social Security when we get old... |
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Because we're all gonna freeze to death before we're old enough.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:01 PM
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16. Do you think they'd notice if we all boycott Walmart? |
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Since the evening news loves to list Walmart as the leading economic indicator....
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:03 PM
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19. On the other hand, not only do SUV drivers have to dig dipper |
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they will have to really pay more to heat their MacMansions later this year.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:07 PM
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22. Do you mean they may actually start to build smaller houses again? |
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:09 PM
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24. Tschah-- Ya know what? |
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Most of those rooms are fer show-- they never go in but a few of em.
And the McMansions are built so close to each other, there won't be too much cold air in between.
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Tue Aug-16-05 09:29 PM
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48. Then they can sublet some rooms for their gardeners and the maids |
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who won't be able to drive there
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Tue Aug-16-05 09:52 PM
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(see above)
A cul-de-sac microeconomy! American ingenuity wins again.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:13 PM
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26. I was depressed before I read this post. |
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Now I'm more optimistic than ever.
We should be thankful that CBS 'splained all dis hard book learnin' stuff for us so us plane 'ol unedgucated folks can undirstand it.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:17 PM
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28. Plain as the nose frozen off your face |
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:18 PM
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29. That one is BS! I did hear another "bright spot" on Sat. |
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Some investment advisor on KGO radio Sat said the high gas prices are keeping the lid on inflation! His theiry is that inflation is caused by demand exceeding supply, so people don't have the $$ to spend on stuff because they're putting it into their gas tank, therefore, no excess demand for products, and no inflation.
I guess he's right, but it's the dumbest damn way to curb inflation that I ever heard of!!!!!
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:27 PM
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doth not economic policy make
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:22 PM
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31. Any link to that CBS report? |
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I can't seem to Google it, and it has an Onion-like aroma to it.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:29 PM
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34. Top of the 5:30 report on the tube |
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:50 PM
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40. Thanks. I'm TV-less, but I'll accept that as confirmation. |
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(But it DOES have an Onion-like aroma to it, doesn't it?).
pnorman Tubeless in Seattle
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Tue Aug-16-05 09:03 PM
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43. (Congratulations!)-- Yep, makes Jon Stewart's job easier |
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It was one of those throwaway 2 sentence bits a newsclone delivers, not an actual segment.
I'm gonna track down the NewsHour piece on Cindy Sheehan instead.
See #33
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Wed Aug-17-05 12:29 AM
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70. The end o fthe first segment |
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Wed Aug-17-05 04:09 AM
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71. Got it, brother; and thanks! |
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It's 03:03 into an 11:02 presentation. That final bit about husband & wife retirees being WalMart-style teamsters, was also very interesting. Welcome to the ($75.00 a barrel) Bush Economy!
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:29 AM
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77. Thanks QuestionEverything! |
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There was also a wrap up gas story at the end of the broadcast...
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:28 PM
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33. I caught that insane tidbit. Say anything, just say it. |
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Service economy is based on services. Services provided by gas to get those services.
No factories where people drive to work and come home anymore.
Real estate agents, delivery services, FEDEX, and the biggest employer...ChinaMart. All service ecomomy businesses.
Last time I looked the service economy runs on gas just like everything else.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:35 PM
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35. There ya go thinkin agin! |
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"Less dependent on fuel than in the 70's and 80's" being relative to images, not facts.
Image: "We don't have all those darn gas guzzling manufacturing plants anymore."
Huh?
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:39 PM
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36. I have a partime job at a large chain motel near my house and work |
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11 pm to 7 am , so I do get to meet a lot of the traveling public.
The traveling public is unhappy with Bush, the gas prices have really pushed them over the edge. Last year when I worked we had a lot more customers then this year, people did travel but not as far or as long as last year.
Also more people are paying cash for their rooms, they are staying away from the credit cards. Many people with credit cards are going over their limit and have to pay cash, several people have to use paypal to get extra money from home. Last year was not like this. I haven't meet to many Bush supporters this summer.
I wonder if I will have a clerk job next summer. Many nights we are lucky to have half the rooms full.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:42 PM
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38. You're smart to listen to people and pay attention to this |
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Don't need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows
Gas prices get EVERYONE'S attention.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:40 PM
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37. Hey! If we double the price of everything, that'll DOUBLE the GDP! |
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Of course, that wouldn't include wages & saleries - just profits & dividends.
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:46 PM
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39. Well, they've got everyone suckered into the magic of the market |
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That and lottery tickets
Time for Martha to show us how to make bookshelves out of toothpaste tubes
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:52 PM
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41. what happens when they reclass flipping a hamburger to manufacturing? |
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didn't they try to do that like 16-18 months ago?
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Tue Aug-16-05 08:57 PM
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42. Nutritional Engineers? |
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Hey, have you seen the Grill Team Leader or the Salad Dressing Associate?
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44. That explains why soldiers can't get updated armor. We don't make it. |
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Ain't a service economy great?!?
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Tue Aug-16-05 09:10 PM
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46. Last nite TV showed the bulletproof vests being made |
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Forget what the excuse for the delay was.
Showed these fat ceramic turtle-shells being fitted into cloth vests.
Wonder where the ceramics are made? China?
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Tue Aug-16-05 11:46 PM
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65. I think Ceradyne makes them in the US. |
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:42 PM
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51. Well, the good news was that WalMart is whining that |
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the high cost of gas is costing them business.
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66. Boo f---ing hoo, Wally! |
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52. Woo ------ ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------- Hoo |
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54. "...That Giant Sucking Sound...." |
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53. They ought to be chastised for this... what a ....ugh... whats the point. |
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56. Boycott Walmart and/or distill/focus Progressive Dem message (#21)?) |
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:hi:
Challenge not chastise?
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:57 PM
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57. i would think that the average service job requires more driving- |
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than the average factory job. in many 'service' jobs, the person(s) doing the work often have multiple clients to "serve"
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My husband has a service business and he travels to his customers. Unfortunately, he just had to buy a new van for work. He had been using a 4-cylinder station wagon, but we could not find another one large enough, and wound up with a 6-cylinder van. It was at the absolute worst time, with these gas prices, too.
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Tue Aug-16-05 10:57 PM
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58. Sure we have a service economy |
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And how do you think all of those nice little retail toys that you buy at Target and Wal-Mart get to the stores?
Trucks.
Trucks use gas. A lot of it.
Guess who ends up paying for the increased costs of trucking those goods in?
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59. Same folks who don't get paid to drive empty. |
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Tue Aug-16-05 11:42 PM
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64. YEAH, and when we force all the wimmenfolk out of their jobs and |
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back into the kitchen where they belong, we will be even LESS dependent on foreign oil. They won't have to drive back and forth from those jobs that just take them away from the stove and teach them wicked ways.
Just think, they won't need all those second cars. And if we are lucky, the young wimmenfolk will be so illiterate and uneducated after we get done homeschooling them that they won't be able to GET driver's licenses anyway.
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69. Hey, please remember that plenty of liberals (DUers included) homeschool. |
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Wed Aug-17-05 08:58 AM
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73. I just got both of my eyes poked out! |
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Look on the bright side: At least you won't have to pay for those expensive prescription lenses anymore!
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:04 AM
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74. Isn't the (about) $65 per barrel of oil a worldwide price? |
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So, even if our products are now being manufactured overseas, hasn't the cost of manufacture gone up just the same? And, if our products are manufactured overseas, doesn't it now cost more to transport them here? What am I missing here?
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:36 AM
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80. Where are the jobs? Where are the wages? Where are the profits? |
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Where do the corporate chickens come home to roost?
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:11 AM
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75. And: People in California are actually walking again! |
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:52 AM
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81. LOL, reminds me of an old Archie Bunker - "meathead" exchange |
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More or less:
Archie - if you walk you get mugged
Meathead - than run
Archie - if you run the cops will shoot you thinking you are a robber
Meathead - then skip
Archie - then people will think I am queer..
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Wed Aug-17-05 10:11 AM
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82. As told to us by overpaid sTalking media whores who are NOT |
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affected by high gas prices and can well afford higher prices at the grocery store and else where. :argh:
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Wed Aug-17-05 10:59 AM
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83. Boy oh boy, that's an example of epic spin!! |
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84. The "Party of Personal Responsibility" has become the "Party of Excuses" |
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I have no doubt that particular line came from a conservative think tank.
Is there anything these people can't invent an excuse for? Treason, war profiteering...
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