Author Topic: National Socialism and Hillary. (Read 1609 times)

Xargos · « **Reply #15 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:22:50 PM »

Anytime I go to the grocery store I am supporting the oil companies. I have to pay the oil companies in order to eat. THAT IS EXTORTION.

P.S. Just like having to belong to a union in order to work is EXTORTION.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:29:54 PM »

NO. NO NO NO!

CMon Xargos, this isn't a fricking IQ test. No one holds a gun to your head and tells you, "You will drive your car. You WILL buy gas."

Any choice to drive, any choice to buy gas IS ENTIRELY CONTROLLED BY YOU. There is nothing stopping you from selling your car, walking or biking to the grocery store.

AWMac · « **Reply #17 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:31:55 PM »

Xargos pay him no mind.... every Village has its Idiot and he's ours.

Mac

Xargos · « **Reply #18 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:32:09 PM »

I don't own a car but I have to buy groceries.

AWMac · « **Reply #19 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:35:25 PM »

Xargos this is the SAME N00B that states in previous threads that he doesn't do well in College but is so close to his Dean to try and Nominate a friend for the Nobel Peace Prize...

*where's my hip waders?*

He's so full of it his dreams are all in brown.

Mac

Xargos · « **Reply #20 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:36:58 PM »

I've tried to be nice but "No good deed goes unpunished".

hubsonfire · « **Reply #21 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:40:55 PM »

Actually, the food is delivered by semis which burn diesel, and the costs of transporting the goods is factored in with the prices the stores pay their vendors, and those costs are passed on to Xargos and his pony.

So, he does have to pay them, directly or indirectly. There is no avoiding that.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:46:45 PM »

This is why society is failing. Every single person here fails to realize that everything is a choice.

You choose to buy gas, or you don't.

If half the US stopped buying gasoline, the demand goes down and so does the price. Then the price of groceries that is affected by diesel prices goes down as well.

I'm beginning to think IQ tests in order to get a vote in US elections is a good idea.

john9001 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:48:24 PM »

every one missing the point, do you really need 400 hp/15mpg to pick up the groceries.

Chairboy · « **Reply #24 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:53:36 PM »

Sometimes I buy a lot of groceries, and you know how fast some food spoils...

If she actually advocated confiscating profits from the oil companies, essentially nationalizing them, then she's done. That's is absolute crap.

...but there may be more to the story. Let's keep an eye on this.

Xargos · « **Reply #25 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:54:11 PM »

If you think IQ tests mean anything then your the one who is not to bright. Last time I was tested I had a score of 135, but I have a very bad memory. Your ability to adapt has more to do with intelligence then anything else.

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #26 on:** February 08, 2007, 08:15:50 PM »

I seem to remember from my economic classes that some goods have an upper (ceiling) and lower (floor) price limit. Gas could go down if people stopped buying it, but it doesn't mean that it would have to.

Also, companies maximize profits. Lets say that 100 people could afford to buy gas if it was $1 per gallon. And lets also say that only 10 people could afford to buy gus if it was $15 per gallon. It would be more profitable to set the price higher.

Its not a choice to buy gasoline in the U.S. If you want to survive, you have to pay for fuel one way or another. With very rare exception, the major 'choice' that laser keeps screaming about is to either buy gasoline or die.

Laser, you need to get your money back from the university you're going to.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 08, 2007, 08:17:49 PM »

God forbid a company goes out and tries to maximize their profits.

OH THE HUMANITY.

Hitech and Skuzzy, from now on you're not allowed to make a profit. You are hereby forced to sell a subscription to aces high for 1 dollar a month.

vorticon · « **Reply #28 on:** February 08, 2007, 08:29:10 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
This is why society is failing. Every single person here fails to realize that everything is a choice.

You choose to buy gas, or you don't.

If half the US stopped buying gasoline, the demand goes down and so does the price. Then the price of groceries that is affected by diesel prices goes down as well.
/B]

unless you live less than 1.5 hours transit commute, or 1 hours walking or bicycling distance from your place of work...you dont really have a choice, not if you want to continue paying the bills anyway.

and there would be an ecenomic impact over and above the loss of oil money...
if everyone who lived with in 1.5 hours of their work stopped driving, there would be a signifigant negative effect on productivity, more people calling sick days, less profits for stores that are off transit routes etc. etc.

Mark Luper · « **Reply #29 on:** February 08, 2007, 08:30:16 PM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
Sometimes I buy a lot of groceries, and you know how fast some food spoils...

If she actually advocated confiscating profits from the oil companies, essentially nationalizing them, then she's done. That's is absolute crap.

...but there may be more to the story. Let's keep an eye on this.

I remember watching a video of her speech in which she says that. It was said in no uncertain terms.

Regardless of party affiliation or group representation, any politician that beleives what she said is the right thing to do has no business being voted into congress.

I don't care what the spin is or what she may have meant to say but I feel she was wanting to garner votes by the "take from the rich give to the poor" BS that some politicians use. Since she is a politician her credibility goes down the tubes automatically as far as I'm concerned so I beleive it actually is only a bunch of sound bytes to try to be voted first woman president. I personaly think she "stepped in it" with that comment as the original poster mentioned.

Mark