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Thu Jul-17-08 01:01 PM
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| 95. where do you live? and can you send me some electricity? |
| -Deregulation Jolts Texas Electric Bills |
underpants |
Jul-17-08 07:15 AM |
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K&R |
Solly Mack |
Jul-17-08 07:21 AM |
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How is everybody reading this article? Do you all have paid subscriptions? |
pnwmom |
Jul-17-08 11:53 AM |
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You can read the full article by going through this link. |
tencats |
Jul-17-08 12:08 PM |
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Linky |
peacock |
Jul-17-08 12:18 PM |
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Thank you! n/t |
pnwmom |
Jul-17-08 12:20 PM |
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Just saw this. Glad the link was posted!!! |
Solly Mack |
Jul-17-08 02:02 PM |
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DEREGULATION AND FREE TRADE, JUST THEFT |
YEBBA |
Jul-17-08 02:07 PM |
#108 |
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Whenever big business is in favor of deregulation |
hobbit709 |
Jul-17-08 07:26 AM |
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Absolutely! Deregulation means nobody looking over their shoulders |
ThomCat |
Jul-17-08 07:37 AM |
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My Dad used to call it "teacher's out of the room" |
louis-t |
Jul-17-08 12:31 PM |
#90 |
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naw, they just demand tort protection for the corpos n/t |
MisterP |
Jul-17-08 10:17 PM |
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All those republican red necks now paying huge electricity bills. |
fasttense |
Jul-17-08 07:30 AM |
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Not all Texans are republican. I for one am not. I have seen |
starchimes |
Jul-17-08 07:44 AM |
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Everything in TX is bigger including thier electricity ! |
Truth4Justice |
Jul-17-08 07:49 AM |
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But, T. Bone Pickens is coming to the rescue!!!! |
Dr.Phool |
Jul-17-08 08:06 AM |
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Since Pickens was the financier of swiftboating Kerry |
desktop |
Jul-17-08 08:27 AM |
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Texas is one of the states that might be turning blue AGAIN. |
fudge stripe cookays |
Jul-17-08 09:37 AM |
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Of course they are, their from Texas n/t |
raebrek |
Jul-17-08 01:22 PM |
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LittleMan lost Travis County, and won Harris and Dallas by |
TomInTib |
Jul-17-08 02:25 PM |
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To paraphrase Johnny Cash..... |
AnneD |
Jul-17-08 07:34 PM |
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You go girl. |
fudge stripe cookays |
Jul-18-08 05:27 AM |
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We're just doing.... |
AnneD |
Jul-18-08 10:29 AM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jul-17-08 09:50 AM |
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Don't you know?? |
WriteDown |
Jul-17-08 09:53 AM |
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You get the State Gov you deserve! |
AlbertCat |
Jul-17-08 10:25 AM |
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Yeah? And what about all the millions of NON-Republican Texan voters? |
brentspeak |
Jul-17-08 11:26 AM |
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Actually, the rural areas are the strong Republican areas. |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Jul-17-08 11:29 AM |
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You might as well kick in a few more dollars and buy solar for that much $. |
FREEWILL56 |
Jul-18-08 01:30 AM |
#136 |
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All Texans should keep that in mind when they vote in Nov! |
napi21 |
Jul-17-08 07:31 AM |
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Something like 20% of Texas high school grads needed remedial classes their first semester |
underpants |
Jul-17-08 07:33 AM |
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Texas just passed new English standards that 99% of Teachers opposed |
desktop |
Jul-17-08 07:54 AM |
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Welcome to DU |
underpants |
Jul-17-08 08:16 AM |
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My comment back in 2000 when W got "chosen" |
hobbit709 |
Jul-17-08 07:34 AM |
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Ironic |
wilt the stilt |
Jul-17-08 07:42 AM |
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I don't wish Texas would succeed from the union (there are |
rebel with a cause |
Jul-17-08 01:07 PM |
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Obviously you cannot distinguish REAL TEXANS from FAUX TEXANS..... |
AnneD |
Jul-17-08 08:19 PM |
#130 |
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Suprise, Suprise! (Gomer Pyle voice) nt. |
Phoebe Loosinhouse |
Jul-17-08 07:36 AM |
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Citizen's arrest, citizen's arrest! (same voice) /nt |
mwb970 |
Jul-17-08 09:31 AM |
#48 |
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Can I get me a uneeform? (Ernest T. Bass voice) /nt |
paparush |
Jul-17-08 12:33 PM |
#91 |
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I think you are short one, surprise, surprise, surprise. |
raebrek |
Jul-17-08 01:26 PM |
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Mine is $200 this month. |
alarimer |
Jul-17-08 07:37 AM |
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It's not even August yet. I can't imagine what that'll look like when AC season arrives |
HereSince1628 |
Jul-17-08 08:00 AM |
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This is Texas |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jul-17-08 11:03 AM |
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Texas has 5 seasons the normal 4 plus August. Without AC Aug is apocolyptic |
HereSince1628 |
Jul-17-08 09:31 PM |
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The one pay of is |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jul-18-08 05:51 AM |
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Consider yourself lucky - |
TBF |
Jul-17-08 08:12 AM |
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my house, houston suburbs alos, 2500 sf, last month's bill: $460 |
elehhhhna |
Jul-17-08 09:22 AM |
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My mom bought those thermal drapes |
margotb822 |
Jul-17-08 11:33 AM |
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Yes, I've made sure the windows - |
TBF |
Jul-17-08 01:37 PM |
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16 cents a kWh! I just checked my SMUD bill- thier higher summer rate is $0.0929/kwh |
LeftyMom |
Jul-17-08 11:41 AM |
#77 |
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where do you live? and can you send me some electricity? |
elehhhhna |
Jul-17-08 01:01 PM |
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Sacramento. And you'll have to pay for shipping. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-17-08 01:20 PM |
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We have First Choice power - and it looks like I need to be doing |
TBF |
Jul-17-08 01:29 PM |
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These are the rates for Garland, TX |
starchimes |
Jul-17-08 02:46 PM |
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Here in Southern Illinois we have the best of both worlds. |
rebel with a cause |
Jul-17-08 01:18 PM |
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NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT |
spag68 |
Jul-17-08 10:48 PM |
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My apartment is about 500 square feet. |
alarimer |
Jul-18-08 07:29 AM |
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And that is for about 450 Sq feet probably. |
Skink |
Jul-17-08 12:19 PM |
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Maestro, cue the strings! |
DemoTex |
Jul-17-08 07:42 AM |
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Deregulation & Privatization = bendover & take it in the ass!!! n.t |
groovedaddy |
Jul-17-08 07:43 AM |
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The RAYGUN MANTRA! n/t |
cmt928 |
Jul-17-08 08:21 AM |
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System is working just as it should... |
HereSince1628 |
Jul-17-08 07:48 AM |
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DING! |
underpants |
Jul-17-08 07:50 AM |
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Energy deregulation: Making lives better everywhere |
Frank Cannon |
Jul-17-08 08:04 AM |
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Inelasticity of demand |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jul-17-08 08:07 AM |
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it works perfectly for the right people... |
Blue_Tires |
Jul-17-08 08:33 AM |
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So deregulation was to drive prices lower, instead lower priced companies went out of business... |
notadmblnd |
Jul-17-08 08:07 AM |
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Remember all those bumper stickers throughout the south, esp. in Texass, during the 70's... |
TooBigaTent |
Jul-17-08 08:10 AM |
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It wouldn't hurt us any more than it would hurt those in Jersey. |
igil |
Jul-17-08 03:16 PM |
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Don't remember those. |
fudge stripe cookays |
Jul-18-08 05:31 AM |
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Many Texas consumers feel competition in the state's energy markets has been a costly failure |
Xipe Totec |
Jul-17-08 08:12 AM |
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Soounds like abuncha WHINERS to me |
underpants |
Jul-17-08 08:18 AM |
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they failed and stole from the poor business and everybody |
lovuian |
Jul-17-08 11:37 AM |
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Texas has the highest property insurance rate in country because no regulation |
desktop |
Jul-17-08 08:14 AM |
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All aspects of Energy Need to be Nationalized |
Phred42 |
Jul-17-08 08:17 AM |
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That may sound like a good idea, but look what's happening here in New York. |
hedgehog |
Jul-17-08 10:19 AM |
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Rule of Thumb....wherever a Republican is in charge, the citizenry, in general, gets screwed |
Riddler |
Jul-17-08 08:28 AM |
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"The system is working the way it is supposed to work," |
skoalyman |
Jul-17-08 08:37 AM |
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No, he was telling the truth |
brentspeak |
Jul-17-08 11:28 AM |
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The Dems need to raise the GOP De-Regulation as a campaign issue. |
mod mom |
Jul-17-08 08:54 AM |
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They need to raise it a tactical way |
harun |
Jul-17-08 09:55 AM |
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Hard to do that when the Dems have been complicit |
depakid |
Jul-17-08 04:24 PM |
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Certainly the DLC have but this is a chance for Obama to use "change in Washington" |
mod mom |
Jul-17-08 04:54 PM |
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Competition ..... |
Trajan |
Jul-17-08 08:55 AM |
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We have the same problem in Maryland |
LibertyLover |
Jul-17-08 08:57 AM |
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NW PA, had my home insulated and cut usage in half, but, |
vickiss |
Jul-17-08 02:09 PM |
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Texas energy companies were happy to stick it to California in 2000 |
Deny and Shred |
Jul-17-08 08:58 AM |
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Deregulation and "at will" employment practices |
kingofalldems |
Jul-17-08 09:06 AM |
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It's not so much that they "got tricked" |
RedLetterRev |
Jul-17-08 01:03 PM |
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Thank you. |
twominuteshate |
Jul-17-08 07:57 PM |
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Not a problem |
RedLetterRev |
Jul-17-08 09:31 PM |
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Deregulation is based on a false assumption that the rich who control |
jwirr |
Jul-17-08 09:07 AM |
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Exactly. I'm sure we're all familiar with the devout belief that the Rich are just better people |
Indenturedebtor |
Jul-17-08 10:47 AM |
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Those who believe that have not been paying attention. nt |
jwirr |
Jul-17-08 02:47 PM |
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Or they've been paying attention to the wrong things |
Indenturedebtor |
Jul-17-08 03:01 PM |
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Two words should strike fear in any ordinary person's heart: |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jul-17-08 09:09 AM |
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Yikes! I pay $0.065 per kwh |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-17-08 09:09 AM |
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Yeah that is outrageous |
underpants |
Jul-17-08 09:43 AM |
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Republican Free Markets Mean - |
paparush |
Jul-17-08 09:12 AM |
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The DECIDER said you can start by |
oldskool |
Jul-17-08 09:19 AM |
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Where's Enron when you need them? |
Tab |
Jul-17-08 09:25 AM |
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Chalk up another victory for the Dictator Bush!! |
BlueJac |
Jul-17-08 09:27 AM |
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My sympathies to the Dem Texans |
Neo |
Jul-17-08 09:50 AM |
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Thanks. My electric bill is outrageous this summer; been super hot so far. |
sparosnare |
Jul-17-08 12:29 PM |
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When are Repub's going to realize this individual freedom they |
harun |
Jul-17-08 09:50 AM |
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Yep. It has been news in Texas for some time. |
Maestro |
Jul-17-08 09:56 AM |
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I knew this crap was coming around the bend.... |
Javaman |
Jul-17-08 10:39 AM |
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Smart move there Javaman |
underpants |
Jul-17-08 11:05 AM |
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Enron redux...k&r |
whistle |
Jul-17-08 10:47 AM |
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Gee, just like in California |
PatGund |
Jul-17-08 10:48 AM |
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Now the rethugs in Cali are trying to claim that the reason prices went up |
MindPilot |
Jul-17-08 03:04 PM |
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dupe |
PatGund |
Jul-17-08 10:48 AM |
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Deregulation is one of the biggest boondoggles foisted on the public |
Politicub |
Jul-17-08 10:58 AM |
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To all the red Texans....HAHA! |
Gamey |
Jul-17-08 11:17 AM |
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We need Eco Entreprenuer friendly laws |
TheCoxwain |
Jul-17-08 11:20 AM |
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of course the system is working as it should - repugs want the corporations to |
samsingh |
Jul-17-08 11:21 AM |
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I live in a suburb of Dallas... |
FloriTexan |
Jul-17-08 11:21 AM |
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Welcome to DU |
underpants |
Jul-17-08 11:56 AM |
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Look at this way....not only is it a license to steal for the energy |
ooglymoogly |
Jul-17-08 11:26 AM |
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color me not shocked. |
unpossibles |
Jul-17-08 11:41 AM |
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Yeah, the system's working the way King thinks it should: |
damntexdem |
Jul-17-08 11:51 AM |
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It always turns into a Southern = Repub thing to dance on... |
4_TN_TITANS |
Jul-17-08 11:54 AM |
#81 |
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I disagree |
liberal1973 |
Jul-18-08 05:38 AM |
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Phil Gramm told Phil King that y'all are a bunch of whiners and would get over it in time. //nt |
Overseas |
Jul-17-08 12:01 PM |
#83 |
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Yep. Those high electric prices are just a mental thing. |
OnionPatch |
Jul-17-08 06:39 PM |
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Whenever you hear the word "choices" from repugs... |
louis-t |
Jul-17-08 12:26 PM |
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Deregulation = Higher consumer prices Get it now people? |
benld74 |
Jul-17-08 12:36 PM |
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If they really thought deregulation would lower prices, |
lurky |
Jul-17-08 12:41 PM |
#93 |
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Maybe they are just true believers |
underpants |
Jul-17-08 12:59 PM |
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Dereg= Corporate free-for all, price fixing, and massive violations of |
elehhhhna |
Jul-17-08 01:04 PM |
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Hey freepers--How do you explain this? |
kingofalldems |
Jul-17-08 01:27 PM |
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i just got from Houston on tuesday, i visited some friends and they told me their |
chimpsrsmarter |
Jul-17-08 01:33 PM |
#105 |
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It is Enron all over again---plus they are using high prices as excuse to build more NUKES! |
McCamy Taylor |
Jul-17-08 02:12 PM |
#110 |
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Yep... |
YvonneCa |
Jul-17-08 10:33 PM |
#134 |
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"Many Texas officials believe that their system will work out best for consumers in the long run." |
Hardhead |
Jul-17-08 02:38 PM |
#112 |
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Ah, my hubby's business-partners/friends in Tejas ... |
Maat |
Jul-17-08 03:54 PM |
#118 |
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This country is deregulating itself into the poorhouse |
peanut2010 |
Jul-17-08 04:45 PM |
#120 |
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My house is about 4900 sq ft and my bill comes to about $1100/mo. |
Scooter24 |
Jul-17-08 05:32 PM |
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I do the averaging plan thru TXU |
rainbow4321 |
Jul-17-08 06:19 PM |
#123 |
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I never understood |
MadMaddie |
Jul-17-08 07:03 PM |
#125 |
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I don't ever remember cheap electricity in Texas n/t |
Skittles |
Jul-17-08 07:24 PM |
#126 |
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Why all the Texas bashing in this thread? |
twominuteshate |
Jul-17-08 07:49 PM |
#128 |
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Eh just taking shots at the Lone Star state |
underpants |
Jul-18-08 07:35 AM |
#143 |
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That's a tough break for Texans that voted Democrat ... |
Sentinel Chicken |
Jul-18-08 06:39 AM |
#141 |
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