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Thu May-22-08 06:31 PM
Response to Reply #33 |
| 36. I do applaud you taterguy! |
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If it was safe to ride a bike down here, I would ride one, too.
They try to run over you down here in MS.
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| -In 1960 a gallon of gas was 25 cents...in 1970 a gallon of gas was |
Raven |
May-22-08 04:28 PM |
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Why Can't We Just Organize A Day When The Whole Of The U.S. Just Stays Home..... |
global1 |
May-22-08 04:30 PM |
#1 |
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We should call for a nationwide strike this Monday |
taterguy |
May-22-08 05:08 PM |
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It would likely take several weeks to organize |
NewJeffCT |
May-22-08 07:35 PM |
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I already suggested that twice before on other |
Jesuswasntafascist |
May-22-08 05:11 PM |
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You Do Get Responses - But They Are Smart Ass Responses Like That Of...... |
global1 |
May-22-08 06:03 PM |
#29 |
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Thank you for your response! LOL |
Jesuswasntafascist |
May-22-08 06:08 PM |
#32 |
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Just for the record I don't bend over and take it |
taterguy |
May-22-08 06:11 PM |
#33 |
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I do applaud you taterguy! |
Jesuswasntafascist |
May-22-08 06:31 PM |
#36 |
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People try to run you over everywhere |
taterguy |
May-22-08 07:26 PM |
#39 |
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whenever this gets proposed, |
datasuspect |
May-23-08 07:28 AM |
#48 |
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Well, I'm Not Conservative Or Reactionary |
ProfessorGAC |
May-23-08 08:28 AM |
#51 |
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americans are like sheep |
datasuspect |
May-23-08 09:05 AM |
#53 |
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Then We Disagree |
ProfessorGAC |
May-23-08 09:11 AM |
#54 |
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it starts from the bottom |
datasuspect |
May-23-08 09:18 AM |
#56 |
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That's Rioting,Not Organized Protest |
ProfessorGAC |
May-23-08 09:26 AM |
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true |
datasuspect |
May-23-08 02:04 PM |
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interesting comment |
alyce douglas |
May-23-08 09:42 AM |
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it is the totality of the control |
datasuspect |
May-23-08 02:08 PM |
#82 |
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What would such a demonstration accomplish? |
tritsofme |
May-23-08 07:30 PM |
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I have given this some thought, and here is what I have come up with: |
reformedrethug |
May-23-08 08:47 AM |
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This is what it would look like: |
LucyParsons |
May-23-08 09:29 AM |
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The world of 1919 |
reformedrethug |
May-23-08 09:37 AM |
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Yep. |
LucyParsons |
May-23-08 09:40 AM |
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Agreed |
reformedrethug |
May-23-08 09:49 AM |
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Yes, I think those pics of people doling out free soup |
LucyParsons |
May-23-08 09:57 AM |
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not just the one day of pay, but the chance of losing your job too. |
Maine-ah |
May-23-08 12:05 PM |
#74 |
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That's called a general strike. |
LucyParsons |
May-23-08 09:21 AM |
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we may will be if no one can't get anywhere. |
alyce douglas |
May-23-08 09:26 AM |
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They probably can't afford to drive to the streets. |
gatorboy |
May-22-08 04:30 PM |
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maybe not significant to say but I hate their clear disdain towards |
alyce douglas |
May-23-08 09:47 AM |
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We won't be able to afford the gas to drive to the demonstration. |
Bob Dobbs |
May-22-08 04:30 PM |
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Then we must throw them under the skateboard! |
slackmaster |
May-22-08 06:08 PM |
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Now that's a skateboard! |
Bob Dobbs |
May-22-08 07:58 PM |
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I knew a SubGenius would appreciate a giant skateboard |
slackmaster |
May-23-08 01:09 PM |
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I remember when I was a teenager, buying a $1 worth of gas, 4 gals. |
Blue State Native |
May-22-08 04:32 PM |
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Bush took office actually in January 2001, otherwise all of your other information is correct |
whistle |
May-22-08 04:34 PM |
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Sorry, and thanks for the correction! How could I possible give |
Raven |
May-22-08 04:42 PM |
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I know you did not do that, but very often we forget that the 1st Tuesday in November |
whistle |
May-22-08 10:29 PM |
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A gallon was 29 cents where I lived in 1968 |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
May-22-08 04:36 PM |
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1.4 @ 5.15/hr. |
Hannah Bell |
May-22-08 04:40 PM |
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interesting way to look at it! |
Gato Moteado |
May-22-08 05:16 PM |
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Yes, but today's minimum wage has a lot less buying power than it did in the '70s |
slackmaster |
May-22-08 06:06 PM |
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yes, that's exactly the point i was trying to make..... |
Gato Moteado |
May-22-08 07:07 PM |
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In 1960 oil was bringing 20 bucks a barrel, too. |
mach2 |
May-22-08 04:41 PM |
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You are being deceptive, intentionally or otherwise |
jbonkowski |
May-22-08 04:41 PM |
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Very misleading. Controlling for inflation... |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-22-08 04:49 PM |
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Oh, thanks for the correction, that makes it lots better. ? |
Raven |
May-22-08 04:57 PM |
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No, but it makes it more meaningful nt |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-22-08 05:09 PM |
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Very misleading back at ya' |
nichomachus |
May-22-08 05:22 PM |
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Not to mention the wholly inaccurate published inflation rates. |
greyhound1966 |
May-22-08 06:18 PM |
#34 |
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Reporting apples/apples makes me status quo? Good grief, that's stupid of you. |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-22-08 07:30 PM |
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Blah, blah, blah, back to your bridge. |
greyhound1966 |
May-23-08 11:39 AM |
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I used the OP's numbers and the same price deflator used by...everyone |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-23-08 01:03 PM |
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OK I'll play for a bit. |
greyhound1966 |
May-23-08 01:55 PM |
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Hahahahahahahahahahahaha |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-23-08 07:11 PM |
#85 |
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Yes, one of these. |
greyhound1966 |
May-23-08 07:37 PM |
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Let's see who the moron is |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-23-08 07:52 PM |
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Those factors affected the price of a gallon then and now. |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-22-08 07:32 PM |
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The true measure |
nichomachus |
May-23-08 08:22 AM |
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Cars are immensely more fuel efficient than they were in 1972 also |
BigDaddy44 |
May-23-08 09:15 AM |
#55 |
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Still, it praise for Bill Clinton |
rock |
May-22-08 06:00 PM |
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Great! Those figures are even worse for Bush. |
NoGOPZone |
May-23-08 01:20 PM |
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If, by making data comparable, I appear to defend or support Bush, I regret it |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-23-08 07:13 PM |
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find out the price curve from the day W deregulated the Speculators/hedge funders he deregulated |
sam sarrha |
May-22-08 04:52 PM |
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What in the world are you talking about? |
bamalib |
May-22-08 06:59 PM |
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it wouldnt do any good, they pat very little tax, i think 17%, roll the profits into more cant lose |
sam sarrha |
May-22-08 11:15 PM |
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HERE IS A LINK.... to speculation>>> |
sam sarrha |
May-23-08 07:20 AM |
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I understand what speculation is. |
bamalib |
May-23-08 06:08 PM |
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I paid 19 cents a gallon |
Chipper Chat |
May-22-08 05:00 PM |
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Bush Junta history, gas price tripled! That's so far!!! |
L. Coyote |
May-22-08 05:05 PM |
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Raven, you're absolutely right! |
FitzmasAgain |
May-22-08 05:12 PM |
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Oh, how well I remember THAT! I turned 16 in 1959, and at 25¢ |
napi21 |
May-22-08 05:14 PM |
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We are being raped by the very people who put Bush in office, are you suprised? |
ThomWV |
May-22-08 05:26 PM |
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Yep, and marijuana was 10 bucks a lid n/t |
eridani |
May-22-08 05:28 PM |
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In 1960 a 25-cent coin was made of 90% silver |
slackmaster |
May-22-08 05:42 PM |
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Well, I need gas, not silver, to get to work to pay for the gas. Get it? |
Raven |
May-22-08 05:52 PM |
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The car you drive now probably gets 2x the mileage as one you would have owned in 1960 |
slackmaster |
May-22-08 06:02 PM |
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Not necessarily |
Disorganized |
May-23-08 11:58 AM |
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Wow - Wouldn't it be cool to have a Dauphine that age in running condition? |
slackmaster |
May-23-08 01:08 PM |
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The Dauphine had a tendency to roll in a steep turn |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
May-23-08 07:20 PM |
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The Business Plot has finally succeeded. |
greyhound1966 |
May-22-08 06:22 PM |
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Peanut prices doubled while Carter was president. |
TorchesAndPitchforks |
May-22-08 07:40 PM |
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I remember the gas wars when gas was in the teens. |
RebelOne |
May-23-08 08:01 AM |
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This IS NOT GWB's fault! |
ramapo |
May-23-08 09:20 AM |
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The invasion of Iraq was to control the price of oil. |
B Calm |
May-23-08 09:48 AM |
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there is enough blame to spread around |
alyce douglas |
May-23-08 09:54 AM |
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Is the value of the dollar a factor in the price of oil? |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
May-23-08 01:15 PM |
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I encourage the Teamsters to strike over the $4.79 they pay for diesel and bring the country to a |
Zynx |
May-23-08 11:55 AM |
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too bad they busted the unions |
datasuspect |
May-23-08 02:11 PM |
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Ah, the good old days |
class2068 |
May-23-08 11:59 AM |
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Hey, adjusted for inflation, that 1960 gallon of gas... |
davekriss |
May-23-08 07:29 PM |
#88 |
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