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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:08 PM Original message |
How about a ten dollar tax for trips of less than two miles? |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why not 4 miles or six miles? Whatever *you* can handle ought to be the norm |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Because it's 2.1 miles from my house to my job |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. raise the tax on gas and subsidize mass transit |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. So, if they drive a half mile out of their way to avoid the $10? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. A $500 penalty for trying to pull that shit |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
112. and how will you know they are pulling that &%$@? |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think it is a hell of an idea! |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Enforce with the GPS chips that are hidden in everyone's cell phone |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Wouldn't that be an invasion of privacy? 1984? Why not |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. all the more reason to stay cell phone free! |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. My memory is getting bad as I age. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Cell phone? You pansy ass bleeding heart! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
111. Such a small way of thinking. Why just "monitoring" chips? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
109. People would just leave their cell phones for short trips. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. . . . |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
175. A 10" x 10" piece of aluminum foil wrapped around your cellphone will stop that tax. n/t |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Congestion charge. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. I can't afford $200 more a month. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I suggest brushing up on your reading comprehension skills |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. What about people who purposely moved close to everything to save gas? |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'd better move out of town so I can afford to go to the grocery store then. n/t |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. No action required on our part. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The short trips will still be cheap |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
103. Only compared to the longer trips. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Most drivers are willing to pay a little for the convenience of not having to exert themselves |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think it might come that |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. The Lazy Ass Lobby is way too powerful for anything like this to ever be implemented |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
172. Well it's 20 something degrees out with a foot of snow on the ground |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #172 |
180. Agreed. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Unenforceable |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sure, the grocery trip with a 4 yr old will be really pleasant. spend money to spend more money. |
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TripleKatPad (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. I wish I lived 2 miles from my job |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. In all seriousness a six mile bike ride would be easy |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. bwahahaha. yeah, snow and ice and below zero are just lame |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I was responding to someone that lives in Mississippi |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:10 PM Original message |
a six mile bike ride is NOT easy |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. 6 Miles Is, I Agree, Nothing |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
160. We're in the midst of a winter freeze |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #160 |
176. GPS chips in sleds. Grab the bumper of a slow moving 4x4. lol. n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. If you lived here, you wouldn't walk. |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sounds fine. I'll just go around the block a few extra times |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Good citizens read the fucking thread before posting |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. eh $500 wouldnt be enough to discourage it |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. You would have a have a total police state to effective police this sort of thing. |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not to rain on your parade tater, but have you thought of the effects |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. So a $10 surcharge whenever I go get groceries? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. A $10 surcharge when you use a motorized vehicle to get groceries |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. That's reasonable in 14" of snow. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Where I live no one leaves the house if there's that much snow |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Not everyone lives where you live, Sparky. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
177. sparky. lol n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Where I live, there's already more than that on the ground. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Where I live, it is sometimes like that for weeks on end |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
181. I leave the house when there is that much snow. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Sounds like a tax id cheat |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
68. Oh, nifty. I guess you've never lugged three or four full bags? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. A full back pack plus a gym bag over the shoulder |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #73 |
147. Sure, because that would work for everyone. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
71. Hmmm, let's see... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Don't be silly |
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SouthernVoter (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #50 |
187. We would each be allocated a grocery store we had to use. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
140. Pfeh, just drive to the grocery store on the other side of town |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. wow. mega stupid on so many different levels. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Plus it's REGRESSIVE. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. that too, not to mention that it's fucking insanely dismissive of |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
99. Exactly... the worst of the impact would hit poorer people |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. so it's okay if it's unfair to people with disabilities? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. No plan is perfect |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. there are laws to protect the disabled, this would violate them |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. No plan is perfect? Thanks a whole hell of a lot. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. he's not answering your point about the disabled and he's not answering my posts about that issue |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
75. His hobby is "cycling," so I guess everyone is supposed to be like him and if not |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. he doesn't care or he wouldn't have glibly suggested something unfair to the disabled was acceptable |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #75 |
169. Or a chronic illness.... |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
153. Yep, if we can ever get rid all the other bigotries... |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #47 |
178. Your walker causes extra wear to our roads. You will have to pay an extra $5 for road tax. n/t |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
64. your plan is DOA |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. So the OP admits it's a crappy idea but let's do it anyway |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. What's your better idea smart guy? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. gosh, how about encouraging car pooling? Or even providing |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Car pooling only works for people with similar taste in music and compatible work schedules |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. OK, now I know your thread is a silly goof |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. If i recall, the OP doesn't own a car, he owns a bike |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #67 |
183. Given his responses to objections I doubt it is in jest. n/t |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #52 |
179. LMAO. "similar taste in music". ROFL. n/t |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
182. Taste in music? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. how about something not unfair to the disabled? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. That's a question not an answer |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I answered you, wise guy. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. i'm happy to give you a suite of answers (which I have a raft of) when you... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Just post em anyway |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. i want you to explain why an idea that's unfair to the disabled is acceptable |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. You can't always get what you want |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. and neither will you |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #62 |
86. Ok, I admit the part about the disabled was an insensitive goof that was in very poor taste |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #86 |
117. Okay, you got it. :o) |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #117 |
161. Hmmm....an unenforceable, arbitrary tax that would unfairly penalize |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
81. Perhaps One That The Originator Doesn't Call Bad |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. Why do you hate me so? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. It's envy not hate |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. *smooch* |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. When my neighbor miss the garbage man they just let it pile up |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. You lazy poke. Why didn't you just fucking walk to Myrtle Beach? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. You're right. A six hour drive in the van |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #80 |
87. You drive past all the gorgeous NC beaches to go to Myrtle? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
70. Newsflash: "Americans discover all sites 2.1 miles from their domiciles. Story at eleven." |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. Sure! I'll bet the disabled, injured, blind, and those otherwise not |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
77. I'll think about that next time I'm driving down to pick up my newspaper from the curb |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
79. fine with me- i live three miles from the nearest store. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
82. Your idea would be very rough on single perents, |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
83. I would prefer a 10% tax on Organic food. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. WT F? That's as loony as the OP |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. At least my loony OP would serve a purpose |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. yeah, but your looony proposal would kill lots and lots of people. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #88 |
100. Sorry, that was my point. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #83 |
127. I eat organic food, and I don't have disposable income |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
84. Law of Unintended Consequences: That would promote exurban sprawl |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #84 |
184. Yep. You would actualy SAVE money by shopping for groceries... |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
85. There is a Publix about a mile from my house |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
91. Speaking as someone who just had knee surgery... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. How often did you use something other than a car for short trips before you had knee surgery? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
93. Where do you live? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Celsius or Fahrenheit? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Redding |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. I thought that was the Garden of Eden |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #96 |
107. In Redding, 105 would be Celsius |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
95. Won't work here; cars will run you down whether you're walking or riding a bike. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Link please |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #97 |
125. Yes, that's me... I'm just a drama queen. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 06:21 AM Response to Reply #125 |
138. You don't have to prove anything but I won't believe you until I see some evidence |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #138 |
156. That's OK. You don't have to believe me. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
101. How about a $1000 fine for stupid suggestions? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Who gets to define what's stupid? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. How about by consensus? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. There are over 100,000 registered users on this site |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #101 |
116. Hear, hear! |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #101 |
191. Ok. We will start with you. Pay up NOW! |
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aroach (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
106. I buy over 50 pounds of pet food at a time... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. Look, if you did lug that much weight around, think of what great shape you'd be in |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
114. How about we just install a chip in peoples brain? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
115. I'd love to hear of a *worse* idea, if just because it'd take some work to conjure one (nt) |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #115 |
122. How about we all just stop giving a damn about the air we breathe and the planet we're destroying |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
118. They already have that. It is called "The Delaware Turnpike" |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #118 |
128. Oh snap |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. I gotta say i'm pretty proud of that one... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. When LostinVA and I were doing the long distance thing, I fucking hated driving through Delaware |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
119. Ok, here's why not... |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
120. Ban the individual owned petro motorcar. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
121. What a F#$%ing stupid idea. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
123. Hooray for Regressive Taxation |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
124. Boy, am I ever glad I moved 10 miles from the nearest grocery store. n/t |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
126. In honor of the stupidest idea ever thought up by a person that hates cars, |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. I love you. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 06:14 AM Response to Reply #131 |
137. Me too. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #137 |
139. Me three |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
130. I'd love to see you walk 2 miles into the wind |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
133. How about you take a 2 mile bike ride on a short pier? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 05:57 AM Response to Reply #133 |
134. I leave my bike at home when I go to the coast |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #133 |
185. +1 |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
135. Car use isn't the problem, the fuel is. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 06:10 AM Response to Reply #135 |
136. Well that's certainly easier than actually doing anything |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
141. All your plan would do is make people move to the exurbs... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #141 |
144. People do not move just to save on transportation costs |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #144 |
151. If people could have sold their homes there would have been an exodus. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
142. Aside from everything else, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
143. I heart tongue-in-cheek stuff. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
145. So how does this work? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #145 |
152. Almost everyone in the US is burning more than their share of gas compared to the global population |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. How many people do you know... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. The fact that most people drive too much is why I made my proposal in the first place |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
146. Just wondering: |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #146 |
148. Third choice. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Damn. I never even thought about that. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
150. So, the poor and eldery pay |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
155. Tater, I like you. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #155 |
158. I do what I can |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. Some of us just don't live in the same world as you do. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #159 |
168. The thread was mostly a silly goof that seemed like a good idea at the time |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. . |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #170 |
173. Has anyone ever told you that you have anger management issues? |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #173 |
174. You don't think it would harm those of us... |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
162. here is what I think |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
163. Go for it. You be the first. Send your state 10 dollars |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
164. Should my 17 year old daughter walk home at ten at night? |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
165. How about a $20 self-important asshole tax along with a 7 mill douche levy? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
166. How many people would be hired to collect the tax? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
167. we had a high of 1 yesterday, a high of 10 today, 4 inches snow tomorrow |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
171. How about...... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
186. you can't force people to change |
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SouthernVoter (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
188. How about a ten dollar fine for wasting DU bandwidth with stupid ideas like this |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #188 |
189. Welcome to DU! |
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SouthernVoter (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #189 |
192. Thanks. It looks fun around here. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
190. ha! why don't you come up here to n MN and try walking or biking 2 miles today... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
193. You might need to add some exemptions to that rule. |
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