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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:15 AM Original message |
No bailout people will not get to eat at Sonic anymore... |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. OMFG, we'll be down to only 40 pounds overweight! |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Armageddon my burgers now!!! |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. It would not hurt to read posts you know. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. The same thing happens at the chain grocery stores and the chain auto parts |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. As long as the average Joe on the street isn't taxed for it so be it... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe if they improved the quality of their food |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. They spend money on those? |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. don't bail them out |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Less Sonic, more butchers. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. Farmers borrow money to plan crops - anyone here eat? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I posted that yesterday! I don't think we'll see farmers being |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. do you know why? |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Small family farmers gave up seed-saving many decades ago |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Alarmist Nonsense |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I listened to several stories on NPR and also my local news... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Because Of What I Said |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. In other words, a capital strike |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Aptly Put |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. As I understand it, their problem isn't liquidity, it's confidence... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Hence, It's PR Not An Actual Economic Problem |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Having not seen any of your previous posts on the issue, I'm curious... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Sure. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Good analysis. Do you have an OP somewhere I can read? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Sorry, No (eom) |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I for one would be happy to see you do a post on this subject. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. i encourage you to do an OP, too. Information prevents people from being driven by fear. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
66. Thank you for your informative and lucid post. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I guess I halfway agree. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. I agree. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. If GEcaptial doesn't loan money GE capital will go under. It's there choice. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Read My Post |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. OMFG, they might have to have the money first to pay for things! |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Businesses need to be able to borrow money. That's part of how businesses grow. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. Never ate at Sonic..never wanted to |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's freaking sonic. Who cares if the locations are refurbished? |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. schadenfreude |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. OMG: yibbehobba WAS RIGHT.... |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. lol! n/t |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. I was simply mocking the entire tenor of the debate around here. n/t |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I understand, his comment struck me as funny. n/t |
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TooRaLoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
54. FULL ON BELLY LAUGH |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
20. The food at Sonic is so full of HFCS |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
21. Around here, Sonic jobs enable kids to earn money for college. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. CNN yesterday had a some talking heads saying |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. A bank is under no obligation to make a loan |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. What is "suspect" is why the banks |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. Doesn't anyone here understand "metaphor"? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Is it possible Sonic doesn't deserve the credit? |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. Two of our local Sonics shut down MONTHS ago |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. And one just opened here. They have to have a cop there to direct traffic it's so busy. |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. and.... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. OH NOES!!!!! |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
33. Sonic exists? |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. OKC is their base of operations, there is one on almost every corner |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Interesting |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. They are mostly in the south and west. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
48. I just saw Cotton Hill say this shit on CNN |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. Sonic is a 100% blue company, FYI. |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Wow..did not know that , thanks n/t |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. The Sonic 3 blocks from my house is still open. They're still taking credit cards. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. Oh noes, we're repeating history! |
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That Guy 888 (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
55. Title of the linked article? Bailout won't put the brakes on downward slide |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. OH BOO HOO!! |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
63. I heard a similar story about McDonald's the other day |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
64. What happened to reinvesting profits back into your business? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
65. Kick for the funniest thread of the day! |
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