ReBirth
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I just pictured you saying that in Samuel L. Jackson's voice (naked)
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I think this was much more succinct.
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That's pretty fucked up right there. Are they even offering compensation for the guns you turn in? Not that that would make it better, but geez. The fact that this passed pretty much disproves the above statement.
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That's Mr. Afterbirth to you, pal.
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You have proof the oil companies did this? You should call your Senator immediately and turn over this vital information. No...that's what they should be investigating instead of whitewashing and talking about a windfall tax.....read my post at the beginning of the thread. But when I said that would be wrong for them to do IF THEY DID IT, you guys jumped all over me defending that type of behavior as capitalism.
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So let me get your positions straight. You guys don't see anything wrong with companies inflating prices during a state of emergency and exploiting those suffering through the catastophe? If that's your position, I guess we have nothing else to disgust....whoops...freudian slip.
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As a general principle I agree with you. But when companies collude to fix prices and gouge during a state of emergency, that's illegal, and a completely different story. Also, there's a reason we have an energy commission. Because it is a vital part of our infrastructure. Railroads and airlines face the same kind of scrutiny, and they should. Promote the general welfare and all that. Personally, I spend about $8/month on gas and own a bunch of oil company stock. But that doesn't mean I don't recognize when something is bad for the country and morally wrong.
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Thank you for illustrating one of the most fucked up aspects of our society today. Sex = bad Violence = good Carry on.
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No really...I've got tears running down my cheeks. That's the funniest thing I think I've ever seen on here!!! Can't stop laughing.
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HAAA! Hilarious!!!
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Ow ow ow....purple nerple!!!
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You might want to do a little research on the subject. The oil companies aren't spending any money. They are hoarding cash. Part of the reason for the hearing is the fact that they have record profits (that's PROFIT, not revenue), record cash reserves, and are doing virtually ZERO investing in refineries or alternate fuel sources. I love how it's ok for us to base foreign policy on our need for oil and claim that it's vital for the defense of our way of life, but you want to do a little domestic regulation and taht's wrong. Oh...and before you reply with your usual "I said nothing of the kind", just because I replied to your post doesn't mean my entire post is directed at you.
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How so? I'm illustrating the ambiguity of the designation "terrorist" thanks to the Patriot Act. Seems right on point to me.
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No...they just killed a lot more people.
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psssst....Bush spends more than Clinton ever did (even ignoring defense spending)...he just borrows instead of taxes. How is that better?
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Really? How often did that happen? I guess parents who give a shit will have to start giving their girls a monthly EPT along with their drug tests. Or maybe foster a communicative relationship with them. Tell me, how many teenage girls are getting abortions without telling their parents and what the consequences are? Don't you think you should justify why a new law SHOULD be passed, rather than the other way around?
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You're missing a bunch of prepositions or something. I can't figure out what your hypothetical is asking.
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Because back when they used to be required to, many teenage girls would do it themselves with a coat hanger and die...or just plain commit suicide, rather than tell their parents.
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Huh?
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During a declared emergency it is illegal. And there's nothing practical about it. It's profiteering off the suffering of others, pure and simple.
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The guy on the bomb squad needs to concentrate. The guy behind him is about to pop a brown paper bag behind his head to scare him.
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Price gouging is when you raise prices during an emergency and use that emergency as justification for the raised prices when their cost of doing business didn't really increase by an equal amount. In other words, increasing your profit margin at all during a disaster by raising prices is gouging, and illegal, and despicable, and evil.
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The idea of windfall profit taxes against innocent successful companies is ridiculous. However, I believe the oil companies are guilty of price fixing and gouging. They should be investigated for that. But short of any official finding of that kind, adding special taxes on to them is wrong.
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There's a provision in The Act that if 3 or more people have a common handshake (two finger slide then point), common wardrobe (jumpsuit), and common purpose (skydiving), they are a terrorist organization. Sound like anyone you know? It's not that farfetched either, it's been used against motorcycle clubs.
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To the fans. Not to McNabb or the team. He was given a specific set of instructions to put this to rest. He didn't follow it until it was too late.