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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 09:21 PM Original message |
For the last time, folks, I'm begging you: NOT PUMPING GAS FOR ONE DAY IS A STUPID IDEA! |
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Sonicmedusa (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hear yaz! |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Absolutely right. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm on public transportation |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. then you're part of the solution, aren't you? And hey, using public transport is NOT low. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
54. I meant low gas, not low class |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
111. I walk to work.. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #111 |
169. Oh, yea? Well... Uh... Yankees Suck! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #169 |
178. Yeah, the Yankees |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #178 |
179. We'll call it a draw |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #179 |
183. Yes, by all means..I can |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
60. Or walking up the street to a store |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. My family could save $500+/month if public transit were available. |
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PegDAC (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
133. Here in the Charleston area, |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I agree 100% |
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PegDAC (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
135. I rarely leave the house these days. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Or find a Citgo and shop there exclusively from now on if it's close enough. nm |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Also useless. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
170. at least |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #170 |
187. No they wouldn't. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #187 |
238. whatever you say, but that doesn't make sense... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. You aren't convinced yet? |
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whathappened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
181. I DON'T TOTALY AGREE WITH YOU , |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #181 |
184. Standing around? Uh... |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #181 |
194. If no one buys gas on May 15, |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Totally agreed. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The current inflated gas prices |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And what good |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well, your point doesn't change, but it's totally wrong. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Whose attention? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The people, the people's representatives. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Right. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Do you have ANY evidence that anything has ever changed |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Way to not address my post... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Look, I don't want to explain to you why I did not respond to |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. MY fallacy? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Okay, so you're asking me to prove that |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Are you kidding? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Look, I have already proven that this particular one-day protest |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. No, I'm not living proof of your point! |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Woops! Another failed fallacy. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Hahahahaha... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Oh, darn it. You're again using this protest as an opportunity |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:32 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I'm ignoring you now. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
69. Oh, really? What direct questions were those? |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
104. I was going to conserve but this boycott thing is MUCH easier - I'll just do that.... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. Had you not been able to contrive a silly false choice, |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #112 |
124. What do you mean? If the boycott will work why do more? n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
70. very good, thank you. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Yes, keep pretending that discouraging people from |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Keep pretending that us talking about it means it worked. Please read message... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. If you believe that DU discussions and activism |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Please read message... |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. And we wonder why * is still in office |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Sense. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Please read message... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Then don't continue to discourage our efforts. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #72 |
107. We WILL be heard. Imagine the awesome sight on millions of people NOT lining up to buy gas... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #107 |
116. Yeah, but what if they were to be able to explain what's going on |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #116 |
126. They will be able to explain. The media will surely interview everyone .... |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 05:40 AM Response to Reply #71 |
218. Are you absolutely incapable of responding |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #218 |
221. I can respond in a myriad of ways ... |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 05:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
216. "That's for you to figure out"? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #216 |
237. Well, you don't seem to understand what a fallacy is, so it's |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 05:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
217. "That's for you to figure out"? |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
103. Ha! and when a protest is invisible, like this one is, it can't affect anything... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Mine, elsewhere said it was all about me since I cared enough to discuss it. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Not driving for a day |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Monty Python sketches keep running through my head, thinking about protests. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
108. It should have been something like national ride public transportation day... |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
100. I don't WANT people's attention while I do something silly... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
119. Do an All Day No Gas Protest and |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. No, no. People want you to believe that one-day protests |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. I'm lookin' at it as not |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. One day protests DO work... even invisible ones like this pretend boycott! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #132 |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #125 |
228. where are you marching again? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. How about if everyone gasses and dashes for a day? |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
173. you devious mind you! NT |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. I promise not to fill up or put any gas in my car tomorrow. |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. Can we agree |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's time for national change, and real discussion. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Excellant post! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Really? Gosh, thanks. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Sleep well, good Gregorian |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:33 PM Original message |
Great post |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Awesome post-Deserves its own thread |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Now thats a really good post |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
53. Use less, reuse, share, buy local, grow your own, make your own - as much as possible |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
86. This poster nails "slower living" in suggestion #2: |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
106. How about an electro-assist bike? |
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RevolutionStartsNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
163. Wonderful post, thanks. All is not lost... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
235. Beautifully stated the way I feel about this. Thank you for the wisdom! nt |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. Now doing both would send a hellacious message over time |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Think about the possibilities if we stayed home more with our kids |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. very true havocmom |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
236. Last Saturday, my husband, son, and I took off for a long bike ride. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. In solidarity with my gas gouged brothers... |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. What do we use oil for? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
43. If all vehicles got 35mpg or better we wouldn't need foreign oil |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
46. Well I always figured April 20th was a great day.... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
47. Redstone, can't a one day effort wake up more folks to the long term ideas you're talkin about? |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
113. But this "boycott" does not make use of purchase power... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #113 |
206. If it sends a message and inspires folks is DOES make use of purchase power |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #206 |
223. This pretend boycott does not ask you to change what you purchase. Therefore you are wrong. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #223 |
227. I was right. Your ill logic serves to talk you out of making a difference. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #227 |
230. Words have meanings. Look them up. "Purchase Power" can't be redefined to mean anything you want. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #230 |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
49. Do both. Drive less AND don't buy gas on the 15th. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
50. Um .... begging your pardon .... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:50 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. As ever, the voice of moderation. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
51. You got that right |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
55. Driving less is great, so is keeping your tires properly inflated |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
56. Imagine a nation where every 18 wheeler on the road, |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. There would be a shortage of medical supplies for one thing |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. They'd either deliver the day before or the day after. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #73 |
130. More than likely the day after. But the impact would be unbelievable! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
57. For the last time, Redstone, they won't do it regardless so don't get so upset. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
99. So if demand went down, the price would go up? That goes |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #99 |
118. But this "boycott" does not lower demand.... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #118 |
123. Oh, I definitely wasn't referring to this "one-day boycott" BS - |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. Oh sorry, then you are right. You're eye is on the ball and not on the pretend boycott n/t |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #128 |
144. It's certainly not 'pretend' if folks participate |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #144 |
186. Sure it is. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #186 |
197. The problem with that assessment is that YOU can't define or predict HOW folks will participate |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #197 |
205. You are participating in "don't buy gas"NOT by not buying gas but by not driving? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #205 |
226. Actually, it will involve a day home from work |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #144 |
219. A boycott where you continue to use the product boycotted certainly IS pretend n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #99 |
171. You are buying a myth my friend, if we use less they will make less. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #171 |
220. This "boycott" doesn't ask us to use less - only to pay on a different day n/t |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #171 |
225. I'm not sure where the quotes in your post came from, but they weren't |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
59. You're entirely right. A "boycott" won't work unless there's an |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
61. It is only as stupid of an Idea as going on DU to stop the Boycott.... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
62. I agree that driving less is the only way we have a shot at lower prices, but |
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joefree1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
63. Actually not buying gas for one day helps the Oil Companies |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
64. one massive strike would do it, anything that stops them (corp) from |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
65. Maybe it's not about sending the oil companies a message? |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
88. But this doesn't show any power. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #88 |
117. I made my point badly |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
66. Agreed. |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Buy Citgo only |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #68 |
87. No it won't. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #87 |
157. well, I'm completely failing to take your point |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #157 |
176. Indeed it is. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #176 |
182. but that just isn't quite so |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #182 |
190. But, you see, you can't tell if your oil actually comes from Venezuela |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #190 |
198. ah, first we assume a can opener |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #198 |
209. It. Does. Not. Matter. Which. Gas. You. Buy. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #209 |
213. I am so, so sorry to be so stupid |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #190 |
207. What I don't understand |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #207 |
208. I can think of two reasons off the top of my head. |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #208 |
210. So we are making Exxon more profitable |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #210 |
211. But you're not. |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #87 |
172. Fungawhatever |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #172 |
177. It doesn't matter what the source is. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 09:54 AM Original message |
Actually, PdVSA will buy petroleum whenever it is cheaper that producing and shipping it |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #68 |
93. Deleted message |
Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. If one must be a brain-dead idiot to understand the concept |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
78. Buy hybrids!!! |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #78 |
202. and drive less!!! I reduced my commute and bought a Prius. nt |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
80. yup...and I am doing my part |
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2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
82. A one-day boycott would hurt two categories of people... |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
120. Bingo! Another person gets it! n/t |
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emald (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
83. I had a friend explain why I needed to NOT buy gas on this one particular day |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
84. Why do you feel the need to control what other people do? |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. To show that this is not a solution. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Just because it hasn't worked before doesn't mean it won't work now. Surge! |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. now we're like Bush and Iraq, according to you |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #98 |
127. Well, going along with a pointless, bad idea |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #127 |
140. Of course, many like me disagree that it is a 'pointless gesture' |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. when we had a work walk-out we made certain that our job was done the day before |
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2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. I think I can answer that |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. I don't understand the argument that this would be 'counter-productive' |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #96 |
115. That's what I was trying to say, but you said it far more eloquently. |
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2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 05:00 AM Response to Reply #96 |
215. I'm encouraging action, not discouraging it... |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #84 |
121. But they're NOT boycotiing gas for a day. They're just changing the day they pay for the gas n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #121 |
147. Right, the proposed boycott attacks the wrong "problem" |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
85. "Take a Bus to Work Day!!" |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
95. Not pissing on my parade there sunshine. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
97. Do what I did yesterday. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
101. On the contrary, Redstone. It seems to me that the gas you buy will last a day longer, |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #101 |
114. No |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #114 |
131. Of course. My mistake. |
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dsharp88 (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
102. No DRIVING on May15th is a FAR better idea. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. and that is what many intend to do |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
109. Thank you Redstone |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Exactly. Thank you. nt |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #109 |
134. Certainly we should be pushing for cheap gas. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. Why should we be pushing for cheap gas? |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. Let me reword that to cheap energy. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. Why? |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. Of course. I should have worded that to "cheap energy," |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Oh yeah, it's well past time we start putting our resources into THAT. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #142 |
150. Totally agree. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #109 |
148. Now, THAT took guts to say. Thank you for saying it. I'd like to see a $1-per-gallon tax on |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #148 |
154. Nice idea |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
122. "Like a heroin addict saying, 'I won't buy any heroin today!'" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
136. I drive a Toyota Corolla. Seems I fill it up maybe once every 2 weeks. |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
143. Let's really show 'em |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
145. No flames from me, Redstone |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #145 |
162. There's an easy way to be less car-dependent. Live in town, not in a suburban sprawl. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
146. Someone said don't buy Exxon or mobil on the 15th |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. Won't work. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. Not quite true. |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. Yes they would |
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DollyM (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
152. Maybe so, maybe not but it's at least something. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #152 |
158. Hey, a belated welcome to DU to you. We don't watch TV either. We do let the kids watch it (one of |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
155. One person here who cut her driving WAY DOWN, Sir! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #155 |
165. I'll BET you're liking it a lot. Giving the finger to to the gas station must be really satisfying. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. Absolutely .. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #165 |
174. For ten years, I lived without driving at all |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
156. Boy, does it make me happy to see all the replies that say |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 03:54 AM Response to Reply #156 |
214. Everybody's Happy |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
159. This debate is stupid |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #159 |
164. Or, we could use the opportunity to throw personal insults at someone we don't like. That's MUCH |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. I only know three people on DU, personally, that is |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #166 |
193. Thank you again for your input. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
160. I agree..... |
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wundermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
161. I am not buying Gas for the WEEK! |
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krobar659 (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
168. USE ONLY WHAT YOU NEED |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
175. great post. snopes.com has a similar opinion |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
180. What if the purpose is just to make a statement? |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #180 |
185. That's all we need; more slacktivists. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #185 |
195. "Slacktivists?" Now, there's a word I like a LOT. But be careful of being so blunt (even though |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #185 |
199. You are in no position to define how folks will participate . . . |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #199 |
201. And the reason it won't suceed is not because it never has before, but because |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #201 |
224. I imagine it's been discouraged before with the same intensity that's demonstrated here |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #224 |
234. No, I have no recollection of being discouraged in the past ones. |
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habitual (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
188. i buy gas once a month anyway, what would the probability be that |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
189. WAIT! are you suggesting we DRIVE LESS? is that what you say? |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
191. I can't believe anyone still thinks this would work. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #191 |
204. Deleted message |
bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #191 |
222. It depends on the goal |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #222 |
229. I absolutely agree with your point, but |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #229 |
231. I would point you to the discussions which seems to have flowered from the original proposal |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
192. Two different Issues - |
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LonelyLRLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
196. Screw it! I say sue the hell out of the oil companies - |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #196 |
200. Oh, yeah, let's SUE THE BASTARDS instead of USING LESS GASOLINE! that'll work! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
212. Promise? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
232. If you're going to boycott anyone, boycott Exxon/Mobil |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
239. You're Right. It Is A Monumentally Stupid Idea. But If Someone Wants To Do It Then No Harm Done |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #239 |
240. No harm, but no real effect either. People want to delude themselves? Fine with me. |
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