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Interesting Exchange at the Grocery Store | March 16, 2020 | Michael T. Archangel

Posted on 03/16/2020 4:50:46 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel

Today my wife and I went to the local H.E.B. grocery store to purchase some things we needed. The shelves in the store were largely empty. There was a young couple shopping who were complaining about the empty shelves. Each of them was wearing a Bernie Sanders for President tee shirt.

I walked up to them and said, "Are you feeling the Bern?" They stared blankly. I then said, "Welcome to the Havana H.E.B." The continued to stare blankly at me so I continued, "This is what grocery store look like under socialist and communist regimes."


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KEYWORDS: bernie; feelthebern; heb; hysteria; shopping; texas
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To: Darksheare

Had to go to 7 stores today just to find a pack of ground beef. Only meats left in most stores were of the fake meat variety.

No beans, no rice, no flour, no dairy, very little fruits or vegetables, no cleaning supplies - no dish soap, no laundry soap


41 posted on 03/16/2020 5:55:18 PM PDT by Starcitizen (Communist China needs to be treated like the parish country it is. Send it back to 1971)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Enough toilet paper. Went to the store today and the TP and paper products were empty except for everything high up on the shelves as backstock. Talked to an elderly guy that I know as a diehard democrat, he was pissed that there was no TP. I let him know call your congressmen and senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters and complain to them.


42 posted on 03/16/2020 5:56:52 PM PDT by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2020 - Keep America Great)
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To: ealgeone

I don’t..and won’t.


43 posted on 03/16/2020 5:59:18 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Not quite communism yet. Lots of shelves are still full and the quality is still good. The empty shelves do hint at a future of socialism which is exactly the feeling I got the other day while trying to buy distilled water.


44 posted on 03/16/2020 5:59:50 PM PDT by Nateman ( Unless the left is screaming you are doing it wrong.)
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To: ealgeone
That's a whole different animal...

Kinda think you know that.......

45 posted on 03/16/2020 6:00:35 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: Osage Orange

Possibly, but it illustrates my point.


46 posted on 03/16/2020 6:14:49 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

“...stare blankly ...”

That’s why it is impossible to educate them .... there is nothing going on behind that blank stare.


47 posted on 03/16/2020 6:19:05 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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To: ealgeone
Possibly???

It's not possibly...I can!

48 posted on 03/16/2020 6:39:57 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: carriage_hill

This is terrific!


49 posted on 03/16/2020 6:41:31 PM PDT by 4integrity
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Airlines requesting 50 billion Bailout already. Guess that’s only fascism.


50 posted on 03/16/2020 6:44:24 PM PDT by Varsity Flight
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To: Varsity Flight

The casinos are also requesting bailouts.


51 posted on 03/16/2020 8:09:53 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Starcitizen

It’s insane, haven’t seen panic like this before.
And the media ghoulishly stokes it.


52 posted on 03/16/2020 8:50:52 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Your cuban comment is not an exaggeration. It is also why I put on everyone of my posts for everyone to buy weapons and ammo.

JoMa


53 posted on 03/17/2020 3:07:20 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks.)
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To: ealgeone

Not in 15 states, more working on it. You had a point?
It’s true, some CC states have higher crime rates than full blown leftist states, but attrition over time will correct that....

I live in a CC/permitless carry state, but choose to keep a CCW license for the legal liberalization of carry it provides....


54 posted on 03/17/2020 3:18:08 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: Manly Warrior
My point is IF the 2A was truly in force, we wouldn't need CCW permits/licenses. Hence why I say our freedoms have been eroded.

The Gun Control bills are still on the books as law.

That's my point.

55 posted on 03/17/2020 3:21:30 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

Some folk look at firearms laws and loose their minds.

You’d think that the 4th means no searches or seizures too.

But, indeed, we can agree that most laws are well beyond the intent and wording of the Constitution, hence my strong distaste for the garbage called “case law”, and “precedent”. If it were valid, then DreadScott ought to be the law of the land, still.


57 posted on 03/17/2020 3:31:23 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: yarddog

Socialism is just a stepping stone toward communism...


58 posted on 03/17/2020 3:58:42 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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