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SAN FRANCISCO: Group's rejection of consumerism is catching on
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 12/27/6
| Carolyn Jones
Posted on 12/27/2006 7:56:23 AM PST by SmithL
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More for me.
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posted on
12/27/2006 7:56:25 AM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
CA - The Trail Mix State, a land of fruits, flakes, and nuts.
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posted on
12/27/2006 7:58:12 AM PST
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: SmithL
If California ever wants to break away from the Republic, I'm not fighting in any civil war to keep it.
To: SmithL
"They've been featured in newspapers across the United States and Europe and on the "Today" show, "Good Morning America," "CBS Evening News," TV news in China and Poland, and countless shock-jock radio programs."
Hmm. Not sure whose the nuttiest. The guests or the hosts.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:00:29 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: Hydroshock
How about?
San Francisco: Where the people are vegetables during the day and turn into fruits at night.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:01:03 AM PST
by
beltfed308
(Democrats :Tough on Taxpayers, Soft on Terrorism)
To: adam_smith_76
"I'm not fighting in any civil war to keep it."
I will turn up a few beers, though. ;)
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:01:34 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: SmithL
This group clearly illustrates that it doesn't take a whole lot of effort to become a total idiot. It hope this does "catch on." It will drive down the prices for the normal people who continue to buy these things.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:01:40 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(When I was a kid, "global warming" was known as "the weather.")
To: SmithL
who have vowed not to buy anything new except food, medicine and underwear
I wonder if that excludes grooming supplies (e.g., deodorant, toothpaste) as well? But then hippies never did have a use for such things anyway.
To: SmithL
I wonder how many of them have jobs that are predicated upon other people being willing to purchase new things.
I wonder how many jobs they are eliminating.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:02:55 AM PST
by
wideawake
(1)
To: SmithL; Diana in Wisconsin
Keyword: OLDHIPPIES
LOL!! Too funny!
Out of curiosity, aren't there many second-hand shops in some of these areas? The more frugal of us do this already - without the evironmental-whacko "feel-good" BS to go with it...
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:05:32 AM PST
by
Ladysmith
((NRA, SAS) "If God is not, everything is permitted." Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
To: SmithL
I don't have a problem with this. They are not asking for a govt handout, they are probably saving money a greater rate than normal, they aren't asking other people to pay their bills.....
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:05:49 AM PST
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
To: SmithL
3,000 people attempt to get by without buying new things -
Shoot, this is nothing!! The Cubans have been doing it for nearly 50 years.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:06:20 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: SmithL
Consumerism, they said, is destroying the world Do they not teach economics in school any more?
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:06:25 AM PST
by
meowmeow
(In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
To: SmithL
"It's been staggering," said Compact co-founder John Perry, who works in communications at a Silicon Valley technology company.Presumably not a maker of food, medicine, and underwear: so theyre also torturing poor Mother Gaia.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:07:11 AM PST
by
dighton
To: HereInTheHeartland
"I don't have a problem with this."
Neither do I. The more you have, the more you have to clean. :)
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:08:50 AM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: SmithL
I went a couple of years without buying anything new except food, medicine and underwear (OK maybe a few things but not much), I called it being poor. Silly me, I should have thought of the fake political statement thing and gone to the press, maybe I could have stopped being poor sooner, and done so without having to learn any marketable skills.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:08:53 AM PST
by
discostu
(we're two of a kind, silence and I)
To: adam_smith_76
"If California ever wants to break away from the Republic, I'm not fighting in any civil war to keep it."
How about we make Mexico take it back? Get rid of Hollywood, Pelosi, Feinstein, and let the Mexicans run it into the ground in 3 years!
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:09:14 AM PST
by
Humble Servant
(Keep it simple - do what's right.)
To: Hydroshock
......CA - The Trail Mix State, a land of fruits, flakes, and nuts......
And soon to be massive Flea Markets.
The key to wealth is timing. I'm going to start buying up all the Flea Market crap I can find and export it to California.
Any California FReeper want to be my partner? We can clean up by selling at 100% margin. the price won't matter as long as it is politically correct "used" crap.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:09:22 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. .... you'll run the bill up kid!....)
To: SmithL
Pffft....I can go a lot longer than one year without buying underwear.
To: SmithL
So, how many of them work for companies that sell products?
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