Posted on 09/02/2005 10:05:18 PM PDT by NonZeroSum
Cool. When do I get my free generator?
Over 3000 acres of corn and soybeans. We have storage for quite a bit, but the NO situation will lead to some "piles" I'm sure. I'd rather have it in piles than sitting in the field because of lack of fuel!
Our contracts are at $1.80/gallon (bought months ago). My Dad ("the" farmer) died of a rather sudden cancer a month ago, and we are really needing to make sure we have a good crop. The yield looks to be incredible as we've escaped the drought...but if this screws it up...well...let's just say I won't be too happy with our leaders.
The hilarious thing about these exchanges to me is that I've never even CALLED for a law at all... I've just been pricking some touchy folks' bubbles by pointing out some facts inconvenient to them.
Trot out your news reports, now.
Wow- sounds like you have a lot to deal with. Hopefully the situation with the ports in LA being damaged won't add too much to your problems.
If you have a good contract, there is probably more risk involved for the supplier breaking it than he can justify with increased profits.
You haven't done anything but offer smart comments with nothing - absolutely nothing- to back it up.
And you're doing it again. What better way to avoid showing your true ignorance by saying "I'm just playing around here."
You should be embarrassed, but you probably have no shame. Quit wasting the time of the adults who post here.
The gas shortages and rising prices are due to over regulation and government interference.
More regulation and interference is only going to make it worse.
Exxon is a publically traded company. Go buy some of their stock if you think they are charging too much and you can share in their windfall too.
You are the ones choosing to stay on here. Note the absence of any chains on your chair with my name on it.
I don't want to hear that after a major disaster.
...and as a side effect, there are fewer generators available when they're really needed, *and* fewer people plan ahead and buy a generator before the next emergency, fueling deeper shortages when the next hurricane arrives.
Cornering the market is a good thing? During a disaster? I can understand that there are market mechanisms to correct such behavior in a normally functioning market when there is plenty of time to play around with and people aren't in survival mode. Major disasters aren't part of a continually functioning market either. The market may still work in some areas, but it gets disjointed in others, and people don't have time to wait around for it to correct.
They aren't rising. Oil futures would be better, if you have the nerve and luck to beat the eventual pop of the bubble.
Go away. You are acting like an insignificant gnat who only is here to bother people trying to discuss the situation like adults.
How sad you life must be. You can't engage in intelligent discussion, so you get your jollies by trying to annoy the people who are.
You have nothing to back up your position. When challenged, you slink away or avoid it. You are intellectually bankrupt and a waste of the electrons it takes to send your messages across the internet.
"If that's more than you want to pay, then don't buy one."
---I don't want to hear that after a major disaster. ---
I suppose you'd rather hear "sorry, there are no more generators available"!
Take your pick.
You need a generator. For whatever reason, you must have it.
With anti-gouging laws in place, you can't get one.
With evil businessmen gouging you, there's one selling a generator you can afford.
In which situation are you better off?
Ah of course it is, then those who did should then be thrown a ticker tape parade as they strut proudly down Main Street. While those who donated goods... shame on them for hurting the hucksters.
You seem to expend great energy trying to show how annoyed you aren't. Gnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnat out.
Well you're the guy standing up for "Give no sucker an even break." So when someone plays you for a sucker, you find that law won't defend you. Surprise, surprise, the devil will turn on you.
"You seem to expend great energy trying to show how annoyed you aren't."
What a genius you are.
When did I try to show "how annoyed I wasn't"?
All I tried to show, for the entertainment of all, is that you are an intellectually bankrupt socialist wannabe, who, when challenged to do more than whine and make snide comments, does it more than before.
Of course, I could't have done it myself. You helped a great deal.
It's wonderful having an oppossition whose mightiest attacks are basically nothing more than shooting themselves in the foot. Thank, you've made it easy, and you've let the whole board know just how little crediblity, intellect, and class you have.
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