Grocery Prices...pancakes?

[Hometown]

If you threw a big old barbeque for 100 people and 3 of them showed up, used strong arm tactics and made off with 93.45% of the food.  Would you think there was something fishy going on?

Wouldn't you be really p***** if you were hungry and didn't get any more than a few crumbs?

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

And yet, Obama supports turning food into fuel and Pelosi refuses to allow a vote on drilling in ANWR.  No one is doing anything about the big elephant in the room- unrestricted commodity trading.  I really don't give two ****s who let that cat out of the bag, no one is doing anything to put it back in.

No, not all simple solutions, but all things which are contributing to the misery and all we are getting is lip service from our elected  government representatives.

They are either too stupid to figure out what would be appropriate policies or everyone's special interests are keeping anything from happening.

holy **** we agree on something....sound the alarms and batten the hatches!  Obama and all of his cohorts are fruits and frauds.

Forcasts from around the region today:

Tulsa 103 and sunny
OKC 101 and sunny
Hell 31 and cloudy

[}:)]

[guido911]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

If you threw a big old barbeque for 100 people and 3 of them showed up, used strong arm tactics and made off with 93.45% of the food.  Would you think there was something fishy going on?

Wouldn't you be really p***** if you were hungry and didn't get any more than a few crumbs?

If that mess is directed at me, what the hell are you talking about?

[Hometown]

I drove over to Warehouse Market in Sand Springs yesterday looking for some savings.  I was once again impressed by the large number of poor Whites hereabouts.  Funny, we hardly even acknowledge that poor Whites exist but they are everywhere and they are sorely in need of an advocate.  They aren't on any bean counter's list.  They understand what I'm talking about.

Goggle Huey Long.

[sauerkraut]

I never liked Oklahomas tax on food. When I visit Oklahoma it seems strange being taxed on food. Ohio taxes no food not even carry out restaurant food. (Ohio does tax eat-in restaurant food). Like they say food taxes are hard to swallow.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

I drove over to Warehouse Market in Sand Springs yesterday looking for some savings.  I was once again impressed by the large number of poor Whites hereabouts.  Funny, we hardly even acknowledge that poor Whites exist but they are everywhere and they are sorely in need of an advocate.  They aren't on any bean counter's list.  They understand what I'm talking about.

Goggle Huey Long.

Judging by the size of many of Tulsa's "poor",  starvation doesn't seem to be as much a problem as laziness.

[Hometown]

Income is what it's about Conan.  A living wage.  These are good hardworking people that deserve a shot at the American Dream.  Social mobility is the glue that holds are system together.

Try making it without their labor.

[bbriscoe]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

I never liked Oklahomas tax on food. When I visit Oklahoma it seems strange being taxed on food. Ohio taxes no food not even carry out restaurant food. (Ohio does tax eat-in restaurant food). Like they say food taxes are hard to swallow.

I heard that we are one of only two states that fully tax groceries.  Talk about regressive.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

If you threw a big old barbeque for 100 people and 3 of them showed up, used strong arm tactics and made off with 93.45% of the food.  Would you think there was something fishy going on?

Wouldn't you be really p***** if you were hungry and didn't get any more than a few crumbs?

Technically in this scenario, those three bought the food, and the grill.

[guido911]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

If you threw a big old barbeque for 100 people and 3 of them showed up, used strong arm tactics and made off with 93.45% of the food.  Would you think there was something fishy going on?

Wouldn't you be really p***** if you were hungry and didn't get any more than a few crumbs?

Technically in this scenario, those three bought the food, and the grill.

Well said griz.

[Hometown]

No.  The host did.  I'm guilty of some big leaps of imagination but you couldn't get yours past the logic committee Mr. Grizzle.

p.s.  My bill at Warehouse Market in Sand Springs wasn't any less than Reasors at Yale and 41st.

[Hometown]

Wait, I get it.  You mean the rich own the means of production.  To a point, yes.  But the citizens of the U.S. own the market.  We own the United States.  Try to make money anywhere else.  This is the place to make money.  Try making money in the Cayman Islands or Turkey, or just about anywhere else.  This is the greatest market in the world and we own it.  That's my idea of leverage.  Then you have to consider the skill it takes to run the production.  That belongs to the middle class.  And the muscle.  That's labor.  No, the rich are not an island unto themselves.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

Wait, I get it.  You mean the rich own the means of production.  To a point, yes.  But the citizens of the U.S. own the market.  We own the United States.  Try to make money anywhere else.  This is the place to make money.  Try making money in the Cayman Islands or Turkey, or just about anywhere else.  This is the greatest market in the world and we own it.  That's my idea of leverage.  Then you have to consider the skill it takes to run the production.  That belongs to the middle class.  And the muscle.  That's labor.  No, the rich are not an island unto themselves.

The Caymans are just a place for those most successful at leveraging to hide er, store their money.

Unfortunately, there's 536 elected people in D.C. along with a slew of lobbyists and bureaucrats who have forgotten people like you and I own the country.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

I drove over to Warehouse Market in Sand Springs yesterday looking for some savings.  I was once again impressed by the large number of poor Whites hereabouts.  Funny, we hardly even acknowledge that poor Whites exist but they are everywhere and they are sorely in need of an advocate.  They aren't on any bean counter's list.  They understand what I'm talking about.

Goggle Huey Long.

Judging by the size of many of Tulsa's "poor",  starvation doesn't seem to be as much a problem as laziness.

That's what they say... We have the "biggest" poor people in the world. Not too many poor people in the USA are down to skin & bones. Most have big screen TV sets too, and can afford cigs.

[Hometown]

Maybe you can pull Reagan out of the ground so that he can bash the welfare mothers one more time.

I know who made off with your lunch and it aint the working poor.