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[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

Double A:  Yes, better for average Oklahoman's.  Though you completly failed to rebutt anything I said, I would love to hear you argue that adding jobs to the economy isnt good for average Oklahoman's.  We were better off unemployed?

Waterboy:  I wont give a disclaimer to stupid.  I dont care if you make $1mil a year and buy so much crap you go bankrupt or if you make $20,000 a year and go bankrupt buying junk you dont need... you clearly made stupid financial decisions.  Note, however, that people that dont have enough money to support themselves or lose their money trying to start a business or help a friend arent included in this definition.  People who consume themselves to the point of having things repossessed get no sympathy.

As per Cadillacs, everyone wants luxury goods... that's the entire point of having them on the market.  However, not everyone can have them.  I certainly cant afford anything nicer than my Taurus right now, so that's what I live with.  Likewise, the rich guy in the big house cant afford the luxury goods he wants - private island, new yatch, Ferrari.  No matter what level of wealth you are at, there are things you cant have.  There are always bigger fish i nthe sea (Bill Lafortune probably bitches that his house is a dump copared to the REALLY rich people... who want as much money as the Sultan of Saudi Arabia, who wishes he was god).  So do I feel sorry that people cannot have the luxury goods they want?  No, it is the way it has always been and always will be.  Everyone cannot have it all unless we all have nothing (ie. Cuba).

Agreed. At least the poor in Cuba get to lay on the beaches. I have to travel halfway across the country!

[okcpulse]

quote:I have to travel halfway across the country!

Did you miss geography?  Texas isn't halfway across the country.  No, I'm not talk about Galveston, either.  How about Corpus Christi or South Padre?  NOT halfway across the country.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by okcpulse

quote:I have to travel halfway across the country!

Did you miss geography?  Texas isn't halfway across the country.  No, I'm not talk about Galveston, either.  How about Corpus Christi or South Padre?  NOT halfway across the country.

Tulsa to Corpus or Padre is the same distance as Tulsa to Chicago or Minneapolis.

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by okcpulse

quote:I have to travel halfway across the country!

Did you miss geography?  Texas isn't halfway across the country.  No, I'm not talk about Galveston, either.  How about Corpus Christi or South Padre?  NOT halfway across the country.

Texas? Didn't we give that back? Or are about to. Honestly Swake is right. It is about the same time to visit the Chicago shoreline as it is Galveston and Padre. And a trip to Florida beats any of them.