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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:14 PM Original message |
Boycotting BP. Come ON, folks. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Most don't actually care about the workers |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Goddamn people! Withholding their money from oil companies! What's next!? |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
207. Yeah, What's Up? |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
100. The problem is you are probably going to a station.... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
208. it's funny, i though these self-styled comrades were for "the workers". |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Every day you vote with your dollars. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. As I said earlier |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
70. of course |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Innocents are always hurt in boycotts. Many South Africans who ... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Yeah I thought that was pretty well understood about boycotts |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Indeed. To make an omelet, you've got to break eggs. AND I WANT THIS OMELET. n/t |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
185. It's pretty easy to say that when it's not your eggs being broken |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Fuck the guy who owns the station. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. +1 |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Really? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. He's an owner, not a worker |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I guess you havent actually known many franchise owners. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. So by your logic, |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Tough shit. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
69. So all the innocent low level workers at Three Mile Island |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #69 |
153. You're equating being a cog @3 Mile Island with being the owner of a BP fueling facility? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #153 |
156. The point is the same. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Why the fuck are you defending a corporation? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. I'm defending individual workers who had nothing to do with a spill |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Calling me an ass won't advance your case, lolo. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. I really don't care about anybody who works at BP |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. So you know every BP station owner? Wow, you must have a hell of a social network. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #88 |
210. didn't you know gas station owners are all gazillionaires? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #84 |
171. And of course, Exxon doesn't exist any more. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #171 |
177. LOL |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #177 |
179. I like how he consistently uses anecdotal evidence. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:34 AM Response to Reply #179 |
181. The flailing hysterics of the ego-driven. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:53 AM Response to Reply #181 |
189. You mean like your anecdotal evidence about hurting American workers? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #189 |
214. fuck em! they're run by them damned indians and muslins!!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #214 |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #235 |
236. this coming from mister "rules violation!111!!!!11" |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #236 |
238. Just speaking truth |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #214 |
244. And what is a "non-American immigrant"? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #244 |
246. those sneaky brown immigrants that own gas stations, didn't you know they're rollin' in Benzes, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #67 |
128. no, you're defending a corporation. by your logic, nothing can be done about anything, because |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #128 |
132. Incorrect. I say go after the guilty instead of the innocent. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:27 AM Response to Reply #132 |
173. consumer boycotts are a way for ordinary people to go after the guilty. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #173 |
176. By hitting the innocent? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:38 AM Response to Reply #176 |
186. KonaKane (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-28-10 10:45 PM |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:53 AM Response to Reply #176 |
190. Ouch |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
216. There are things called franchise contracts and they usually are 10-20 years. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. This is from the Arco website |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Ever heard of a business loan? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Did you read what is posted there? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. You still avoid the question...where does it say that you cannot get a loan for the franch license? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #72 |
175. yea, they give million dollar loans to "little guys" all the time. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #175 |
178. It happens more than you think. |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #178 |
237. i have. and i can tell you there is no way an average joe is getting a loan for $750k. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. In a capitalist society, it is not my responsibility to prop up failing businesses |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Make sure you don't include yourself in that group. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Deleted message |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. Hey, if you can manage to ferret out all the ways you pay into BP |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #81 |
86. They work under the banner of BP. Fuck them. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #86 |
90. How very conservative of you. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Rules violation |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Rules violation |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #87 |
211. . |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. Your post is bullshit. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. And these owners frequently work at their stations. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #63 |
192. and just as frequently, they don't. especially when they own 32 & are an investment firm. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. owners can't be workers? I better tell my IWW GMB. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. I can see that. I accept your failure. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #82 |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Which makes your rush to damage innocent people even stranger. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
83. so... |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:03 AM Original message |
Trapped by your own logic, William. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
91. Do you not understand the concept of freedom of choice. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. You can choose what you wish. But I'm free to criticize your attempt to punish the innocent. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Why you defend corporations and owners over the environment is the real question. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. I defend individuals who own franchises and have no involvement in the spill |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #99 |
105. actually they are highly involved in the Gulf of Mexico disaster |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #105 |
112. No, the owners are complying with demand. Not creating or exploiting it. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #99 |
107. they made money |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #107 |
115. And there may well be plenty of them who are now having a problem with BP. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #115 |
140. once again, I have no idea what you are trying to do |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Yeah, I'm done here too |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:01 AM Response to Reply #141 |
150. the argument keeps shifting |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #150 |
155. How so, William? |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #155 |
163. Here is a timely article for you. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #163 |
166. Do you think that boycott will be sustained long enough to make a difference? |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #166 |
170. One sentence you say boycotts hurt the little workers |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #170 |
172. Ineffective against the people in charge, but also hurts the little workers. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:34 AM Response to Reply #170 |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #180 |
187. Rules violation |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #163 |
188. That article seems to say that the boycott is having exactly the effect that those |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:11 AM Response to Reply #188 |
194. like the nacs spokesperson is going to say something different? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #140 |
143. You didn't on your own thread, either. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #96 |
103. punish? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. And how are they responsible for the spill, again? |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #104 |
108. If there wasn't such a demand for oil the disaster would not have happened |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #108 |
116. then go after the demand. Not those who cater to the demand. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #104 |
110. BP made them money |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #110 |
118. So you want to throw innocents under the bus because of what the head company did? |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #118 |
119. You just said boycotts weren't effective. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. for the most part, they arent. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Yeah that bus boycott in Alabama had little effect on history |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Read the "for the most part" again. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #127 |
133. LOL I countered your argument and shot it down. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #133 |
136. You are free to think that. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #118 |
129. this is hilarious |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #129 |
134. I meant everything I said. Boycotts are largely ineffective. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #134 |
138. Lets see some numbers for that. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #138 |
142. Here is a compelling article on why the BP boycott would be ineffective... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #142 |
148. That article is a fucking joke. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #148 |
154. These people? That was one person. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #148 |
191. he's a little mom & poppy guy, everyone can buy 32 stations at $700K a pop in down-payments. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #142 |
159. LOL!!!! Here is an article about the BP owner being so hurt by the botcott |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #159 |
161. Again, one person out of all the franchise owners? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #161 |
193. it's from your article. the article you posted that was so compelling. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #91 |
203. If you buy any oil product at all... |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #203 |
232. so was cotton |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
98. understood |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Where did I say you couldn't boycott, William? |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #98 |
102. What KonaKeiki doesn't understand is that a boycott is a market decision. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #102 |
106. Sure you are free to do that. As misguided and ineffective as it will be. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #106 |
109. FAIL -Boycotts are very effective |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #109 |
111. they are actually rarely effective. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Yeah right. Like I'm sure you have. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #114 |
120. You can boycott to your heart's content. And it will affect little. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Kick BP to the curb? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Not if they have options because of new technologies. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #123 |
130. That doesn't even make any sense. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #130 |
137. why? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
182. they profit for the same reasons the parent does, & they lose for the same reasons. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #182 |
184. That's the weirdest retardation of logic I have ever witnessed. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Pretty much. n/t |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. By shopping at BP I'm hurting the guy who owns the other station. And the people who work there. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. ! |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
85. bingo |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #85 |
227. Your post, and fishwax's, WIN the thread. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
126. Oh snap! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
220. I've tried to point this out to people. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well, you're the one on the ground down there. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I don't think there's much any ONE can do. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Didn't god start it in the first place? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, it's not like anybody's buying less gas. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. I will not boycott. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. If people really wanted to hurt BP, they would stop driving cars for 24 hours. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. As long as they didn't replace that day's trips with increased travel on another day |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
195. The problem is it would have to be a sustained drop for a period of more then one day |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
222. +1 |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. You can't tell me that BP isn't making a cent off of it somewhere |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
196. of course they are: |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #196 |
197. DING-DING-DING!!! That's a big part of why this boycott is working! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #197 |
199. i forsee lawsuits from owners. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #199 |
202. And some of those "mom & pop" owners are big corporations who have big lawyers. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes, boycott BP. If you don't understand why, take some time to find out. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. for me it's not a boycott -- i just can't do it. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. And who wants to cause financial harm to BP, they need to have |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
225. there we go |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sometimes a statement of intent or a declaration of belief are just that |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Which is why I NEVER boycott, it's the little guy who gets hurt. eom |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
160. If people really wanted to make a difference, |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. I boycotted Exxon after the Valdez disaster. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I still do |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
167. Yet, Exxon posted the biggest profits in their history just recently. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:07 AM Response to Reply #167 |
201. And, I did not contribute to those "biggest profits in their history just recently." |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sorry, but this is just the way it has to be. However, I would also |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Start with the station brands that have deals with BP. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Thanks for the info on other BP gas sources. nt |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Oh, Safeway grocery stores with attached gas stations also use BP gas. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
204. Go even further back... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. Fuck that. I will never buy anything from fucking BP ever again. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
95. +1 ! |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
241. X 20 billion |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. The BP near me seems to be doing just fine. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. Boycotting BP is sort of like what Bush did with Iraq |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
76. LOL that's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #76 |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #94 |
117. Looks like it |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #94 |
146. Rules violation. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #146 |
162. Must've touched a nerve... |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #162 |
164. Just playing the same game. Good for the goose, and all that |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #76 |
125. You mean more like the truth. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #76 |
135. Finding alternatives to oil is idiotic? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #135 |
139. Amazing how these same people end up taking BP's side, isnt it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #139 |
144. Deleted sub-thread |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. KILL BP!!! |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. Not true. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I think it's closer to 10%, actually |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. Doesn't matter: like Exxon, it's emotional. If you want to go gas up there |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. So, 0% of the sales of BP gas stations actually go to BP? |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. A station owner said that he only makes a few cents a gallon. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
55. I know. They make their money on the auxilliary sales |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #38 |
131. Dont tell the pitchfork and torch crowd here that, they want blood. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #38 |
200. yes. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. Luckily, this is one small choice I don't have to make |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. So why is BP taking out ads criticizing the boycott? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Indeed. Ads aren't cheap - an advertising campaign costs millions of dollars. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #40 |
113. yes |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
41. I have to help some owner. I choose to help the non-BP station. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
221. +! nt |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. If you want to help stations, without profit to BP, stop and buy coffee |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. BP does make money from all sales at such centers. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. BP gets a piece of the convenience store sales. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #48 |
145. Wrong. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
49. Since its all bought on an international market... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:17 AM Response to Reply #49 |
165. BP makes more money selling their gas at BP stations. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
53. Respectfully disagree. |
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Colonel Bat Guano (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. This boycott will only hurt the little guy... |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #62 |
79. that argument |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. That is bullshit |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #80 |
147. Punishing someone who bought into a business is sensible? |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
66. the BP brand |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
77. don't boycott the buses in Montgomery! |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #77 |
149. Don't post a pertinent analogy! |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #77 |
152. now this is controversial? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #152 |
157. Not controversial. Wildly irrelevent. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #77 |
209. +1 n/t |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
168. Wow, the astroturf's coming on thick now. n/t |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #168 |
169. Anyone who disagrees with you is "astroturfing"? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:27 AM Response to Reply #169 |
174. Also, anybody who says anything remotely positive about Obama is a paid DLC shill. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #174 |
183. *face palm* shit! Why didn't anyone tell me?? |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
198. +1. Yeah, it makes no sense. It solves nothing, helps nothing, a waste of time. n/t |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #198 |
231. give up, roll over, die |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
205. What? All of a sudden the invisible hand of the free market isn't the coolest thing ever created? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #205 |
206. Agreed. Zero sympathy for them. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #206 |
223. "Don't sweat the collateral damage." |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #205 |
212. If that's the case... |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
213. The boycott is for their own peace of mind I guess... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #213 |
219. No, it's effective. BP's been taking a hit. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #219 |
226. Taking a hit from a bong perhaps... |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
215. if you really want to hurt oil companies |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #215 |
218. +1 |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
217. This is no different than when people where boycotting the |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #217 |
234. trickle down |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #234 |
242. I totally agree! |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
224. This is DU. We always have to be boycotting something. All capitalists pigs are targets. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #224 |
233. backward |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
228. The boycott is working...and it's affecting BP. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #228 |
229. Yep, and BP's now airing anti-boycott ads. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #228 |
230. $50 million to $70 million of direct fiscal pain to BP itself. |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
239. UNREC! |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
240. I haven`t bought BP gas for years because it`s junk gas. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
243. Since gas consumers cannot boycott BP directly, they put pressure on those who buy from BP |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
245. Don't think of it as boycotting BP; think of it as supporting not-BP n/t |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #245 |
247. +++ |
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