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Quite simple, Canadianmaiden: This way, they can make more money.
In case you didn't know: It's all about ¢a$h. Moo£a. P€$€to$.
In case you didn't know: It's all about ¢a$h. Moo£a. P€$€to$.
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haha right i just wish when we are obviously just getting screwed over that something could be done about it.....but all the american corporations have all the power and they care more about money than a functioning society so i guess theres not much to do.....
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I heard on the news that they are concerned about all the stray animals. They think they will find a lot of bodies. [!--emo&
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[!--QuoteBegin-Canadianmaiden+Sep 2 2005, 07:53 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Canadianmaiden @ Sep 2 2005, 07:53 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]haha right i just wish when we are obviously just getting screwed over that something could be done about it.....but all the american corporations have all the power and they care more about money than a functioning society so i guess theres not much to do.....
I beg to disagree. It is not only the American companies. In Germany, they pushed the petrol prices to € 1.46 per liter today, it was at € 1.34 on Thursday. That's almost three Canadian Dollars. And here, it's the Germans who are in charge.
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[/quote]I beg to disagree. It is not only the American companies. In Germany, they pushed the petrol prices to € 1.46 per liter today, it was at € 1.34 on Thursday. That's almost three Canadian Dollars. And here, it's the Germans who are in charge.
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yeah your right, it is not just the american ones, i just like picking on american things
, not that i dont like americans, american ppl are fine and very nice its just the the kind of society that the media and large corporations and all that have turned it into i dont like.
, not that i dont like americans, american ppl are fine and very nice its just the the kind of society that the media and large corporations and all that have turned it into i dont like.
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[!--QuoteBegin-edbaldhead+Sep 2 2005, 09:19 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(edbaldhead @ Sep 2 2005, 09:19 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--] only the platforms were damaged. [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sad.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'sad.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
What's so bad about that?
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[/quote]What's so bad about that?
[!--QuoteBegin-Canadianmaiden+Sep 2 2005, 04:40 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Canadianmaiden @ Sep 2 2005, 04:40 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]ok here's the thing I don't understand. Gas companies don't refill their tanks like once every couple of days right?(im not sure on that im young, i just assume they are refilled in longer periodical spaces) so anyways if they are still dispensing gas and oil purchased before Katrina then would not the surge in prices come when they would be trying to purchase the oil that would have been coming if Katrina had not wiped out New Orleans. I assume there if alot i do not know so im hoping someone can fill me in but it is just that I do not see how the prices would jump so quickly while we are still consuming oil and gas that was in our cities before Katrina ever came.
(i think i might have posted this twice by accident sorry if i did so)
[!--QuoteBegin-edbaldhead+Sep 2 2005, 06:23 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(edbaldhead @ Sep 2 2005, 06:23 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]It's the most basic of economic pinciples.
Its called supply and demand. [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sad.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'sad.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
I'm a bit drunk,, but here goes:
Supply and demand is only indirectly related to the jumps in gas prices. It may seem unfair that prices jump up on the gas which is already in the tanks at the stations, but the price is based on how much it will cost the station to refill the storage tanks that particular day. (at the price set by the refinery according to supply/demand laws)
There is such a tiny margin of profit on gas sales for the stations that they need to ensure that they keep on current market values. This is why there are no full-serve stations any more, when you [the owner] pay a pumper his wages, you seldom break even on the sale unless you keep him at minimum wage and have a high volume. This means you have to tip the poor guy!!!! he needs it!!! This is also why stations want you to go in and buy other stuff (like pop, coffee, and candy on which they have a high profit margin)
You may thinnk I'm just talk ing out of me ass., but I have alot of experience in the industry by working in it for two summers and my brother has worked in it for almost 10 years, currently a station manager. (hehehe...how do you think i got the job those summers!!! nepotism kicks ass!)
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[/quote]I'm a bit drunk,, but here goes:
Supply and demand is only indirectly related to the jumps in gas prices. It may seem unfair that prices jump up on the gas which is already in the tanks at the stations, but the price is based on how much it will cost the station to refill the storage tanks that particular day. (at the price set by the refinery according to supply/demand laws)
There is such a tiny margin of profit on gas sales for the stations that they need to ensure that they keep on current market values. This is why there are no full-serve stations any more, when you [the owner] pay a pumper his wages, you seldom break even on the sale unless you keep him at minimum wage and have a high volume. This means you have to tip the poor guy!!!! he needs it!!! This is also why stations want you to go in and buy other stuff (like pop, coffee, and candy on which they have a high profit margin)
You may thinnk I'm just talk ing out of me ass., but I have alot of experience in the industry by working in it for two summers and my brother has worked in it for almost 10 years, currently a station manager. (hehehe...how do you think i got the job those summers!!! nepotism kicks ass!)
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What really pisses me off about this, is that it was caused by Bush's negligence... the budget that was aproved for the reconstuction of the dikes was sent almost in its totallty (70%) (to be exact) to Iraq's war..... F#ck!!!! these leaders we have are shit.... this is why the world we end becasue of our leader's greedines... noone can be quick today becasue everyone is born dead.... I dont know what im writting... im just pissed off about the money sent there... for a senseless war... (iraq is no terrorism.... or at least WAESNT when invaded)
sorry if im repeating things or if someone has posted this letter yet....
Dear Mr. Bush:
Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag.
Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could really use them right now for the type of thing they signed up to do like helping with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with?
Last Thursday I was in south Florida and sat outside while the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed over my head. It was only a Category 1 then but it was pretty nasty. Eleven people died and, as of today, there were still homes without power. That night the weatherman said this storm was on its way to New Orleans. That was Thursday! Did anybody tell you? I know you didn't want to interrupt your vacation and I know how you don't like to get bad news. Plus, you had fundraisers to go to and mothers of dead soldiers to ignore and smear. You sure showed her!
I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying to Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with your business peeps. Don't let people criticize you for this -- after all, the hurricane was over and what the heck could you do, put your finger in the dike?
And don't listen to those who, in the coming days, will reveal how you specifically reduced the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for New Orleans this summer for the third year in a row. You just tell them that even if you hadn't cut the money to fix those levees, there weren't going to be any Army engineers to fix them anyway because you had a much more important construction job for them -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ!
On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot descend from the clouds as you flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster. Hey, I know you couldn't stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble and act like a commander in chief. Been there done that.
There will be those who will try to politicize this tragedy and try to use it against you. Just have your people keep pointing that out. Respond to nothing. Even those pesky scientists who predicted this would happen because the water in the Gulf of Mexico is getting hotter and hotter making a storm like this inevitable. Ignore them and all their global warming Chicken Littles. There is nothing unusual about a hurricane that was so wide it would be like having one F-4 tornado that stretched from New York to Cleveland.
No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30 percent of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens of thousands had no transportation to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's not like this happened to Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with this!
You hang in there, Mr. Bush. Just try to find a few of our Army helicopters and send them there. Pretend the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are near Tikrit.
Yours,
Michael Moore (and me)
sorry if im repeating things or if someone has posted this letter yet....
Dear Mr. Bush:
Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag.
Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could really use them right now for the type of thing they signed up to do like helping with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with?
Last Thursday I was in south Florida and sat outside while the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed over my head. It was only a Category 1 then but it was pretty nasty. Eleven people died and, as of today, there were still homes without power. That night the weatherman said this storm was on its way to New Orleans. That was Thursday! Did anybody tell you? I know you didn't want to interrupt your vacation and I know how you don't like to get bad news. Plus, you had fundraisers to go to and mothers of dead soldiers to ignore and smear. You sure showed her!
I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying to Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with your business peeps. Don't let people criticize you for this -- after all, the hurricane was over and what the heck could you do, put your finger in the dike?
And don't listen to those who, in the coming days, will reveal how you specifically reduced the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for New Orleans this summer for the third year in a row. You just tell them that even if you hadn't cut the money to fix those levees, there weren't going to be any Army engineers to fix them anyway because you had a much more important construction job for them -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ!
On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot descend from the clouds as you flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster. Hey, I know you couldn't stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble and act like a commander in chief. Been there done that.
There will be those who will try to politicize this tragedy and try to use it against you. Just have your people keep pointing that out. Respond to nothing. Even those pesky scientists who predicted this would happen because the water in the Gulf of Mexico is getting hotter and hotter making a storm like this inevitable. Ignore them and all their global warming Chicken Littles. There is nothing unusual about a hurricane that was so wide it would be like having one F-4 tornado that stretched from New York to Cleveland.
No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30 percent of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens of thousands had no transportation to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's not like this happened to Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with this!
You hang in there, Mr. Bush. Just try to find a few of our Army helicopters and send them there. Pretend the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are near Tikrit.
Yours,
Michael Moore (and me)