the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[Seabiscuit36]

[BigEd76]

Britney went nuts again

[mussa]

the funny thing is if she wouldn't of made it big, she would be doing the same thing at a trailor park in lousiana. shocking!

[Yeti]

I love drunken Britney.

[phillymic2000]

I wonder if the country of lakota will still suck on my tax dollars

[Diomedes]

nope.  Exxon will though.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Aren't they having enough fun with my post-tax dollars?

Fill-ups are pushing $60 again.

[Diomedes]

but wait, I thought they knew how best to handle your money?  it's all for the public good that the giant commodity corporations extract the highest possible profits?

[phillymic2000]

nope.  Exxon will though.

Hey buddy, Exxon is currently busy using my tax dollars to come up with new fuels that will help us stop relying on oil in the future. What is lakota doing for me today?

[Phanatic]

Not a damn thing and they don't want you money or your tax dollars.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

but wait, I thought they knew how best to handle your money?  it's all for the public good that the giant commodity corporations extract the highest possible profits?

Not all are created equal in corporate America.

[Diomedes]

Hey buddy, Exxon is currently busy using my tax dollars to come up with new fuels that will help us stop relying on oil in the future...

sure they are.  it's a real priority for them to make themselves obsolete

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

In all fairness, it's the same with all government programs and bureaucracies.  People work for them, and they're not exactly pumped to work themselves right out of a job.

[Diomedes]

I'll grant your point for the sake of argument, and proceed to say that in the case of government, transparency and accountability are more evident/possible, and the "profits" gained by the enterprise are shared by many, many more people than in the corporate model, where there is no accountability or transparency and a dozen or so people take all the profits.

[phillymic2000]

Hey buddy, Exxon is currently busy using my tax dollars to come up with new fuels that will help us stop relying on oil in the future...

sure they are.  it's a real priority for them to make themselves obsolete

The whole point of the post, geesh trying to have some fun, sorry.