I just think it's funny. On the one hand, they sit and complain about those evil Oil companies and all the profit they're making. One widely recognized economic principle says that when you subsidize something you get more of it, and when you tax it you get less. Obama, of course, chooses to subsidize "green" energy company that don't make a lick of profit and is in all assault mode to end tax breaks to oil companies. Yes, these oil companies are making profits but none above 10% as a percent of revenue. Where is the outrage regarding Apple and all the profit they make? I mentioned to a Liberal buddy, it's because he likes Apple (he owns everything they make). And that justifies it for him. I asked him why he never complains about all the overseas jobs Apple creates (especially in China). I told him, if I didn't know better, I'd say he was acting fiscally responsible. Otherwise, where's the outrage on not putting those Union people to work he so faithfully defends? Could it be their labor costs are a bit high? He also is an anti-gun advocate. So I thought I'd blow him away with another comparison. I told him in my entire life, I have never had one incident involving a firearm. Yet, using his anti-gun logic, I told him I have been in countless dangerous encounters involving Iphones, Ipads, and Ipods. He looked at me like I was out of my mind. But I told him nearly on a weekly basis, I am trying to avoid some idiot that has walked in front of my car (usually jaywalking or walking if front of my car while I am exiting a building...even though a horn is going off and lights are flashing on a sign that says "car approaching"). These stupid Apple geeks are so caught up texting someone on a phone, listening to music, or reading something on their Ipads, that they constantly put themselves or others in danger (due to an emergency maneuver someone needs to make while driving) because they are oblivious to their surroundings. I further went on to tell him that SF in #1 in the country in pedestrian fatalities (undoubtedly due to these Apple Geeks). Should I blame Steve Jobs for creating a society of inept, non-social geeks whose lives are a virtual one based on his technology?
I vote this dumbest thread of the year....
Are you actually this fuckin stupid? You really don't see the difference in apple and the oil companies?
Let me explain it to you real slow. People need oil for their cars and some in their homes in order to get back and forth to work...it is a necessity....an ipod isn't necessary to feed your family or heat your home.. .time for you to go to bed now kido.
Are you actually this fuckin stupid? You really don't see the difference in apple and the oil companies?
Let me explain it to you real slow. People need oil for their cars and some in their homes in order to get back and forth to work...it is a necessity....an ipod isn't necessary to feed your family or heat your home.. .time for you to go to bed now kido.
BFL is beyond dumb. He does not understand the most simplest of concepts. And beyond just necessity, oil companies simply dig up a resource that nature provides. Apple actually has to create their product. And what's amazing is their silly little phones and gadgets have landed them as one of the largest companies in the entire world. BFL is a fool!!
Wow are you lost. You just think some guy found some oil in the ground and turned a profit? Clueless, absolutely clueless.
How many other products in your life depend on some type of oil production?
Do you think Apple ships their products to the Apple stores via the Pony Express? Maybe they just teleport them through some type of Star Trek beam.
So by you clown's astute analogy, all of the following industries should be demonized, taxed and killed along with big oil.
Some Products From Oil
This is a list of some of the products made from oil. Nearly everything in our lives is made from oil, made by machinery and systems dependent on oil, and transported by oil as either gas or diesel fuel.
Ammonia, Anesthetics, Antihistamines, Artificial limbs, Artificial Turf, Antiseptics, Aspirin, Auto Parts, Awnings, Balloons, Ballpoint pens, Bandages, Beach Umbrellas, Boats, Cameras, Candles, Car Battery Cases, Carpets, Caulking, Combs, Cortisones, Cosmetics, Crayons, Credit Cards, Curtains, Deodorants, Detergents, Dice, Disposable Diapers, Dolls, Dyes, Eye Glasses, Electrical Wiring Insulation, Faucet Washers, Fishing Rods, Fishing Line, Fishing Lures, Food Preservatives, Food Packaging, Garden Hose, Glue, Hair Coloring, Hair Curlers, Hand Lotion, Hearing Aids, Heart Valves, Ink, Insect Repellant, Insecticides, Linoleum, Lip Stick, Milk Jugs, Nail Polish, Oil Filters, Panty Hose, Perfume, Petroleum Jelly, Rubber Cement, Rubbing Alcohol, Shampoo, Shaving Cream, Shoes, Toothpaste, Trash Bags, Upholstery, Vitamin Capsules, Water Pipes, YarnYou know, I guess you could make the argument that you really don't need soap or shampoo as well. Someone had to invent this shit, not just find some fancy oil in the ground and become a billionaire.
Who needs pillows.
Who needs pillows.
Here is a brief excerpt:
- Guitar strings
- Pantyhose
- Golf bags
- Dentures
- Candles
- Hair coloring
- Aspirin
- Footballs
- Food preservatives
- Shampoo
- Lipstick
- Electric blankets
- Ammonia
- Pillows
Gasman, are you really telling me you can't see the difference between oil company record profits and apple profits? You really can't see why one might upset people and the other doesn't. I don't believe you. I read your stuff. You're too smart to act like you don't know why people view it differently.
Sometimes just use some common sense instead of just spouting the repub garbage. I understand why BFL doesn't see it or understand it. They guy is a complete idiot...but you know better.
Funny stuff, first you have vtard, who is so fucking dumb that he believes everything the Dem party says, and then aki chiming in, some kid who just finished college a few years ago and is on his own for the first time.
vtard doesn't have an answer for anything, he's the ultimate in the pot calling the kettle black. That retard just spouts the Dem party line and talking points over and over and over. The next intelligent comment vtard makes will be his first. He's just plain dumb, I mean below 65 IQ, retard level, dumb.
aki is clueless, he's been in the real world all of three years now, thinks he knows it all. aki is book smart but when it comes to any sort of common sense he has none.
Both are irrelevant when it comes down to it, as neither knows much of anything.
vtard doesn't have an answer for anything, he's the ultimate in the pot calling the kettle black. That retard just spouts the Dem party line and talking points over and over and over. The next intelligent comment vtard makes will be his first. He's just plain dumb, I mean below 65 IQ, retard level, dumb.
aki is clueless, he's been in the real world all of three years now, thinks he knows it all. aki is book smart but when it comes to any sort of common sense he has none.
Both are irrelevant when it comes down to it, as neither knows much of anything.
I answered this quite clearly. I understand you have to side with bfl because he is a right wing loon just like you.
None of you can ever break away from the same party line bullshit...
I've been critical of dems...all you do is slurp everything the repubs give you like a cheap hooker.
You of all people talking about IQ...too fuckin funny. You are at least a partial retard.
you're not his friend?
Can u read? I didn't mention dem or repub in the answer.
Here it is...clear as day. People get pissed when they see oil company making record profits while gas and home heating prices soar. They need oil to get to work...to earn a paycheck and to heat their homes...now...listen close here...they don't need apple iphones or ipods to survive...therefore what apple charges and how much they make is much less annoying and much less important to people. Get it?
Can you not understand that grade school concept? Try using some common sense for once instead of looking for a reason to bash dems or obama.
