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This is what America has become..

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by T_Man, Mar 14, 2020.

  1. FrontRunner

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    I actually went out early after reading the Prepper Thread rimrocker started and purchase a ton of toilet paper and paper towels, so you're not alone in contributing to the madness. But then I turned around and gave some to my elderley mom, and my sister's family (which is constantly caught off guard for everything), and we've been going through it faster than ever since. We're still good, assuming the stores are restocked in a few weeks, but I would like to be a lot better. I've had to use newspaper in the past and it's no fun.

    This is probably too much info, on top of too much info, but if my wife's parts get scratched, yours truly ends up paying the price. And with the end times upon us, I want to go out as happy as possible. ;)

    I think I'll check the little stores as you suggested and grab a few more rolls, if they have enough to spare. Thanks for the tip.
     
  2. Senator

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    While price gouging should rightfully be prosecuted and those engaging in acts during a national disaster made an example of, he does have a valid point.

    He was buying up sanitizer from mom and pops stores in rural Kentucky to ship to bigger areas where everything was out of stock. Shipping costs could vary from $10-15 a pack depending on the weight and when shipping contents contain alcohol/hazardous materials. So if his actual profit was a few dollars a pack, I'm fine with him providing a service to Americans who need sanitizer at this point and time.
     
  3. Jayzers_100

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    Then he should donate it all to charities
     
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    THIS is America. So truly obsessed with AOC that a school Board candidate defiantly shows her stupidity and now we have #CoronaKatie





    Lol they are donating to her opponent
     
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    Oh please, he has no way of knowing that there isn't demand there. That's obviously his rationalization. It's not like rural areas have as many stores as urban areas.
     
  7. Nook

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    Hey let's compare a few empty shelves (with fully stocked shelves in the background) during a pandemic to communism.

    HAHA LULZ.....
     
  8. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    Viewing basic science as a political issue is ultimately going to hurt the GOP. I mean, in some cases, literally.

    If Devin Nunes, for example, is going out for long steak dinners and handshakes at the Black Angus in central valley, CA, or even worse, in DC, he will end up with consequences. So too Faux News hosts (but they probably wash their hands and distance like mf'ers when off the air).
     
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  9. Sanctity

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    The face that you can wail on for hours on endless. Fragments of cartilage, mucous, bone and attached muscle tissue start flying off....
     
  10. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    No this isn't what America has become. This is just the worst of America. Frankly, it's not even the worst.

    There's the best part of America too. But idiots and fools, racists and villains, greedy crooks and scrooges, morons and conmen have always been everywhere and they are still here today.
     
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  11. rocketsjudoka

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    John Meacham said that the soul of America is Martin Luther King but it’s also the KKK.
     

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