Titus Pullo
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Re: why watch tv online if I already have cable?
said by ITALIAN926  :Everyone you talk with is dropping cable?? LOLOL What world do you live in? Hardly anyone is dropping cable.. no matter how many bbr geeks say they are. In a world that values reading comprehension, evidently 
"everyone I talk with is either considering dropping cable or already has"
You're in CT, I'm in a rural area where unemployment is probably 1.5x to 2x the national average.
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jester121
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Lake Zurich, IL | So 12-16 percent then? Got it.
Hyperbole much? |
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Titus Pullo
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| said by jester121 :So 12-16 percent then? Got it. Hyperbole much? Ignorance of one's current reality, much?
Actual unemployment rate 13.9%: Merrill Lynch
»www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.···yAlert01
and that's a month ago. Check out the rust belt for unemployment numbers NOW, like, uh ... today.
Are you really this daft? Do you live in Lush Rumball's world?
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jester121
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| Errr.... okay, so 20-25 percent where you are (assuming we throw the Labor Department official numbers out the window and use the ones you cherry picked)?
Just want to be 100% clear on what you mean by "everyone".
Good thing they expanded the digital converter box coupon program, eh? No wait, I forgot -- people in the boonies all have satellite dishes don't they? |
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MrMaster
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| said by jester121 :Errr.... okay, so 20-25 percent where you are (assuming we throw the Labor Department official numbers out the window and use the ones you cherry picked)? Just want to be 100% clear on what you mean by "everyone". Good thing they expanded the digital converter box coupon program, eh? No wait, I forgot -- people in the boonies all have satellite dishes don't they? ahem...I promise not to drop a ton of f-bombs this time.
Many people in the 'boonies' don't have cable and many of us "urban folkz" choose not to be raped by the cable companies.
I just received my digital converter box this weekend. I gave all my previous coupons to my parents who really do live in the 'boonies'. So layoff. |
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Titus Pullo
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said by jester121 :Errr.... okay, so 20-25 percent where you are (assuming we throw the Labor Department official numbers out the window and use the ones you cherry picked)? Just want to be 100% clear on what you mean by "everyone". Good thing they expanded the digital converter box coupon program, eh? No wait, I forgot -- people in the boonies all have satellite dishes don't they? You're a utter tool, aren't you? And that rhymes with . . .
Read some facts and quit gilding a wilted lilly:
»www.infowars.com/real-unemployme···artment/
EDIT: and I didn't "cherry pick" anything. I googled "real unemployment figures" and picked from the top four results. What is you want to defend when people are suffering in a terrible economy? The market? The left, the right, the middle, what? whom? what the hell is wrong with you? Really, man; what is your problem?
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jester121
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1 edit | Wow, you're really angry -- it's amazing that the country can even get itself out of bed in the morning. Should we just turn off the lights and go home until the government sorts things out?
It's weird -- I still sit in traffic while driving to my job every morning; do you think all the other drivers are headed to the unemployment office to pick up their check? I dunno, there were still people shopping at Costco and the shopping center when I was out this weekend, and plenty of people pushing carts out to their mostly modern cars. The restaurant where I had lunch today was full too, I even saw some people paying cash -- so it's not a credit card max out going on.
You can whine and moan all you want, but things aren't really that bad in the real world. Despite the efforts of the media to prop up the new president's messiah status and set him up to save the day, the real America continues working and taking care of their families as much as possible -- cutting back as needed but certainly not languishing in real poverty like the rest of the world knows.
EDIT -- this has gone pretty far off topic from the news thread so I'm dropping it. |
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Titus Pullo
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| said by jester121 :EDIT -- this has gone pretty far off topic from the news thread so I'm dropping it. Good. Don't let the door ...
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