aplusmnt
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Nice when you can just lock the thread and get the last word :roll:
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Campground Cattle
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aplusmnt":2wmgpaf2 said:
That's our Frankie
Nowland Farms
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Why did the Gas Prices thread get locked? I didn't see anything going on. Did I miss something?
aplusmnt":1dimg978 said:
You take a perfectly plain thread about the price of gasoline around the country and turn it into a politicial discussion, yeah, it's probably going to get locked down.
Macon has asked over and over that politics not be discussed on these boards. Yet some of you just keep pushing the envelope.
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aplusmnt
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Frankie":3e5py5fw said:
Go back and count the typed words and see who had the longest Political post on the topic!! Nothing like a hypocrite!
aplusmnt":3twab0nx said:
:lol: :lol: "...count the typed words..."? "longest Political post...." YOU are the person who took a thread that several people were enjoying and possible learning from, turned it politicial and got it locked. Not me. Yeah, I responded, but I didn't start it. Macon provides this board for us to use. He's a tolerant person and doesn't have a lot of rules in place. But some people, you are one, just won't abide by the rules he does see fit to implement. I think that's a shame.
Wewild":1yafo14b said:
Using the election as a reference date is political? If I had said November 7 instead of "the election", it would be ok? Be sure and let me know because I don't want to make that mistake again.
VanC
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I think everyone knows by now that sometimes the best thing is to not respond, difficult as that can be at times. When a thread gets locked, the people responding are just as guilty as the person who started it, IMO. I've been guilty of both.
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aplusmnt
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As unbelievable as it may sound, I was just stating a historical fact that I thought was relevant to the gas prices.
When we talk about gas prices on a thread and during the running time of that said thread the law governing the Gas companies is changed and will most likely have a big affect on the very Gas prices we are talking about, I did not consider that a political discussion.
To have a Political discussion I would have had to pick a side, I would have had to mention the Dem's or Republicans.
All I did is state a fact, sure did not think things were that touchy to lock something so fast at just the hint of a discussion that gas prices might not stay going down now that the Oil companies will be paying more taxes. Rather it is fair or not fair for them to pay them is irrelevant and would be a political discussion.
But it is a fact that since they will most likely be paying more money out of pocket, they might try to regain some of that loss through increased prices or at least slow the decrease down some. They are a business working to make a profit! And that is how businesses do things.
No reason to lock, I will retire to Ranchers.net for further discussion on the matter. ;-)
When we talk about gas prices on a thread and during the running time of that said thread the law governing the Gas companies is changed and will most likely have a big affect on the very Gas prices we are talking about, I did not consider that a political discussion.
To have a Political discussion I would have had to pick a side, I would have had to mention the Dem's or Republicans.
All I did is state a fact, sure did not think things were that touchy to lock something so fast at just the hint of a discussion that gas prices might not stay going down now that the Oil companies will be paying more taxes. Rather it is fair or not fair for them to pay them is irrelevant and would be a political discussion.
But it is a fact that since they will most likely be paying more money out of pocket, they might try to regain some of that loss through increased prices or at least slow the decrease down some. They are a business working to make a profit! And that is how businesses do things.
No reason to lock, I will retire to Ranchers.net for further discussion on the matter. ;-)
VanC
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Wewild":chj3z3z4 said:
I agree that sometimes we need to step in and tell someone that we disagree. Not just call them an idiot and run, but explain why we feel they're wrong. But to keep going back and forth for a couple of pages, just because you have to get in the last word, is silly, IMO.
I enjoy a good political discussion as long as it's kept reasonably civil, but it's not allowed here so I try and avoid it. Not always successful, but I try.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2 ... e_gas.html
Seems like I heard a similar story.
Sorry I got this locked.
Seems like I heard a similar story.
Sorry I got this locked.
memanpa
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Campground Cattle":8w87ithg said:
is frankie DIS gruntled?
or is she DIS appointed
VanC":27mv82fm said:
This makes more sense than anything I've read so far on this thread...and, so far, I keep my sinful liberal views from becoming too transparant. How long will that last...who the heck knows...who the heck cares!
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