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Participant[quote=Hobie]
My contention is that if we have a change of Administration next November the county will become more productive thus strengthening our dollar.[/quote]
I don’t think any administration change will have that much effect.
ParticipantToo much government, too little justice.
November 28, 2011 at 10:41 PM in reply to: OT:. I never new about this hiring rule in the NFL… #733505Participant[quote=briansd1]Wouldn’t some of you say that NFL franchises are private businesses that have the right to operate under their own private rules?
I think it’s pretty smart of private businesses to have diversity. It flows to the bottom line.
You need managers that reflect the diversity of your employees and customer base. It’s a dollars and sense approach, IMO.[/quote]
Regardless, it’s still racism/potential discrimination.
And much of the NFL infrastructure was built with public money.
November 28, 2011 at 9:32 PM in reply to: OT:. I never new about this hiring rule in the NFL… #733499ParticipantIt’s just racism, which is fascism’s 1st cousin.
ParticipantThere were even case(s) of alleged police brutality, pretty shocking:
Participant[quote=AN][quote=flu]I prefer to spend my time watching two groups of grown men trying to bounce a ball around and putting the ball in a small hoop that is above the ground…It’s just too bad they are all on strike because they feel underpaid for doing so :([/quote]
Damn those greedy 1%.[/quote]More like .01%
Participant[quote=outtamojo]I picked up 2x4gig ddr3 pc 1600 1.5 volt for 29.99 free shipping and I didn’t even need it : )
What declining buying power? Oh wait you must be referring to internal hard drives I was planning to get at about 50 bucks for 2tb by now but are instead about 4x that price ;([/quote]That is the going price for ddr3 memory (depends on the brand) – I paid the same price last summer at Tiger Direct.
What declining purchasing power? Isn’t that the main reason why women entered the work force in large numbers?
Don’t confuse purchasing power with debt (another symptom of declining purchasing power).
Participant[quote=zk]
As far as black Friday behavior goes, it’s just basic human nature. You put a bunch of people in a position where they’ve been listening to hype for weeks, they’ve been waiting in line for hours, their adrenaline is flowing, the moment they’ve been waiting and preparing for arrives, and they can’t think of their fellow man any more, only the coveted goal that awaits them if they push and run and grab. So they push and run and grab.
It doesn’t take much to make humans, especially in a group, act irrationally. They’ve certainly been doing it since long before any of the aforementioned chemicals were invented.
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That’s really an unsatisfying explanation (and largely incorrect) and really only address potential behavior in the moment. In the midst of a mob scene – well that part of the behavior is well understood.
The real question is that given a choice to be home in bed (for most), why do some people choose in some cases to camp out on a cold sidewalk for days just to save a few bucks (maybe…). Or wait in line for hours on end in the cold to get a shot of saving a few messily bucks in most cases. Often just for ‘stuff’ – so it’s not for survival.
Q: What reasoning sets in motion that makes Black Friday so appealing in the 1st place? Is it the hype? No, not really.
A: It’s an addiction – an addiction to consumerism and the drive to maintain an illusion of a living standard that is not sustainable.
Could that addiction and illusion be partially induced by chemicals, much like a smoker is addicted to cigarettes via nicotine. Diminishing ones ability to make rational choices. Sure, it is possible.
In the face of declining buying power, many people/families are willing to resort to basic behaviors to feed the addiction and maintain the illusion.
ParticipantThere are pharmaceuticals and fluoride in our water supply
Our food is genetically modified
Food packaging leaches chemicals
Preservatives, colorants, antibiotics, dyes and many other chemicals in our food
Pesticides
Chem trails
Vaccinations
The pharma industrial complex has us on all types of drugsI’m sure there is some biological effect from all of this junk being ingested by so many Americans.
We’ve been exposed.
Participant[quote=zk]Ok, rereading it, I guess you mean that if the behavior is irrational, then the explanation of that behavior must also be irrational.
But that doesn’t make any sense at all. Of course there are many rational explanations for various irrational behaviors.
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Please enlighten.
Since there are many, how about just 3 (for the case of mob mentality as it relates to so-called Black Friday)?
Participant[quote=zk][quote=paramount]Not quite, since I’m not committed to an explanation.
[/quote]Ok, I think you left out a word or something. What did you mean to say here:
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The behavior seems irrational so must be the explanation.
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Easy: I don’t know what the explanation is…
Participant[quote=zk][quote=paramount]
The behavior seems irrational so must be the explanation.
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I see. So, by your logic, before the invention of all those chemicals there was no irrational behavior. Must’ve been nice.[/quote]
Not quite, since I’m not committed to an explanation.
But I wonder if ‘irrational’ behavior/choices are on the increase due to chemicals, chem trails and too many rats in the cage.
Or maybe the behavior is not irrational at all since we really are animals.
Participant[quote=briansd1]Talking about animalistic instincts, the sports fans display that the most in my opinion, much more so than the shoppers who wait in line.
The hardcore sports fans are much greater in numbers than shoppers who wait in line once a year.[/quote]
A huge police presence tonight at the USC/UCLA game to prevent fights and other mayhem – why would people fight over a game they are not even playing?
Participant[quote=briansd1]Talking about animalistic instincts, the sports fans display that the most in my opinion, much more so than the shoppers who wait in line.
The hardcore sports fans are much greater in numbers than shoppers who wait in line once a year.[/quote]
Yes, and that is well understood by the NFL and the military for example.
I think it was a pigg who pointed out that military and patriotic imagery is strategically flashed at NFL games.
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