Re: Price gouging is beneficial. Price gouging is great!

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (rex) writes:
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<Gray Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
<> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:49:44 -0600, Robert N. Newshutz wrote
<> (in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
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<> > Gray Shockley wrote:
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<> >> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:46:37 -0600, Robert N. Newshutz wrote
<> >> (in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
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<> >>> LOL, Is government water that bad, that private sources can "gouge" 
<> >>> when they supply water?
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<> >> I take it you've never been through a tornado or hurricane?
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<> >> Army "water buffalos" are generally about the third thing that the 
<> >> National 
<> >> Guard (after immediate medical and stationing to prevent looters and other 
<> >> criminals).
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<> > 
<> > So if the government was supplying water, how were the private 
<> > sources able to "gouge"?
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<> The usual "reliable but anonymous" sources have told our intrepid reporter 
<> that these were fans of rex, the wonder doggie, and that they didn't trust 
<> government water as it was part of the cliches of totalitarian socialism.
<> 
<> 
<> You see, when one is hammered by the cliches of totalitarian socialism, one 
<> quickly forgets anything except taking rex, the wonder dog, out for a "walk" 
<> so s/he/it can relieve him/her/itself of the cliches of totalitarian 
<> socialism as well as that day's excrement.
<> 
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<> Even the Army National Guard (a cliche of totalitarian socialism) is 
<> reluctant to try and fill rex, the wonder dog, with cliches of totalitarian 
<> socialism.
<> 
<> Of course, what is needed is a private army national guard - perhaps one of 
<> the "new militias" - that would compete on costs and non-cliches of no 
<> totalitarian socialism - to rescue those injured, bury the dead and bring new 
<> and magnificant cliches of totalitarian socialism from Wal*Mart, the dream of 
<> every mother and father who want their chuldren to grow up and be Bill "The 
<> Software Rex" Gates.
<> 
<> Other than that . . . 
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<> 
<> Gray Shockley
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<The usual "reliable but anonymous" sources have told our intrepid
<reporter
<that these weren't fans of drab Gray the wonder Schlock, and that they
<didn't trust government water as it was part of the cliches of
<totalitarian socialism.
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<You see, when one is hammered by the cliches of totalitarian
<socialism, 


Hey, Gray!  You think Martin Linstedt had a new chip installed?


-- cary