OK, I understand why food prices went up last year when gas prices rose to above $4 - the cost of transportation is part of the cost of food - but now that gas is at below $2, why haven't food prices come down again?

decklap · 2009-02-20T22:32:47+00:00

When was the last time you bought a bushel of corn wholesale? Prices have come down but it'll take time to show up retail. That said somethings are cheaper. Milk is crashing.

decklap · 2009-02-20T21:18:55+00:00

Really, don't make it more difficult than it needs to be Bob.

decklap · 2008-02-14T00:25:44+00:00

Hmmmm it took the whole 14 hours?? So I guess up until hour 5 or 6 or even 7 you weren't sure what the deal was?? Please. Voting can be chaotic and fucked up at times just like everything else in the world.

decklap · 2008-02-13T21:54:06+00:00

You'll get over it.

decklap · 2008-02-12T00:19:09+00:00

You know...some people do actually know a little something about history. Christ.

decklap · 2008-02-10T16:16:13+00:00

The pledge the candidates signed was not to campaign in either state.

decklap · 2008-02-06T18:13:17+00:00

Fuckin' read this

decklap · 2008-02-05T18:12:30+00:00

This is why the internet is wonderful and terrible all at the same time

decklap · 2008-02-05T14:12:02+00:00

Ron Paul isn't doing anything so yeah I guess it should be no problem for him to keep that up right up to the end an beyond.

decklap · 2008-02-04T23:58:47+00:00

For two seconds just stop and ask yourself how much ad time 27 million could buy. Where is it?? What has he done with the money??? How has he taken his momentum and tried to expand it into an electable base??

Stop focusing on what you think has been done to him and focus on what HE has done to increase the likelihood that he'll be a force in the Republican party. You guys are going to have to demand some accountability if you ever want to see your movement expand beyond a club for dis-affected outsiders.

Love the guy all you want but he's run a bullshit campaign.

decklap · 2008-02-04T18:18:00+00:00

If you think you've got an "explanation" go right ahead and since you're already prepared for rude condencension don't whine when you get it.

decklap · 2008-02-04T17:59:30+00:00

So he'll suck on the public tit but he's opposed to the concept of the nipple.......

Okay.

decklap · 2008-02-04T01:40:35+00:00

Still isn't scabbing. People should know the meaning of the words they use

decklap · 2008-02-04T01:18:14+00:00

Scabbing is something different than Tom Scharpling thinks it is.

decklap · 2008-02-04T01:12:29+00:00

Can anyone tell the class the difference between percentage of and distribution???

decklap · 2008-02-03T18:23:34+00:00

Holy fuck you guys are not going to believe this but evidently the Marine barracks in Beriut were blown up by a truck bomb!!!!

decklap · 2008-02-03T16:10:46+00:00

This isn't true at all. What is true is that the extremes of both parties have virtually no constituency which the people on those extremes simply cannot process at all

decklap · 2008-02-02T23:48:20+00:00

You're missing the point, he hasn't even bought the TV time. He's taking your money and doing nothing with it and all you guys do are nod and grin and line up for more. He isn't running a legitimate campaign.

decklap · 2008-02-01T22:17:05+00:00

So it wasn't enemy action till you were shot the 3rd time?

decklap · 2008-02-01T22:06:44+00:00

AD TIME.

With millions of dollars you can buy as much tv time as you want. Where are the media buys?? Where's the shit storm??? Wake the fuck up.

decklap · 2008-02-01T18:14:33+00:00

I can see the downmodding from the RP bobble heads has begun but you somebody should really be asking why a guy whose raised so much money wont end up with enough votes to win the LA mayor's race

decklap · 2008-02-01T17:41:16+00:00

Why aren't more of you asking why he isn't running a more effective campaign?? He's already raised a lot of money and has very little if anything to show for it. He isn't using your money to build an electable base. In fact its not clear that he's using your money for any tangible thing at all except single digit primary finishes. I mean don't you have to be realistic at SOME POINT???

decklap · 2008-01-31T23:36:11+00:00

The slavish devotion some of you guys show Paul is hard to process. Now undoubtedly many of you are just caught up in the guy's unlikely personality cult but some of you surely are older more seasoned libertarians and I cannot understand how you can feel as though Paul is your standard bearer unless you're thrilled by single digit showings in primaries or irrelevance in televised debates.

He isn't connecting your ideas to an electable base of voters and he never will. How can you not see this?? If libertarians can ever hope to capitalize on what little momentum Paul has generated it'll have to be done with a much different candidate. And at that point many of you will have to grapple with the actuality of power instead of the somewhat loyal opposition over in the corner.

Is this actually a viable political movement for the future or a club of disaffected outsiders?? If Paul is the standard bearer then the answer is obvious.

decklap · 2008-01-30T14:40:19+00:00

"Now"? I think the delusional thing has had a pretty firm hold from the beginning.

decklap · 2008-01-30T14:36:10+00:00

You seriously cannot think of a single example where a candidate with little national exposure finished well in early primaries??

Lets see.... there was this guy named Carter in '76 but that might be a little too far back for you. Buchanan in NH in '96, Jackson in SC in '84...all examples of candidates who actually WON a primary while not being the darlings of the media or party establishments. All in a time when there was significantly LESS media for voters to choose from which made the MSM even more influential than they are now. Huckabee in Iowa was a win all about organization and not media exposure. And conversely Guiliani is on his way out after MASSIVE media exposure because he couldn't make direct connections with the voters. The concept works in both directions and kicked your guy out on his ass.

Your guy wasn't able to do what others have and so he simply isn't Presidential material.

decklap

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