Is anyone else concerned with the increase in oil prices and its impact upon the discretionary spending habits of the on-line consumer? Will this be another "slow" spring/summer? Is this our springtime Katrina?
Or...
Will our on-line consumers stay home and order in????
Any thoughts on where we're heading?
i'm quite concerned. when the price of gas goes up a lot, so does the price of other things that have to be transported - like food and clothes. while the price of internet connections don't go up, if prices for everything else does it will affect us.
I'm buying a car that runs off vegetable oil! Or a hybrid. Oil is the evil of the world.
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Yes it worries me allot too, it does not take much to keep people for joining something like a porn site. :wtf:
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Not concerned.
I've never really noticed a substantial increase in price of goods sold where I live, or abroad (with the exception of traveling &/or shipping of goods), also, (and to my amazement) the sales of SUVs and other gas guzzlers in N.America did not drop drastically with the last increase of petroleum, so as far as I am concerned consumers can't be too worried about it.
I've always believed the price of oil to be too low compared to the price of a bottle water:
1-liter of gas = $0.90 CAD
1-liter of H20 = $1.60 - $2.00
I do drive a VW TDI Golf, so that's another bonus.
Woo hoo ... biodiesel!Originally Posted by XXXWriterDude
Not to attack you, again, Ken, but most Hybrids still use combustion - which is totally fricken off the wall.
But they do get much better mileage than regular combustion engines. Speaking of which... what ever happened to cars from the late 70's-early 80's that got 50 mpg? Didn't Honda Civics get 50 mpg in the early 80's now your lucky to get 30 mpg from the smallest new car. WTF?
We should be getting it for free. Spending 100's of billions in Iraq and we are paying the highest amount we ever have for gas. Makes zero sense.
The good thing about the high pricing of gas is maybe we will start being smarter about our consumption before it's all gone.
Paco - You live in a place that is enjoying the revenues from oil prices! All Albertans received a check for $400 (CAN) this year.... which is a lot in part because of the province's oil royalties.
Just because the price of oil rises, it is not all negative.
Plus, it is against the law to look for oil off the coasts of California, Florida and in a lot of Alaska. So if we have decided to rely on others for it, we should set our expectations properly.
Steve
Figures you're towing the party line on this too.
But since you're so fond of hispanic guys I bet you aren't jumping on the illegal immigration reform bandwagon with your fellow conservatives.
haha
Funny.... That's absolutely correct!
Now if you dislike Republicans, I would think that you should experience some kind of shadenfreude in the fact that if they are going around trying to make illegal immigrants felons, and all that other junk. If they keep that up, they will start losing elections in Texas, Colorado, Arizona and Florida.... just like what happened in California with Prop 187.
That's one effective way to make the "Solid South" no longer so solid.
Steve
I'm glad you found the humor in my post. Lol, I wasn't sure I intended there to be any.
I don't take any schadenfreude in the immigration debate. I'm not towing the liberal party-line on this issue. I see too many of the ill effects of unchecked illegal immigration living here in Dallas. I would love for the borders to be closed down and illegals sent back. I am for legal immigration and guest worker programs but I firmly believe that if you want to be in America, you needed to be American... speak english and pay taxes.
Well, when my mother brought the subject of immigration up to me the other day on the phone, I told her that she shouldn't worry too much, because they will be paying for her social security in a few years.
So what exactly are the ill effects of immigration in Dallas? I'm curious why you say that.
Steve
That would be fine if most of them actually paid into SS. These are undocumented workers that are paid cash and contribute NOTHING in taxes except sales tax. I don't know if Austin is the same as Dallas but if you drive to any predominantly mexican neighborhood in the morning, every prominent corner is crowded with day-workers waiting for cash jobs.
Btw, I fear that the democrats are taking the wrong side of this issue because they see the massive crowds of protesters and think "OH! Potential voters!". WRONG! Very few of these protesters are registered voters and even registered hispanic voters don't go to the polls. By November, Middle America will have voted republican (again!) because the are so passionate about this issue. And we all lose again.
I guess because of my tastes in guys, I also know other gay guys who are into hispanics. Us pedrophiles typically do not see things so negatively.
A friend of mine in Dallas has had a real cute guy from Mexico as his bf for three years now. He doesn't stand on the street corners pleading for work.... he's worked at the same furniture manufacting shop for several years. Of course, they have turned the blind eye on many of their employees because they need people to run their factory.
The problem is that the country's immigration system is so knarled up, there's just no way for him to become a legal resident. EVEN though he's been gainfully employed here.
A friend in Houston has a BF from Hong Kong. He was here on a student visa, and he just graduated University of Houston with a hospitality degree. He's been working check-in (not cleaning toilets) at a Houston Hyatt for several years..... but obviously they are not going to sponsor an H1b visa for him. So looks like he's going to probably go move to Australia..... which is as gay friendly as here.... and they apparently have a better process to immigrate.
(Like the US they are at full employment, and need more people for jobs)
Of course the Human Rights Campaign has gotten NYC/Greenwich Village Congressman Jerry Nadler to file a bill every year that allows gays and lesbians bring their partners to the US legally. Although they do that to gin up money for their campaigns and Washington DC offices; they do not seriously lobby it. This may be one reason the Human Rights Campaign's Black Tie Dinner in Dallas produces the most revenue for itself.
And if these individuals aren't paying social securty taxes, then that's one reason to give them legal status. Like Italy, Germany and France, our population is aging. And us white people just aren't having enough babies.
And if the Social Security ponzi scheme is going to pay for my mother's benefits plus the rest of the baby boomer generation, we need young people in the work force to fund it. This issue will become more and more obvious in the next ten years.
Steve
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