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Hogan
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 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV
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Sadie and Pyper Vance have had just about enough of high gas prices. The sisters are still years away from being old enough to drive, but that doesn't mean the $4 per gallon price tag isn't hitting them as hard as anyone else.
Cable TV was one of the family's budget-cutting casualties, leaving Sadie, 9, and her 7-year-old sister without their favorite cartoons and shows.
"Gas prices are too high," Sadie said. "I just decided to come and protest so they'd go down."
The girls marched through downtown Monday chanting and carrying signs made from old campaign signs.
"All of my mom's monny goes to the gas tank!" Pyper's sign read. Sadie carried a sign asking drivers to honk to lower gas prices — adding that her mom had to cut "cabel."
The girls got some waves and a few thumbs-up to show support.
"I think it's great," said Hamid Tayeb, who was walking past on his lunch break. "It's unfortunate that kids are doing it before we do." |
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Better get used to it, kids. You ain't seen nothin' yet. 
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Impervius
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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| When they are older, and 2/3 of humanity is dying in a global famine, they will wish they could go back to a time when their biggest worry was cable. |
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Rogozhin
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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That just makes me sad. So illogical on multiple world views.
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SILENTTODD
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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Oh Boo-Hoo!! Maybe from now on they'll have to go outside and ride a bike, fly a kite, or (Gasp!!) read a book!!
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Hogan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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| Yeah, they should be thankful that they have enough food to eat. Entitlement to cheap everything way of thinking runs very deep in the US. |
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Hogan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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| SILENTTODD wrote: | | Oh Boo-Hoo!! Maybe from now on they'll have to go outside and ride a bike, fly a kite, or (Gasp!!) read a book!! |
Oh my! Just the thought of it...  |
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smallpoxgirl
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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Makes you wonder what kind of crap their parents are telling them. Kids that age don't just decide to make signs and stage a protest out of the blue.
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dutchcyclist
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:41 am Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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| smallpoxgirl wrote: | | Makes you wonder what kind of crap their parents are telling them. Kids that age don't just decide to make signs and stage a protest out of the blue. |
Well... life is boring without cable. So they look for other alternatives to kill their time. |
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mos6507
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:12 am Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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| dutchcyclist wrote: |
Well... life is boring without cable. So they look for other alternatives to kill their time. |
There is more than enough entertainment these days. Over the air digital TV has way more choice than I ever had as a kid. BTW, cable isn't exactly a bargain either. Why don't they picket high cable bills, given that cable is a virtual monopoly?
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Starvid
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:35 am Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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Cable TV, like gambling, could be considered a tax on stupidity.
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joe1347
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:28 am Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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| SILENTTODD wrote: | | Oh Boo-Hoo!! Maybe from now on they'll have to go outside and ride a bike, fly a kite, or (Gasp!!) read a book!! |
Don't mess with kids cartoons if know what is good for you 
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JJ
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:30 am Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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| an old man told me his mom said "if you don't like these beans, they'll still be here tommorrow morning"..... |
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MyOldTDiIsStillGoing
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:38 am Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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Since they properly spelled the simple words money and cable, they are obliviously a true proof that "No Child Left Behind" is working. Definitely college material and will be the future leaders of our country since they are selflessly actively involved in current issues.
Nice shades, definitely Hollywood materials. |
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frankthetank
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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Since they have nothing better to do, why not suit them up and airlift them to Fallujah? We've got terrorists defeat and Democracy to spread. Summer break has never been so fun.
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mrobert
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Angry kids protest gasoline prices after losing cable TV |
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I don't use the TV (and currently don't own one).
I have cable (it comes with my internet line), but I can't be bothered to buy a TV tuner or a TV set. I stopped watching TV years ago and feel just fine.
There are plenty of news sites to pick up what's happening, and PeakOil is the best daily source for news, good conversation and some of the best humour on the planet
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