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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:01 AM Original message |
Put 20 quarters in Parking Meter (Chicago) and Dubai gets |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sorry to sound so cynical |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Sit in your chair on the porch with drink in hand and watch |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Sadly that's just about where we are... |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Sounds good to |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You are just a little older than I |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Do I need to repost what George Carlin said? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Watch. We will have our day, and put these scum in their place. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. .... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. How much will they charge for water? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. But the other side of that is, if they are thirsty and have nothing to pay |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. And lets continue w/deregulation to foul the aquifers , |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. they don't own our water. |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. WTF is going on??? |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Disaster Capitalism at it's finest |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. Dubai needs more indoor ski slopes, after all. nt |
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tencats (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. Us common city dwellers loose but look who has gained new employment |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. What's even more maddening.... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. I guess when the number of broken meters outweighs the income, they'll sell or give up |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I believe part of the deal is the city is responsible to still fix the meters |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. And "The Management Company" gets to hire and deploy their own.. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 04:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. ... |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. that provision is not enforced. i believe there is a number |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. nope. city of chicago police and meter maids are |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I don't know where you are getting your info from but you are wrong. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. your link is from over a year ago. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Oh so you have an "inside track" on the contractual renegotiation? I would like to see it. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Maybe they can fix them the way our voting machines are fixed. nt |
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tencats (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. No longer are there parking meters |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is what the GOP type privatization gets you |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. Mayor Daley did this three years ago, and you don't seem to have the facts straight |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 04:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. And Obama's current chief of staff, Daley's brother, was working |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. I didn't read in to the OP that he was "just finding about it now" |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ain't capitalism at its zenith so marvelously grand? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. The Dem leadership should repeat this every time they get on TV. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
25. Hungry peoples' bodies weaken the hungier and thirstier they become. |
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QuintanarooBoy (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
26. Hey, if we're dumb enough to pay..... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
28. Obama's chief of staff is a former Morgan Stanley employee. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
31. got a link there do ya? we did not "sell" the parking |
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tencats (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. This has been known since 2009 and "link" not hard to find |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. That's just rich. I hadn't heard about Daley's new job. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Thanks for that infomercial but, no offense, it's a bunch of bullshit. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
42. kick |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
43. Economic Treason. |
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