Monday, March 3, 2008

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* How Will You All Adapt to $4.00 per gallon gasoline? - 10 messages, 6
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* OT 9/11: Celebrating Arabs Were Israeli Spies Dressed as Arabs - 2 messages,
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* INTEGRITY CAN MAKE YOU EASY MONEY!! IT WILL!!! - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* Telling salesman the drive out price on a car purchase up front? - 1
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* Creating Liviable Alternatives to Wag Slavery - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* Use your Windows Smart Phone as an Wireless Internet Router - Connect your
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* Good nike jordan shoes ), Replica chanel gucci prada handbag ), Fashion
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* jordan i love u ,and i love u shoes - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: How Will You All Adapt to $4.00 per gallon gasoline?
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== 1 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 7:31 am
From: "cat"


"Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> wrote in message

> I live very close to work too. Keep in mind; however, that the high gas
> prices effect everyone, including those who don't drive at all. The food
> you eat is going up in price, due in part to higher energy costs. The
> cost of utilities is going up. Higher gas prices have a ripple effect,
> which boosts the costs of goods and services across the board. For me,
> the increased cost of gas is not a significant factor YET, but if gas
> keeps getting more expensive, even those people who don't drive at all
> will feel the bite in the wallet.

I am a nurse, and our hospital has been out of plastic wash basins for a
week now. The supervisor told me yesterday that the manufacturer has
stopped making them for now, due to the price of petroleum which is used in
the making of the plastic for the basins. So our patients suffer due to the
price of gas, and they're not even getting out of bed.


== 2 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 7:47 am
From: William Souden


Rod Speed wrote:
> Logan Shaw <lshaw-usenet@austin.rr.com> wrote
>> clams_casino wrote
>
>>> Average teacher salaries in our state are the highest in the nation
>>> when adjusted for the local cost of living. When pointed out to
>>> the local teacher's union, the reply has been that the US average is too low, not that the local teachers ($54k in
>>> 2005) are paid too
>>> much. Meanwhile, the teachers are on strike yet again. It's not
>>> uncommon for teachers here to be getting $70k/yr
>
>> Even though I think unions are, by and large, dumb and outdated, I agree with the teachers' union in this case.
>
> More fool you.
>
>> Education is sort of important, partly because it makes better citizens and better human beings, and partly because
>> without it, our economy is sunk, especially with globalization where we now have to compete with other countries more
>> and more.
>
> Nope, the vast bulk of jobs in the service sector cant ever be exported.
>
> Fast food is a tad cold when it comes from india etc.
>
>> And yet we pay teachers a lot less than other professionals.
>
> And you wont get a better result with the students just by paying the teachers more.
>
>> I think it would be a lot of fun and would be very satisfying to be a teacher,
>
> Not for those who basically dont like kids and for those who cant control the brats either.
>
>> but there's no way I'm going to actually DO it -- I'd have to give up approximately half my income over the course of
>> my career.
>
> Sure, but the vast bulk of teachers dont have that option, they arent
> capable of earning that higher income. There's a reason they ended
> up as teachers and it aint for the reasons you list just above.

And there is a reason you wound up as a dropout and lifetime welfare
leech.
>
>> I'd like to give something back to society, but I'm not going to do it in a way that could practically cut in half
>> what I'd earn over the course of my life. That's too much to ask. So I never seriously considered it.
>
> See above.
>
>> So I guess what I think is that if you make teachers' salaries so much lower than what people can make in industry,
>
> That isnt what has happened.
>
>> most people who have options are going to avoid teaching.
>
> How odd that there is no shortage of teachers at the current pay rates.


http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=7929051

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_8375981

http://media.www.tcudailyskiff.com/media/storage/paper792/news/2008/02/21/News/Teacher.Shortage.Feeds.Demand.For.Education.Graduates-3224576.shtml


This is where Rod says "bullshit or irrelevant"
>
>> And that's a shame, because when I was a kid, I liked it when teachers had actual brains, and if I myself had kids, I
>> would want them learning from someone who knows what they're talking about.
>
> Sure, but their current pay is perfectly adequate for that.
>
>

== 3 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 10:00 am
From: "Rod Speed"


Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast.net> wrote
> gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston) wrote
>> SMH <smh@munged.address.com> wrote

>>> When gasoline hits $4 per gallon as all the experts have
>>> been saying for weeks and to which one prominent politician
>>> has been completely oblivious, how will you adapt to it?

>> I live 3.3 miles from work. It's not a big concern for me.

> I live very close to work too. Keep in mind; however, that the high
> gas prices effect everyone, including those who don't drive at all.
> The food you eat is going up in price, due in part to higher energy
> costs. The cost of utilities is going up. Higher gas prices have a
> ripple effect, which boosts the costs of goods and services across
> the board. For me, the increased cost of gas is not a significant
> factor YET, but if gas keeps getting more expensive, even those
> people who don't drive at all will feel the bite in their wallet.

Nope, because that effect is quite small.

Even on the price of some of the more stupid consumer products like bottled water etc.


== 4 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 10:02 am
From: "Rod Speed"


cat <catsandcanaries@nospammeowmeow.com> wrote
> Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast.net> wrote

>> I live very close to work too. Keep in mind; however, that the high
>> gas prices effect everyone, including those who don't drive at all.
>> The food you eat is going up in price, due in part to higher energy
>> costs. The cost of utilities is going up. Higher gas prices have a
>> ripple effect, which boosts the costs of goods and services across
>> the board. For me, the increased cost of gas is not a significant
>> factor YET, but if gas keeps getting more expensive, even those
>> people who don't drive at all will feel the bite in the wallet.

> I am a nurse, and our hospital has been out of plastic wash basins
> for a week now. The supervisor told me yesterday that the
> manufacturer has stopped making them for now, due to the price of
> petroleum which is used in the making of the plastic for the basins.

How odd that there are so many other plastic products so readily available.

> So our patients suffer due to the price of gas,

Nope, not if you lot have enough of a clue to buy different plastic basins.

> and they're not even getting out of bed.

How odd that we havent seen a massive stink about other hospital patients affected.

Someone is feeding you a line of bull and is likely to be stupid enough to actually believe it.


== 5 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 10:04 am
From: "Rod Speed"


Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast.net> wrote:
> In article <47cadd9a$0$22857$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> Logan Shaw <lshaw-usenet@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> The_Source wrote:
>>> Dwindling supply? Are you all fools? You mean the supplies that
>>> your President and Vice President are doing their utmost to
>>> restrict the flow of so their own little oil companies don't suffer
>>> whilst your little economy is slowly suffering??
>>
>> "Their own little oil companies"? What oil company does Bush or
>> Cheney have a financial interest in, in either in the present or at
>> any point during their terms?
>>
>> I'm no fan of Bush, but as far as I know, Bush's financial interest
>> in and connection with energy companies ended about 15 to 20 years
>> ago.
>>
>> I'm not saying he wouldn't be willing to use his power in government
>> in order to advance himself personally (his involvement with the
>> Texas Rangers -- the baseball team, that is -- show this), but I
>> just don't see how he can benefit financially from manipulating oil
>> when he doesn't own anything related to that.
>>
>> - Logan
>
> Both Cheney and Bush work for Haliburton which has tons of oil company
> interests both in the United States and abroad. If they are not so
> beholden to the oil companies, then why won't they release the reports
> about their meetings with Enron and oil industry representatives and
> how they formed federal energy policy? Their excuse, when challenged
> in court is that this information is a matter of national security.
> The same court that appointed Bush to office in 2000 sided with them
> and quashed the information from public scrutiny. What have Bush and
> his boss Cheney got to hide?

Just the usual stuff, what they get involved in outside their public office.

> Why not be candid with the American people about how they formed OUR energy policy?

You aint established that there was any energy policy formation involved.


== 6 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 10:07 am
From: "Rod Speed"


h wrote
> Logan Shaw <lshaw-usenet@austin.rr.com> wrote
>> h wrote

>>> Still, I can't fathom what they're spending my $6,000 a year on.
>>> It's about half for schools, and, of course, I never had kids.

>> And of course, you don't benefit in any way by having others' kids becoming educated. If they all couldn't read or
>> write and turned to crime instead of working, that'd be just as good?

> Ah yes. Breeder bingo. How about if you have kids YOU pay to have them
> educated? I went to private school on my parent's dime. My parents paid for my extracurricular activities, not the
> property owners of my town (sports, etc.). Why on earth should the government be involved in education?

Essentially because hordes of kids wouldnt get any education at all if their parents had to pay for that.

> If I had kids I certainly wouldn't want the state determining what they learned.

More fool you on the basics of what they have to be taught.

> If you have kids you should pay to have them educated instead of sticking your hands in my pocket.

Wrong, because you benefit from all kids getting a basic education.


== 7 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 10:18 am
From: "Rod Speed"


Logan Shaw <lshaw-usenet@austin.rr.com> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote

>> And you wont get a better result with the students just by paying the teachers more.

> I'm not proposing that paying the current set of teachers more will make a difference.

Thats what the unions are proposing, so you dont in fact agree with the union position at all.

> I'm proposing that if teaching positions paid well, you might be able to (eventually) replace most of the
> current set of teachers with a whole new set of people.

Nope, because that aint what determines whether you get the ones you need.

> There are a lot of teachers out there who are pretty good at what they do,

Depends entirely on how you define that. The modern reality is that
the kids that matter quality of education wise arent those who will
end up in the professions etc on the whole, those get a very adequate
education even when the teachers are nothing special, just because
the system has always handled those kids quite adequately.

The main problem is with the kids who dont see the point in getting
a decent education, and who dont have parents who have enough
of a clue to ensure that they are adequately educated so that they
do have a decent choice of jobs once they leave school. There are
bugger all teachers that do very well in that situation, and thats
primarily because of the way the education system is structured,
not because of the quality of the individual teacher involved.

> but then there is also a prevailing attitude (although it's not often stated) that the purpose of schools is to
> babysit and to socialize kids,

And that isnt going to change regardless of what the teachers are paid
within the limits that are feasible given that all those kids need to be educated.

> rather than for them to learn actual academic stuff,

The bulk of the kids dont need any academic stuff, just the basics.

> and the current low pay for teachers is going to attract a lot of people who don't know their stuff as well as would
> be needed to actually teach kids stuff.

The current pay rates are perfectly adequate to get teachers who can teach.
And there isnt a shred of evidence than paying them what the unions are
demanding will do a damned thing about the quality of the teachers at all.


== 8 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 11:45 am
From: Vic Smith


On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:24:07 -0500, clams_casino
<PeterGriffin@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:


>
>Is there a professional job (other than government) that doesn't work
>45-50 hrs / week these days (typically with far less vacation / holiday
>time than teachers)?
>
Probably depends on the individual. Since I always valued family and
personal time, my goal was to work 40 hours, and that's what I worked.
There were exceptions when something critical needed addressing, and
then there was no limit to hours worked. I usually got most of those
hours back with time off.
Of course when I was at work, I was actually working.
Long hours are usually pushed by bad management to squeeze workers.
One of the reasons unions were born in the first place.
Sometimes the worker feels inadequate and decides he has to work long
hours. Sometimes the worker actually *likes* working long hours.
I did that my first 5 or so years in IT, so as to learn enough to keep
up with peers, and pass them if possible. I suppose plenty of
teachers do this too. I hope so. Anyway, these are often personal
decisions.
A 45-50 hour work week as some kind of standard is just bullshit.

>On an hourly basis, I'm finding teachers (at least where I live) earn
>far more than engineers, chemists, IT professionals, etc who typically
>do work much overtime (beyond 40hrs) and typically have significant less
>benefits (teachers here, for example, get full medical with minimal, if
>any cost).

They aren't so highly paid around here, except management.
Administrators, such as principals and board of education members, are
very highly paid, and often of questionable value.
There is a lot of fat in education budgets.
That's where I would start to look for savings.
Then look hard at what teachers are demanding, and if it's
"unreasonable" take it to the public and start busting the union.
Yeah, I know. Easy to say.
But the public footing the bill usually keeps things on a somewhat
even keel.

--Vic

== 9 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 1:49 pm
From: Too_Many_Tools


On Mar 1, 10:19 pm, "Dave" <no...@nohow.not> wrote:
> > a Prius which averages around 40MPG. Only a fool didn't expect gas
> > prices to climb. After all, the oil industry has a puppet doing their
> > bidding in the White House.
>
> You saying the puppet in the white house is billions of years old? Or
> perhaps you think he's got a time machine? That puppet in the white house
> has no control over the dwindling supply of a non-renewable asset,
> oron. -Dave

If that is true then I assume we can expect you to not complain if the
price of fuel doesn't drop under the next President...a Democrat.

TMT

== 10 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 1:52 pm
From: Dennis


On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:05:08 -0600, Logan Shaw
<lshaw-usenet@austin.rr.com> wrote:

>Even though I think unions are, by and large, dumb and outdated, I
>agree with the teachers' union in this case. Education is sort of
>important, partly because it makes better citizens and better human
>beings, and partly because without it, our economy is sunk, especially
>with globalization where we now have to compete with other countries
>more and more. And yet we pay teachers a lot less than other
>professionals. I think it would be a lot of fun and would be very
>satisfying to be a teacher, but there's no way I'm going to actually
>DO it -- I'd have to give up approximately half my income over the
>course of my career. I'd like to give something back to society, but
>I'm not going to do it in a way that could practically cut in half
>what I'd earn over the course of my life. That's too much to ask.
>So I never seriously considered it.
>
>So I guess what I think is that if you make teachers' salaries so
>much lower than what people can make in industry, most people who
>have options are going to avoid teaching. And that's a shame,
>because when I was a kid, I liked it when teachers had actual
>brains, and if I myself had kids, I would want them learning from
>someone who knows what they're talking about.

I agree that teachers should be reasonably well paid, but I also think
that taxpayers should get good value for their money. That means
abolish the current practices of tenure and advancement based on
seniority and make it a meritocracy like you see in most successful
businesses (at least in lower levels).

Dennis (evil)
--
The honest man is the one who realizes that he cannot
consume more, in his lifetime, than he produces.


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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 9:38 am
From: Dusty Furtile Morrocan


On the particular moment of Mon, 3 Mar 2008 03:01:37 -0800 (PST) in
relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy,
modelun88@gmail.com put forth:

>lol. most of your links don't work. your words don't convince me
>alone, so i still believe 15 of the 19 hijackers were saudis and 9/11
>was an OSAMA BIN LADEN and Al-Quaeda job.

I don't think Bin Laden had much to do with it. He was just a
convenient boogey man at the time, and it also suited him to claim
glory for it too. Win win for the US administration and Bin Laden!

He was holed up in some Afghan cave at the time ffs!

Seems to me to be a case of a theory becoming an unquestionable fact.
--
---
DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
---
--

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 12:11 pm
From: "Runge11"


Just anything to croospost, eh

"Dusty Furtile Morrocan" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> a écrit
dans le message de news:skdos3tgmgvbcp851eg6lbshe1g3mjn63a@4ax.com...
> On the particular moment of Mon, 3 Mar 2008 03:01:37 -0800 (PST) in
> relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy,
> modelun88@gmail.com put forth:
>
>>lol. most of your links don't work. your words don't convince me
>>alone, so i still believe 15 of the 19 hijackers were saudis and 9/11
>>was an OSAMA BIN LADEN and Al-Quaeda job.
>
> I don't think Bin Laden had much to do with it. He was just a
> convenient boogey man at the time, and it also suited him to claim
> glory for it too. Win win for the US administration and Bin Laden!
>
> He was holed up in some Afghan cave at the time ffs!
>
> Seems to me to be a case of a theory becoming an unquestionable fact.
> --
> ---
> DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
> ---
> --


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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 9:58 am
From: sree

INTEGRITY CAN MAKE YOU EASY MONEY!! IT WILL!!! BUT YOU
HAVE TO FOLLOW IT TO A LETTER FOR IT TO WORK!!!!
A little while back, I was browsing through newsgroups, just like you
are now, and
came across an article similar to this that said you could make
thousands of dollars
within weeks with only an initial investment of $6.00! So I thought,"
Yeah, right, this
must be a scam", but like most of us, I was curious, so I kept
reading.


Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to each of the 6 names and
address
stated in the
article. You then place your own name and address in the bottom of
the
list at #6, and
post the article in at least 200 newsgroups. (There are thousands) No
catch, that was
it. So after thinking it over, and talking to a few people first, I
thought about trying it.
I figured what have I got to lose except 6 stamps and $6.00, right?
Like most of us I
was a little skeptical and a little worried about the legal aspects
of
it
all. So I checked it out with the U.S. Post Office (1-800-725-2161)
and they
confirmed that it is indeed legal! Then I invested the measly $6.00.
Well GUESS
WHAT!!... within 7 days, I started getting money in the mail! I was
shocked! I figured
it would end soon, but the money just kept coming in. In my first
week, I made about
$25.00. By the end of the second week I had made a total of over
$1,000.00! In the
third week I had over $10,000.00 and it's still growing. This is now
my fourth week
and I have made a total of just over $42,000.00 and it's still coming
in rapidly. It's
certainly worth $6.00, and 6 stamps, I have spent more than that on
the lottery!!


Let me tell you how this works and most importantly, why it
works....also, make sure
you print a copy of this article NOW, so you can get the information
off of it as you
need it. STEP 1: Get 6 separate pieces of paper and write the
following on each piece
of paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." Now get 6 US $1.00
bills
and place ONE inside EACH of the 6 pieces of paper so the bill will
not be seen
through the envelope to prevent thievery. Next, place one paper in
each of the 6
envelopes and seal them. You should now have 6 sealed envelopes, each
with a
piece of paper stating the above phrase, your name and address, and a
$1.00 bill. What
you are doing is creating a service by this. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
LEGAL!
Mail the
6 envelopes to the following addresses:


#1) Anthony Popante
1624 West 4th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11223


#2) CASTILLO
8011 N. 7th ST. #1035
PHOENIX, AZ 85020


#3) David Tran
2637 Ortega Street
San Francisco, Ca. 94122


#4) Sam Smith
50 rue Lortie
Gatinueau, QC J9H 4G5


#5) Derek Shu
243 Rainer Ave.
South San Francisco, Ca. 94080


#6) Srividya Gooty
8395, South west,
29 st., MIRAMAR, FL - 33025


STEP 2: Now take the #1 name off the list that you see above, move
the
other names
up (6 becomes 5, 5 becomes 4, etc...) and add YOUR Name as number 6
on
the list.
STEP 3: Change anything you need to, but try to keep this article as
close to original
as possible. Now, post your amended article to as many newsgroups as
you can. (I think there
are close to 24,000 groups) remember, the more you post, the
more money you make! ---DIRECTIONS -----HOW TO POST TO
NEWSGROUPS------------ Step 1) You do not need to re-type this entire
letter to do
your own posting. Simply put your cursor at the beginning of this
letter and drag your
cursor to the bottom of this document, and select 'copy' from the
edit
menu. This will
copy the entire letter into the computers memory. Step 2) Open a
blank
'notepad' file
and place your cursor at the top of the blank page. From the 'edit'
menu select 'paste'.
This will paste a copy of the letter into notepad so that you can add
your name to the
list. Step 3) Save your new notepad file as a .txt file. If you want
to do your postings
in different sittings, you'll always have this file to go back to.
Step 4) Use Netscape or Internet explorer and try searching for
various newsgroups
(on-line
forums, message boards, chat sites, discussions.) Step 5) Visit these
message boards
and post this article as a new message by highlighting the text of
this letter and
selecting paste from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject, this will be
the header that
everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a
particular group, click the
post message button. You're done with your first one!


Congratulations...THAT'S IT! All you have to do is jump to different
newsgroups
and post away, after you get the hang of it, it will take about 30
seconds for each
newsgroup! **REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE
MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM
OF 200** That's it! You will begin reciving money from around the
world within
days! You may eventually wany to rent a P.O.Box due to the large
amount of mail you
will receive. If you wish to stay anonymous, you can invent a name to
use, as
long as the postman will deliver it. **JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE
ADDRESSES
ARE CORRECT.**


Now the WHY part: Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies
(a
very low
example). So then I made $5.00 with my name at #6 on the letter. Now,
each of the 5
persons who just sent me $1.00 make the MINIMUM 200 postings, each
with my
name at #5 and only 5 persons respond to each of the original 5, that
is another $25.00
for me, now those 25 each make 200 MINIMUM posts with my name at #4
and only
5 replies each, I will bring in an additional
$125.00! Now, those 125 persons turn around and post the MINIMUM 200
with my
name at #3 and only receive 5 replies each, I will make an additional
$626.00! OK,
now here is the fun part, each of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM
200
letters with
my name at #2 and they each only receive 5 replies, that just made me
$3,125.00!!!
Those 3,125 persons will all deliver this message to 200 newsgroups
with my name at
#1 and if still 5 persons per 200 newsgroups react I will receive
$15,625,00! With a
original investment of only $6.00! AMAZING! When your name is no
longer on the
list, you just take the latest posting in the newsgroups, and send
out
another $6.00 to
names on the list, putting your name at number 6 again. And start
posting again. The
thing to remember is, do you realize that thousands of people all
over
the world are
joining the internet and reading these articles everyday, JUST LIKE
YOU are now!!
So can you afford $6.00 and see if it really works?? I think so...
People have said,
"what if the plan is played out and no one sends you
the money? So what! What are the chances of that happening when there
are tons of
new honest users and new honest people who are joining the internet
and newsgroups
everyday and are willing to give it a try? Estimates are at least
20,000 to 50,000 new users,
every day, with thousands of those joining the actual internet. Think
about this! If you
gamble your money away in a casino or a race track, or maybe just the
lottery...WHY?
Because we all want more $$$! RIGHT? So we risk our money! Playing it
against the odds!
NEED MONEY? Well if you have any logic and 6$ You will! You think
this
is a
gamble? maybe! But its not odds your up against; INSTEAD YOUR OWN
INTEGRITY!
You NEED MONEY? Play FAIRLY and HONESTLY, WITH FULL INTEGRITY!
And you will be making some SERIOUS CASH!!!


$GO FOR IT$

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 10:38 am
From: sree


INTEGRITY CAN MAKE YOU EASY MONEY!! IT WILL!!! BUT YOU
HAVE TO FOLLOW IT TO A LETTER FOR IT TO WORK!!!!
A little while back, I was browsing through newsgroups, just like you
are now, and
came across an article similar to this that said you could make
thousands of dollars
within weeks with only an initial investment of $6.00! So I thought,"
Yeah, right, this
must be a scam", but like most of us, I was curious, so I kept
reading.


Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to each of the 6 names and
address
stated in the
article. You then place your own name and address in the bottom of
the
list at #6, and
post the article in at least 200 newsgroups. (There are thousands) No
catch, that was
it. So after thinking it over, and talking to a few people first, I
thought about trying it.
I figured what have I got to lose except 6 stamps and $6.00, right?
Like most of us I
was a little skeptical and a little worried about the legal aspects
of
it
all. So I checked it out with the U.S. Post Office (1-800-725-2161)
and they
confirmed that it is indeed legal! Then I invested the measly $6.00.
Well GUESS
WHAT!!... within 7 days, I started getting money in the mail! I was
shocked! I figured
it would end soon, but the money just kept coming in. In my first
week, I made about
$25.00. By the end of the second week I had made a total of over
$1,000.00! In the
third week I had over $10,000.00 and it's still growing. This is now
my fourth week
and I have made a total of just over $42,000.00 and it's still coming
in rapidly. It's
certainly worth $6.00, and 6 stamps, I have spent more than that on
the lottery!!


Let me tell you how this works and most importantly, why it
works....also, make sure
you print a copy of this article NOW, so you can get the information
off of it as you
need it. STEP 1: Get 6 separate pieces of paper and write the
following on each piece
of paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." Now get 6 US $1.00
bills
and place ONE inside EACH of the 6 pieces of paper so the bill will
not be seen
through the envelope to prevent thievery. Next, place one paper in
each of the 6
envelopes and seal them. You should now have 6 sealed envelopes, each
with a
piece of paper stating the above phrase, your name and address, and a
$1.00 bill. What
you are doing is creating a service by this. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
LEGAL!
Mail the
6 envelopes to the following addresses:


#1) Anthony Popante
1624 West 4th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11223


#2) CASTILLO
8011 N. 7th ST. #1035
PHOENIX, AZ 85020


#3) David Tran
2637 Ortega Street
San Francisco, Ca. 94122


#4) Sam Smith
50 rue Lortie
Gatinueau, QC J9H 4G5


#5) Derek Shu
243 Rainer Ave.
South San Francisco, Ca. 94080


#6) Srividya Gooty
8395, South west,
29 st., MIRAMAR, FL - 33025


STEP 2: Now take the #1 name off the list that you see above, move
the
other names
up (6 becomes 5, 5 becomes 4, etc...) and add YOUR Name as number 6
on
the list.
STEP 3: Change anything you need to, but try to keep this article as
close to original
as possible. Now, post your amended article to as many newsgroups as
you can. (I think there
are close to 24,000 groups) remember, the more you post, the
more money you make! ---DIRECTIONS -----HOW TO POST TO
NEWSGROUPS------------ Step 1) You do not need to re-type this entire
letter to do
your own posting. Simply put your cursor at the beginning of this
letter and drag your
cursor to the bottom of this document, and select 'copy' from the
edit
menu. This will
copy the entire letter into the computers memory. Step 2) Open a
blank
'notepad' file
and place your cursor at the top of the blank page. From the 'edit'
menu select 'paste'.
This will paste a copy of the letter into notepad so that you can add
your name to the
list. Step 3) Save your new notepad file as a .txt file. If you want
to do your postings
in different sittings, you'll always have this file to go back to.
Step 4) Use Netscape or Internet explorer and try searching for
various newsgroups
(on-line
forums, message boards, chat sites, discussions.) Step 5) Visit these
message boards
and post this article as a new message by highlighting the text of
this letter and
selecting paste from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject, this will be
the header that
everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a
particular group, click the
post message button. You're done with your first one!


Congratulations...THAT'S IT! All you have to do is jump to different
newsgroups
and post away, after you get the hang of it, it will take about 30
seconds for each
newsgroup! **REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE
MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM
OF 200** That's it! You will begin reciving money from around the
world within
days! You may eventually wany to rent a P.O.Box due to the large
amount of mail you
will receive. If you wish to stay anonymous, you can invent a name to
use, as
long as the postman will deliver it. **JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE
ADDRESSES
ARE CORRECT.**


Now the WHY part: Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies
(a
very low
example). So then I made $5.00 with my name at #6 on the letter. Now,
each of the 5
persons who just sent me $1.00 make the MINIMUM 200 postings, each
with my
name at #5 and only 5 persons respond to each of the original 5, that
is another $25.00
for me, now those 25 each make 200 MINIMUM posts with my name at #4
and only
5 replies each, I will bring in an additional
$125.00! Now, those 125 persons turn around and post the MINIMUM 200
with my
name at #3 and only receive 5 replies each, I will make an additional
$626.00! OK,
now here is the fun part, each of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM
200
letters with
my name at #2 and they each only receive 5 replies, that just made me
$3,125.00!!!
Those 3,125 persons will all deliver this message to 200 newsgroups
with my name at
#1 and if still 5 persons per 200 newsgroups react I will receive
$15,625,00! With a
original investment of only $6.00! AMAZING! When your name is no
longer on the
list, you just take the latest posting in the newsgroups, and send
out
another $6.00 to
names on the list, putting your name at number 6 again. And start
posting again. The
thing to remember is, do you realize that thousands of people all
over
the world are
joining the internet and reading these articles everyday, JUST LIKE
YOU are now!!
So can you afford $6.00 and see if it really works?? I think so...
People have said,
"what if the plan is played out and no one sends you
the money? So what! What are the chances of that happening when there
are tons of
new honest users and new honest people who are joining the internet
and newsgroups
everyday and are willing to give it a try? Estimates are at least
20,000 to 50,000 new users,
every day, with thousands of those joining the actual internet. Think
about this! If you
gamble your money away in a casino or a race track, or maybe just the
lottery...WHY?
Because we all want more $$$! RIGHT? So we risk our money! Playing it
against the odds!
NEED MONEY? Well if you have any logic and 6$ You will! You think
this
is a
gamble? maybe! But its not odds your up against; INSTEAD YOUR OWN
INTEGRITY!
You NEED MONEY? Play FAIRLY and HONESTLY, WITH FULL INTEGRITY!
And you will be making some SERIOUS CASH!!!


$GO FOR IT$


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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 11:44 am
From: skarkada@gmail.com


A new car is a big ticket item. So, expect to spend some time or
expect to pay little more.

I wouldn't suggest telling the dealer what you are willing to pay.
Here are the steps you need to take:

1) Decide which vehicle and what options you want. You have to
finalize this... otherwise, everything becomes hazy at the time of
purchase.
2) Do your own research (Edmunds) and determine the price.
3) If you know of anyone who has the same vehicle, ask to see the
receipt. If not, find a relevant newsgroup and request for the price
people have paid. Compare the price with Edmunds' and document the
lower price for the base and for each of the options.
4) Invite quotes from 4 or 5 dealers. Tell them exactly what you want
and emphasize that you don't want anything else unless they give it to
you for free.
5) Pick the dealer that gives you the lowest quote. If the total price
is less than your research, go ahead and buy. If not, ask if they can
beat your research amount.
6) Visit the dealer, but be prepared to leave empty handed. Decide in
the first 15 minutes whether the dealer looks like he'll honor the
quote or is he going to add more costs.

I personally would let go of $100 or so if that meant less haggling
and less heartache and resulting in time savings. You have to decide
how frugal you want to be.

After you make the purchase, don't go out of your way to find out if
you paid too much.


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TOPIC: Creating Liviable Alternatives to Wag Slavery
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 11:57 am
From: Cheapo Groovo


Wage slavery can be defined as the state where you are unable to
perceive choices and create courses of action
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This is what my blog is all about. Creating alternatives to the daily
grind. It would be nirvana if your hobbies could simply support you, but
in many cases, the things you love don=3Ft pay very much or they take
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I want you to have knowledge =3F from frugal tips to practical
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http://cheapogroovo.vox.com

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 1:04 pm
From: "Rod Speed"


Cheapo Groovo <ccsj@nospam.com> wrote:

> Wage slavery can be defined as the state where you are unable to perceive
> choices and create courses of action different from the grind of the job.

Wrong. Real wage slavery involves a hell of a lot more than just that.

Even just not being prepared to risk a significant change like
getting qualified for a better job because you are risk adverse,
or rightly decide that you shouldnt be risking in your situation.

> This is what my blog is all about. Creating alternatives to the daily
> grind. It would be nirvana if your hobbies could simply support you,
> but in many cases, the things you love don=3Ft pay very much or
> they take forever to work them into a vocation.

> I want you to have knowledge =3F from frugal tips to practical
> entrepreneurship =3F from alternative income streams to investment
> guru. So please take the time to read this blog thoroughly and then
> tip me. This blog is one of my ways out of wage slavery!

No it isnt, because it doesnt pay.



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TOPIC: Use your Windows Smart Phone as an Wireless Internet Router - Connect
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 12:50 pm
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Date: Mon, Mar 3 2008 2:27 pm
From: Seerialmom


On Jan 29, 9:39 am, Seerialmom <seerial...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Apparently one of these Tesco owned stores is going to be opening in
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I'm going to revive this question since it seems to have gotten lost
in the spam and no one answered. So...again...anyone...Beuller?

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