CBS reports bright spot on gas prices affecting the nation's economy

[omega minimo]

which is:

The U.S. is not as dependent on fuel as in the 70's and 80's because we have few manufacturing jobs any more (!?!) and are "more of a service oriented economy."

That's the good news?

:rofl: :scared: :rofl: :scared: :rofl: :scared: :rofl: :scared: :banghead: :crazy:

[Canuckistanian]

1. And unemployed people use less fuel

Hey, that IS good news! :sarcasm:

[omega minimo]

5. See what we did there-- with da humor!

:bounce:

[Digit]

63. I am saving SO much money on gas since I lost my job!

Where will I EVER spend it all!
:sarcasm:

Oh, just wait until the fuel costs show up at the grocery stores! Stock up on those Ramen Noodles now!

[kath]

68. They're already showing up at my grocery stores - Milk up 10 cents

per gallon yesterday, quart of yogurt up 10 cents today. Prices have been creeping up for awhile, but now they seem to be taking a significant jump.

[yankeedem]

2. Even more great news on the horizon

When we lose our jobs to the depression brought on by fuel prices, we won't be dependent on gasoline at all!

[omega minimo]

9. Fuel > Plastic > job > China > Walmart > no job or fuel to buy their crap>

Maybe. the. dots. will. finally. be. connected..........

:kick: why ain't that a strong Dem issue?

[yankeedem]

13. Because the Democratic party is guilty

almost as much as the Republican party. Sad, isn't it?

[omega minimo]

21. Let's call em on it. Let's boil the Dem message down to the nitty

as it be gettin mighty gritty.

Outsourcing
Lying to war for oil profits
Record oil profits as gas tanks eat $$$$ and economy tanks
Bogus elections

[omega minimo]

50. NITTY GRITTY

?

[Imagevision]

61. Does this mean Dominoes Pizza will increase prices or stop

delivering unless delivery surcharge to be automatically added to bill?

[omega minimo]

62. They'll streamline by baking sodas and napkins into the crust

:puke:

[Fly by night]

3. Gas has gone up 37 cents this week alone in middle Tennessee.

I don't think I can stand any more good news.

[Cobalt Violet]

4. Pissa!

Did they happen to mention what us servers are suppose to do when our pittance of a wage doesn't even get us to work and back?

[omega minimo]

6. Roller skates?

Carside service?

:hi:

[yankeedem]

7. Don't worry

Noone will be able to afford to go out to eat anymore, so you won't have to go to work and back.

[omega minimo]

11. Through the Looking Glass and into a Kafka novel

[Cobalt Violet]

18. I meant "server" as in service job worker....hairstylist.

It's as about a service job as a job can be. And if I can't afford commute to the rich burbs than how are all the doctors, lawyers, sports professionals going to get their hair serviced? Their sons,daughters and neighbors aren't the one going to beauty college.

[yankeedem]

23. They've got you covered

Work camps- I mean dormitories will be built on the periphery so that the rich can be served. Sure it's a little barbed wire, but at least we aren't socialists right?

A Republican would tell you to raise your prices, that maybe a better idea.

[question everything]

47. You can add "fuel surcharge" to the price of your service

this is what everyone else does, or will do

[Don Claybrook]

8. You need to learn the skills for the jobs of the 21'st Century

I heard * say this in a debate. He wants to give junior colleges a couple thousand each to fund training for the jobs of the 21'st Century. And before you ask, no I have no idea what those jobs are. I just know I'm quitting my network engineering position that I'm very fortunate to have so that I can go enroll in a community college. To learn. Stuff. New technologies or something like that.

[rzemanfl]

14. Fry, flip, fry some more. How hard is that? n/t

[Canuckistanian]

15. Here are the new jobs for the 21st century

Candle maker.
Horse farrier.
Bicycle repair.
Iceman.
Mail carrier.

and finally,
Junk dealer.

[RagAss]

17. polishing petrified dinosaur turds....

[A Simple Game]

25. Silly Ragazz68,

there were no dinosaurs, they were just a test. You failed.

[omega minimo]

27. Talk therapist

when no one can afford the medication anymore

[omega minimo]

30. Replicant hunter

[porkrind]

55. Change that to "Republican Hunter"

:)

[omega minimo]

60. They won't all be Raptured?

Should be some good gigs for "clothes collectors" after the BornAginers are all sucked up into the sky. :evilfrown:

[myrna minx]

76. Or maybe a spice miner from Dune? Horse Whisperer?

Rodeo Clown? Chimney Sweep?

[omega minimo]

78. Snake Oil Salesman

Carnival Barker

[leeroysphitz]

10. Woo Hoo!!! n/t

[RagAss]

12. and when we freeze to death this winter

we'll be even less dependent next year :rofl: wait...why am I laughing ?? :scared:

[Cobalt Violet]

20. And they won't have to pay us Social Security when we get old...

Because we're all gonna freeze to death before we're old enough.

[omega minimo]

16. Do you think they'd notice if we all boycott Walmart?

Since the evening news loves to list Walmart as the leading economic indicator....

:shrug:

[question everything]

19. On the other hand, not only do SUV drivers have to dig dipper

they will have to really pay more to heat their MacMansions later this year.

[Cobalt Violet]

22. Do you mean they may actually start to build smaller houses again?

Dang!

[omega minimo]

24. Tschah-- Ya know what?

Most of those rooms are fer show-- they never go in but a few of em.

And the McMansions are built so close to each other, there won't be too much cold air in between.

[question everything]

48. Then they can sublet some rooms for their gardeners and the maids

who won't be able to drive there

[omega minimo]

49. and hairdressers!

(see above)

A cul-de-sac microeconomy! American ingenuity wins again.

:bounce:

[Rude Horner]

26. I was depressed before I read this post.

Now I'm more optimistic than ever.

We should be thankful that CBS 'splained all dis hard book learnin' stuff for us so us plane 'ol unedgucated folks can undirstand it.

[omega minimo]

28. Plain as the nose frozen off your face

:hi:

[napi21]

29. That one is BS! I did hear another "bright spot" on Sat.

Some investment advisor on KGO radio Sat said the high gas prices are keeping the lid on inflation! His theiry is that inflation is caused by demand exceeding supply, so people don't have the $$ to spend on stuff because they're putting it into their gas tank, therefore, no excess demand for products, and no inflation.

I guess he's right, but it's the dumbest damn way to curb inflation that I ever heard of!!!!!

[omega minimo]

32. Catch 22

doth not economic policy make

[pnorman]

31. Any link to that CBS report?

I can't seem to Google it, and it has an Onion-like aroma to it.

pnorman

[omega minimo]

34. Top of the 5:30 report on the tube

fer real.

[pnorman]

40. Thanks. I'm TV-less, but I'll accept that as confirmation.

(But it DOES have an Onion-like aroma to it, doesn't it?).

pnorman
Tubeless in Seattle

[omega minimo]

43. (Congratulations!)-- Yep, makes Jon Stewart's job easier

It was one of those throwaway 2 sentence bits a newsclone delivers, not an actual segment.

I'm gonna track down the NewsHour piece on Cindy Sheehan instead.

See #33

[question everything]

70. The end o fthe first segment

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=eveningnews (video) when the reporter talks to John Roberts

(was not on the text)

[pnorman]

71. Got it, brother; and thanks!

It's 03:03 into an 11:02 presentation. That final bit about husband & wife retirees being WalMart-style teamsters, was also very interesting. Welcome to the ($75.00 a barrel) Bush Economy!

pnorman

[omega minimo]

77. Thanks QuestionEverything!

There was also a wrap up gas story at the end of the broadcast...

:hi:

[Neshanic]

33. I caught that insane tidbit. Say anything, just say it.

Service economy is based on services. Services provided by gas to get those services.

No factories where people drive to work and come home anymore.

Real estate agents, delivery services, FEDEX, and the biggest employer...ChinaMart. All service ecomomy businesses.

Last time I looked the service economy runs on gas just like everything else.

[omega minimo]

35. There ya go thinkin agin!

"Less dependent on fuel than in the 70's and 80's" being relative to images, not facts.

Image: "We don't have all those darn gas guzzling manufacturing plants anymore."

Huh?

[omega minimo]

67. GreatWallMart!

:hide:

[texanwitch]

36. I have a partime job at a large chain motel near my house and work

11 pm to 7 am , so I do get to meet a lot of the traveling public.

The traveling public is unhappy with Bush, the gas prices have really pushed them over the edge. Last year when I worked we had a lot more customers then this year, people did travel but not as far or as long as last year.

Also more people are paying cash for their rooms, they are staying away from the credit cards. Many people with credit cards are going over their limit and have to pay cash, several people have to use paypal to get extra money from home. Last year was not like this. I haven't meet to many Bush supporters this summer.

I wonder if I will have a clerk job next summer. Many nights we are lucky to have half the rooms full.

[omega minimo]

38. You're smart to listen to people and pay attention to this

Don't need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows

Gas prices get EVERYONE'S attention.

[baldguy]

37. Hey! If we double the price of everything, that'll DOUBLE the GDP!

Of course, that wouldn't include wages & saleries - just profits & dividends.

[omega minimo]

39. Well, they've got everyone suckered into the magic of the market

That and lottery tickets

Time for Martha to show us how to make bookshelves out of toothpaste tubes

[NewJeffCT]

41. what happens when they reclass flipping a hamburger to manufacturing?

didn't they try to do that like 16-18 months ago?

[omega minimo]

42. Nutritional Engineers?

Hey, have you seen the Grill Team Leader or the Salad Dressing Associate?

[omega minimo]

45. Taco Technicians?

[Postman]

44. That explains why soldiers can't get updated armor. We don't make it.

Ain't a service economy great?!?

[omega minimo]

46. Last nite TV showed the bulletproof vests being made

Forget what the excuse for the delay was.

Showed these fat ceramic turtle-shells being fitted into cloth vests.

Wonder where the ceramics are made? China?

[kestrel91316]

65. I think Ceradyne makes them in the US.

[Cleita]

51. Well, the good news was that WalMart is whining that

the high cost of gas is costing them business.

[kestrel91316]

66. Boo f---ing hoo, Wally!

[Mr_Spock]

52. Woo ------ ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------- Hoo

:(

[omega minimo]

54. "...That Giant Sucking Sound...."

:scared:

[halobeam]

53. They ought to be chastised for this... what a ....ugh... whats the point.

[omega minimo]

56. Boycott Walmart and/or distill/focus Progressive Dem message (#21)?)

:hi:

Challenge not chastise?

[HadItUpToHere]

57. i would think that the average service job requires more driving-

than the average factory job.
in many 'service' jobs, the person(s) doing the work often have multiple clients to "serve"

[newyawker99]

72. Hi HadItUpToHere!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[FlaGranny]

79. Yes, that is true.

My husband has a service business and he travels to his customers. Unfortunately, he just had to buy a new van for work. He had been using a 4-cylinder station wagon, but we could not find another one large enough, and wound up with a 6-cylinder van. It was at the absolute worst time, with these gas prices, too.

[bluestateguy]

58. Sure we have a service economy

And how do you think all of those nice little retail toys that you buy at Target and Wal-Mart get to the stores?

Trucks.

Trucks use gas. A lot of it.

Guess who ends up paying for the increased costs of trucking those goods in?

[omega minimo]

59. Same folks who don't get paid to drive empty.

:patriot:

[kestrel91316]

64. YEAH, and when we force all the wimmenfolk out of their jobs and

back into the kitchen where they belong, we will be even LESS dependent on foreign oil. They won't have to drive back and forth from those jobs that just take them away from the stove and teach them wicked ways.

Just think, they won't need all those second cars. And if we are lucky, the young wimmenfolk will be so illiterate and uneducated after we get done homeschooling them that they won't be able to GET driver's licenses anyway.

[kath]

69. Hey, please remember that plenty of liberals (DUers included) homeschool.

[HootieMcBoob]

73. I just got both of my eyes poked out!

Look on the bright side:
At least you won't have to pay for those expensive prescription lenses anymore!

[Jim__]

74. Isn't the (about) $65 per barrel of oil a worldwide price?

So, even if our products are now being manufactured overseas, hasn't the cost of manufacture gone up just the same? And, if our products are manufactured overseas, doesn't it now cost more to transport them here? What am I missing here?

[omega minimo]

80. Where are the jobs? Where are the wages? Where are the profits?

Where do the corporate chickens come home to roost?

:evilfrown:

[leftylady]

75. And: People in California are actually walking again!

How cool is that?

[question everything]

81. LOL, reminds me of an old Archie Bunker - "meathead" exchange

More or less:

Archie - if you walk you get mugged

Meathead - than run

Archie - if you run the cops will shoot you thinking you are a robber

Meathead - then skip

Archie - then people will think I am queer..

[SammyWinstonJack]

82. As told to us by overpaid sTalking media whores who are NOT

affected by high gas prices and can well afford higher prices at the grocery store and else where. :argh:

[Javaman]

83. Boy oh boy, that's an example of epic spin!!

:banghead:

[Stirk]

84. The "Party of Personal Responsibility" has become the "Party of Excuses"

I have no doubt that particular line came from a conservative think tank.

Is there anything these people can't invent an excuse for? Treason, war profiteering...