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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:42 PM Original message |
We should privatize the Fire Departments |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Only problem is that the Freepers won't get the joke and will take the idea seriously. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. My thoughts exactly. One has to have some brains to recognize sarcasm. nt |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. I've tried raising the issue that taxes pay for fire and police protection |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Been there, done that, failed miserably |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Yes, just check out the film "Gangs of New York" |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Personally, I love your illustration. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. ROFL!! |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hate to break it to you |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. You will need more argument than that to prove the argument is weak. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. By choosing not to live in an area which taxes for a FD. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Confine the example to a city with public fire departments |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. When you say voluntary you mean one can move to get out of it. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Looks like a hit and run post. nt |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. it's a DU tourist with an odd opinion about health care: |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. hate to break to you, but the OP was satyr. nt |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. yah see, here's the problem with satyr. It just dont work for those w/o a brain. nt |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. have you been to angrytownhall.com? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. There's a bill in congress to change the fireman's uniform color from blue to brown. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Many parts of US essentially have that |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. yeah teh sarcasm was lost on me as i knew that you get private fire brigades |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. That should be ILLEGAL. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. why should it be illegal, if the nearest fire station is 50 miles away |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. or 80 miles and two counties over |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. yup, i think to many people tend to think everything is urban or suburban |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The first fire brigades were private... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. What if a home owner fails to pay the fee and they have a fire? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. yup unless theres life to protect or subscribers property they let it burn |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. We once had "private" fire fighters in this nation. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. Benjamin Franklin quote |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I think this is a fundamental part of our current problems |
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buzzycrumbhunger (793 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. Synchronicity! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Best of all, when my house goes up in flames I can ask my neighbors to help out. Grassley said to. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. chance are |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. My point exactly. As a Californian, I have a tremendous respect for fire. nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I lived out in the woods once (not in California) where the locals |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
37. This could catch on like wildfire! |
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