04-05-2022, 05:35 AM
(04-04-2022, 11:48 AM)Snarl Wrote: THIS ONE got me thinking.
TPTB are setting gas prices to "Painful"
It is painful for the everyday guy who has to drive to work.
I think we need to figure out a way to make the price of their gas painful too. You draw a $15M bonus ... the price of a gallon of gas for you is now $10,000.
Why should the elites be able to afford goods at the same price points that cause the average Joe's wallet pain? Bet if we could make some rules like that ... where everyone pays at the 'pain level' that there wouldn't be anymore of that crap heaped onto our shoulders.
Seldom does a post make me do a mental double-take like yours just did!
My first thought was..."Damn straight!!"
Then I had to catch myself and ask..."Whoa there, Hoss! How is this different than the 'Distribution of Wealth' and 'Tax the Rich' mentalities of the liberal left??? Am I being a hypocrite here??"
Very interesting question you've posed! (Seriously)
Leave it to Sharpe, of all people, to make me actually "think" about something! LOL! He's always talked non-stop smack, both on and off the field. BTW, his bonus was only $4.5 million (not $15m), and that whole Ravens thing still pisses me off, but that's beside the point. To hear him defend Biden (even a little bit) with a statement like that, just dredges up me being pissed off all over again. Regardless, your response did make me think more directly about the more pertinent question here.
I guess my final answer is...having Sharpe pay $10,000/gal of gas wouldn't really make me feel any better about paying $20/gal of gas; me or anyone else. Biden can suck it...and so can Sharpe if he wants to stick up for Biden.
What you've highlighted is an interesting 3-way question.
1. On the one hand we have the question of the idiocy of people "voting" (if that's really what happened, personally I question it) for the likes of Biden just because of their loathing of Trump. I can't run very fast even without all the gunshot holes in my feet!
2. On the other hand, we have the question of the mantra of the left, Redistribution of Wealth without regard to merit. A twisted sort of 'reparations' if you will. We're 'racist' if we don't subscribe to this notion, right? LOL!
3. On the 3rd hand, we have the notion of the same mentality being used, but in reverse. Perhaps it's deserving, especially for those who espouse those ideals (i.e. the left, right?), but then we must ask ourselves...are we being not racist, but 'class-ist', against a certain segment of society?
It's a double edged sword!
I must admit, as I sit here and write this I am having a very difficult time separating my emotion, my anger, from rational and objective thought. The answer seems easy at first glance, but is it really?
If we could isolate the question to just the elements being discussed above, the answer might be easy, but I personally can't overlook Asskrackistan, I can't overlook the secret flights of illegals into this country to pad the voter roles, the failures at every turn, the lockdowns, the economy, the outright disregard of the Constitution...the TREASON! I just can't overlook that!
Sadly, Shannon Sharpe is just a symptom. The "Disease" is far more advanced. The liberal, socialist and communist bent of the left is just that 'Disease', and guys like Shannon Sharpe are just a drop in an ocean of evil!