Interesting post. You are probably not alone.
On 2022-03-17 16:01, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> On top of that in case you haven't noticed the homeless population has
> exploded in the Phoenix area.
> Try ridding the bus-public transportation, with these people who sadly
> in some cases haven't had a bath
> or shower in some time.
>
> Its really sad that the American culture has been broken so badly that
> one has to help others see what
> is in plain sight. We live adjacent to a state with arguably the
> worst homeless population in the country.
>
> Have you ever stopped to ask yourself or others what is the cause of
> all this???????
>
> High gas prices.
> unaffordable housing.
> many households living paycheck to paycheck.
> explosion in crime.
> explosion in homelessness.
> recreational drug use on the rise for a civilization like ours and you
> think this is normal?
>
> $14 Billion in aid to Ukraine while all this is happening?
> Where is that money going?
> How about a hired mercenary army to fight Russia per the refuges from
> the Middle East.
> Why do you think they pushed for EU to take in refuges from the middle
> East?
> By the way, EU doesn't have children like the previous generations did
> and thee now
> know it takes at least 2.0 children per couple to keep an empire alive
> so these people
> from Africa and others are nothing but blood and treasure to these
> neo-cons.
>
> Tech people are usually some of the smartest in a civilization
> historically speaking.
> As per Thucydides the country that rules in technology rules the
> world.
>
> Surely the breadth and width of your understanding goes further than
> these few talking points.
>
> How about this.
> There is a real effort to turn us all in the West into a Socialistic
> civilization based on Plato's Republic.
> Democracy?
> Try a empire ruled by a Philosopher king as he stated in his book.
> The problem is there is no person
> on this earth that is perfect and never will be. We have a Republic,
> not a Democracy in the USA.
>
> Dig a little deeper and try a little harder to understand your world.
> If you don't find the truth there are
> many out there looking for the naïve to take advantage of.
>
> Plato's Republic.
> Plato's Meno.
> Plato's Timaeus.
> Plato's Protagoras.
> St. Augustine's City of God.
> Aristotle's Ethics.
> Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract.
> Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Discourse on Inequality.
>
> On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:35:25 PM MST, JD Austin
> <jd@twingeckos.com> wrote:
>
> It hasn't been near $2 a gallon for 1.5 years.
> https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=AZ
>
> https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 3:31 PM greg zegan <gjzegan@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Are you kidding?
>> just over a year ago it was under $2 a gallon.
>> furthermore, who is going to commute to work in Phoenix in the
>> coming months?
>>
>> On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:22:12 PM MST, JD Austin via
>> PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> I just paid $4.49 at Costco which was only .07/gallon less than
>> surrounding gas stations :(
>> I can only hope our national politicians pull their heads from their
>> rectum and open domestic oil production again soon.
>> They're blaming Ukraine, but it was already approaching $4 before
>> Russian invaded.
>> If anyone had doubts that overreliance on foreign supply chains
>> could be problematic, the last several years should have made it
>> clear.
>> I feel really sorry for poor people... how are they coping with
>> these price increases everywhere?
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:47 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss
>> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> What is gas going for in arizona? It is around 4 a gallon in
>>> florida.
>>>
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