In My Family We always drove from San Jose to Seattle to Visit our Family... Well, We Just Stopped going! I Called my Cousin and Said... The Cost of Gas is Just TOO DAMN HIGH and so This Year We Will be having a Family Reunion online... ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM!
also... I Just Stopped Buying Plastic Crap! I get everything at the Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop... It's Excellent!
Headline: Target is cutting prices on 5,000 items to lure back inflation-weary shoppers...
Since Retail Prices are a VOLUNTARY CHOICE by the Management of Corporations... WHAT IF They "VOLUNTARILY" Chose to Reduce Prices? READ Class War Comix... It's a Laugh Riot!
The Super Rich had Purchased the Congress, the Supreme Court and the White House and were Using their Puppets to Pass Laws that Made the Rich Richer... and Force Their Bizarre Views of the World onto the 99%
Chapter 1: Silly Billy had come to the Conclusion that Something Needed to be Done... But... What Exactly was the Solution? He Wondered: "What IF We Kidnapped the CEO of ExxonValdez and Held Him Until the Price of Gasoline Went Down? He Could Call his Second in Command and Tell Him to Roll Back The Prices... or the Kidnappers Would Cut Off One Finger a Day Until They Did... Make a Video of the CEO Begging and Publish it Online... Everywhere... Complete with a Newspaper with Today's Date... and then Tomorrow Publish a Video of the Same CEO with NINE Fingers... I Bet That Before that CEO Had Lost All his Fingers and His Penis, Prices Would Be Lower... and OTHER CEOs would have Gotten the Message! And Their Days of Playing the Piano Would Be Saved!"
and Sally Replied: "No! That's a Crazy Idea."
and Billy Replied: "I Agree Sally, But You Know It Would Work... Sigh... "
*JUST JOKING* FICTION...
Chapter 1: Silly Billy had come to the Conclusion that Something Needed to be Done... But... What Exactly was the Solution? He Wondered: "What IF We Kidnapped the CEO of ExxonValdez and Held Him Until the Price of Gasoline Went Down? He Could Call his Second in Command and Tell Him to Roll Back The Prices... or the Kidnappers Would Cut Off One Finger a Day Until They Did... Make a Video of the CEO Begging and Publish it Online... Everywhere... Complete with a Newspaper with Today's Date... and then Tomorrow Publish a Video of the Same CEO with NINE Fingers... I Bet That Before that CEO Had Lost All his Fingers and His Penis, Prices Would Be Lower... and OTHER CEOs would have Gotten the Message! And Their Days of Playing the Piano Would Be Saved!"
and Sally Replied: "No! That's a Crazy Idea."
and Billy Replied: "I Agree Sally, But You Know It Would Work... Sigh... "
*JUST JOKING* FICTION...
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They Mine Raw Materials, grow plants (like cotton) using pesticides and herbicides, Log Forests, Employ Slave Laborers in the Orient, Burn Gasoline Shipping the Plastic Crap Here From China... and on and on and on... Used Products ALREADY EXIST and so Buying Stuff at The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop (my local store) does NOT Harm the Planet. Actually, They Hire Local People to Work as Clerks and Do Delivery. We Bought ALL our Living Room Furniture there. Three Chairs and a Sofa... and Men Delivered It Upstairs in Our Home. NO WAY could I Move those Heavy Objects Up That Staircase... I Tipped those Guys $10 Each... and they were really Thankful. Yes, I Could Have Spent a Fortune at Sears or KMART but... I Prefer to Keep The Money IN MY WALLET. I Like Employing Guys That Live At The Rescue Mission. The Mission Does Good Work Here in Eureka and I've Met a LOT of Real People That They Help. I did buy new Beds at Sears. Somehow, those were just too Personal to Buy Used... also, I Do Not Buy Used Underwear... BUT, Clothes? YES! It's actually fun to find thrift stores in Super Rich Neighborhoods and Live Like the TV Show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous..." A Great Place to Shop is North Shore Lake Tahoe... Snow Bunnies often Donate Extra Stuff When the Season is Over... and There is Also DUMPSTER DIVING in College Towns at the End of the School Year... FREE STUFF!
Oddly, I Expressed These Opinions during a Group Discussion at an Ecology Class at Humboldt State University and ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS SAID I WAS WRONG... They said that Used Stuff Still Requires Ecological Damage to Exist at All... I tried to explain that the Manufacturing Damage Happened IN THE PAST and it is impossible to Change History but Buying New Stuff CAUSES Purchasing Agents at Corporations to Hire People to Create New Stuff IN THE FUTURE to Fill the Shelves At The Store. No One Grasped the Concept. But I Did Make The Other Students Think. and That's a Good Thing. It's a difficult concept... I Wish I Could Explain it in a Shorter Sentence... Maybe YOU can Re-Write the Concept Better and Post it in the Comments Section... Thanks!
Remember: There are Two Ways to Get Everything You Want. Get More or Want Less. and... You Can Get More Stuff Per Dollar At The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop... or Your Own Store... Did You Know that There is a Fashion "Thing" where Corporations PRE-RIP Clothes? Intentionally Making Them LOOK USED! Really! They Hire People to Rub Jeans over Rough Surfaces to SIMULATE Wear and Tear of Normal Use... I'm Not Making This UP! All the Pathetic Dupes are Wearing Clothes Like That! On My Own Webstore... I Offer Hats that have been "Distressed" to look like they are Old... It's an Option... I wish I could write a Mocking Slogan Poking Fun at this Fashion Trend... Then I Could Sell a Hat with That Saying... Sort of like the Question: "Can You Imagine a World Without Hypothetical Situations?" or The Page that says: "This Page Is Left Blank Intentionally." A Cosmic Haiku Slogan... I do sell a Hat that says "PRESS" so people can wear it at Protest Marches and Avoid Being Bashed on the Head By The Police... I Do Not Really Know if It REALLY Helps Avoid Police Violence... I Do Know That People Made T-Shirts Saying "Backstage Pass - Shoreline Ampetheater - Bill Graham Productions" and Used them to sneak past Security Guards... I admire the Guy that Made a Sign that Says "This is a Sign." Was That Absurdist Theater or End Times Warning?
"Life is More Complex than a Slogan on a Hat."
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The Profits are Donated to Charity... Fixing Broken American Lives!
Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop.
1031 Broadway, Eureka CA, 95501
http://www.eurekarescuemission.org/Thrift_Store/Thrift_Shop.html
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop.
528 2nd Street, Eureka, CA 95501
https://www.facebook.com/SVDPRedwoodRegion/
Tailwaggers Thrift Shop.
2737 F St, Eureka, CA 95501
https://sequoiahumane.org/tailwaggers-thrift-shop
Miranda's Rescue Thrift Store.
1694 Myrtle Ave. Eureka, CA
http://mirandasrescue.org/thrift-store
Anglin Second Hand.
2016 Broadway. Eureka, CA
https://m.facebook.com/anglinsecondhand
and with a bit of Internet Research... You Could Find Similar Stores in Your Home Town! Remember! Buying Used Merchandise Keeps Your Dollars IN AMERICA! When You Buy a New Product Made in China, Your Money is Sent to the Corporations in China... By Simply Buying Used, Your Money is Used to Finance the Local Homeless People Shelter or Animal Shelter! Or Pay for the Free Meal!