March 8, 2011
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The Daily News1 Turns out that I was wrong about boycotting Lucky.
2 I got emails from a lot of my peeps on FB telling me that the whole thing about Lucky's was somehow legit.
3 I won't go into details, but the bottom line is that the state of California has some sort of tax deal that ensures frying pans the right to tax the top dollar if there is some sort of tax deal that the state made with taxing things that are on sale.
4 Or something. Whatevz.
5 I ain't buyin' it, even though this "law" or whatever allows taxes on things that are bought on sale, like cell phone packages.
6 Sorry.
7 Ain't buyin' it. Literally.
8 How does THAT work?
9 Ah, who kez.
10 Bottom line really is that the state could tax sales' items by taxing the original price...and blah blah blah.
11 Or something. I sold merch for years and that never happened. If we dropped a price, the tax would be on the dropped price, not the original. Evidently I'm too stupid to have figured out that somehow those policies have disappeared.
12 So I guess I will put hat in hand and allow shopping at Lucky, even though I still think that it is shady.
13 Who kez anyway? I really don't need cookware, nor the aggravation.
14 Moving on, Part the First: I sort of roamed the internet for more stories and found that the Miami Heat basketball team lost a non-playoff game and that, according to their coach, caused some of the players to cry.
15 Okay.
16 KNBR'S Rod Brooks had a bit to say about that one:
17 "Look,You only cry about four things. One, you cry if you win a championship. Two, you cry if you lose a championship. Three, you cry if you get a compound fracture. Four, you cry if you SEE a compound fracture."
18 Great stuff.
19 Moving on, Part the Second: I'm actually going back to the Lucky's thing. I decided that whatever tax law scammed me, it wasn't the fault of Lucky's, who are part of a chain that includes both Save Mart and Albertson's. It was way to complex for me to really care about, but conglomerates are what they are.
20 So yesterday I immediately ended my boycott. I walked right into Lucky's, avoided buying anything else, and got myself a gallon of orange juice for $4.29. I must have read yesterday's DN a hundred times trying to figure out how they could tax on a retail cost, and kept coming up empty.
21 Bottom line: I got a gallon of orange juice for $4.29, no tax, and walked out. No Girl Scouts or homeless guys with teevee trays. No strangers approaching. I went directly home and refused to drive for the rest of the night.
22 I woke up at around 2:30 a.m. to a radio blaring something about how Libya has caused gas prices to skyrocket. Yes, of course. And oil tycoons.
23 My Valero station has tied Arco with lowest gas prices around, beating our Rotten Robbie, who charges the same amount as Shell! Are ya kiddin' me? I rule out Costco because of the horrendous lines. And I pay cash, not debit.
24 I'm glad I got my gas two days ago, because the price just went up four cents a gallon due to Libya.
25 Are you guys BUYIN' all this hoseshit?
26 Watch your wallet, that's all I'm sayin'.
27 Moving on, Part the Thoid: I had a little time last night and began researching Lucky's/Albertson's and all the rest. There was tepid scandal involving Lucky's horrific treatment of women, but there were lawsuits and WAY too much history (don't make me say "misstory" or I'll hit you) for my brain to bear.
28 I tried to find something on the Girl Scouts, but every article had the word "cute" or "big brown eyes" in it, so the worst thing I could pull out of the Girl Scouts is that they are somehow "in bed" with Planned Parenthood. If that's the case, I'll buy more cookies.
29 Yes, you heard if first. I am a choice guy. Sue me.
30 I'll never agree with you, and you will never agree with me, so let's just leave that one at the doorstep.
31 And yes, I'm a "liberal", which by today's controlled media, translates to an Anti-Reagan madman.
32 Uh...yup?
33 Just read, people. Stop letting Rupert Murdoch control your thoughts.
34 It's sort of like teaching. Every time I see stupid thinking, I think to myself, "I might as well grab a huge broom, and try to rid the shores of sand."
35 Do people actually take my boushit seriously?
36 Will some parent read my blog and get me fired for having two words with the -shit suffix?
37 Am I in some sort of mad Alice-in-Wonderland haze?
38 It's 3:30 a.m. and I've already logged in around seven hours of sleep. I want to live my life so that I awaken every morning healthy, wealthy, and wise.
39 Okay, I'm just wandering here. I think I'll tuck this one to bed and hope for some clearer thinking tomorrow.
40 You guys have a good day.
41 I'm going back to bed.
42 Late.
43 Peace.
~H~
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