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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby quetzal » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:29 am

oh well try again wrote:After all you did leave that one WIDE OPEN!


The only thing wide open around here is your yap. :lol:
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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby OTPUDGE » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:42 am

I am a forum wall flower for the most part. I have logged on just about every day to catch my favorite "soap opera". What a "cast" of characters! .... I hope to find you all on some other forum one day. Keep it real, kiddos.
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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby oh well try again » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:48 am

quetzal wrote:
oh well try again wrote:After all you did leave that one WIDE OPEN!


The only thing wide open around here is your yap. :lol:


You right I am :lol: full of it ain't I.
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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby knuzzle » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:59 am

Rhino Guy wrote:
pleasebleed wrote:In commemoration of the slow bleeding death of this forum, I will be offering a limited edition commemorative doll of Kenny - dressed in authentic looking overalls preparing for a long day of digging up potatoes.

Sale Price $49.95 + shipping/handling + cost to disinfect.

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Do you offer a flex-pay plan? Do I get a discount with my Win Dixie card?

Sorry about all the questions. I am kind of on the fence with this purchase.

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Debating, listening, learning all while being entertained by the mass of characters that have become a dysfunctional family of sorts.
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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby The Propagandist » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:06 am

Let us remember that The Tuscaloosa News is not "The Press" as defined in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,
AMENDMENT I
Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

though it may try to run and hide under its umbrella of protection, counting on the ignorance of Americans as to the purpose of the real "press" at the time the Constitution was written.

Let us not forget that The Tuscaloosa News is a business corporation, in operation solely for the benefit of its owners. The Public (you and I) -- in the words of William Henry Vanderbilt -- when the public interest comes into conflict with the profit interest of the corporation, well, then ...
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"The public be damned."

When it comes to a corporation determining its own best interest in how to most profitably extract wealth from the public, we in the public don't count unless you own a substantial block of its voting stock to determine its course of direction on how best to fleece the public, transferring wealth from our pockets to theirs.

The Tuscaloosa News is a corporation selling a product. To make a profit for its owners, you -- the public -- must buy.

But when the public interest isn't in exact alignment with the profit drive of corporate owners, time and time again we have seen the corporations -- through the mouths of those who own and operate them -- say,
"THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED!"
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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby Strix varia » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:06 am

A few bucks a month to keep all these great friendships alive? I can't believe its even a question. Everyone is acting like there is no option here.
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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby Buckeye » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:17 am

Strix varia wrote:A few bucks a month to keep all these great friendships alive? I can't believe its even a question. Everyone is acting like there is no option here.


I'm gonna get nailed for this but...
$17.00 a month is a LOT of money for some people.
Yeah, some will say if ya can afford the internet you can afford the $17 bucks but, for some, it's gonna mean stretching an even limited budget even futher. The newspaper is more than just the forum. It's the only way some people get any kind of news at all. The job section. The Obits. Current events. Meetings. Council actions. That is the only way, though the online version, that some people can get the news.
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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby quetzal » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:20 am

It would be one of those little luxuries I'd have to say no to, Buck. :(
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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby MellowOne » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:25 am

hoofie wrote:
MacDaddyLee wrote:
quetzal wrote:Maybe then you'll get a Facebook account, Mac? We'd love to see you there. :)


Sorry. Won't happen.

I'm the guy who refuses to get on Facebook.


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Every time i think about setting up a Facebook account, there is some threat or incident that turns me away.

Just as long as you continue to play WWF, I think I can live without the forum. Really, it doesn't bother me either way. I'm friends on Facebook with the majority of the people I care about on here. The others, I can get in touch with through other sources.
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Re: T'News To Charge for this Forum????

Postby The Propagandist » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:29 am

Buckeye wrote:$17.00 a month is a LOT of money for some people.
Yeah, some will say if ya can afford the internet you can afford the $17 bucks but, for some, it's gonna mean stretching an even limited budget even futher. The newspaper is more than just the forum. It's the only way some people get any kind of news at all. The job section. The Obits. Current events. Meetings. Council actions. That is the only way, though the online version, that some people can get the news.


On a limited income, after a certain number of dollars are spent, that last dollar does get spent.
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