Word: capitalistically
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...when we signed onto this capitalist thing, we were briefed on the supply-and-demand part. We seem to accept massive fluctuations in the stock market, real estate and the popularity of John Travolta. But for some reason we think gas should always cost the same amount, plus 0.99 of a penny. Basically, I think the price changes depending on how much was drilled that day and how many former Miss U.S.A.s are suing the Sultan of Brunei or his brother for sexually enslaving them. There's a math formula for this...
...feel bad for people who have to drive to work and can't afford higher gas prices. But we have to understand that in a capitalist system, there are times when things get hard and we have to cut back. Remember sugar rations in World War II, or last Christmas when there weren't enough PlayStation2s to go around? We got through that, and we'll get through this...
...when we signed onto this capitalist thing, we were briefed on the supply-and-demand part. We seem to accept massive fluctuations in the stock market, real estate and the popularity of John Travolta. But for some reason we think gas should always cost the same amount, plus 0.99 of a penny. Basically, I think the price changes depending on how much was drilled that day and how many former Miss U.S.A.s are suing the Sultan of Brunei or his brother for sexually enslaving them. There's a math formula for this...
Every May, TV-network heads invite thousands of advertising execs to the Manhattan upfronts to watch clips of the new fall shows, then hobnob at sybaritic parties. The goal: to sell ads "up front" with slick talk and boundless ratings predictions. It is a capitalist orgy where art and commerce have one too many vodka tonics and end up in bed. I swallowed the bombast (and the finger food) and lived to tell the tale...
...from "environmental impact" to "energy impact," but in the end, Big Energy's going to build them - if the money's there. Over the next 4-6 years or so, the energy industry will take a look at energy prices - the only real engine for increased production in any capitalist economy - and slowly start placing its bets...