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Sunday, April 10, 2005

garage sales, ebay and big brother

DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF SHOWS LIKE 'ANTIQUES ROADSHOW', AMERICANS STILL GARAGE SALE THEIR ULTRAVALUABLE COLLECTIBLES AT FIRE SALE PRICES. TODAY ME AND ROOMIE HIT A NORTH DALLAS GARAGE SALE AND SPENT ABOUT EIGHTY BUCKS ON STUFF WORTH TWO GRAND. THE NICE PEOPLE HOLDING THE SALE WEREN'T IGNORANT, THEY WERE JUST CLEANING OUT THEIR CLOSETS, MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WANTED TO UNLOAD ALL THE STUFF THAT FILLED UP THEIR HOME OVER THE YEARS. VISITING OTHER GARAGE SALES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, THIS SEEMED TO BE THE TREND OF OTHER DRIVEWAY VENDORS TODAY. A GUY WITH AN EBAY ACCOUNT, SOME WAREHOUSE SPACE, A COUPLE OF VANS, A NICE DIGITAL CAMERA AND TWENTY GRAND START-UP MONEY, COULD CLEAN UP BUYING UP WEEKEND ESTATE SALE ITEMS AND SCHLEPPING THEM ONLINE. TOO BAD THE IRS IS NOW LOOKING INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE DOING JUST THAT...
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IF THE GOVERNMENT PENETRATED AND EXPOSED EVERY GRAY MARKET ECONOMY WITHIN US BORDERS SO EVERY TRANSACTION WAS VISIBLE AND IN THE LIGHT, WOULD THAT ULTIMATELY BE A BENEFIT, A BOON OR THE END OF PRIVACY RIGHTS, INDIVIDUALISM, WILL WE EXPERIENCE MASS PARANOIA, SUFFER ANOTHER MEGABUREAUOCRACY? HOW CAN REPUBLICANS BE FOR LESS GOVERNMENT; THEY GET MORE INVOLVED IN INDIVIDUAL LIVES THAN PIQUANT HEAVEN OR HELL BENT SOCIALISTS.
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SOMETIMES CERTAIN PEOPLE TREAT CONSTITUTIONS LIKE ETCH A SKETCH ART, SOME PEOPLE WON'T CHANGE A WORD FOR FEAR DESTROYING THE WHOLE PICTURE, OTHERS WANT TO PICK IT UP AND SHAKE IT AND START ALL OVER AGAIN.
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NOBODY'S PLAYING NICE AND I'M IN THE LINE OF FIRE.

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