Bubba J - Just referring back to #55 again;

"What gives me severe heart burn about this is the fact that EVERYONE is not playing on a level field. As the old saying goes, "What's good for the goose, is good for the gander". I strongly oppose preferential treatment to some and not all." 

That is exactly what I mean about brainwashing. The idea of a level playing field in business is erroneous, or a fallacy or a misconception, or sumptin'.

- If you have a long time customer that buys in bulk, by the pallet, or by the gross or in very large quantities; are you going to give that same price to the guy who walks in wanting to buy onezy-twozy??

Somehow people have been "re-educated" to think that the evil business owner must give back value that the customer has not earned. - Volume pricing is just one example. And here at AA/GA that MAY be what is at the heart of "no adds" or "preferential treatment" etc. - What you may see as preferential treatment; can also be seen as a "bonus perk" by others.

Should "frequent flyer miles" be given out via the level playing field rule?

If I spend one dollar vs someone that spends one thousand dollars be given the same bonus?

Where is spell check? I use Firefox I do not see spell check on the tool bar.

I WANT SPELL CHECK I WANT SPELL CHECK

I DAMN SURE NEED SPELL CHECK

HMMMM I got a line up top first time I have seen that.

Waited all day didnt ya.  LOL

LOL, good cop outs. I love how you threw out the "your a liberal" card and "perhaps your one of those 99%ers or an occupy person to try and gain some form of superiority. How I could be a liberal, or other puke, talking about unfair taxes that take from the earners to give to the lazy is beyond me; that is what those movements are about. Pointing out my syntax errors was a great tactic to redirect attention. Where is the spell check on this forum? I don't see it.

As for the meaning of capitalism and its uses over different time periods, you really need to look it up. I think you would find it interesting. Words have meanings. Capitalism is a word condemning the free market as an evil. Heres an example of how powerful words can be. When we go to the polls and vote, we vote for people to represent us. We are saying that they can speak for us. Yet in the media, they are called leaders, which denote we voted for them to be the one to tell us how to live.

To be honest, you are the contradiction of terms. As Brain has pointed out, you talk about how great the free market is, then you say that preferential treatement is a bad thing. Brain has spelled out the reality of the free market. The problem is, you and many like you think we actually have a free market. Go read a book on economics. You might learn a thing or two.

Bubba, I have nothing against you personally. It just pains me to see people talk about things they don't understand. Perhaps my way of enlightening you are too harsh for your ego to handle, and for that I am sorry, but you really need to check your facts and reevaluate your perceptions.  

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you open the HTML thingy and you get spell check.

Thanks for telling me the national secret not.

Don't tell 5th it will be our little secret...shhhh he will think I studied while he was gone. DAMN IT it does not catch the correct spelling for usage...better than nothing.

I left the "h" out of while and it let it slide wile is a word... wile/wil/ Noun: Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants. Verb: Lure; entice. Synonyms: noun. ruse - trick - guile - artifice - trickery - deceit verb. allure - lure - entice - decoy - deceive - cheat Neat new word for the vocabulary.

Hey carbob,

Couldjya get out of the way?  - There's a conversation trying to get through....

Thanks Carbob. I did not know about that. Maybe I'll look into it.

yes sir no more hi jack from me..... on this one.... but you gotta say that new word kinda works in this conversation.

Mountainhunter, You maybe being a bit harsh indeed. I think you may be assigning stricter definitions to what is being said than is necessary. Some people speak a bit more colloquially or in general terms. - I know 'words have meaning'. But at the same time, one must use 'terms' in the meaning of today.

In a general discussion about economics or business practices, it may be out of place to use Keynesian or Smithian definitions, when all one means is 'the market place'.

carbob, - "Wile"....

Remember this lyric?

" I could wile away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers Consultin' with the rain."

What comes next?