Don't be a socialist - Don't buy stuff before a snowstorm

[ck4829]

People were like zombies out there panic-buying before the Seattle snowstorm, and I have a theory as to why.

I saw the people in the ridiculously long lines at Albertson’s Friday morning. There is a huge factor why everyone is in a tizzy over some snow.

This is a Seattle issue. Socialism brings a lack of self-sufficiency. We have so many people who have decided to rely on government for every aspect of their lives. “Government will provide me the wage I need, they’ll provide me free community college, they’ll take stuff from the guy who is more successful and give it to me because I deserve it.”

Then when we get a little snow, those people who rely on government for everything in their life have to be self-sufficient for a day or two. They can’t handle it.

http://mynorthwest.com/1268921/dori-seattle-snowstorm-panic-shopping

Don't embrace socialism, kids. Next time a potential disaster is on the horizon, don't buy anything or prepare for it... because that's what FREEDOM is!

[rusty quoin]

1. Ha ha, buying from markets is socialism.

[ck4829]

4. I think I'm going to turn this into a project

All the insane things called 'socialist', let's revisit them.

I think I'll have material for a long time.

[rusty quoin]

7. I admit I didn't read the article before. It was foolish. It's like people buying bread and milk

before a snowstorm in something new. It’s socialism.

[KT2000]

2. this makes no sense

how did this get published anywhere but a series of tweets. This is nothing but trying to put talking points together without making sense.

[ck4829]

3. +1. "Talking points together without making sense"

AKA the standard Republican line of statements against Rep. Omar, AOC, Pelosi, or liberals in general.

It's Orwellian newspeak.

[lunasun]

5. If that's how they talk among themselves they are even dumber than I thought!

[RainCaster]

6. This guy was talking out his azz

It looked to me like those people were taking control of their own destiny.

[meadowlander]

8. Wouldn't a "socialist" say:

"I don't need to buy anything ahead of this snowstorm because FEMA will bail me out"?

[SunSeeker]

9. No socialist from Puerto Rico would say that. nt

[Afromania]

10. Buying up everything before a storm is peak capitalism.

They know that after the storm that anything that can be marked up, will be marked up.

[Sapient Donkey]

11. This is some sort of subtle mocking satire, right?

Ohhh, it's not. What's even more screwed up than this is that there will be people who eat up this nonsense despite it not having any coherence. "Yeap, those god damn liberal commies..." is something I'm sure his readers were telling each other as they read that. His words not making sense is unimportant, because all that matters are those keywords.

[pnwmom]

12. What a dumb piece. For one thing, it's much harder to get around in Seattle

after a snowstorm than in many other places. Because we don't get serious snow as often, the cities don't own much snow removal equipment. And all the icy hills make driving that much harder.

We also tend to get wet, heavy snow that often takes down power lines. When you lose your power for several days, and it's 20 degrees outside, it's not fun.

So when Seattle-ites try to prepare in advance of a snowstorm, they're not being socialists. They're just being practical.

[duforsure]

13. a Socialist too?

Taking public funds for any of your projects , like golf courses , and buildings which he has. You're a liar if you try to claim others are bad if they do that , but you aren't if you do that, exactly what he's now doing.

[Takket]

14. This isn't a joke? It is serious?

One of the most apples and oranges things I have ever read!

[ck4829]

15. Oh hold on, Takket

I've got a lot more incoming, by the end of the week, it'll be apples and alligators.

[brooklynite]

16. Funny how, in freedom loving Red States they do the same thing before Hurricanes...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. LOL, this guy Dori Monson is a piece of work.

Doesn't take but a moment of breezing through his articles to see he's the Libertarian's Libertarian. Most everything out of his mouth is anti-government, and he has a 3-hour radio show on KIRO Radio in Seattle every day. Sounds like one of Limbaugh's long-lost dream prodigies.

I noticed most of the comments on his article called it out as bullshit with many saying the guy needs a very long break.

And, check out who owns KIRO and MyNorthwest.......Bonneville International:

Bonneville International Corporation is a media and broadcasting company, wholly owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) through its for-profit arm, Deseret Management Corporation. It began as a radio and TV network in the Triad Center Broadcast House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bonneville's name alludes to Benjamin Bonneville and the prehistoric Lake Bonneville that once covered much of modern-day Utah, which was named after him.

Bonneville owns 13 radio stations in four major markets as well as one NBC affiliate television station in its home market; it also manages eight additional radio stations in two markets under a local marketing agreement. Additionally, its Bonneville Communications division provides marketing and communications strategy and branding services. Bonneville Distribution, another division, provides broadcast syndication and distribution services to non-profit organizations.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonneville_International

Check out the leadership at Bonneville: https://bonneville.com/leadership/ (WARNING: you may be blinded by the white)

Nuf sed?.........