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BlueStreak

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2. Imagine if BP signed a deall with Toyota that says

Reply to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:54 AM

Mar 2013

We are going to put special gas tanks in all Toyotas such that you can only buy gasoline from BP with their special nozzle that fits these special Toyota tanks. And because of restraint of trade, BP charges an extra $12 per gallon, giving Toyota a kickback of $4 a gallon.

And if you make any attempt to use other gas, that is a FELONY and we'll put your ass in jail.

The consumer still has choice. You always have the choice to junk your Toyota and buy a Ford -- which, of course comes with the special EXXON tanks...

How, exactly is the current telecomm situation any different?

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Imagine if BP signed a deall with Toyota that says BlueStreak Mar 2013 #2

It's not. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #3

The public would never stand for that, but somehow the sheeple BlueStreak Mar 2013 #4