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Thu Apr-28-11 04:01 PM
Response to Reply #44 |
| 126. I entered one once as well, to get gardening gloves I had forgotten on the way to a CSA produce |
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picking day. Won't go back. But I understand when it's the only game in town and money is tight.
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| -Wal-Mart: Our shoppers are 'running out of money' |
Newsjock |
Apr-27-11 08:35 PM |
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Then pay your employees a decent wage. |
yourout |
Apr-27-11 08:36 PM |
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Walmart Canada is... |
murphyj87 |
Apr-27-11 08:56 PM |
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In Canada |
Aerows |
Apr-28-11 08:02 AM |
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Exactly... |
murphyj87 |
Apr-28-11 02:13 PM |
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There are no unionized Walmarts in Canada |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-29-11 09:10 PM |
#146 |
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I highly recommend your response!!! |
diane in sf |
Apr-28-11 01:52 AM |
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Maybe even a 'union negotiated, collectively bargained'... |
YvonneCa |
Apr-28-11 10:28 AM |
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To Walmart I can only say DUH. n/t |
RKP5637 |
Apr-27-11 08:36 PM |
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No kidding! |
laundry_queen |
Apr-28-11 12:01 AM |
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Bingo^ |
999998th word |
Apr-28-11 04:01 AM |
#69 |
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Remember when Ford decided |
druidity33 |
Apr-28-11 05:45 AM |
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Bravo! |
dixiegrrrrl |
Apr-28-11 07:37 AM |
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Excellent analysis. nt |
raccoon |
Apr-28-11 07:55 AM |
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Perfect analysis |
Pacifist Patriot |
Apr-28-11 08:01 AM |
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That's exactly it, packed in a nutshell. |
closeupready |
Apr-28-11 09:08 AM |
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Well said!!! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Apr-28-11 09:33 AM |
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Outstanding rant. |
CrispyQ |
Apr-28-11 10:07 AM |
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+1 TRILLION |
Amonester |
Apr-28-11 01:04 PM |
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Well Said and Agreed n/t |
OhioChick |
Apr-28-11 02:26 PM |
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I gotta join in - BULLSEYE ! |
Trajan |
Apr-28-11 10:55 PM |
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+10000 |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-29-11 09:06 PM |
#145 |
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You got it |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-29-11 09:04 PM |
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You reap what you sow. nt |
Gidney N Cloyd |
Apr-27-11 08:39 PM |
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Wal Mart made a business decision to target lower income customers |
bluestateguy |
Apr-27-11 08:40 PM |
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They also made the choice to create low income |
EC |
Apr-27-11 09:07 PM |
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EXACTLY!!!!! And they couldn't see it coming????? |
emsimon33 |
Apr-27-11 11:29 PM |
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This is what happens when hundreds of billions of Fed money only goes to the wealthy |
DJ13 |
Apr-27-11 08:40 PM |
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Trickle down worked perfect |
RantinRavin |
Apr-27-11 08:46 PM |
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What they meant by "Trickle Down" is that the rich piss all over the middle class. |
Crowman1979 |
Apr-28-11 10:58 PM |
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+ 1000 |
CanonRay |
Apr-30-11 01:07 PM |
#147 |
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And we're still subsidizing the oil companies --- !!!! |
defendandprotect |
Apr-27-11 09:07 PM |
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What I don't understand is why we are not subsidizing Walmart |
Bandit |
Apr-28-11 11:00 AM |
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They will .... maybe something like a Chapel in Wal-Mart? .... |
defendandprotect |
Apr-28-11 12:37 PM |
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NONE of it makes any F'en sense, none of it. I just watched |
RKP5637 |
Apr-27-11 09:19 PM |
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You might find it offensive |
DJ13 |
Apr-27-11 09:27 PM |
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That's good. I'm never quite sure what to say if I send it to someone. I have |
RKP5637 |
Apr-27-11 09:34 PM |
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kick eom |
ellenfl |
Apr-27-11 09:43 PM |
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Thanks! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Apr-27-11 09:49 PM |
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kicking to keep a link. watching now. |
robinlynne |
Apr-28-11 12:06 AM |
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Thanks! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Apr-28-11 09:14 AM |
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K&R to watch tonight, if it's rainy. |
closeupready |
Apr-28-11 09:10 AM |
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Good! I think you'll find it pretty interesting! |
RKP5637 |
Apr-28-11 09:13 AM |
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Thank you very much for that. |
ronnie624 |
Apr-28-11 09:58 AM |
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You're welcome. It was a real eye opener for us. You kind of see some |
RKP5637 |
Apr-28-11 04:37 PM |
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Lick it up, Wal-Mart. LICK IT UP. |
Brickbat |
Apr-27-11 08:40 PM |
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Mal-Wart can congratulate themselves |
xfundy |
Apr-27-11 08:42 PM |
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Very careful shopper here |
Knight Hawk |
Apr-27-11 09:02 PM |
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patronise Main Street and Mom'n'Pop businesses |
Swagman |
Apr-27-11 09:33 PM |
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"Mal-Wart" is perfect! |
City Lights |
Apr-28-11 08:11 AM |
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More tax cuts for the Walton Family will fix that |
high density |
Apr-27-11 08:43 PM |
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So Mr Duke... Time For You To.... |
rsmith6621 |
Apr-27-11 08:45 PM |
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Folks here is a translation |
MadMaddie |
Apr-27-11 08:46 PM |
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Well put, MM. |
Sonoman |
Apr-27-11 09:53 PM |
#44 |
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I entered one once as well, to get gardening gloves I had forgotten on the way to a CSA produce |
LuckyLib |
Apr-28-11 04:01 PM |
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they're planning 4 new stores in DC area so this is news---so far, one community saying not so fast |
wordpix |
Apr-27-11 10:20 PM |
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and they hold on to those empty stores |
n2doc |
Apr-28-11 03:11 PM |
#122 |
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Exactly! |
MadMaddie |
Apr-28-11 06:14 PM |
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Damn that sucks |
Autumn |
Apr-27-11 08:46 PM |
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Good to see this, 'cause they and others like them could provide |
elleng |
Apr-27-11 08:47 PM |
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Why change... |
MattSh |
Apr-28-11 10:55 AM |
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Yeah, crappy wages, selling cheap Chinese crap to enrich the Waltons had nothing to do with it... |
freshwest |
Apr-27-11 08:47 PM |
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Now that Wal-Mart is concerned the people in Wash DC (BOTH |
Booster |
Apr-27-11 08:51 PM |
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If they hadn't alienated the left in so many ways, |
Zorra |
Apr-27-11 08:52 PM |
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I have no truck with Wal-Mart ... |
earthside |
Apr-27-11 08:52 PM |
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Exactly |
Knight Hawk |
Apr-27-11 09:09 PM |
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Hopefully, commercial spending will continue until the jobs return |
Kolesar |
Apr-27-11 09:37 PM |
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And exactly what jobs do you expect will return? |
fasttense |
Apr-28-11 06:19 AM |
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You can fight for a job cleaning Bill Gates' toilet |
Kolesar |
Apr-28-11 06:47 AM |
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Glad you've got yours, jerk. (nt) |
w4rma |
Apr-28-11 08:43 AM |
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Who asked you? |
Kolesar |
Apr-28-11 08:55 AM |
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odd responce... |
Javaman |
Apr-28-11 11:37 AM |
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Who asked you? |
Kolesar |
Apr-28-11 12:17 PM |
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You posted on a public site, I responded. |
Javaman |
Apr-28-11 02:16 PM |
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The fact that the statement is on a publicly viewed message board implies |
LanternWaste |
Apr-28-11 03:36 PM |
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+1 |
closeupready |
Apr-28-11 04:21 PM |
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What Earthside Said |
RobinA |
Apr-28-11 07:19 AM |
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I imagine everything is going up due largely to gasoline prices. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Apr-28-11 08:03 AM |
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It's What I've Been Saying All Along...... |
global1 |
Apr-27-11 08:55 PM |
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one small problem.................... |
Knight Hawk |
Apr-27-11 09:16 PM |
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Bernanke's press conference |
Art_from_Ark |
Apr-28-11 12:54 AM |
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Bernanke is a typical puke - cut spending, don't raise taxes on the wealthy |
closeupready |
Apr-28-11 09:23 AM |
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Gee if only you didn't pretty much single handedly destroyed the manufacturing sector |
Stevenmarc |
Apr-27-11 08:55 PM |
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DIRECT ACTION |
OneAngryDemocrat |
Apr-27-11 08:56 PM |
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Kudos to you! nt |
raccoon |
Apr-28-11 08:00 AM |
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Bumped... |
OneAngryDemocrat |
Apr-28-11 08:31 PM |
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I said it yesterday, and I'll say it again... |
FirstLight |
Apr-27-11 08:57 PM |
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You might want to take a look at post #29. If it |
RKP5637 |
Apr-27-11 09:56 PM |
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That's exactly why we should be taxing them more |
EC |
Apr-28-11 10:09 AM |
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At least you have to admit... |
Mulhane |
Apr-28-11 10:37 AM |
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you mean the Koch types don't shop at Walmart? |
florida08 |
Apr-27-11 08:59 PM |
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Hey Mike...Fuck you and your Walton bosses. |
progressoid |
Apr-27-11 09:22 PM |
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When the revolution happens, I'm taking over a walmart and declaring it a sovereign nation. |
Initech |
Apr-27-11 09:26 PM |
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I call chairman of the wallmart federal reserve nt |
conspirator |
Apr-28-11 03:51 PM |
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That's community property in my country. |
Initech |
Apr-28-11 04:58 PM |
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Henry Ford could have told 'em that almost 100 years ago, 1914 to be exact. |
Bozita |
Apr-27-11 09:27 PM |
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They never got any of my money, |
Scottybeamer70 |
Apr-27-11 09:29 PM |
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We pay more to shop elsewhere even though it hurts our pocketbook. |
glinda |
Apr-27-11 11:10 PM |
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Me. too. Though I have to say, Costco - after membership - is as cheap or cheaper than Walmart. |
closeupready |
Apr-28-11 09:25 AM |
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I have a project on hold because I can't find ceiling hooks at any of the local shops in town. |
CrispyQ |
Apr-28-11 10:26 AM |
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What? You mean the wealthy don't shop there? |
Duer 157099 |
Apr-27-11 09:33 PM |
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How does management justify supporting govt policies that |
Doremus |
Apr-27-11 09:46 PM |
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Management these days is focused on short term |
Harmony Blue |
Apr-27-11 10:03 PM |
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Yes. The corpo's only look one quarter ahead. --nt |
CrispyQ |
Apr-28-11 10:29 AM |
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"Always Low Wages - Always!" |
hatrack |
Apr-27-11 09:49 PM |
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Wal Mart hasn't even considered that it is because their prices are going up way too fast? |
DollyM |
Apr-27-11 09:50 PM |
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For Florida, |
Harmony Blue |
Apr-27-11 10:09 PM |
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That is truly perverted. People from Florida buying California oranges? |
eridani |
Apr-28-11 03:35 AM |
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No kidding. This has bugged the daylights out of me for years. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Apr-28-11 08:05 AM |
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and my plan is to have a neighborhood garden and srew Wal-mart! |
DollyM |
Apr-28-11 04:47 PM |
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Keep asking republican legislators "where all the good paying jobs?" |
4dsc |
Apr-27-11 10:13 PM |
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if tax cuts create jobs, where are the jobs? eom |
UpInArms |
Apr-27-11 10:15 PM |
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"and please bail us out b/c our profits aren't in the billion$/quarter anymore" |
wordpix |
Apr-27-11 10:18 PM |
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..or maybe women have wisened up & decided to no longer |
JosefK |
Apr-27-11 10:23 PM |
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They never figured that their business |
isuphighyeah |
Apr-27-11 10:24 PM |
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while i have no sympathy for walmart or other corporate giants |
iemitsu |
Apr-27-11 10:40 PM |
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Yes it foreshadows the future |
Harmony Blue |
Apr-27-11 10:50 PM |
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that sucks. |
iemitsu |
Apr-29-11 08:59 PM |
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We Got To Get MSM To Pick Up This Story And Report It.........nt |
global1 |
Apr-27-11 10:44 PM |
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I'll tell ya what you need to do, Mr. Walmart CEO... |
CoffeeCat |
Apr-27-11 10:52 PM |
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assholes that they are, Walmart is at least a real business unlike the hedge funds and the like on |
yurbud |
Apr-27-11 10:59 PM |
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Their support of special interests is biting them back in the butt. |
glinda |
Apr-27-11 11:09 PM |
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Create factories overseas to produce your junk and what did they expect! |
emsimon33 |
Apr-27-11 11:26 PM |
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My thoughts, exactly. |
Rosie1223 |
Apr-28-11 12:27 PM |
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NOTE - NOT 'the working class is hurt' or 'the working class |
Rex |
Apr-28-11 02:10 AM |
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The bulls are running wild on Wall Street, happy days are here again! |
FreeStateDemocrat |
Apr-28-11 05:44 AM |
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Perfect post, FreeStateDemocrat. |
No Elephants |
Apr-28-11 09:50 AM |
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a good analogy to what is happening is..... we are experiencing the |
Gin |
Apr-28-11 11:29 AM |
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Implement the Ryan Plan and the only thing sold at WalMart will be cat food |
neverforget |
Apr-28-11 06:43 AM |
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Wal-Mart: Our shoppers are 'running out of money' |
kpete |
Apr-28-11 08:15 AM |
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So give them some, Billionaire family. nt |
onehandle |
Apr-28-11 08:15 AM |
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Well, I'm not sure what to say |
fredamae |
Apr-28-11 08:15 AM |
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Walmart gambled big on undercutting their competitors. I hope they lose big too. |
qb |
Apr-28-11 08:15 AM |
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Oh no! |
Stumbler |
Apr-28-11 08:22 AM |
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They should call their buddies on Wall Street |
Raine |
Apr-28-11 09:55 AM |
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Um......duh? |
No Elephants |
Apr-28-11 10:25 AM |
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Just kick the crap out of the oil companies. |
RedCloud |
Apr-28-11 12:14 PM |
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Of course, giving them tax breaks didn't bring shoppers into their stores either |
AllyCat |
Apr-28-11 02:21 PM |
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Don't you just love these people! |
KansDem |
Apr-28-11 04:48 PM |
#131 |
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Henry Ford paid his factory works a decent wage so that they |
tblue37 |
Apr-28-11 02:49 PM |
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Mehhbe Walmart it's b/c YOUR prices are too high. Believe it or not Walmart's prices |
live love laugh |
Apr-28-11 03:28 PM |
#123 |
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So True ... |
Trajan |
Apr-28-11 10:59 PM |
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i would be happy if they went out of business |
JI7 |
Apr-28-11 04:13 PM |
#127 |
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I predicted this years ago when the move to off shore a majority of jobs went |
1monster |
Apr-28-11 05:37 PM |
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EVERY supposed 'Entrepreneur' who has trafficked in ANTI Labor memes |
Trajan |
Apr-28-11 10:53 PM |
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Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha |
ProudDad |
Apr-29-11 02:13 PM |
#140 |
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The whole country is running out of money, not just your Walmart shoppers. |
sarcasmo |
Apr-29-11 04:53 PM |
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This is just the beginning..... |
Auntie Bush |
Apr-29-11 06:21 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
May-10-11 01:33 PM |
#148 |
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And megacorporations didn't think about this BEFORE they started offshoring all our jobs? |
LetTimmySmoke |
May-10-11 01:40 PM |
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Every time I see this I think it's from the onion. |
sarcasmo |
May-10-11 06:52 PM |
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Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" Award |
rocktivity |
May-10-11 07:14 PM |
#151 |
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Pretty bad when your base can't even afford to buy cheap junk from China. |
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel |
May-10-11 07:14 PM |
#152 |
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