DainBramaged
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Sun Apr-25-10 06:14 PM
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| 31. I don't understand why you DON'T want to support your country? |
| -Driving home from Target today, pass a house COVERED in patriotic decorations |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 01:48 PM |
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I like to ask people what freedom means. |
RandomThoughts |
Apr-25-10 01:49 PM |
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I think I've thought of a good way to explain it. |
Dr Morbius |
Apr-26-10 07:58 AM |
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The free-choicers will come out in droves to justify their purchase. |
olegramps |
Apr-26-10 09:32 AM |
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They aren't 'free-choicers' they are free trade apologists and phonies |
DainBramaged |
Apr-26-10 09:50 AM |
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freedom implies choice |
yodoobo |
Apr-25-10 01:52 PM |
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Free to make our own choices? You bet. nt |
hack89 |
Apr-25-10 01:59 PM |
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And thankfully free to drive what I want! |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 02:25 PM |
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You don't get it do you? |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 05:42 PM |
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I understand, but I also don't criticize people for what they |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:12 PM |
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+1 |
emilyg |
Apr-25-10 06:37 PM |
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+1 |
proud2BlibKansan |
Apr-26-10 09:26 AM |
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Has it ever dawned on you how few products japan and Korea allow into their countries from the U.S.? |
DainBramaged |
Apr-26-10 09:54 AM |
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Could the inequalities in trade agreements be placed at the feet |
Obamanaut |
Apr-26-10 03:48 AM |
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There are Fords and Chevys in Japan |
Art_from_Ark |
Apr-26-10 09:50 PM |
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Why don't you just take a dump on the flag while you're at it? |
Orrex |
Apr-25-10 08:16 PM |
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Tar-zhay.. |
Fumesucker |
Apr-25-10 02:36 PM |
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and giver of many jobs in MN. |
glinda |
Apr-25-10 02:37 PM |
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We have them here too.. |
Fumesucker |
Apr-25-10 04:17 PM |
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Apr-25-10 05:54 PM |
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Then people can work at Walmart I suppose. Target has it's headquarters here. |
glinda |
Apr-25-10 05:58 PM |
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I imagine that both Walmart and Target both suck to work at. |
proudohioan |
Apr-25-10 06:19 PM |
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I still think Target better than Walmart. I hate how Walfart shuts Target out of areas. |
glinda |
Apr-25-10 08:28 PM |
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We actually have both Target and Walmart within a half mile of each other. |
proudohioan |
Apr-26-10 07:28 AM |
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If you were a smaller town, most likely Walfart would be there and not Target. |
glinda |
Apr-26-10 09:07 AM |
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WalMart is abandoning smaller locations and consolidating |
DainBramaged |
Apr-26-10 09:43 AM |
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That is true.... |
proudohioan |
Apr-26-10 10:21 AM |
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Sounds like a Moran that needs a Brain. |
Odin2005 |
Apr-25-10 04:18 PM |
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Freedom means Forced Prayer, intrusions in your bedrooms & bodies & a theocratic government... |
AnArmyVeteran |
Apr-25-10 04:19 PM |
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you could drive by my house and see an American flag and a Prius with an Obama sticker |
onenote |
Apr-25-10 04:23 PM |
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Checked the brakes on that Prius lately? |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:16 PM |
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yep and they're fine as is my honda hybrid |
onenote |
Apr-25-10 06:38 PM |
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Another greenwashed DUer............ |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:43 PM |
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I'm certainly awash in more "green" since I spend 1/2 of what I used to on gasoline |
onenote |
Apr-25-10 06:45 PM |
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They will be driving them Toyota's to the unemployment office soon |
NNN0LHI |
Apr-25-10 04:37 PM |
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They will cheer if toYOYOta is handing out the unemployment checks |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 05:39 PM |
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doesn't Toyota |
druidity33 |
Apr-25-10 04:47 PM |
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Apr-25-10 05:07 PM |
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Apr-25-10 05:37 PM |
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I love my Japanese car, made mostly in America.. |
girl gone mad |
Apr-25-10 06:34 PM |
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Merry Christmas |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:35 PM |
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Except that Toyota gets big handouts from the Japanese government |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:36 PM |
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Not exactly. |
girl gone mad |
Apr-25-10 07:17 PM |
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Bullcrap, the 'loans' will never be paid back, they aren't transparent like we are |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 07:21 PM |
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The executives did not admit the Prius was financed by the government. |
girl gone mad |
Apr-25-10 07:45 PM |
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The currency manipulation is a whole 'nother thread discussion. |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 07:24 PM |
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Their shitty business model consisted of benefits for retired workers. |
olegramps |
Apr-26-10 08:55 AM |
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Of the TENS OF THOUSANDS of workers who have passed through the doors of toYOYOta plants |
DainBramaged |
Apr-26-10 09:23 AM |
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Would you please... |
blue_onyx |
Apr-25-10 05:52 PM |
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Not a chance, these shotgun post by the import lovers are common |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 05:57 PM |
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It's odd that... |
blue_onyx |
Apr-25-10 06:06 PM |
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it's that mentality we're not allowed to talk about but have to be nice to |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:11 PM |
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Even if final assembly takes place in the US, |
girl gone mad |
Apr-25-10 07:00 PM |
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Here's a fact, japan exported almost $600 BILLION in auto parts and vehicles to the US in 2008 |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 07:06 PM |
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I don't wonder where the jobs are going. I know where the jobs are going. |
girl gone mad |
Apr-25-10 07:20 PM |
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Brazil and China are expanding markets for GM, why not japan? |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 07:24 PM |
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The US companies... |
blue_onyx |
Apr-25-10 07:17 PM |
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Apr-25-10 07:27 PM |
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You're exactly right about the American manufacturers overseas |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 07:29 PM |
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No, they are not just for cars to be sold there. |
girl gone mad |
Apr-25-10 07:44 PM |
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okay, replace "most" with "many" if it makes you happy. |
girl gone mad |
Apr-25-10 07:42 PM |
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Still an incorrect statement |
blue_onyx |
Apr-25-10 07:59 PM |
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And who do you work for? Actually I don't give a shit. |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 05:47 PM |
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I don't undestand why you'd want to tell someone else what to do. |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:13 PM |
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I don't understand why you DON'T want to support your country? |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:14 PM |
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So it's like that? |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:17 PM |
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I only wish, you know me btter than that. |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:19 PM |
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Ok, but like I don't know you, you don't know most here either. |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:21 PM |
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(sigh) whatever...................... |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:22 PM |
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Is what I wrote false? |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:23 PM |
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But you don't want your country supported. You want the UAW supported. |
Dreamer Tatum |
Apr-25-10 06:18 PM |
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I am sure you are clear about lots of things |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:20 PM |
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But you are the one who made assumptions about the person |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:22 PM |
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Assume what you want....... |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:27 PM |
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You made your position clear immediately |
Dreamer Tatum |
Apr-25-10 06:28 PM |
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LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:31 PM |
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Why do you do that? You started this discussion but you won't hear |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:33 PM |
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BECAUSE YOU FOLKS WILL NEVER CHANGE AND SUPPORT AMERICAN GOODS |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:34 PM |
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ACtually I am still driving the car my parents bought me for my 21st |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:36 PM |
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I LOVE my Honda, thanks |
Dreamer Tatum |
Apr-25-10 06:38 PM |
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I do support American goods |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:39 PM |
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It amazes me how you think this is a joke |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:49 PM |
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It amazes me that you think I'm joking |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:53 PM |
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Apr-25-10 07:22 PM |
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What am I assuming? You aren't answering me at all. |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:30 PM |
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You shouldn't be friends with people that drive foreign cars either. |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:28 PM |
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I am so screwed then. I drive a Honda and my husband's |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:32 PM |
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Well I drive a Volkswagen |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:35 PM |
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I'm not.........and I am proud we own American iron, cars and trucks |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:32 PM |
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So you'll choose your friends based on what they drive? |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:34 PM |
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I know a few high school girls that do that. |
yodoobo |
Apr-25-10 07:23 PM |
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Yes, but those vehicles you saw could have not been the homeowners |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:34 PM |
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That's it, folks: the ultimate expression of your American citizenship |
Dreamer Tatum |
Apr-25-10 06:40 PM |
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Union made GOODS, you really need to fix your reading comprehension |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:42 PM |
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Why do you need an ignore list when you have your LALALALALALALALA |
Dreamer Tatum |
Apr-25-10 06:44 PM |
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So you wrote this only for the people who agree with you 100%, and for |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:45 PM |
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So is it union made goods or American made goods? |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:47 PM |
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One last time, since you think this is a joke |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:52 PM |
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I'm sorry that the world is so black and white to you that you don't see the shades of gray |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:55 PM |
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You've read DOZENS of my threads about union -made AMERICAN UNION MADE goods |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 07:01 PM |
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So is it better to buy a car |
hobbit709 |
Apr-25-10 07:01 PM |
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Apr-25-10 07:24 PM |
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Supporting a megacorporation is NOT supporting your country |
yodoobo |
Apr-25-10 07:21 PM |
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hey, don't be a jerk |
druidity33 |
Apr-25-10 07:07 PM |
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Maybe if we had leveled the playing field years ago you wouldn't be underemployed |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 07:09 PM |
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In union-busting states, sure. |
Codeine |
Apr-25-10 06:09 PM |
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Yes it does. |
emilyg |
Apr-25-10 06:39 PM |
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Which plants do you think Toyota is going to close first when we can't afford their cars any more? |
NNN0LHI |
Apr-25-10 07:29 PM |
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The group here doesn't get it, and they think it's fun to mock Unions |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 07:31 PM |
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GM didn't stay at NUMMI either n/t |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 07:49 PM |
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GM was in bankruptcy protection |
NNN0LHI |
Apr-25-10 08:04 PM |
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Their partner pulled out of the deal. n/t |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 08:13 PM |
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Yes, I love that we have the freedom of choice |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 05:20 PM |
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There is nothing unamerican about buying products you prefer |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Apr-25-10 06:09 PM |
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But telling UAW workers to eat shit and die |
Codeine |
Apr-25-10 06:11 PM |
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I have come to the conclusion that the gun lobby is being courted here |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:13 PM |
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The gun lobby is being courted here? |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:16 PM |
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Nope. But you can read anything you want into anything I write, it's DU |
DainBramaged |
Apr-25-10 06:17 PM |
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I was asking for clarification of your statement. |
tammywammy |
Apr-25-10 06:19 PM |
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Sounds like an over-compensating RWr to me. |
Xenotime |
Apr-25-10 06:14 PM |
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Typical Repugs |
Kalun D |
Apr-25-10 06:47 PM |
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We can only assume this person is a repub. For all |
Shell Beau |
Apr-25-10 06:49 PM |
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who cares where the profit goes? |
yodoobo |
Apr-25-10 07:29 PM |
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Local |
Kalun D |
Apr-26-10 02:49 AM |
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shareholders are not local |
yodoobo |
Apr-26-10 09:29 AM |
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Gray |
Kalun D |
Apr-26-10 12:35 PM |
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Here, let me explain to you why it matters |
NNN0LHI |
Apr-26-10 07:48 AM |
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thanks, but you missed the mark a bit |
yodoobo |
Apr-26-10 09:26 AM |
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No you are missing the point |
NNN0LHI |
Apr-26-10 09:47 AM |
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protectionism is a problem. |
yodoobo |
Apr-26-10 10:10 AM |
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They are using the same business plan as Walmart uses |
NNN0LHI |
Apr-26-10 12:04 PM |
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I Bet... |
Biker13 |
Apr-25-10 07:29 PM |
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I love it! I need to get pictures of this |
TommyO |
Apr-26-10 08:05 AM |
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Target is strongly anti-union. Hope you weren't shopping there. |
proud2BlibKansan |
Apr-26-10 09:25 AM |
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Why should you care, you own toYOYOtas and let us know how much better |
DainBramaged |
Apr-26-10 09:40 AM |
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No I don't own Toyotas or Toyoyotas either |
proud2BlibKansan |
Apr-26-10 10:05 AM |
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Let's agree that we are no longer friends here. |
DainBramaged |
Apr-26-10 10:11 AM |
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If you were to post something similar about WalMart, you would have maybe...one person defend it |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Apr-26-10 09:35 AM |
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Free to buy the car I like. |
Throd |
Apr-26-10 12:27 PM |
#135 |
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