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Career Prole
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:05 PM Original message |
Amazing! 3M CEO ADMITS that it's "Company before country"! |
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wildbilln864
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. k&r and thank you. nt |
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Taverner
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. He's telling us something |
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sandnsea
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Saving the US economy |
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Taverner
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Oh corporations don't care |
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sandnsea
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. They will care |
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Taverner
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Yes - yes they will |
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profitfighter1
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
91. No they will not care |
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The Doctor.
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Thu Jan-01-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
88. AAACK! |
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ImOnlySleeping
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Thu Jan-01-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
97. It's a word |
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The Doctor.
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Thu Jan-01-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. LOL... |
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Puzzler
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Thu Jan-01-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #88 |
105. Here we go again... |
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The Doctor.
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #105 |
112. Are 'we' Canadian? |
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Career Prole
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Sounds closer to treason than ethics. |
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ClassWarrior
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. All it takes is 26 words... |
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ProfessorGAC
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Wed Dec-31-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
74. I Like That |
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northernlights
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Thu Jan-01-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
101. not only fired... |
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sandnsea
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Americans have no right to jobs |
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Coyote_Bandit
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Globalization |
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Taverner
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. There is nothing wrong with Globalization as a concept |
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sandnsea
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Globalization as Mama Obama saw it |
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sandnsea
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Right, the last 8 years |
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Taverner
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. No - the last 8 years is globalism botched |
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Selatius
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Then that's false advertising. The planet couldn't sustain that style of living. |
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sandnsea
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Tue Dec-30-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Corporate profits depend on exploitable labor |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. Oh yeah. |
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Taverner
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Only by the "Please don't make it worse" group |
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Deja Q
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. At least she was fired for wrecking her company (HP), and Compaq |
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Coyote_Bandit
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Just confirms |
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Deja Q
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Don't worry. |
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OffWithTheirHeads
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. The only way we will ever have a democracy is by reigning in |
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RB TexLa
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. I put many things above countries and I'd put a company above them if I were running one. |
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FiveGoodMen
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Bush's grampa did that. |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
51. He sure did. |
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Coyote_Bandit
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Me too..... |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Unfortunately, you don't have that option. |
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Coyote_Bandit
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Tue Dec-30-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Ummmm...... |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Okay, good luck with that. |
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Coyote_Bandit
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Well |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. And if you don't have the "skills and resources" |
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Coyote_Bandit
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. If you followed |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
94. I'm in a similar situation |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. Gee, I'm so surprised to see you saying that. |
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RB TexLa
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Good God no I don't agree with that. |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Why not? |
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RB TexLa
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. They do not posses citizenship, you do not receive a passport or voter card with a corporate charter |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Neither does my dog. |
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Deleted message |
mrreowwr_kittty
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Tue Dec-30-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Really, what part of "personhood" should apply to corporations and what part shouldn't? |
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OwnedByFerrets
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Thu Jan-01-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
109. They are, however, treated as a person. |
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HughBeaumont
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Wed Dec-31-08 06:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
72. Wow . . . I'm . . . SO shocked . . . |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. I've concluded that he either runs an outsourcing firm |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
92. Why am I not surprised to see you writing that? |
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NashVegas
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Race to the Bottom |
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tbyg52
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. As corporations are set up now, that is a perfectly true remark |
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malaise
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. We have a choice too |
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eowyn_of_rohan
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. No more Scotch Tape for me! |
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Initech
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. Now with every decision you make, you got to ask yourself "Is this good for the company?" |
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gravity
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. Do you expect companies to drive themselves out of business? |
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sandnsea
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. If a corporation can afford to keep employees |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
95. To save THE SOCIETY |
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Deja Q
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Thank you. |
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Career Prole
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Tue Dec-30-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. If the economy of the US failed the US as we know it |
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gravity
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Tue Dec-30-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You are making faulty assumptions |
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Career Prole
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Actually, no. |
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gravity
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
85. They sell their products in the US |
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ImOnlySleeping
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Thu Jan-01-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #85 |
102. I primarily agree |
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Deja Q
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
82. Thank you. |
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anigbrowl
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. The survival of his company is the only thing he can directly influence |
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Career Prole
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. What I hope for from Obama is fairness for all workers. |
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Sanctified
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't blame him, he has people he employs that he is responsible for. |
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Career Prole
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Tue Dec-30-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. LOL! |
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Statistical
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Fiduciary Duty (Cornerstone of American Corporate Law) |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Tue Dec-30-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
61. I see your point. |
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ProfessorGAC
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Wed Dec-31-08 06:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
75. I Don't Believe Long Term Strategic Thought. . . . |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. If the dichotomy is country vs company, It's a no brainer. |
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ProfessorGAC
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:59 AM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Then That's A False Dichotomy |
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Caretha
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
90. You are incorrect |
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JustAnotherGen
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
93. Thanks for posting this |
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davidwparker
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Well I have news for him. I only spend my money on local, independently |
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B o d i
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. Have you seen the movie "The Corporation"? If not, check it out. |
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ImOnlySleeping
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Thu Jan-01-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
98. Just drawing more attention to your post |
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Odin2005
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. Reminds me of the aristocracy of Classical Athens, who betrayed the Democracy to the Spartans. |
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. they have to act that way BY LAW -- their country has ORDERED them to put country second |
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Naturyl
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. This is just textbook corporate policy in action. |
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southernyankeebelle
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Tue Dec-30-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. I am surprised by your surprise |
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mrreowwr_kittty
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Tue Dec-30-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. The white collar folks weren't worried until they started losing their jobs too. |
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surrealAmerican
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Tue Dec-30-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
43. If corporations really were people, most of them ... |
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sarcasmo
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Tue Dec-30-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. Corporate America in the most true form. Corporation first, country second, individual last. |
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AwakeAtLast
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. They need to lose every tax break given to them |
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Deja Q
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
80. and 'government subsidy' to these large corporations that don't need a penny of it. |
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OneGrassRoot
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Tue Dec-30-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
46. K&R and bookmarked. Thank you. n/t |
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Libertyfirst
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Tue Dec-30-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. As Jefferson said, "The businessman has no country." n/t |
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hulka38
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Tue Dec-30-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
64. Everybody buy duct tape and plastic sheeting for the imminent chemical attack. |
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grannylib
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
67. Don't these dumb fucks realize that by NOT taking care of the whole |
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Deja Q
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
81. And their own parachutes being as useful as anvils too. |
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bertman
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
70. You're right, Career Prole, you shouldn't be surprised. |
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HughBeaumont
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Wed Dec-31-08 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
73. Um . . . with no customers with money to SPEND, you HAVE no business. |
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ImOnlySleeping
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Thu Jan-01-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
99. they have to bank on |
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HughBeaumont
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Thu Jan-01-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #99 |
110. We're trimming salaries? Great. Let's start at the top. |
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ImOnlySleeping
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Thu Jan-01-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
100. side note |
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HughBeaumont
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Thu Jan-01-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #100 |
111. I don't underestimate them. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
77. Great catch. n/t |
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Joanne98
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
78. TRAITOR! |
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Deja Q
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
79. So when America craters, with the markets following because when we drop so do they, |
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Statistical
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Survival is more important to a company durring a recession/depression |
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dysfunctional press
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Thu Jan-01-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
87. being just a TAD melodramatic, aren't we...? |
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Bluenorthwest
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. If you are ever really trying to save a drowning person |
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dysfunctional press
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #89 |
96. half-baked thoughts like what, exactly? |
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Hawkowl
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Thu Jan-01-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #96 |
104. Bad analogy |
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dysfunctional press
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. "saving yourself while others drown" doesn't necessarily mean on the backs of others... |
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Hawkowl
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Still a bad analogy |
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dysfunctional press
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Thu Jan-01-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. the original analogy was made by the op, anyway- |
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