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bigtree
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:21 PM Original message |
I just don't understand it. Workers and businesses don't deserve a 'buy nothing' campaign. |
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EFerrari
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Do you really not understand why calling attention to how and what we consume |
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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EFerrari
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. LOL |
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wickerwoman
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Sat Nov-27-10 05:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
65. Then why don't you take your own advice and quit your shitty retail job |
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RB TexLa
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sorry, you do not deserve to have my money, I do. Today and every day. |
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bigtree
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. consumer spending is how a great deal of us make a living |
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RB TexLa
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I give other people as little of my money as possible every day of the year |
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FooshIt
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Isn't that the kind of Republican attitute we need to get past |
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RB TexLa
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. You don't think people deserve to keep money they work hard for? |
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treestar
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Does that apply to taxes, too? |
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RB TexLa
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Sat Nov-27-10 01:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. The OP was talking about people giving their money to others for goods and services |
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treestar
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Sat Nov-27-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #55 |
69. But my point is you were talking about keeping your money |
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onenote
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Sat Nov-27-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
70. why is money important to you if you don't want to spend it? |
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. I have a tea party friend who says the same thing. |
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xchrom
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. I live now in the south where a lot of businesses are |
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Arctic Dave
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fuck that sideways. |
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bigtree
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That's just a fraction of what's occurring. |
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Arctic Dave
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Like the cashier gives a fuck. |
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bigtree
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. hours |
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City Lights
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm not obligated to buy what you're selling. |
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bigtree
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I think the benefits work both ways. |
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City Lights
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Sorry, but I don't see how I benefit from going further into debt. |
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bigtree
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
46. We used to use holidays and birthdays to buy clothes and other necessities. |
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City Lights
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Sat Nov-27-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #46 |
71. My family did that too, when I was a kid. |
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leftstreet
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. And we don't deserve a 'spend nothing' campaign from the government |
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TheKentuckian
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. There is a desire to choke the life out of the system before it does the same to us. |
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bigtree
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It would be helpful if there was something already available to replace that |
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TheKentuckian
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. You can't have a system on standby. The one in place excludes such a thing. |
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Odin2005
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Fuck Consumerism. |
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bigtree
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. yet, it's not at all progressive to expect one source of income to dry up |
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Odin2005
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Direct your ire at the capitalists that steal the wealth you produce. |
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Avalux
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. I give workers and businesses my money every other day of the year. |
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bluestate10
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. There is an irrational, marxist strain that exists here among some. |
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coalition_unwilling
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. "An irrational, marxist strain"?? Do you mean Marxism is irrational or |
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Marxism is irrational and has not worked, ever. |
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leftstreet
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. "capitalism works far better than marxism" ?? |
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Starry Messenger
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. "In capitalist America, freedom buys you!" |
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bluestate10
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Give me a marxist society that has worked. nt |
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coalition_unwilling
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Just out of curiosity, have you read Marx' 'Das Kapital'? I think you would |
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handmade34
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. good points n/t |
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bluestate10
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
53. The US and Brits fought arguably germany's best commander |
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LAGC
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Sat Nov-27-10 04:02 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. When has true Marxism ever been tried? |
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eShirl
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Sat Nov-27-10 05:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
64. Excellent satire! |
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wickerwoman
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Sat Nov-27-10 05:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
67. What's irrational is acting like we have infinite resources |
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notesdev
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. What we really need is a |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. Glad to hear you got the extra hours bt. Hope all went well. |
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EFerrari
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. People get upset when they feel manipulated. |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Yeah I know... and I do too. |
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EFerrari
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. bigtree is right, imo, in the sense that we don't want to nail each other |
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petronius
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Vulgar curiousity here, but do you run a zip-lining concession where people can |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Sat Nov-27-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. No, we're a regular business with a regular schedule. |
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petronius
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Sat Nov-27-10 03:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. It seems like a pretty obvious tipping situation to me - $95 is about what I pay |
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coalition_unwilling
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Businesses do deserve it, but workers do not. But there are many things |
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SheilaT
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. A couple of thoughts. |
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Drale
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well I didn't buy anything today |
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msongs
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Fri Nov-26-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. lol most people who didnt buy it today will get it .... tomorrow. we stayed home all day together nt |
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geckosfeet
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. Well - for what it's worth I agree. Lot's of people provide a fair service or product |
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HillbillyBob
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ok. I am glad you got overtime pay. Some of us are not protesting/boycott |
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Incitatus
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm sorry you had to work on Thanksgiving and your company is so poor that they couldn't |
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some guy
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Fri Nov-26-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. Clearly not, or you wouldn't put workers and business on the same side. |
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bigtree
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. small businesses and their employees normally have an integral relationship |
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
48. I agree, and I felt the same way about the boycott of Arizona. |
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defendandprotect
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
52. A living wage should be paid based on a five day work week ... even a four day work week now -- |
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Sat Nov-27-10 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
54. I spent years in the retail environment and a huge % |
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Tsiyu
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Sat Nov-27-10 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
57. We can't put off the inevitable |
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MrSlayer
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Sat Nov-27-10 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
58. I worked today, my wife went out and spent. |
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BlancheSplanchnik
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Sat Nov-27-10 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
59. support small business! |
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spinbaby
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Sat Nov-27-10 05:14 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Exactly! |
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BlancheSplanchnik
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Sat Nov-27-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. same here! Black Friday---how bizarre |
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JackDragna
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Sat Nov-27-10 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
61. That's not the problem..mass, sheep-like consumer spending is. |
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Raine
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Sat Nov-27-10 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
62. I just don't like consumerism pushed down my throat |
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BlueIris
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Sat Nov-27-10 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
68. I caved and bought stuff at local businesses today. |
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Scout
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Sat Nov-27-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. i very rarely shop on ANY days ... the last place i want to be is where |
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