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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:23 PM Original message |
I'm not a Wal-Mart snob, I do shop there, but this saddens me. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. it is sad but its not far off base |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. +1 |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Wal-Mart Is The Best |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. They didn't say "A symbol of the best of the US," just a symbol. NT |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Phuck Walmart... n/t |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Walmart certainly symbolizes the United States of corporate greed built on the back of slaves. nt |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Indeed. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. The NFL? |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Playoffs? Playoffs? Ya kiddin' me? Playoffs? |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. To folks outside the US, the NFL (aka American gridiron) . . . |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I guess I am misreading this. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. This is the respondants view of the world. I'm not sure I think the NFL is part of the problem . . . |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Wouldn't it be fun to... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Has to be mentioned - George Carlin on football and baseball |
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ladym55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. That is despressing |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Actually I think that's kind of accurate. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Exactly why I don't shop there |
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prostomulgus (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. About the same percentage that think WM is a good US symbol |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's like Kraft declaring that Kraft Singles are the true "American cheese" |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's a link to the poll. |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. Sad but True.... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yeah, well, when Bill Clinton called Wal*Mart "the greenest company in the world" |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. He must've meant green to mean money grubbing. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. Americans are like terriers wave a low price sock in front of them and reality disappears |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. I would choose that too. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. All terrible choices. |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. how are they defining "institution"? I was thinking apple pie and that sort of thing... |
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