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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:13 PM
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Katrina: A free teevee ad for Wal Mart
WalMart sends trucks to NO

WalMart allowing displaced employees to work at any store anywhere.

Rescuers and volunteers buying their supplies at WalMart (and saying exactly that on teevee).

WalMart owners donating millions to relief.

WalMart WalMart WalMart MalWart MalWart Malwart
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:20 PM
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1. Best PR money can buy.
No, no, their heart is just in the right place. Still cost less than that painting.
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:21 PM
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2. Yeah we all hate walmart
Helping out people like that. What assholes.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Mistress Quickly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:23 PM
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3. Damn them!
How dare they!
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Done Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:25 PM
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4. walmart gives a tiny portion of their wealth to charity.
they spend more money letting people know about the money they give to charity.
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:26 PM
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6. You have numbers on that
Like actual proof? Or just an accusation?

And by proof I don't mean you can point to a website with the same accusation.
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Done Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:33 PM
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7. No, I have not seen their actual income statement, but
I know they do spend a lot of money on ads talking about the "good works" that they do, and even though they only recently started using the phrase "good works", the message that they do "good works" has been part of their marketing strategy for years.
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:39 PM
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9. Ah. But that's not what you said, is it?
what you said was they spend more money on promoting their good works than they do on their good weeks. Or to put it mathmatically, if X = the amount of mney they spend on their good works and Y = the amount of money they spend promoting their good works Y > X.

But you don't have any proof of that assertion?

Bryant
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:25 PM
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5. If Hitler saved a baby Jew from a burning building, would he be praised?
Forgive me, but commercial imperialism is no different than what Hitler did.
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clitzpah queen Donating Member (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:34 PM
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8. Walmart Biggest Anti-Union force in U.S. -- great PR charity
This is THE wealthiest corp in America

Yes take from the Devil to pay Paul -- but they are STILL Bastards!
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