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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:37 PM Original message |
I am SICK of all these idiotic Wal Mart crap posts. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Me too. I just stopped even reading them, let alone post something. |
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ROH (521 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Recommended (n/t) |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Please submit protest ideas here: |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. BWAHAHAHA !!! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Please submit more. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Me too. I think I'll start another thread about it. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree I don't like 'em either |
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mestup (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Where did people shop before Sprawl-Mart came to town? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. In small mom and pop type stores that are no longer in business. |
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mestup (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's what I wondered. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Some people become apologists for the things they feel guilty about. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
44. nope, i'm not an apologist... |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:02 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I said some people. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:09 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. true true...:) |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:18 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Cool |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:19 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. wait, i'm not going to get |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:22 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Not from me |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. NO ONE is "defending Wal-Mart"... |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
61. See post #44 |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:18 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. yep, look at post 44...:) |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. not to support wallyworld, but... |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. True enough |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. But let's not romanticize those mom 'n pops too much. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 09:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
82. You're right and the good mom and pop's aren't run out of biz by walmart |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I obviously can't speak for everyone but the town near me had a |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
92. I'm familiar with where you live Karl and |
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Aimah (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 01:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Walmart usually runs them out of business. |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
87. To play devil'e advocate... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. In my hometown... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Southeast? |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. yes, from Ketchikan...:) |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:48 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I'm sure it did. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:59 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yeah, true, true... |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Unions are not a 'Get out of Jail Free Card' |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:08 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I dont really know what you mean... |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #49 |
85. i agree and i don't agree... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. I don't think I made a broad assessment of Unions... |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Which taxes are they getting? |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Sales tax.... |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:07 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. How much did it cost the city. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:11 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I'm not sure what you mean |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. It is quite simple. Walmart feeds at the trough of local citizens. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. i lose more than i gain? |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:29 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Try to think of the big picture. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:37 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. The local businesses have |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Most local supermarkets around here lasted a decade. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:04 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Another thought on the picket line... |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:15 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Unions do not set wages. They try bargain for better ones. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:29 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I am assuming... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #69 |
86. exactly what china been trying to do with their imports too- |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Actually, we had supermarkets. |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:37 AM Response to Reply #42 |
71. The same has happened around here. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 06:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
81. Let me tell you about the time that Wal-Mart itself was a one-store |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Lucky. You have to drive only 55 miles. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. You slay me! |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. I'm sorry..but to atone for your Sins...You'll have to shit on the floor. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yes, shitting on the floor forces management to hire more shit-cleaner- |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 01:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Too Late! |
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tamtam (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is so true for people in Oklahoma |
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Aimah (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 01:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. In my city all of the Walmarts are on the outskirts of town. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
90. Anyone from the east coast who is slamming WalMart |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. I thought they locked the Wal Mart crap post. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not gonna happen |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. So, in your eyes, a bunch of upper-middle class... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Actually the indignation is |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. Amen Karl. |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
48. Ditto. I have been wanting to say the same thing for two days. |
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LiberalPersona (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
21. Yes please |
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lwbaby (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. Local shops? |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. It is sad that you have 'no where else' to shop. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Are you in your cups right now? |
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ElkHunter (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. I'd sooner vote for Bush... |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I'm with you... |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. You both make valid points |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
93. I have spent weeks in trees |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
84. I agree with boycotting them BUT some of the posters here express |
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kster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
30. Agreed |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
33. Me too! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
34. no. |
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BBradley (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
43. I stopped reading, and caring when you said you shopped at Wal Mart |
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JackieO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
46. FUCK THAT |
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akarnitz (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
57. I sympathize |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
59. And it MUST be fucking continued...AND not a fucking chance... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
60. Join the club, I take flak because I have Dell computers. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
64. Use the "hide thread" feature and stop whining. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
70. "I am SICK of all these idiotic Wal Mart crap posts." - so you |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #70 |
96. Yeah, so the O/P started another one. |
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Peter Frank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
76. Can we just drop this shit, please? NO! |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:38 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. my wife has worked there |
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Peter Frank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 04:55 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. What if she got hurt on the job?... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 05:10 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. if she got hurt at the job... |
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watercolors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
83. don't read em, or shop em! |
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LandOLincoln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. It's nice that you have a car, and can afford the gas... |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
88. I can't tell you how.... |
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lovelaureng (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
91. I agree with you. n/t |
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SW FL Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
95. I agree and I will never set foot in a WalMart again |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
97. There's no other place to shop because... |
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