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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:05 PM
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Is Walmart doing anything for the hurricane victims? n/t
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:06 PM
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1. $1 million donated.
Isn't that the height of generousity for a multi-billion dollar company, whose net worth is more that the entire GDP of Belgium?

:sarcasm:
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:07 PM
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2. A drop in the bucket........
to save face.
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lostinacause Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:13 PM
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10. 1 million is quite a bit of money. While it may be nothing to them it will
help.
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bushisanidiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:56 PM
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12. It was a 1 million dollar investment.. now they will use their little
donation in their commercials to try to convince americans that the multi-billion dollar China-mart "feels their pain"..

barf!
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 03:00 PM
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15. Pocket change.
The people who need help from Katrina are their customers.
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:07 PM
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3. They coughed up $1 million
Sorta like me dropping a dime in a homeless person's cup.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:08 PM
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4. Yes
They donated a million dollars three days ago -- which is a drop in the bucket, but three days ago it didn't seem to be as bad as it has turned out to be.

They also have decided to just let looters loot. One of Wal-Mart's suits said that as far as they were concerned, the first priority was public safety, rescue, and health.

Give the devil his due, but this is more than many other business organizations have done.

--p!
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Neshanic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:09 PM
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5. The devil has insurance.
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chipaev Donating Member (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:09 PM
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6. Loot
They donated all the looted items and 1 million dollars.

When the animals stop looting VCRs from their stores then they might give more, until then I wouldn't if I were them.
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:13 PM
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8. Enjoy your stay - it will be short
Buh-bye.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:13 PM
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9. Animals? You've been listening to Rush I see.
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:15 PM
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11. So
Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 02:16 PM by atreides1
What exactly makes them animals? I can see calling them thieves, but don't you think you and Rush could come up with a better term then animals.

I'm sorry that would actually require an imagination, wouldn't it?
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bushisanidiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:57 PM
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13. Will AWOL Bush take his lips off Jeff Gannon's
cock long enough to do anything more than a piddly photo-op/press conference?? uh.. no.

he's got "other priorities"
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:12 PM
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7. Fox's Sheppard Smith reports a NO Walmart barracaded against looters.
Walmart is helping by preventing theft. :sarcasm:
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bushisanidiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:58 PM
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14. Walmart should be donating those items freely.. they are animals for
keeping supplies from the poor and desperate..
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