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Brundle_Fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 07:42 PM
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WALMART BAN
think we could organize a one week ban of walmart in the blue states, for one week in december?
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Brundle_Fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:05 PM
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1. guess not then
:(
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recoveringrepublican Donating Member (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:10 PM
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2. I'm not much of an organizer, but if it makes you feel better
I've already been boycotting their greedy asses. I've also given much info to my family and friends, a lot of who are now also boycotting.
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Brundle_Fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:13 PM
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3. good for you.
Edited on Fri Nov-05-04 09:14 PM by brundle_seth
I think this is just one of the red state horror shows that can be directly affected by us.

If we have such differences in moral values, why not boycott them.
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:14 PM
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4. I'm part of an ongoing and permanent boycott of Walmart.
2 years without Walmart or Sam's. One week is not enough.
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:17 PM
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5. I can't give them
any less of my $$$ than I do now. Can't bring myself to even walk
into one after reading about their predatory business practices.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:18 PM
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6. Most of us already boycott them.
We need to have much more involvement to make them take any notice, and you are asking that the same people that voted Bunny back in to give up their temple of greed.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:21 PM
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7. I've spent about 9 dollars in Wal-Mart in 5 years...
..and that was because I had to...
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:23 PM
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8. We already do that in this household.
No Sprawl-Mart shopping allowed here. :)
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jbm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:24 PM
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9. I banned Wal-Mart four years ago..
I also banned all credit cards, all major businesses that I knew donated heavily to repubs, I even quit smoking not for my health..but because that's how badly I wanted to send a message to corporate america. I've actually become quite the minimalist and I like it.

Anyway, I'm afraid I've done all I can when it comes to Wal-Mart, but I'll be rooting for you!
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michigandem2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:25 PM
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10. i hate walmart so sure..and I live in MI! LOL!
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americanwomanone Donating Member (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:28 PM
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11. I Have a Lifetime Ban on Walmart. They not only support the GOP
but treat their employees like crap.
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missouri dem Donating Member (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:29 PM
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12. Not just in the blue states and not for one week
but for now on. Walmart is a poster child for what is wrong with corporate America.
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bhikkhu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:29 PM
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13. Or if you really have to go...
make sure you screw up the shelves, tags, and displays. Anyone who has worked retail knows what chaos even one missing SKU or mis-shelved item can cause. Trust me - from a small town nearly sucked dry by a big Walmart - they deserve it.
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Keirsey Donating Member (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:53 PM
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18. as someone on another thread sugggested


Fill up a cart, then just walk off.

Be sure to put the potato chips and cookies on the bottom.

That's just the regular Wal-Marts. Think of all the melting ice cream, etc., in one of their super stores. :)
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:32 PM
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14. Walmart meetups
For those not aware of it, there are boycott walmart meetups. The Detroit chapter organizes occasional protests and hands out fliers to people.

http://boycottwalmart.meetup.com/

They have a two sided flier online that you can print and cut into three copies:
http://www.ideamouth.com/politics/walmartflyer.pdf
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Brundle_Fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:36 PM
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15. the more the merrier.
http://www.megamojo.com/
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:47 PM
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16. I have not been in Walmarts for over three years.
How can I organize a ban? For years, I have advocated normalization with Cuba, and my Republican friends scoff at me for supporting a repressive communist dictatorship. Yet every week end they are at Walmarts, buying, buying, buying. Sending their money to communist China. What is up with that?
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 09:48 PM
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17. I NEVER SHOP WALMART! I am boycotting them permanently.
I wish everyone would.
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