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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:09 AM
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Toshiba, Toshiba, Toshiba, Toshiba, Toshiba........
so this is 2009 in America - couldn't they get an American company to sponsor that ball drop?

This is what we've come to. Happy New Year and Good Luck Barack!!!!!!!
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Lisa0825 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:10 AM
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1. It was too much.....
It was so much bigger than the ball and the 2009 sign that it dwarfed them. Tacky.
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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:15 AM
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2. I thought it was just me...
I was thinking the exact same thing! Wonder how much Toshiba paid for that.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:15 AM
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3. I'm not sure there are anymore American companies.
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:16 AM
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4. All the American companies are broke. corporate america already dropped the ball........
right on our lap. T-Minus 20 days until sanity is restored. Happy New Year to ALL!!!!
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:56 AM
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6. Good One - Corp America Already Dropped The Ball....
Why do they drop the ball in NYC to bring in the New Year? When did that custom begin?

Wouldn't it be more positive to Raise The Ball?

Ball dropping has such a negative connotation.
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Norrin Radd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 03:41 AM
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11. Unless it's plural.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:33 AM
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5. I felt the same way
but I guess we should be happy some company could afford to pay for the ball drop this year, the US corps were too busy rewarding their CEOs and top managers and paying for conferences with our bail out monies.

Happy New Year & Good Luck President Obama, you will need it as will the rest of us.

:toast:
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:58 AM
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7. Oh whew! I thought you were talking to a mirror
If you say "Toshiba" five times to a mirror on New Year's Eve, a laptop computer materializes and crashes on your foot.
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 01:08 AM
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8. Why can't we have some events as national and free?
God forbid we watch something on New Years without having to look at adverts.
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 01:26 AM
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9. nivea nivea nivea nivea
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 02:38 AM
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10. Here's A Link To A Video Of The 2009 NYC Ball Drop .......
at around 25 seconds into the clip - you will see the Toshiba sign(s).

Halfway down the page click on: Video: NYC Celebrates: Times Square Ball Drop

Link: http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 03:52 AM
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12. What's an American company? Is it one that cares about Americans?
Does such a mythical company pay living wages and act responsibly regarding the environment and worker's rights?

If so, I'm sorry to break the news... but there really aren't any. If there are they are a dying breed.

American company :rofl:

How about GM :rofl:

They're at least a NORTH American company. Well sort of anyways :rofl:
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