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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 09:25 AM
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New York to Wal-Mart: Get Lost!
Wal-Mart Chief Writes Off New York


By MICHAEL BARBARO and STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Published: March 28, 2007

Wal-Mart to New York: fuhgeddaboudit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/business/28retail.html?ex=1332734400&en=a30c4483539f3245&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

:woohoo: :party: :beer: :bounce:
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 09:32 AM
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1. How about a nice loud Bronx cheer?
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kaygore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 09:41 AM
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2. So people who don't want WalMart in their community are "snobbish"
How about those who don't want WalMart are educated and see clearly the negative effects on the economy and community that WalMart has! WalMart creates its customers by its very business practices. What happens when we are too poor to even shop at WalMart? Are they counting on having such a strong presence in China and or India that they won't need U.S. buyers? If so, who will be the cheap labor to make their crap at bottom prices? WalMart is very short sighted and it is the U.S. that suffers and will suffer from that myopia.

There is a special hell for Mrs. Walton and her inbred children and all executives and board members of WalMart.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 09:44 AM
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3. Snobbish to oppose a community-killing, union-busting billionaire's toy?
Fuck that shit!
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kaygore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 10:35 AM
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4. Agreed!
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jmg257 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 11:26 AM
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7. Hopefully Hillary won't be among those going to hell; does her 6 years of
Edited on Wed Mar-28-07 11:29 AM by jmg257
membership on the board count, or is there a time limitation on this special sin? Sure she doesn;t need to worry about THAT, since she has more important work ahead of her.

She probably could of used a bit of her "juice" to help the 2 sides work things out, but apparently is wisely keeping her distance now.
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kaygore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 09:57 PM
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9. My understanding is that she resigned from the board
because of those very business practices.

Remember that Sam Walton was a big proponent of "buy American." He tried to bring easy shopping to those in the boondocks. He may have been a bit eccentric, but I do not think he was evil as his wife and children are.
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 10:39 AM
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5. My heart bleeds
for Wal Mart executives. The poor addled millionaires.
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 10:52 AM
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6. I've never been to one...
from NYC, live in Joy-zee...

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RedCappedBandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 11:34 AM
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8. Good, now get them off my island
LI has some warts that need removal.
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