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Title: Walmart Parkinglot
Post by: duherman on March 31, 2005, 07:45:54 AM
My pal in my electronic music forum posted this up and I would like to share it with you guys.

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so I had to go to Wal-Mart to get fertilizer for my parents lawn the other day. I hate that store with a passion, but I had to go anyway. I parked and got our of my car and happened to glance at the bumper stickers of the car next to me. (see pic) what a moron, that person is obviously very politically confused, b/c WTF?!?! How stupid can a mofo get?

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Title: Walmart Parkinglot
Post by: Torgo on March 31, 2005, 02:36:32 PM
Perhaps he just has a thing for political bumper stickers...whatever floats your boat...


Ha, It's in Ohio, too. Go figure.
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Post by: rad4Christ on March 31, 2005, 02:43:02 PM
No, I'm sure the picture wasn't taken in Ohio.

Let me explain. I have a theory. Everywhere I go, I see Ohio license plates. It's like a plague. I wondered how so many people could be travelling the country from Ohio so often. Then I realized. People get their tags in Ohio, then go elsewhere, b/c Ohio must be a really boring place to live. No one actually LIVES in Ohio, they just like the DMV's (Maybe lower taxes/fees?)

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Post by: Doobie Dan on March 31, 2005, 02:56:04 PM
Support Minimum Wage.
Shop at Walmart.
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Post by: Black Mage on March 31, 2005, 03:26:25 PM
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Support China.
Shop at Walmart.
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Post by: Diablus on March 31, 2005, 03:58:34 PM
If I seriously saw that bumper sticker on a car sometime on a weekend night on the road I would throw something at it.

And to this day I promise I will fullfill that obligation if that day is to ever come...

your going down Wal * Mart...

your going down....
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Post by: pardzh on March 31, 2005, 06:30:40 PM
I'd have tailgated him honking and flashing my brights. Just so he knew I was a Liberal.
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Post by: bacon_flaps on March 31, 2005, 07:27:09 PM
I'm sure whoever it is appreciates you broadcasting his plate number to the internet.
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Post by: sonic on March 31, 2005, 07:57:40 PM
Hating Wallmart is cool!
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Post by: duherman on March 31, 2005, 10:27:16 PM
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I'm sure whoever it is appreciates you broadcasting his plate number to the internet.
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It's not like were going to have homicidal maniacs going after him. I don't think we have those type of people here at LM.
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Post by: 2_of_8 on March 31, 2005, 10:40:36 PM
Oooo, a license plate number? Man, I gotta write this down, it's not like any other car has this.
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Post by: CryForMe on March 31, 2005, 10:49:42 PM
see, as was stated in the original post, this is obviously someone who has no clear concept of their political views. this person is one of the flock, a sheep, cattle in the herd, following blindly what the media feeds them. I have no respect for this kind of person. I'm a republican, but not necessarily hard conservative. I have my own formed and educated politcal views. I hate conservatives as much as I hate liberals. Why? because 99.9999999999999999999999% of them dont know their ass from a hole in the ground where things like politics, policy, economics, foreign relations and diplomacy are concerned. Liberals watch CNN, conservatives watch FOXNews, and that vast, uninformed majority that i just mentioned, get their opinions direct from those channels on the idiot box.
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Post by: Doobie Dan on April 01, 2005, 07:43:04 AM
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Hating Wallmart is cool!
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Hating Walmart and still shopping there is even cooler!  Hypocrisy FTW!

<--- totally me.
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Post by: sonic on April 01, 2005, 08:05:04 AM
Why do people hate Wallmart anyway? what's so bad about it? We have ASDA over here which is owned by wallmart and nobody hates it.
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Post by: Torgo on April 01, 2005, 09:33:19 AM
To be honest, I prefer Meijer.
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Post by: Doobie Dan on April 01, 2005, 10:14:19 AM
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Why do people hate Wallmart anyway? what's so bad about it? We have ASDA over here which is owned by wallmart and nobody hates it.
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It's similar to Microsoft... people generally like the store itself.  I personally go there whenever I need stuff like paper towels, soap and other non-food grocery items because its tons cheaper than other places for these items.  What people hate about Walmart is their business practices.

I'm no expert on the issue, but the biggest thing that has people mad is the way they move into small towns and target specific businesses to drive them out.  For example, if there is a locally owned or smaller chain gardening shop in the area, they will offer specials and very low prices in their own gardening area until they can drive them out of business.  Often they will sell products at or below cost for this purpose.  They've actually been sued for this by pharmacies.

Can't find any good links about that one other than leftist propoganda at the moment.

The other issue stems from workers being forced to work overtime without pay.  Similar to EA trying to call their artists "engineers", they attempt to classify everybody as "managers" so they can say that they are exempt from overtime pay.  They then will have employees work off the official clock.

http://www.lieffcabraser.com/wal-mart.htm (http://www.lieffcabraser.com/wal-mart.htm)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/20/...ain533818.shtml (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/20/national/main533818.shtml)
This one says lovely things about our corporate-government: http://www.thinkandask.com/news/overtime.html (http://www.thinkandask.com/news/overtime.html)
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Post by: pardzh on April 01, 2005, 01:26:53 PM
In fewer words, grimy business practices and crappy conditions for employees.
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Post by: sonic on April 01, 2005, 01:48:19 PM
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In fewer words, grimy business practices and crappy conditions for employees.
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What's wrong with that if they have cheap prices?
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Post by: Niteowl on April 01, 2005, 02:53:21 PM
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In fewer words, grimy business practices and crappy conditions for employees.
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What's wrong with that if they have cheap prices?
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Post by: Black Mage on April 02, 2005, 01:13:28 AM
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In fewer words, grimy business practices and crappy conditions for employees.
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What's wrong with that if they have cheap prices?
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YHBT!
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YHL, HAND.
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Post by: Reckless on April 10, 2005, 12:50:55 PM
Hating Walmart is nowhere as fashionable as hating Starbucks! Or McDonalds! (There are legitimate reasons for hating McDonalds, but that goes the same for all fast food chains, so lets just pick on McDonalds. Cause the media told me to.)
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Post by: @gentOrange on April 10, 2005, 05:17:44 PM
I used to hate McDonalds. I hadn't been there for years. Then I went in for a Big Mac and now every couple of weeks I treat myself to a great sandwich :).

Walmart is fine really if you don't mind department stores. I try to avoid them because they are a jack of all trades and a master of none. I go somewhere that specifically sells the items I'm looking for at that time.
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Post by: Niteowl on April 11, 2005, 11:02:31 AM
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I used to hate McDonalds. I hadn't been there for years. Then I went in for a Big Mac and now every couple of weeks I treat myself to a great sandwich :).

Walmart is fine really if you don't mind department stores. I try to avoid them because they are a jack of all trades and a master of none. I go somewhere that specifically sells the items I'm looking for at that time.
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Well, yeah, that, and Walmart currently doesn't sell the RealDoll Sheep edition!


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Post by: duherman on April 11, 2005, 05:17:44 PM
Well by the mall by my school they used to have a Wal-Mart with a McDonald in it also. Isn't that great ;)
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Post by: Lightning Blue on April 12, 2005, 10:27:02 PM
The point of this is?
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Post by: Malevolent on April 13, 2005, 04:23:25 AM
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Well by the mall by my school they used to have a Wal-Mart with a McDonald in it also. Isn't that great ;)
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McDonald's are everywhere. Turn around: "Well would you look at that; there's a McDonald's." Turn around again futher down the street: "Well I'll be damned if that wasn't a McDonald's. Well, it is in fact that restaurant with a golden arch."
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Post by: Black Mage on April 13, 2005, 05:15:43 AM
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I used to hate McDonalds. I hadn't been there for years. Then I went in for a Big Mac and now every couple of weeks I treat myself to a great sandwich :).

Walmart is fine really if you don't mind department stores. I try to avoid them because they are a jack of all trades and a master of none. I go somewhere that specifically sells the items I'm looking for at that time.
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Well, yeah, that, and Walmart currently doesn't sell the RealDoll Sheep edition!


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