Samwoo
join:2002-02-15
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | reply to Kompressor
Re: I am not surprised
nope... that happened at the beginning of Bush's term...
that is why he gets the credit for the (mostly defunct) "war on terror" and the Iraqi war (not to be confused with the war on terror)... |
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Blackened
Your Freedom Fries Are Stale
join:2003-09-29
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said by FTCXtreme  :Hillary LMAO. John Kerry LMAO. John Edwards, is moderate he actualy knows what america needs. Bush= The biggest idiot but Kerry would suck worse. My only option= Nader 04 LMAO. Im thinking next election wil lbe Bob Doles fake ARM 08. JK. Mccain08!!!  You're actually cheering on politicians who plan on screwing you out of your rights and dollars? People try too hard these days to be posterchilds for the phrase "glutton for punishment". |
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J D McDorce
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join:2001-12-29
Westland, MI
1 edit | reply to Transmaster
Most of K-Mart's original undoing was due to management issues (not dissimilar to Enron or Adelphia) rather than the result of competitive pressure from Walmart. K-Mart II will continue to be profitable as long are there are buyers for the real estate obtained from the Sears acquisition. |
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SpitefulCrow
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join:2003-06-04
Berkeley, CA
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said by Kompressor :said by TScheisskopf :Yesh, damn that Clinton for 8 years of a roaring economy, job creation and relative peace. Damn him, damn him, damn him.  Didn't the Twin Towers crash down at the end of his term? Bush had already been in office for half a year when that happened. |
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one_bored_si
join:2003-03-10
Montebello, CA | reply to SpitefulCrow
Welcome to the future of America, and it has already begun.  |
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tbeckner
join:2004-03-20
Bend, OR
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said by Kompressor :said by Pz_ :said by ncredible:
I thank God for Bush and his common sense.
I'm not a very political person, but I don't think I've ever seen the words bush and common sense in the same sentence. When have you seen 'Clinton' and 'common sense' in the same sentence? BUSH is the AntiChrist of Common Sense. |
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tbeckner
join:2004-03-20
Bend, OR
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said by Kompressor :Didn't the Twin Towers crash down at the end of his term? Are you kinding me? I agree that Bush took the largest amount of vacation time in 2001 of any President in US history, but he was in office almost nine months before 9/11.
It's funny how people screw-up history! Maybe they wheren't here or maybe they wheren't paying any attention or maybe they still aren't here, just like BUSH.  |
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zizis
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What a crock of .... The best economic times of the last 50 years were the Clinton years. Big and small business were happy as clams raking in the money.
But you can thank God all you want, although I doubt the big man in interested in our economy. |
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valuepac0
join:2001-05-30
Santa Monica, CA
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said by SpitefulCrow :Wal-mart destroys local business and jobs and creates a bunch of underpaid jobs with no benefits or health insurance while at the same time providing horrible service and poor-quality products to the consumer. Im sorry but what jobs is wal-mart distroying? As far as im concern, target, wal-mart, kmart.. All pay just above minimum wage. Same with most department/ mall stores: gap, jcpenny, sears, Barnes and noble, borders, tower music... Same with most food establishments. Mc Donald's, subway, Panera, starbucks,..
Basically all these organization pay less than $10 an hour to the majority of their employees. So stop blaming Wal-mart.. the blame can be spread around to just about any organization operating in a strip-mall
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georgeu
join:2001-08-06
Racine, WI
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You know I find it amazing that most people don't realize that with economic policy changes it really take closer to 5 to 7 years for them to really run there course. So that being said most presidents inherent their economy (good or bad) from the prior administration. So blaming the current one for just about anything is actually quite pointless. . . |
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USA2005
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If any of you "arm chair", Monday morning economists would like to investigate things a little further... The economy of the sitting president is due to the previous administration's policies. (i.e. Reagans economy was due to Carter, Clinton's economy was due to Regan/Bush 1, Bush 2's economy is due to Clinton, etc.)
The sooner America get's their collective head out of their keester, and starts thinking for themselves... the better off the USA will be. Don't be a bunch of mindless lemmings... don't jump off that cliff! Be a free thinker, not liberal... just think for yourself. The news media gets paid BIG BUCKS to steer popular opinion... quit letting them do it. Get the facts, research them & make sure they're valid... THEN make an informed decision.
Most people today have a "sound-byte" mentality... that is due to the ever increasing load that we put upon ourselves, no one has time to think... we'd just rather catch it on the 24 hr news channel.
"Duh, CNN/Fox/ABC/NBC,et. al. said it... so it's gotta be true!" Wake up folks!!! |
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mustang03282
join:2003-01-10
Bridgeton, NJ
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said by valuepac0 :said by SpitefulCrow :Wal-mart destroys local business and jobs and creates a bunch of underpaid jobs with no benefits or health insurance while at the same time providing horrible service and poor-quality products to the consumer. Im sorry but what jobs is wal-mart distroying? As far as im concern, target, wal-mart, kmart.. All pay just above minimum wage. Same with most department/ mall stores: gap, jcpenny, sears, Barnes and noble, borders, tower music... Same with most food establishments. Mc Donald's, subway, Panera, starbucks,.. Basically all these organization pay less than $10 an hour to the majority of their employees. So stop blaming Wal-mart.. the blame can be spread around to just about any organization operating in a strip-mall do you work for walmart? My wife works at sams club every full time position is being replaced there with part times jobs. When she was hired she was told she could have steady days off now her days off seem to change every week. She paid for her dental plain for over 2 years before she finally got her dental card. If she isnt carefull because of her hire date being late in the year if she isnt carefull and gets dosnt get her vacation request in fast she gets screwed out of her vacation because the last quater of the year is blacked out. She was looking at transferring to wallmart because its alout closer to us. At wallmart the front end supervisers they call cos's dont evem get paid any more then regular cashiers. Now at sams club they are pulling this shit that if sh dont sign up x amount of people for a wallmart credit card he will be fired. She was hired as a cashier not to sign people up for credit. When will big companys understand that customers hate being hounded every time they shop to get a new credit card |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | reply to rich_joy
Most all of the crap your hear about Walmart is put out by the Unions would want to organise it. |
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JoeOnSunset
Doublethink Is Doubleplus Ungood.
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join:2002-11-25
Ormond Beach, FL
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Actually, states DO have the right to force businesses to do business a certain way and do all the time. The FCC was specifically given the right to overrule state regulations on communication matters. If they weren't, the states rules would remain in place. This has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the states have the "right" to regulate businesses. |
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qworster
join:2001-11-25
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1 edit | reply to P Ness
Plus..
Just yesterday, a study came out that shows that Walmart's
poor wages cost the Govt. money. It was calculated that the average Walmart with 200 employees cost the community $608,000.00 a year in health costs, welfare, etc.
That's over 3000 dollars per employee!
The average clerk at Walmart makes about 14K a year. That's below the poverty line for a family of three. |
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JacksGhost
Got Bottle?
join:2002-12-29
Buffalo, NY
| reply to TScheisskopf
Re: I am not surprised
said by TScheisskopf :Yesh, damn that Clinton for 8 years of a roaring economy, job creation and relative peace. Damn him, damn him, damn him. Relative peace? How bout a dozen embassies bombed or a relative of mine that Died on the USS Cole! No, you had someone too damn soft to stand up for this nation.
I do NOT like Bush, didn't vote for him. Least he's too stupid to lie under oath.
jAX. |
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r81984
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" I thank God for Bush" = is what is wrong with america.
If there were not a bunch of religious people in our country Bush would not be president because he just took adavantage of religious people by pretending to be religious.
Church and state need to be separate especially because our country matters should not be based on religion lies. |
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timmylc
join:2005-01-15
Port Orchard, WA | reply to FTCXtreme
danm........is this a politics discussion board?... |
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jkelley199
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join:2003-10-19
Wylie, TX
clubs:  | reply to zizis
That's right!! Yeah!! Enron and MCI/Worldcom loved him! |
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Jon Geb
Wal-Mart Sucks
join:2001-01-09
Howell, MI | reply to Transmaster
I don't work for a union and I won't step foot in that dollar weakening, job destroying, sprawl producing crap hole. |
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