http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/watch_clips.php?bit=Ward_Anderson_20060630_bit
Pretty funny bit about Walmart.
Pretty funny bit about Walmart.
Originally Posted by blue edwards
i think you are forgetting about a certain tournament in january. you remember...our cousins were there, billy berkman, eric from down the street. the afc playoffs were on tv so...everyone was pulling for brian sipe and the browns to defeat jim plunkett and the raiders but...not me. i was focused on putting the biscuit in the basket.
sam ratigliano didnt get it done that day...but i did.
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Was that the Rod Martin 3 INT game?
i think you are forgetting about a certain tournament in january. you remember...our cousins were there, billy berkman, eric from down the street. the afc playoffs were on tv so...everyone was pulling for brian sipe and the browns to defeat jim plunkett and the raiders but...not me. i was focused on putting the biscuit in the basket.
sam ratigliano didnt get it done that day...but i did.
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Was that the Rod Martin 3 INT game?
Wow I just spent the last 24 minutes reading this thread. Unbelievable.
Absolute gold.
I think the only thing I've ever bought from wal-mart are some Doritos and a diet coke, $2.
I know in Vancouver the wal-mart people have done everything including sucking the councilors dicks trying to get a Wal-mart in the city limits as Now they are only in the suburbs.
They even went so far as to create a 'green' Walmart
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1111767382873_26
Absolute gold.
I think the only thing I've ever bought from wal-mart are some Doritos and a diet coke, $2.
I know in Vancouver the wal-mart people have done everything including sucking the councilors dicks trying to get a Wal-mart in the city limits as Now they are only in the suburbs.
They even went so far as to create a 'green' Walmart
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1111767382873_26
A couple of days ago I watched a special on PBS about Wal-Mart...It was made in 2004. If you really want to get pissed off watch the excerpts of the show from the link . This Free trade sh*t Clinton did with China & Bush did with Mexico was a scam from the start. We are going to have a hard time pulling this country out of this major trade deficit.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/
Journeyman said:
i dont really remember...maybe. the only thing i remember about that game was that the browns were trailing very late in the 4th qtr and sipe was driving them down the field. they were in the red zone and he threw a pick in the end zone which, in effect, ended the game. dont remember if it was martin or not...maybe lester hayes?
to be honest, i was in the air-hockey zone that day and totally focused on that tournament. in the end, i just wanted it more.
Why don't you explain the problems of a trade deficit? I have a trade deficit with the local video store because they never buy anything from me. The people whose house i've painted have a trade deficit with me because I never buy anything from them. There are trade deficits everywhere. Why does it all of a sudden become such a disaster when the two parties involved are international?nighttrain20 said:
Levistep,
If you watched the clips or had a chance to view the entire episode, and feel:
(1) That loosing over 1,000,000 jobs to foreign soil workers that get paid between .30 cents & .50 cents and hour with no benefits or pensions. is OK for America.
(2) That the free trade agreement that was going to "increase American productivity" and attempt to "balance our foreign trade defeicts" has actually worked in reverse with no one in our government doing anything about it.
(3) That the "jobs: that Wal-Mart has provided are "low paying", "non health care" & "none Pension jobs."
(4) That if you deal with Wal-Mart, chances are you are "forced" not by choice..."forced" to move your production to a third world country to provide them the product you produce at the "price they tell you".
Then you my man are the defnition of a TRUE WAL_MART SHOPPER!
And I would guess drives a foreign car.
We are all guilty of wanting to buy things as inexpensive as possible. It has become totally unavoidable. But the biggest criminal in all of this is WAL-MART Followed by the foreign auto makers that have no major taxes or tariffs on thier vehicles to help the imbalance.
If you watched the clips or had a chance to view the entire episode, and feel:
(1) That loosing over 1,000,000 jobs to foreign soil workers that get paid between .30 cents & .50 cents and hour with no benefits or pensions. is OK for America.
(2) That the free trade agreement that was going to "increase American productivity" and attempt to "balance our foreign trade defeicts" has actually worked in reverse with no one in our government doing anything about it.
(3) That the "jobs: that Wal-Mart has provided are "low paying", "non health care" & "none Pension jobs."
(4) That if you deal with Wal-Mart, chances are you are "forced" not by choice..."forced" to move your production to a third world country to provide them the product you produce at the "price they tell you".
Then you my man are the defnition of a TRUE WAL_MART SHOPPER!
And I would guess drives a foreign car.
We are all guilty of wanting to buy things as inexpensive as possible. It has become totally unavoidable. But the biggest criminal in all of this is WAL-MART Followed by the foreign auto makers that have no major taxes or tariffs on thier vehicles to help the imbalance.
I've covered all of your 4 points in previous posts.nighttrain20 said:
Almost all of the hatred of Walmart is being financed by the unions. For some useful information on the subject, look over what I've said already, and here are some fun links.
http://www.mises.org/story/2016
http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/Mises?hl=en&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&q=walmart
Of course I drive a foreign car. They are cheaper, and of much better quality. The same unions that are propogating the anti-walmart rhetoric are the same ones that destroyed our auto industry.nighttrain20 said:
Additionally, if you ignore everything else I post, you MUST at least read the passage below. It completely debunks the myth that tariffs/quotas on the yellowmans' cars boosts our economy. I started bolding the important information in it, but every single word, sentence, etc is equally important. Read it and try and tell me you are still a protectionist.
MYTH #2: High manufacturing wages must be protected regardless of the cost to the overall economy. Protectionists believe that American manufacturing wages must be protected from foreign competition regardless of the costs to the rest of the country. They also argue that foreign competition causes Americans to lose their jobs.
REALITY: Not true. The cost of saving jobs from foreign competition is higher consumer prices, which harm the economy. For example, when trade quotas were imposed on imported cars in the early 1980s, prices for domestic and imported cars rose by $2,000.<SUP>3</SUP> While these quotas may have preserved some auto workers' jobs, they also passed the cost on to the American consumer. Instead of being able to use this money to send their children to college, pay their mortgages, or put food on the table, American consumers are forced to subsidize the jobs of other Americans who cannot compete internationally. In short, protectionism takes money from the many to support the high wages or jobs of the few.
Moreover, trying to save a few jobs through protectionism may cause a net loss of many more jobs. When the U.S. imposed import quotas on the auto industry in the 1980s, the price of a new U.S. automobile increased by an average of 41 percent from 1981 to 1984. This was nearly twice the average rate of increase for all consumer prices during that time. While the auto industry can claim that these price hikes saved up to 22,000 jobs, they also prevented many consumers from buying new cars.<SUP>4</SUP> In fact, U.S. consumers bought around 1 million fewer U.S. cars after the U.S. imposed import quotas,<SUP>5</SUP> and the drop in sales forced the auto industry to lay off 50,000 workers in the late 1980s.<SUP>6</SUP> Thus, even though 22,000 jobs apparently were saved, the layoffs caused by the price increase actually produced a net loss of 30,000 jobs.
What is more, the price increases cost the American consumers $17 billion in higher auto prices. To save just one of those 22,000 auto jobs, American consumers had to pay $772,727. It would have been cheaper if the American taxpayer, through the U.S. government, could have given these auto workers a one-time check for $500,000 and then laid them off. Either way, whether by imposing tariffs or by paying laid-off workers directly, the U.S. government would be subsidizing relatively few workers at great expense to Americans generally.
Similarly, the number of retail jobs destroyed by years of import restrictions on textile and apparel products is far greater than the number of jobs created or saved in the textile manufacturing industry. Americans pay 58 percent higher prices for textile and apparel products because of U.S. trade restrictions. This amounts to $11 billion to $15 billion a year.<SUP>7</SUP> Thus, while protectionism saved 22,390 U.S. textile and apparel jobs in the 1980s, it cost the U.S. consumer $550,916 per job saved. However, once job losses in other industries, like the retail sector, are added to the equation, the cost of each job saved increases to well over $4 million.<SUP>8</SUP> It should be up to individual Americans, not government, to determine how much they pay for consumer goods. It is unfair to ask a school teacher making $26,000 a year to pay $2,000 more for a car to subsidize an auto worker who makes $50,000 a year.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/BG1077.cfm
Wal-Mart is just great I think it's the only place I know of that has that bread with Bones in it.
Family breaks bread - finds foreign object
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Last updated on: 12/28/2006 9:31:31 AM
CHARLOTTE COUNTY: A Charlotte County woman got the shock of a lifetime while preparing Christmas dinner. She was breaking up bread to make stuffing when she noticed something that she believes to be a bone in the bread.
All of her family members have different ideas as to what it could be. But the majority of them believe it is a bone. Though, until any tests are done - all they can do is guess for now.
Christmas dinner at the Milliman household had all of the fixings - pie, turkey, potatoes, and fruit cake. But it was the bread that everyone remembered.
"I felt this hard thing, looked down, that's what I found - whatever it is," said Linda Milliman. "First thing I thought was a knuckle on a finger."
But Milliman's family has their own idea of what it may be.
"My husband thought it was a claw - crabs leg or something," said Milliman.
"I think it's a piece of plastic, plumbing fitting. It's plastic - looks like it melted," said Milliman's son-in-law.
Whatever was in the bread, the original loaf was bought at Wal-Mart.
"They were concerned. They said this never should have happened. They took the expiration date off the bag, took pictures, filled out insurance paper, and said we'd be hearing from the insurance company," said Milliman.
We attempted to contact officials from Wal-Mart so someone could offer a comment. But none of our calls were returned.
Milliman says she just wants to know what it is before she does anything about it. She clearly stated that she in no way had anything to do with how the object got into the bread.
"I'd take a lie detector test in a heartbeat. There is no way I would even think about doing something like this. I'm not going to slander anybody. That's ridiculous," said Milliman. "You can still see this piece here is still baked into the bread."
Usually, the State Agricultural Department would be called in to handle a situation like Milliman's. But again, the Millimans will wait to see how Wal-Mart handles it before they pursue anything.
© 2006 by NBC2 NEWS. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Family breaks bread - finds foreign object
NBC2 News
Last updated on: 12/28/2006 9:31:31 AM
CHARLOTTE COUNTY: A Charlotte County woman got the shock of a lifetime while preparing Christmas dinner. She was breaking up bread to make stuffing when she noticed something that she believes to be a bone in the bread.
All of her family members have different ideas as to what it could be. But the majority of them believe it is a bone. Though, until any tests are done - all they can do is guess for now.
Christmas dinner at the Milliman household had all of the fixings - pie, turkey, potatoes, and fruit cake. But it was the bread that everyone remembered.
"I felt this hard thing, looked down, that's what I found - whatever it is," said Linda Milliman. "First thing I thought was a knuckle on a finger."
But Milliman's family has their own idea of what it may be.
"My husband thought it was a claw - crabs leg or something," said Milliman.
"I think it's a piece of plastic, plumbing fitting. It's plastic - looks like it melted," said Milliman's son-in-law.
Whatever was in the bread, the original loaf was bought at Wal-Mart.
"They were concerned. They said this never should have happened. They took the expiration date off the bag, took pictures, filled out insurance paper, and said we'd be hearing from the insurance company," said Milliman.
We attempted to contact officials from Wal-Mart so someone could offer a comment. But none of our calls were returned.
Milliman says she just wants to know what it is before she does anything about it. She clearly stated that she in no way had anything to do with how the object got into the bread.
"I'd take a lie detector test in a heartbeat. There is no way I would even think about doing something like this. I'm not going to slander anybody. That's ridiculous," said Milliman. "You can still see this piece here is still baked into the bread."
Usually, the State Agricultural Department would be called in to handle a situation like Milliman's. But again, the Millimans will wait to see how Wal-Mart handles it before they pursue anything.
© 2006 by NBC2 NEWS. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
I am trying to post the picture but it wont let me.
It's absolutely gross.
http://www.nbc-2.com/Articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=10346&z=3&p=
It's absolutely gross.
http://www.nbc-2.com/Articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=10346&z=3&p=
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