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OK, 70s sci-fi... Escape from the Planet of the Apes? Silent Running?
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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No.. back up.. which ones did you say?

I think it was the one in the middle. That sounds about right.

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Star what? What the hell is that?
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I don't hate Snarf, I only dislike him intensely.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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SHNARF SHNARF! Lion-o.. I'm wuss and I'm afraid of the evil Mum-Rah! SHNARF SHNARF...

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I also don't hate Jonathan Davis(the narrator for some of the more recent SW audiobooks) or red Samsonite luggage.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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There is just so much variety in your posts Wook.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I don't hate wal-mart

“My skill are no longer as Mad as the once were” RiK

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Deep down, no one hates Wal-Mart because they all know that they depend on its "Everyday Low Prices"(c) and creepy smiley face for survival.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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Actually, there are some who hate Walmart.

They're called Communists.

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Actually, there are some who hate Walmart.

They're called Communists.


You don't have to be a comunist to hate it. What if you don't like their prices or if the employees there don't treat you well?
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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You most certainly DO NOT have to be a communist to hate Wal-Mart. People with a conscience hate Wal Mart, too. I'm not a big fan even though I like their bargain bin DVD sections simply because they do mistreat their employees. Hence why there are so many outstanding lawsuits against Wal Mart for employee mistreatment.

Plus they bully their suppliers into submission by offering them such immense distribution deals that would help get their name out, but they are then forced to drop their prices to whatever Wal Mart dictates. They get more exposure but lose money. It's a "damned if you do; damned if you don't" situation. For example, Vlassic pickles was about to go under recently. So they sought out Wal Mart to help them out. Wal Mart forced them to start packaging their pickles in big gallon jugs instead of the traditional smaller jars that Vlassic always sold them in. Wal Mart would then sell these jugs for $2.99 each. When all was said and done, Vlassic made only 3 cents per jar of pickles sold. Some deal, eh?

Wal Mart has killed the old style of doing business in the US. So many thousands of mom-and-pop and specialty stores have closed their doors because they just cannot compete with Wal Mart. I have several friends who either have closed their stores or are about to because of Wal Marts coming into their areas and just killing them.

Read any marketing book for examples of why Wal Mart is both genius and tyrant in the business world. Don't just assume that low prices are better.
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Plus they bully their suppliers into submission by offering them such immense distribution deals that would help get their name out, but they are then forced to drop their prices to whatever Wal Mart dictates. They get more exposure but lose money. It's a "damned if you do; damned if you don't" situation. For example, Vlassic pickles was about to go under recently. So they sought out Wal Mart to help them out. Wal Mart forced them to start packaging their pickles in big gallon jugs instead of the traditional smaller jars that Vlassic always sold them in. Wal Mart would then sell these jugs for $2.99 each. When all was said and done, Vlassic made only 3 cents per jar of pickles sold. Some deal, eh?


There's this huge supermarket chain here, like Walmart but more diverse (they own like, 4 different supermarket chains), they do the same thing to their suppliers, they practically extort them the same way wallmart does. I know because I used to work for them, I worked at their B2C department for 2 and a half years, and they also treated they employees like garbage. They had all those "life quality" programs, but they underpayed, made the employees work like mules and if any of them complained, they said "well there's someone unemploied who wants your job for half what you get, so shut up", and the management was so freaking dumb! Like the boss in "Dilbert", only dumber...
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I remember that one of the cases against WM involves employees who were told to work without clocking in. They were putting in over 50 hours a week and only being paid for 30-35. Ridiculously illegal crap like that.
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I remember that one of the cases against WM involves employees who were told to work without clocking in. They were putting in over 50 hours a week and only being paid for 30-35. Ridiculously illegal crap like that.


This happens more often than you think, in a lot of coutries around the world. Except in France I think, they have the most ridiculously rigid workforce laws in the world.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
This happens more often than you think, in a lot of coutries around the world. Except in France I think, they have the most ridiculously rigid workforce laws in the world.


I know it happens quite often and just never gets reported. Often times, it's simply for fear of reprisal by your bosses. But when you can get a bunch of people in on a class-action lawsuit, then it becomes much more viable and visible.
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I don't hate the fact that the baseball season is about about to begin.
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Originally posted by: Warbler
I don't hate the fact that the baseball season is about about to begin.


I do. That means the older members of my family will be watching TV inceasantly and every other discussion at school will be about baseball.

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