Wal-Mart's perscriptions

[Gone&DoneIt]

urple: urple: urple: http://kingofallmedia.buzznet.com/user/video/9263

heres the link if you havent see it!!!urple: urple: urple:

 

[mud4feet]

urple: urple: urple: http://kingofallmedia.buzznet.com/user/video/9263

heres the link if you havent see it!!!urple: urple: urple:

Man, that's some funny stuff!!! Shame we can't attach the music to this thread.

On a side note, bought a couple of boxes of drywall screws at the local hardware today............."Made in China"...............do we even make anything here anymore????

Building an "American" bridge in Louisiana,
mud

 

[90Xjay]

This one is also funny
Big Box Mart from Jib Jab
you have to be using Internet Explorer for it to work.

http://movies.msn.com/movies/JibJab

 

[TwistedCU]

Those would be easier to laugh at if they weren't so close to reality.

 

[Sparky-Watts]

Can't we all get along!
Sparky's post when TC announced the painful yet economical decision to buy a foreign car:
"TC, I know you and I have had our disagreements on the "buy American" issue, and that aside, I know how this must have tormented you. Nothing to feel bad about. You've got to take care of your family, as I know they come first for you, right? Even if that means sacrificing your firm patriotic beliefs. Even if I was on the other side of the fence as a "buy American only" person I wouldn't fault you. I can't see how you can afford to raise 5 kids to begin with, and what with spending $450 a month in gas, well, that's just crazy!! I got a lot of respect for you, and it doesn't change for this. "
Jeepers turning on Jeepers is proof positive that Wal Mart is the Devil!!!

And despite my posts that may seem otherwise, I still have a lot of respect for TC. As for the posts about the German car here, shall I dredge up a buttload of posts where he said, or at least very strongly implied, he wouldn't, or others shouldn't, buy a foreign car for fear of putting Americans out of work? No, I won't. I see he's answered some of my "personal, obsessive" questions in a latter post, and really, that's all I was asking. I pointed out ways he could have saved money to keep from buying a car and deflating his ego, and he showed how buying the car saved him money anyway, ego notwithstanding. I thought he had previously given the reason for moving to the new house, but couldn't remember what it was. I figured there was a good reason for it, and I'd do the same thing if I had that type of opportunity. Nothing personal or obsessive there, nothing that hadn't been made public before. I still don't fault him for buying the car, and never will, but there was a point to be made somewhere between $4 prescriptions and China, but his little trip into outerspace somehow upstaged it.

Remember, if you tell someone that shoes are an abomination to the democracy of America, those people who own shoes, like their shoes, and have no option but to wear shoes will feel as though they have been attacked. If you constantly bemoan WalMart and it's business practices, despite how little you actually know about their corporate policies (I guess I missed the email from WalMart Corporate about why they were really offering $4 prescriptions, could someone forward that to me?), those people who shop there for convenience, selection, and budgetary restraints will feel as though they, too, are the target of your disdain. What if I were to come on this board and constantly belittle those of you who drive XJ's? (That wouldn't happen would it? ) I mean, if I seriously and constantly said that XJ's were the scourge of the 4x4 world, the bastid stepchild conceived between a Willy's and a VistaCruiser, what would you think? What compassion and understanding would XJ owners have for me? It's the same thing for those of us who do shop at WalMart. You can tell me all you want that you don't hold any ill will towards anyone who shops there, but when you spit venom everytime WalMart is mentioned, eventually, someone will get a taste of that venom and spit back. I hate football with a passion, but have I interjected how overpaid and underworked football players are in TC's Football thread? Have I gone off on a tirade about how the NFL's owners and management team are only out to make a quick buck off the fans, and don't give a rat's arse that they're just out to keep squeezing more money from those who have it, while forcing those who don't away from attending a game everytime someone so much as mentions football in a post? Same thing, guys. For every printed rag or sociopathic blogger you read on the internet claiming to know exactly what is going on in a corporate boardroom, I can find one to say the exact opposite. So don't go posting articles written by someone that supports the agenda you've been brainwashed into adopting, because there are just as many (and occasionally more) people on the other side of the fence that have been brainwashed with a different detergent. Original ideas and opinions are one thing, but parrotted commentary is just annoying. If you don't want to be in a p1ssing contest, keep it in your pants. We've heard it all, and there's nothing more to say, so why insist on dredging up the same old drivel time after time after time? It's getting old real damn fast, and then the mods wonder why we can't get any new members. I know of at least two members who have left because of the crap, and one more that might leave if the WalMart-type bashing bu11sh1t continues. Walk a mile?.....he11, walk a lifetime, buddy.

 

[Gone&DoneIt]

Here ya go Sparky... http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2006/09/what_does_walma.html

 

[Gone&DoneIt]

For every printed rag or sociopathic blogger you read on the internet claiming to know exactly what is going on in a corporate boardroom, I can find one to say the exact opposite. So don't go posting articles written by someone that supports the agenda you've been brainwashed into adopting, because there are just as many (and occasionally more) people on the other side of the fence that have been brainwashed with a different detergent. Original ideas and opinions are one thing, but parrotted commentary is just annoying. If you don't want to be in a p1ssing contest, keep it in your pants. We've heard it all, and there's nothing more to say, so why insist on dredging up the same old drivel time after time after time? It's getting old real damn fast, and then the mods wonder why we can't get any new members. I know of at least two members who have left because of the crap, and one more that might leave if the WalMart-type bashing bu11sh1t continues. Walk a mile?.....he11, walk a lifetime, buddy..

Sparky, I apologize if you felt attacked. I was just hoping, in light of what I saw happen back home, that it might just kinda "click" I guess, or pop up, next time you are thinking about going to WalMart,... again not for any moral issues,... but in many posts I have read what I consider to be a very real,... considerate attitude from you towards a variety of issues,... and I thought maybe my point might add some,... Hell I don't know,... personal insight I guess,... to the issue. Again,... Brother,... I just think sometimes the convenience of issues clouds the cost,... thats all I was trying to point out. I think I have illustrated my feelings and concerns at this point,... and at the risk of offending anyone else,... I'll sit back and listen from here on in on this one.

 

[Wrangl3r93]

Still living with my parents having everything provided for me i can afford to get higher quality poroducts at the more expensive prices, but when i move out after i graduate i foresee many cheap items ahead of me. I go to whichever store is most convenient for me. If i want food i go to bi-lo because it's closer and the price diff in gas makes up for the cheaper prices at wal mart.
As far as the German car, check into it TC. Good chance it might have been made in the USA. I have one of the largest Nissan factories in the world right down the road from me. It employs more people than both Walmarts in my town, and prob the surrounding towns too. Alot of my friends work there and they are very high quality cars/trucks. My dad's chevy(GM right?), made in a factory in Canada. So in essence his American truck is an import where the Nissan vehicles are made 15 minutes from us. The name is the only thing that is American or import anymore. I mean literally every new car on the market has safety features designed by volvo. The Nissan Titan has a very similar suspension to American trucks. I could go on. Once one company has a new revelation and improves their vehicles every other manufacturer steals the idea and puts it into their own products whether it's import or not.

 

[mingez]

South that is a great article wrote by somebody with an agenda just the same as yours. NOBODy has to sell thier stuff thru wal-mart. There are atleast 10 other big chains that they could sell thier stuff at not to mention the thousands of others. It only makes sense anyway that the more you sell the less you have to have for each . If i can sell a product at $1.00 profit but only sell 10,000 or sell 100,000 at $.50 proit thru wal-mart , i would say i come out ahead. you can preach all ya want but bottom line it is a free market and nobody has to chooes to sell thru wal-mart. You guys cant come up with any good points on why wal-mart is bad so you jump from china , to health care and squeezeing people out of profit. Dont shop there i dont care . I dont even shop there that much but it drives me crazy how you all listen to the news and artices with a bias and take it all in as truth. I am sure the whole global warming thing is caused by us to. No way it is a natural cycle of the earth. You people are all the same, just go hug a tree. I am done talking about it because nobody is going to change thier mind because of what somebody writes on here.

"Just go hug a tree" - not only close-minded, but completely irrelevant to this topic.

If you don't want to discuss topics then perhaps you shouldn't frequent a "Discussion Board". It's kind of the point. It's not about changing minds, but rather having open dialogue about a seemingly important subject. If a topic bugs you, or insults you, don't open the thread. I've never understood the concept of complaining about other people discussing a topic and participating in a thread, by discussing the topic and participating in the very same thread.

The others on this board are just as learned as yourself. Suggesting that we are all "Crazy for listening to the news and articles with a bias and take it all in as true" is a strange notion.

People obtain information from available sources. I'm 100% sure your opinion on the matter didn't just pop into existence without influence from some sort of information source. So I ask, what "Unbiased" source did you research to develop your "Unbiased" and "enlightened" veiwpoint. You might not like the cited references others posted, but I see no evidence from you to suggest a contrary opinion is valid.

And about "Changing opinions" and how that never occurs. That's a cop out. I've had some of my veiwpoints change or atleast re-examined as a result of some strong arguements from those of differing veiwpoints...on this very board.

 

[TwistedCU]

Sparky, I would appreciate if you left comments that involve my personal life or comments about me personally out of the boards. You and I have butted heads way too many times for us to get too involved with discussions directly between the two of us. We both have been asked to avoid doing that again, so let's avoid it.

 

[Sparky-Watts]

Sparky, I would appreciate if you left comments that involve my personal life or comments about me personally out of the boards. You and I have butted heads way too many times for us to get too involved with discussions directly between the two of us. We both have been asked to avoid doing that again, so let's avoid it.

Excuse me?!? Ok, I'm sorry I said you were totally out in outer space and that you really freak me out, Dude. I apologize for saying you need to go obsess over someone or something else. Oh wait a minute.......

Get real, Harry. :roll: Umm, did you read my last post? Yeah, the part about still having respect for you, and supporting your decision to buy that car? I don't know where this post came from, but it's a little late, don't you think? Must be some serious lagtime on this board.........:roll:

 

[Sparky-Watts]

Here ya go Sparky... http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2006/09/what_does_walma.html

That's a fine example of what I meant in my comment about internet bloggers with an agenda...thanks!

As for your posts about what happened in your neck of the woods, no that isn't what upset me. Those were real life experiences you shared, not just something you read about somewhere. That type of post is what this should be about, not just parrotting the rumor mill. When people talk about how awful WalMart treats it's employees, and say that they cost the taxpayers umpteen million dollars in health care, do they consider the fact that at least WalMart is employing people at all? How much more in health care would we be paying for those people if they didn't work there? That's the type of comments I find irritating. My son worked for WalMart for a while after he got out of the Navy, and loved it. He was paid well and treated well. The regional manager for WalMart stores here still checks up on him from time to time to see if he's ok, or if he wants to come back to work for him. Sounds like they really mistreat their employees, huh? That's a personal, true account about the debate, not some b.s. that's been handed down the internet blog wire by unknown entities.

 

[judge09]

I see your point. I guess it's a difference of opinion. I, too, make enough money to have my lawn well kept (and can get a darn good deal on it since I work for the company that could do it). However, I enjoy getting out and working in the yard with my wife. To us, it's quality time spent together. And it gives us a sense of satisfaction to see the fruits of our labor. You see, I guess the difference between you and I or between the people I mentioned in my post and I, is that even though I have the money to pay someone to do a lot of the things I want done, I get no satisfaction from spending money. I do, however, get a great deal of satisfaction from putting in a few hours a weekend working in the yard or on the house, and then sitting back and admiring my work. That's why it pained me so much to have to pay someone to put the lift on my Jeep for me. If I'd had the time, space, and energy, I would have done it. I'm not dissing you or anyone else for wanting not to do the work yourself. That's fine. My brother is the same way, he'd rather pay someone to work for him than do it himself. To each his own. I like it my way, you like it your way, and I'm ok with that. But, I still can't bring myself to pick up dog poop, nor would I consider paying anyone else to do it.....that's just one of my quirks. I leave it there for free fertilizer! Of course, I do understand also that in Wichita and probably other cities, many of the homeowner associations do not allow dog poop on the ground, even in a fenced in back yard. That's a bit anal, if you ask me. Another reason I don't like HOA's.

EDIT: Oh, and BTW, thanks for hiring a landscaper crew! They need work, too!!

I am more than happy to give them the work. However, landscaping crews down here have more than enough work. I just had to get a new company because the one I hired decided they had too much work and wanted to almost double the rates and see who stuck. Not me brotha, I enjoy paying them to do the work but for a fair rate.

EDIT: Per one of your previous posts, BUTTLOAD is an acceptable word but *****willow is not. I think we should stop talking about Walmart and switch to Terry's crazy bleeping of words

 

[Sparky-Watts]

I am more than happy to give them the work. However, landscaping crews down here have more than enough work. I just had to get a new company because the one I hired decided they had too much work and wanted to almost double the rates and see who stuck. Not me brotha, I enjoy paying them to do the work but for a fair rate.

Just out of curiosity, what do they typically charge there? If that's too personal, that's ok.....just wondering how it compares with what we charge here. We charge $55 per man hour in most instances, though we do offer service contracts at a reduced rate. Most residential customers pay around $100-$150 a week for full lawn care, including mowing/edging/trimming, weed control, flower bed maintenance, tree and shrub trimming, fertilizer application, pest control, and irrigation service, depending on the size of the property. Our bigger contracts for businesses, apartment complexes, and HOA's run anywhere from $10,000 a year to $150,000 a year. We've also got more work than we can handle at times. We don't raise our rates to get rid of existing customers, but we have had to turn down some big accounts because we just don't have the manpower. We employ around 250 people, and about 180 of them are in the mowing/bed maintenance department. We also do tree removal and trimming, irrigation install and service, landscape design and installation, playground construction, lightscaping, horticulture, concrete work, sod and seed (which I guess falls under either landscape install or horticulture), and in the winter months we do snow removal, install Christmas lights, and do other odd jobs for our customers to keep the entire workforce employed year-round. We're the only landscape company in Sedgwick County that doesn't lay off or cut hours in the "off season".

 

[judge09]

It all depends on what you want them to do. I havent come across any companies down here that are one price for everything. Most companies around here will charge a residential property between $100-250 a month for mowing/edging/trimming and twice a year fertilization. Everything else is a la carte. The semi-annual tree trimming (~$20 per tree). Plant and flower maintenance is extra. I dont get that though. The tropical plants dont really require too much attention. The overall cost really isnt too bad I guess. I didnt realize people were paying $100-150 a week in Kansas. Of course south florida also has that illegal immigrant situation so I am sure the employers arent paying them too well which might keep costs down.

One of my friends has a tiny little yard in a country club community and they have a contract with a landscaping company, so he only pays $65 a month!

 

[90Xjay]

As far as the German car, check into it TC. Good chance it might have been made in the USA. I have one of the largest Nissan factories in the world right down the road from me. It employs more people than both Walmarts in my town, and prob the surrounding towns too. Alot of my friends work there and they are very high quality cars/trucks. My dad's chevy(GM right?), made in a factory in Canada. So in essence his American truck is an import where the Nissan vehicles are made 15 minutes from us. The name is the only thing that is American or import anymore. I mean literally every new car on the market has safety features designed by volvo. The Nissan Titan has a very similar suspension to American trucks. I could go on. Once one company has a new revelation and improves their vehicles every other manufacturer steals the idea and puts it into their own products whether it's import or not.

I understand that some Japanese cars are assembled in America. But the corporate profits do not stay in America for long. The companies home base in Japan profits from those sales and grows stronger. We end up being their cheap labor to assemble their cars. As to the quality of Nissan, go grab a door handle of a Titan truck:redface:

 

[southtj]

We've heard it all, and there's nothing more to say, so why insist on dredging up the same old drivel time after time after time? It's getting old real damn fast, and then the mods wonder why we can't get any new members. I know of at least two members who have left because of the crap, and one more that might leave if the WalMart-type bashing bu11sh1t continues. Walk a mile?.....he11, walk a lifetime, buddy.

Sparky, you sir are one of the prime examples of one that repeats the "same old drivel time after time after time" as you put it. And as far as the "WalMart-type bashing BS", you are bashing just as much on the Pro WalMart side. It is still bashing. Remember a long time ago when you told us to tell you when you were "doing it again"? You are doing it again. :-|

 

[Sparky-Watts]

Remember a long time ago when you told us to tell you when you were "doing it again"? You are doing it again. :-|

Right you are. See ya.

 

[TwistedCU]

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Bottom line is I don't want to get into one on one debates with you. They always turn out ugly and go nowhere.

I won't direct my posts or replies towards you anymore. I sincerely hope you respect the fact that the board will be a better place that way if I stand by that and you do the same.

 

[Sparky-Watts]

Sparky, you sir are one of the prime examples of one that repeats the "same old drivel time after time after time" as you put it. And as far as the "WalMart-type bashing BS", you are bashing just as much on the Pro WalMart side. It is still bashing. Remember a long time ago when you told us to tell you when you were "doing it again"? You are doing it again. :-|

Before I go, let me clarify two things:

1. Speaking in support of WalMart is not bashing. I don't know what dictionary you're using.

2. I'm not leaving because I'm "doing it again", I'm leaving because the bu11sh1t won't ever stop, as noted in your post and Harry's post above. Nice job.