Posted on 09/16/2006 6:51:22 AM PDT by bitt
Liberal campaign hurts people who need bargains
Evergreen Park, Ill., a suburb contiguous with Chicago's western edge, is 88 percent white. A large majority of the customers of the Wal-Mart that sits here, less than a block outside Chicago, are from the city, and more than 90 percent of the store's customers are African-American. One of whom, a woman pushing a shopping cart with a stoical 3-year-old along for the ride, has a chip on her shoulder about the size of this 141,000 square-foot Wal-Mart. She applied for a job when the store opened in January and was turned down because, she said, the person doing the hiring "had an attitude."
So why is the woman shopping here anyway? She looks at the questioner as though he is dimwitted and directs his attention to the low prices of the DVDs on the rack next to her.
Sensibly, she compartmentalizes her moods and her money. Besides, she should not brood. She had lots of company in not being hired: More than 25,000 people applied for the 325 openings.
Which vexes liberals like John Kerry. (He and his helpmeet last shopped at Wal-Mart when?) In 2004 he tested what has become one of the Democrats' 2006 themes: Wal-Mart is, he said, "disgraceful"and symbolic of "what's wrong with America."
By now, Democrats have succeeded, to their embarrassment (if they are susceptible to that), in making the basic numbers familiar: The median household income of Wal-Mart shoppers is under $40,000. Wal-Mart, the most prodigious job-creator in the history of the private sector in this galaxy, has almost as many employees (1.3 million) as the U.S. military has uniformed personnel.
A McKinsey company study concluded that Wal-Mart accounted for 13 percent of the nation's productivity gains in the second half of the 1990s, ...
(Excerpt) Read more at cmonitor.com ...
"Sorry so late to the party folks."
That's alright...we were running out of beer, anyway. ;)
LOL! What, the Liberal Kneejerk Talking Point Manual doesn't address my argument so you had to resort to the patented Liberal Kneejerk Personal Attack? You need a new playbook.
You're right about one thing, though, I am smarter than I pretend. 'Nuff said, indeed.
My experience on FR is that people who are unable to supprt their assertions with facts tend to "emote" false charges against their opponents.
You dare challenge my claim that the Sun orbits the Earth? Then you must be under the employ of the Galileans. It's a neat trick.
"It's Walmart's support of the Republicans which is what I think is really driving this issue."
And Wal-Mart's refusal to cave to Union Thuggery. ;)
"Ever compare the working innards of a fishing reel or firearm bought at wally vs. a sporting goods store. Wally's is inexpensive plastic junk vs. metal from the sporting store. This is the basis of wally's low prices."
But don't ignore his other point.
Remember if you buy a Ruger rifle from Walmart it will melt if you leave it in the car during the summer. It isn't like the Ruger you buy at other stores.
Nobody passed the 'script' to me. In the SouthEast section of the Lower of Peninsula of Michigan, (disregarding the Metropolitan Detroit area) Wally Mart is consistently voted down by the 90% caucasian conservative residents.
See my post #64 with link. My primary source is the Congress of the United States. Not leftists. Your name calling is very childish. It also is far left of the mark.
Link and source please.
Good luck. It isn't there.
Overcharging? That question alone illustrates a certain lack of understanding of the term 'free market'.
'As of May 2006'
Old data dude. Westland, Canton, Belleville boarded up their stores this year alone, and those are just the ones I drive past. The 17 other ones were located in rural communities.
This is the organization that he represents, and keeps linking to.
"Monday, July 31, 2006
Are You On the Bus or Off the Bus?
From WakeUpWalMart:
19 States, 35 Cities, 35 Days
1 Mission
Change Wal-Mart and Change America
That’s right. Starting tomorrow, for 35 straight days, WakeUpWalmart.com is taking its national movement, and our headquarters, on the road in a non-stop, cross-country bus tour hitting 19 states and 35 cities in 35 days. The tour is an exciting and unprecedented move in our campaign to change Wal-Mart and build a grassroots movement to stop big, powerful corporations from taking America in the wrong direction.
So, for the next 840 hours, 6 over-caffeinated Americans and one really big 45-foot long bus (nicknamed Smiley) are going from New York City to Seattle to fight for good jobs, more affordable health care, and a better life for all hard-working families. Click here to get on board the bus and join our fight for a better America:
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/tour/rsvp/
The fight to change Wal-Mart is already being referred to as one of the “hottest, highest stakes political contests in America.” And, our national bus tour will be no exception. At several stops, we will be joined by some of our nation's best and most passionate political leaders like John Edwards, former Vice Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator.
With over 248,000 Americans, WakeUpWalMart.com is standing up to rich, powerful corporations like Wal-Mart and spreading the word that it is time for Wal-Mart to do what is right instead of shipping U.S. jobs overseas and not providing affordable health care. In town halls, public squares, and at state fairs, we will be hitting the streets to take our fight for a better America directly to the American people.
Will you join the most exciting grassroots movement and help us fight for a better America? Click here to RSVP to the 2006 Change Wal-Mart, Change America tour stop in your town:
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/tour/rsvp/
Over the next 35 days, we will be sending you emails from the road and updating our website every day with photos, videos, funny tidbits and upcoming event details. If you don’t want to miss any part of the tour, be sure to check back often.
Most importantly, sign more people up to the campaign. We have set a goal of signing up at least 25,000 new supporters over the next 35 days. Please do everything you can to recruit at least 5 more friends.
If nothing else proves the power ordinary people have to do extraordinary things, just look last week at what happened in the city of Chicago. Despite Wal-Mart’s enormous efforts to defeat a living wage bill, the Chicago City council set a new bar for what it means to be a responsible corporate citizen and passed a living wage for working families.
A living wage in Chicago is a testament to the power you have to change a $300 billion company, to change corporate America, and to change the world we live in. But, change begins by joining together. I hope you will join with us and our 248,000 supporters as we go across the country to fight for a better America.
Thank you for all that you do,
Paul Blank, WakeUpWalMart.com "
I have never heard of that store.
Your "primary source" is a leftist special interest group. It's "primary source" is:
A REPORT BY THE DEMOCRATIC STAFF OF THEDid you forget which website you are on today?
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE MILLER (D-CA), SENIOR DEMOCRAT
It's=Its
"What, the Liberal Kneejerk Talking Point Manual doesn't address my argument so you had to resort to the patented Liberal Kneejerk Personal Attack?
And now you resort to base name calling. "Argumentum ad hominem:" The last resort of someone who knows they have already lost the debate. Shame on you. I was mistaken earlier when I said you are smarter than you pretend. You are babbling nonsequeters and pure gibberish. Take a deep breath. Step away from computer and put down the wine. Feel better, now?
George Miller (D-CA). ACU Lifetime Rating of 5. [hoot]
Gee, you really are a dupe.
Two of my immediate family members work for Wal-Mart, so I am intimately aware of what Wal-Mart does and doesn't do.
Is it a perfect company? No, but I'm not going to waste my time explaining to you something you can figure out with a little bit of intelligence and critical thinking skills.
What is true in Oregon may not be true elsewhere. The Target where I used to live in Delaware was a dirty store, and the employees were the nastiest people I had encountered in a long time.......and the manager of it had been fired from WalMart.
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