On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:52:02 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

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>"<RJ>" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:27:06 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
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>> >
>> >The exception always invalidates the rule. The simple fact is Wal-Mart
>> >engages in predatory capitalism. The same kind that was pioneered by he
>> >likes of J. Paul Getty. Monolithic corporations like Wal-Mart routinely
>> >engage in business practices which are aimed at stifling competition,
>> >forcing out competitors, presenting barrier to new competition and fixing
>> >prices. None of this is good for anyone but the monopolistic corps.
>> >
>> >Every Wal-Mart I have visited is a filthy dump with garbage filled
>parking
>> >lots, staffed with brain dead idiots, brow-beaten managers, and filled
>with
>> >shoddy goods imported from China. I bought dish rags from a Wal-Mart
>once
>> >and they fell apart after a few washes. My Lands End towels are 10 years
>> >old and going strong.
>> >
>> >Paul
>> >
>> Sounds like something you'd read in a union organizers hand-out.
>
>Wal-Mart even shut down an entire store when their employees threatened to
>unionize and the city council weans backing the,m Shut the whole store down
>and fired everyone. Unions are the only form of collective bargaining there
>is. Perhaps you might read up on what life was like before them. And as it
>is now, we're heading back to those days in a hurry.
>
>You assume a completely level playing field. Which this is anything but.
>When you own all the cards, you don't even have to stack them.
>
>And consumers are stupid. And a lot of others are poor, and getting poorer
>so every penny counts and they go where the price is the lowest regardless
>of the consequences.
>
>Paul
>

The end is near.....
The End Is Near......
THE END IS NEAR

And it's all caused by these "stupid Americans"
who are trying to stretch their buying dollar
to pay their taxes, pay their bills, and raise a family.


<rj>