"<RJ>" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:52:02 GMT, "Paul M. Cook"
>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"<RJ>" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:27:06 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >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.

Believe it or not, right there in your rather typical response, is exactly
the point I was making. Can you see it?

Paul