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county worker
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:38 AM Original message |
The Sears store in our town had Fox News playing on half the TV sets in the electronics section. |
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Cid_B
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Just out of curiosity... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. What was playing on the other half of the TV's? |
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valerief
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Sports. I'd bet my life it was sports. nt |
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OneTenthofOnePercent
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Mon Jan-17-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. I think if half or more of the other TVs are counterpoint or entertaining... then it's ok. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Jan-17-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. You should get one of these: |
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glinda
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Mon Jan-17-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. good idea |
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calimary
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Mon Jan-17-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
78. What I'd like is one that changes channels, not just the on/off switch. |
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DJ13
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Mon Jan-17-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Thats when you casually turn them off one by one |
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pacalo
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Mon Jan-17-11 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. Good for you, county worker! |
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LemmingWarrior
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Mon Jan-17-11 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. I glad you had the presence of mind |
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bainz
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Mon Jan-17-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. Seems kinda petty |
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Tunkamerica
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. HD signal? foxnews is cable. |
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bainz
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Correct. Fox is Cable. |
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Tunkamerica
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. maybe i missed your point. Why would fox news have a better HD "signal"? |
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bainz
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Attenuation |
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Tunkamerica
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. You'd choose Fox News? |
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bainz
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I would choose the best channel |
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niceypoo
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
94. Showing a channel that would piss off half your customers is not a very good business move |
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niceypoo
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
93. Bullshit manufactured argument |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Our cable system has HD channels |
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randr
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Mon Jan-17-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Part of the faux numbers game |
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crazyjoe
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Tue Jan-18-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
105. nevermind |
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NoGOPZone
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. If it was a signal strength issue, why would half and not all TVs be set to that station? |
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
68. Deleted message |
calimary
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Mon Jan-17-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
77. It is ABSOLUTELY NOT petty. It's called activism. |
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roody
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Mon Jan-17-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
79. Not petty---vote with your purchasing power. |
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BlueJazz
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Mon Jan-17-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
85. I think she was just making a statement considering that a lot of.... |
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janet118
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. My dentist's office has TVs right in front of all the dental chairs . . . |
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hay rick
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Same with my dentist office. |
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Fuddnik
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. It was even worse at my radiologist's office. |
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hay rick
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Welcome to DU. |
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bengalherder
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #88 |
99. Damn! |
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niyad
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Tue Jan-18-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
111. petty? some of us choose not to give our money to corporations that cater to the reichwing. |
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A wise Man
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Wed Jan-19-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
113. shut up...just shut up..... |
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MrModerate
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Mon Jan-17-11 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'm sorry, but the angry tone of your message and the typos . . . |
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Tunkamerica
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. didn't seem angry to me, and truthfully he did more good than just ignoring it |
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bainz
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I am not sure |
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Tunkamerica
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Sure, you can look at it that way |
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bainz
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I can |
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Tunkamerica
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yes. You can. |
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bainz
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Mon Jan-17-11 04:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Good Post |
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Kalyke
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Mon Jan-17-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. I'm gonna go with local manager... |
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Sherman A1
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Agreed |
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dbmk
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
60. And why not inform a business you avoid about why you do so? n/t |
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Sherman A1
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. That is the customer's choice of course, but if you really |
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JVS
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Mon Jan-17-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Not only does Sears lose the sale, but they lose the lucrative debt obligation of the OP. |
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sarcasmo
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Closet fox lover? |
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uppityperson
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Mon Jan-17-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
84. fyi, the reply...... |
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barbtries
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Mon Jan-17-11 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
23. let us know what you hear. |
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county worker
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Mon Jan-17-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
83. Here is their reply |
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Uben
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Mon Jan-17-11 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sears rewards program |
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MaeScott
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Mon Jan-17-11 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
25. A letter tobthe editor in the local paper would raise |
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Obamanaut
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Mon Jan-17-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
26. Were you there to be entertained by the teevee display or buy a fridge? Are |
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WonderGrunion
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Mon Jan-17-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
30. I used to work at a Sears. The sales clerk was lying to you. |
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MindPilot
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Bingo! I used to work at Sony. |
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lonestarnot
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. They better! |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I just looked at TVs at Nebraska Furniture Mart |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. The Sears I go to always seems to have a Red Sox game on during the summer |
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pipi_k
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Mon Jan-17-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
31. Got to ask the same thing as someone else above me did.... |
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dbmk
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
56. Yeah |
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janet118
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
90. My dentist's office has TVs in front of each chair tuned to Fox. |
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Omaha Steve
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
36. I sent a note about this to Sears |
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county worker
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Mon Jan-17-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
82. Here is their reply |
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femmedem
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Mon Jan-17-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. That's fantastic! Good for you for taking the time to do this. n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
37. Some of these replies are horrible. Wake up sheeple. |
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Harry Monroe
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Even worse, the Armed Forces Network has Rush Limbaugh on Armed Forces Radio |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Ed Schultz is on too however |
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Codeine
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. I can't think of anything less productive than calling people "sheeple". |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Well that's how they are coming across |
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pipi_k
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. It's kind of ironic, really.... |
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pipi_k
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. So if we don't think we have the right |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. You and I are on the same side |
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pipi_k
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. hmmm....I dunno about that... |
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sarcasmo
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
38. I will go in and check the local Sears in town and see if they are doing the same. |
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dem mba
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
41. Best Buy just has Michael McDonald Live on repeat |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
42. I would agree. FUX News should not be on |
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pipi_k
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #42 |
54. hahahaha...so I'm sitting here thinking.... |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Are you kidding? |
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dbmk
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. You are probably right |
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pipi_k
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. The point I'm trying to make... |
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droidamus2
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
89. Your right they don't have to |
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pipi_k
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Tue Jan-18-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #89 |
103. Standing up for what someone thinks is right |
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droidamus2
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Tue Jan-18-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #103 |
110. I don't see it as censorship |
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Oak2004
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #72 |
95. You are making false equivalencies |
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pipi_k
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Tue Jan-18-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #95 |
106. and of course.... |
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Oak2004
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Wed Jan-19-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. How old are you? |
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dbmk
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Tue Jan-18-11 05:03 AM Response to Reply #72 |
101. DU is a funny place to hang out |
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pipi_k
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Tue Jan-18-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. It is a funny place... |
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Rebubula
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. LOLZ... |
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Codeine
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. +1 |
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totodeinhere
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
55. It's quite simple. Sears has the right to play whatever TV channel they want on their TV's. And at |
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dbmk
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. And the right.. |
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Pacifist Patriot
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Mon Jan-17-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Me either. |
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BrotherLove
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Mon Jan-17-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. Not quite so sure about that anymore.... |
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namelessone
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Mon Jan-17-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
63. Good for you!! |
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upi402
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Mon Jan-17-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. WalMart I could see |
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otohara
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Mon Jan-17-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
67. Let Us Know Their Reply |
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county worker
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Mon Jan-17-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #67 |
81. Here is the reply |
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sweetapogee
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
69. when I buy |
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Mon Jan-17-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
71. They probably turn their TV's to what people want to watch. |
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high density
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Mon Jan-17-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. It's extremely popular with a subset of the nation |
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rgbecker
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Mon Jan-17-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. Go to turnofffox.org |
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kickysnana
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Mon Jan-17-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
75. Good for you and thanks for rounding up the trolls so I can hide them. |
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pipi_k
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Mon Jan-17-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. "Trolls"? |
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spooky3
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #75 |
97. LOL! |
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apocalypsehow
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Mon Jan-17-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
80. That's an interesting story, alright. n/t. |
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obxhead
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Mon Jan-17-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
87. This also applies to the number of "viewers" of Fox news. |
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Doremus
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Mon Jan-17-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
92. DD sells TVs at Sears. They do NOT play Faux. |
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Lifelong Protester
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Mon Jan-17-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
100. I ask for the television channel to be changed from Fox at every |
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Pacifist Patriot
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Tue Jan-18-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Whenever I see Fox I always ask to have the television put on a news channel. |
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pipi_k
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Tue Jan-18-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #102 |
107. OK now this situation is slightly different.... |
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pipi_k
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Tue Jan-18-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
108. So it would be interesting to know... |
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crazyjoe
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Tue Jan-18-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
109. hmmm, that's strange, I go to sears all the time and I've never once |
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