Fridays Child
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:50 PM
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That Sam's Club commercial AAR just played pisses me off. |
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Sam's Club is fucking, repuke-sucking Walmart, and Walmart sucks the life out of employees, communities, and economies. Where are the Costco commercials?
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:52 PM
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I also hate hearing wal-mart ads on NPR.
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realisticphish
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:01 AM
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10. i went to a live taping of "what do you know?" |
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at the Ohio Theater, and when he did the promo for walmart, the entire crowd started booing...its was fucking awesome
:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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Maat
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:52 PM
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1. Also, the have a huge pile of fundamentalist books.. |
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but won't stock Jon Stewart's book.
Or F-911, I believe.
And they refuse to prescribe the Morning After Pill (a company policy, not an individual pharmacist's).
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TaleWgnDg
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:53 PM
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2. In real life, we face compromises . . . |
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Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 11:57 PM by TaleWgnDg
and compromise is commercial television and radio. One learns this as one grows older and (hopefully) wiser. Displaced anger is non-productive.
edited to add: And, oh, yeah. This is democracyunderground.com where its politics and politics and more politics. If you haven't noticed, politics is the quintessential area of compromise on the planet. Where have you been? (End of Soap Box 101.)
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Fridays Child
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:23 AM
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3. Walmart is a huge destructive force and should not be supported. |
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Choice is the basis of compromise and AAR made a bad choice. My anger is not displaced.
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Erika
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:30 AM
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There are many of us boycotting Sams Club and Walmart. What's going on?
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:38 AM
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7. I hate Walmart, but look at it this way. |
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Is there a *less* productive place on the planet where they can spend their money? None of us are going to shop there, and meanwhile, they are helping AAR to expand.
Who really wins here?
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TaleWgnDg
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:36 AM
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6. No kidding! However, again, life is full of compromises . . . and |
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if AAR can get only Wal-Mart or equivalent v. shut-down, then many would prefer AAR stay on the air w/ Wal-Mart than be silenced. It's called "compromise."
Hey, here's an idea. Instead of bemoaning who sponsors AAR, why not offer your services to AAR to pull in sponsors for them that are on your wish list? Hhhhmmm?
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:33 AM
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5. I just heard a Walmart ad on AAR (Clear Channel in Portland, OR).. |
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where the woman talks about how shopping at Walmart during the holidays brings her family together with some sappy tune in the background. Pretty reeeevolting.I'm sure alot of people don't think twice about this crap and just eat it right up. What kind of family relies on commercialism to bring them together? Oh yeh, I forgot it's Christmas! We shop at flag-waving Walmart and ignore the fact they are forcing us out of work and is basically a Chinese marketing company.
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TaleWgnDg
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:38 AM
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8. Sure. There you go! AAR has indeed compromised itself . . . |
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by being on Clear Channel stations. Why the hell should AAR be helpful to Clear Channel? Ever stop and inquire and analyze it? Why merely bemoan about Wal-Mart etc ads? ROFL
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:48 AM
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9. Meh, they are PAYING AAR to advertise. |
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I look at this way:
1. Wal-Mart gives AAR good money to run ads.
2. Good liberals hear ads, and, knowing that Wal-Mart is Satan, still decline to shop there. Wal-Mart gets no benefit from ads.
3. AAR makes out like bandit, expands to a zillion more markets, a rising tide of liberal media sweeps the land! Hee hee.
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:22 AM
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11. Sam's is getting desperate |
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Costco is kicking ass and now that they are out-dems, even moreso. I interviewed Jim Sinegal years ago, and I will tell ya, he is one GREAT guy.
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