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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:23 PM Original message |
Eight firms caved in at once to James Dobson and his "Christmas Police" |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. It makes me sad that any business gives a fuck what James Dobson thinks. |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Makes me sadder to think a retailer would comply with |
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StreetKnowledge (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
54. No kidding. |
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Lost River Ledger (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Just one more way for them to raise money..... |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Retailers are concerned about income next month. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. True, but there are probably enough fence-sitters who would be discouraged by a fundie flipping out. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. poor people who can only AFFORD to shop at walmart |
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D-Lee (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Wal-mart has a lot to do with exporting US manufacturing |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. What the AFA isn't interested in understanding is this: |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Inclusion scares the Christian Right...... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. the war on non-christians is underway, endorsed by US corporations |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Just one of the many reasons I do not partake of the God Wal Mart |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Insatiable spending on material things is the real enemy of Christmas. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nothing says "Welcome Baby Jesus" |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. They died for your savings. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. That's what I don't get |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. If/when I ever actually use the term "Merry Christmas"..it is only ON that day; |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Going Out Of Business" |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Christmas is the happy time of year, when anti-choice people focus... |
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fumsm (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have but one thing to say |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. Happy Kwanzaa, Rev. Dobson! |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. and a very merry Saturnalia, too |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. Blackmail, AFA Style |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. Just another money making scam to add to the list. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Happy Winter Solstice, Dogbeatin' Dobson |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ho-ho-hold the payments til 2010. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Most businesses are hurting and will do what they have to do to make $$. n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. That's true. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. I worked in retail a few years ago |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I had a guy do that to me once |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I had a similar experience a few years ago as I walked past a Wal-Mart 'greeter' and said "Happy |
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ksimons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. that greeter it probably eating her chocolate baby jesus from walmart chocolate nativity scene |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Thank you for my Thanksgiving LOL during a break from the harried preparation (had to come to DU) nt |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I had something similar happen a few years ago. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
49. A senior citizen at my school did that to me at a concert- Really miserable woman. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
44. You Just Have To Be Subtle... |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. So maybe we should send these retailers an email |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. If they focused on their own damned families |
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Wise Child (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. Happy Hannukah, Dr. Dobson |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why doesn't someone ask these RW nutjobs what greeting Christ used, since it IS about keeping Christ |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. Why on earth would anybody take these pricks seriously? |
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prostock69 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. He better worry and I am glad he is. |
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ladym55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. Newsflash to Dr. Dobson and his pals |
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prostock69 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Amen!!! lol. Great post. |
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ksimons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
37. Dobson now chewing away at the edges - all the meat has been taken by the Dems! woo hoo |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
39. 8 firms I won't be shopping at |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
40. The Dobsons and Wildmons and Perkinses -- that bunch -- |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
41. Maybe the stores can also encourage fathers to let their young sons see their "package" |
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DollyM (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. In all fairness . . . |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Everyone Needs to Chill |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. I disagree. The religious right has made it an issue....I am just pointing it out. |
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prostock69 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Oooh, I so agree! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. I think I'll just start saying "Have a good one" |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
47. Best Buy, Cabela's, Kohl's, Lowe's, Nordstrom, Pier 1, Toys R Us and Wal-Mart. |
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JimboBillyBubbaBob (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
50. On a side note..... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
56. dobson and wildmon can go fuck themselves |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
57. Dobson is over -- only idiots would cut Jews out of the buying at this time of year--- |
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