Forum Replies Created
-
AuthorPosts
-
mydogsarelazy
ParticipantMichael,
I thought you said that “If you are older and not a conservative, you have no brain.”
Mr. McGovern seems to think quite clearly and independently.
Let’s watch the generalizations.
JS
ParticipantMichael,
I thought you said that “If you are older and not a conservative, you have no brain.”
Mr. McGovern seems to think quite clearly and independently.
Let’s watch the generalizations.
JS
ParticipantMichael,
I thought you said that “If you are older and not a conservative, you have no brain.”
Mr. McGovern seems to think quite clearly and independently.
Let’s watch the generalizations.
JS
ParticipantMichael,
I thought you said that “If you are older and not a conservative, you have no brain.”
Mr. McGovern seems to think quite clearly and independently.
Let’s watch the generalizations.
JS
Participant[quote=michael]Wal-Mart is a great example of free market capitalism.
[/quote]
For example?
* Giving Inaccurate Testimony to FDIC. In an effort to advance its bid to open in-store ‘industrial’ banks, Wal-Mart gave regulators misleading statements about whether the company could muscle out the traditional banks already based in its stores. Wal-Mart told the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation — the nation’s bank regulator — that long-term leases with banks blocked Wal-Mart from moving into commercial banking, because the “leases signed by banks were renewed at the discretion of the banks alone.” After a report by Reuters, however, forced Wal-Mart to admit that leases with at least some banks could be renewed only if both the banks and Wal-Mart approve. Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said: “We are beginning to see a pattern of misleading or false statements from Wal-Mart with regard to their interests in branch banking.” [Reuters, 5/9/06; Cox News Service, 5/11/06]
* Sanctioned for Unethical Trial Practices. An October 1999 article in Corporate Counsel magazine cited “two dozen cases during the past 18 months” in which Wal-Mart had been sanctioned for discovery abuse, including one $18 million fine. In Texas, a judge who imposed sanctions for discovery abuse said: “Unfortunately, nefarious conduct is all too common in lawsuits in which Wal-Mart is a party.” [Wilson v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 199 F.R.D. 207, 208 (S.D. Tex. 2001); ABA Journal, March 2002]
Participant[quote=michael]Wal-Mart is a great example of free market capitalism.
[/quote]
For example?
* Giving Inaccurate Testimony to FDIC. In an effort to advance its bid to open in-store ‘industrial’ banks, Wal-Mart gave regulators misleading statements about whether the company could muscle out the traditional banks already based in its stores. Wal-Mart told the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation — the nation’s bank regulator — that long-term leases with banks blocked Wal-Mart from moving into commercial banking, because the “leases signed by banks were renewed at the discretion of the banks alone.” After a report by Reuters, however, forced Wal-Mart to admit that leases with at least some banks could be renewed only if both the banks and Wal-Mart approve. Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said: “We are beginning to see a pattern of misleading or false statements from Wal-Mart with regard to their interests in branch banking.” [Reuters, 5/9/06; Cox News Service, 5/11/06]
* Sanctioned for Unethical Trial Practices. An October 1999 article in Corporate Counsel magazine cited “two dozen cases during the past 18 months” in which Wal-Mart had been sanctioned for discovery abuse, including one $18 million fine. In Texas, a judge who imposed sanctions for discovery abuse said: “Unfortunately, nefarious conduct is all too common in lawsuits in which Wal-Mart is a party.” [Wilson v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 199 F.R.D. 207, 208 (S.D. Tex. 2001); ABA Journal, March 2002]
Participant[quote=michael]Wal-Mart is a great example of free market capitalism.
[/quote]
For example?
* Giving Inaccurate Testimony to FDIC. In an effort to advance its bid to open in-store ‘industrial’ banks, Wal-Mart gave regulators misleading statements about whether the company could muscle out the traditional banks already based in its stores. Wal-Mart told the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation — the nation’s bank regulator — that long-term leases with banks blocked Wal-Mart from moving into commercial banking, because the “leases signed by banks were renewed at the discretion of the banks alone.” After a report by Reuters, however, forced Wal-Mart to admit that leases with at least some banks could be renewed only if both the banks and Wal-Mart approve. Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said: “We are beginning to see a pattern of misleading or false statements from Wal-Mart with regard to their interests in branch banking.” [Reuters, 5/9/06; Cox News Service, 5/11/06]
* Sanctioned for Unethical Trial Practices. An October 1999 article in Corporate Counsel magazine cited “two dozen cases during the past 18 months” in which Wal-Mart had been sanctioned for discovery abuse, including one $18 million fine. In Texas, a judge who imposed sanctions for discovery abuse said: “Unfortunately, nefarious conduct is all too common in lawsuits in which Wal-Mart is a party.” [Wilson v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 199 F.R.D. 207, 208 (S.D. Tex. 2001); ABA Journal, March 2002]
Participant[quote=michael]Wal-Mart is a great example of free market capitalism.
[/quote]
For example?
* Giving Inaccurate Testimony to FDIC. In an effort to advance its bid to open in-store ‘industrial’ banks, Wal-Mart gave regulators misleading statements about whether the company could muscle out the traditional banks already based in its stores. Wal-Mart told the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation — the nation’s bank regulator — that long-term leases with banks blocked Wal-Mart from moving into commercial banking, because the “leases signed by banks were renewed at the discretion of the banks alone.” After a report by Reuters, however, forced Wal-Mart to admit that leases with at least some banks could be renewed only if both the banks and Wal-Mart approve. Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said: “We are beginning to see a pattern of misleading or false statements from Wal-Mart with regard to their interests in branch banking.” [Reuters, 5/9/06; Cox News Service, 5/11/06]
* Sanctioned for Unethical Trial Practices. An October 1999 article in Corporate Counsel magazine cited “two dozen cases during the past 18 months” in which Wal-Mart had been sanctioned for discovery abuse, including one $18 million fine. In Texas, a judge who imposed sanctions for discovery abuse said: “Unfortunately, nefarious conduct is all too common in lawsuits in which Wal-Mart is a party.” [Wilson v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 199 F.R.D. 207, 208 (S.D. Tex. 2001); ABA Journal, March 2002]
Participant[quote=michael]Wal-Mart is a great example of free market capitalism.
[/quote]
For example?
* Giving Inaccurate Testimony to FDIC. In an effort to advance its bid to open in-store ‘industrial’ banks, Wal-Mart gave regulators misleading statements about whether the company could muscle out the traditional banks already based in its stores. Wal-Mart told the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation — the nation’s bank regulator — that long-term leases with banks blocked Wal-Mart from moving into commercial banking, because the “leases signed by banks were renewed at the discretion of the banks alone.” After a report by Reuters, however, forced Wal-Mart to admit that leases with at least some banks could be renewed only if both the banks and Wal-Mart approve. Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said: “We are beginning to see a pattern of misleading or false statements from Wal-Mart with regard to their interests in branch banking.” [Reuters, 5/9/06; Cox News Service, 5/11/06]
* Sanctioned for Unethical Trial Practices. An October 1999 article in Corporate Counsel magazine cited “two dozen cases during the past 18 months” in which Wal-Mart had been sanctioned for discovery abuse, including one $18 million fine. In Texas, a judge who imposed sanctions for discovery abuse said: “Unfortunately, nefarious conduct is all too common in lawsuits in which Wal-Mart is a party.” [Wilson v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 199 F.R.D. 207, 208 (S.D. Tex. 2001); ABA Journal, March 2002]
ParticipantHi luchabee,
Well, we certainly could bring back slavery. If we could force illegal immigrants into slavery and have them live in tent cities behind every Wal-Mart — where they would live when they weren’t working there — it would drive down prices even further and the remaining poor and needy would benefit. It would be the ultimate “competitive advantage” don’t you think?
Strikes me as a “green” solution too since all those folks living in the tent city wouldn’t need cars.
Maybe they could grow medical marijuana there too?
JS
By the way, I am a middle-aged liberal raising kids in an exburb and I drive to work.
ParticipantHi luchabee,
Well, we certainly could bring back slavery. If we could force illegal immigrants into slavery and have them live in tent cities behind every Wal-Mart — where they would live when they weren’t working there — it would drive down prices even further and the remaining poor and needy would benefit. It would be the ultimate “competitive advantage” don’t you think?
Strikes me as a “green” solution too since all those folks living in the tent city wouldn’t need cars.
Maybe they could grow medical marijuana there too?
JS
By the way, I am a middle-aged liberal raising kids in an exburb and I drive to work.
ParticipantHi luchabee,
Well, we certainly could bring back slavery. If we could force illegal immigrants into slavery and have them live in tent cities behind every Wal-Mart — where they would live when they weren’t working there — it would drive down prices even further and the remaining poor and needy would benefit. It would be the ultimate “competitive advantage” don’t you think?
Strikes me as a “green” solution too since all those folks living in the tent city wouldn’t need cars.
Maybe they could grow medical marijuana there too?
JS
By the way, I am a middle-aged liberal raising kids in an exburb and I drive to work.
ParticipantHi luchabee,
Well, we certainly could bring back slavery. If we could force illegal immigrants into slavery and have them live in tent cities behind every Wal-Mart — where they would live when they weren’t working there — it would drive down prices even further and the remaining poor and needy would benefit. It would be the ultimate “competitive advantage” don’t you think?
Strikes me as a “green” solution too since all those folks living in the tent city wouldn’t need cars.
Maybe they could grow medical marijuana there too?
JS
By the way, I am a middle-aged liberal raising kids in an exburb and I drive to work.
ParticipantHi luchabee,
Well, we certainly could bring back slavery. If we could force illegal immigrants into slavery and have them live in tent cities behind every Wal-Mart — where they would live when they weren’t working there — it would drive down prices even further and the remaining poor and needy would benefit. It would be the ultimate “competitive advantage” don’t you think?
Strikes me as a “green” solution too since all those folks living in the tent city wouldn’t need cars.
Maybe they could grow medical marijuana there too?
JS
By the way, I am a middle-aged liberal raising kids in an exburb and I drive to work.
-
AuthorPosts
