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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
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
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
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
mydogsarelazy
Participant[quote=michael]Wal-Mart is a great example of free market capitalism.
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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]
mydogsarelazy
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]
mydogsarelazy
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]
mydogsarelazy
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]
mydogsarelazy
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]
mydogsarelazy
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.
mydogsarelazy
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.
mydogsarelazy
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.
mydogsarelazy
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.
mydogsarelazy
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.
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