Wal-Mart bans Jon Stewart's new book

POSTED BY: Succatash
UPDATED: Monday, November 1, 2004 19:27
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SIGMANUNKI

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 3:47 AM

@piratejenny:
Agreed. But, just make sure that you get the voice that you want (if it happens).

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"Canada being mad at you is like Mr. Rogers throwing a brick through your window." -Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

TIMBEISHIR

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:33 AM

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Originally posted by Tiger:

A few months ago I went to Walmart to buy a bag of chips for some friends and I to enjoy that evening, and you wouldn't believe what happened - they only charged me 99 cents! Less than a dollar for something that cost over $2 at the party store down the road. How could they POSSIBLY compete? Can you believe the gall?

Walmart is notorious for going in and underselling EVERYONE around them and then once the competition is gone, they seriously jack up the prices. Has happened in many a town around the country. They also bully every company that they buy from into practically taking a loss just to sell their products in the stores. All the companies are afraid of their competitors stealing all of their sales if they refuse and do not have their products in Walmart, so they cave in.

I also know from my nephew working there for a while that they really do make the workers stay off the clock and work.

TALLGRRL

Saturday, October 30, 2004 9:27 PM

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Originally posted by robb1974:
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Originally posted by Ghoulman:
WAL-MART, destroying American towns for years all in the name of slave wages, oppression, and government payola.

Wow people are working for Wal-Mart against thier will!! Get real 95% of all retailers pay on the same pay scale as Wal-Mart. How much do you expect to get paid to run a register and give customers
crappy service..

Edited for a typo

Excuse me, 1974, maybe you don't know this, but in some cases, especially cases where Walmart goes in and pretty much destroys a town's Main Street where individual businesses go belly up and people lose their jobs...then Walmart becomes pretty much the only game in town for employment.
Some people do work there because there's nothing else.

Anyway, I'm not surprised that they banned the book. Typical behaviour.
But if you insist on shopping at Walmart, you can get the book at walmart.com

"Take me, sir. Take me hard."

TALLGRRL

Saturday, October 30, 2004 9:28 PM

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Originally posted by ShadowVessel:
I think you people have too much money and time on your hands.

(Gorramn Double Post)
"I'll be in my bunk."

So do you...or you wouldn't be here!

"Take me, sir. Take me hard."

SPACECOWGIRL

Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:40 AM

I'm a 13-year union member. HOWEVER--before that I worked at a hotel where we voted NOT to have a union. Not all employees need a union, if you are treated fairly. It is the unions who pressure folks to unionize because they want those dues! As retaliation, many union conventions chose to book at other, unionized hotels. I felt the right NOT to unionize was degraded, and had my first taste of unions. They are powerful and corrupt, and I take those anti-Walmart adds with a grain of salt.

On the flip side, management at my current place of employment is as evil as....let me see...yes, some are almost as bad as Niska; and our union stewards are kept very very busy.

BROWNSHIRTSROCK

Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:53 PM

Or...we could all put our focus toward something important. You know, like forcing the Wal-Marts of the world to pay for a few years of medicine for AIDS patients in Africa. It wouldn't be hard. All we'd have to do is refuse to buy from them until they do it.

"Honestly folks, I think my brain is broken." Jon Stewart

SHADOWVESSEL

Monday, November 1, 2004 7:27 PM

Touche'. And also true. Thanks for going easy on me for having a bad day that day.

(Gorramn Double Post)
"I'll be in my bunk."

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