religious pharmacists

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WalMart has the best PR spinners in the world.

They fire people in the US for trying organize unions yet agree with the Chinese to permit unionization in China

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4037423.stm

Then turn around and stock their shelves with primarily items with the "Made in China" label... Ma and Pa can NEVER compete with this type of a behemouth. Putting Walmart out of business, might not be a bad thing for the US economy. A surgical strike of course, to eliminate collateral damage.

americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/walmart/b1.html

Gordon

[Chicago Jake]

Harrybutt said:

Here: ...it is literally impossible in any enviroment for a Ma&Pa store to compete with a Wal-mart regarding prices, etc...has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Harry, you really need to take an English-as-a-second-language course. What the fuck does this sentence mean? I quoted it exactly as written, and I simply cannot parse it. Are you saying that Ma and Pa are losing out because Walmart has lower prices? Or are you saying that prices have absolutely nothing to do with it? As usual, I can't even follow you, so how can I hope to educate you?......Jake

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Chicago said:

As usual, I can't even follow you, so how can I hope to educate you?

Because it is your duty to educate the man, dammit! Or have your already forgotten the "No Liberal Left Behind" act that was passed by Congress?

[Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III]

I don't go to Wal-Mart 'cuz Rhonda nearly chewed my ass off once when I took her in one lookin' for something I saw earlier but couldn't find again. Rhonda has issues (as do I) with how poorly Wal-Mart treats some of their employees and there "Holier than Thow" attitude regarding abortion issues and emergency "Morning after" contraception, etc...........

FUCK WAL-MART!

...............Bob

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Touching back to the original thread topic, I like the following quote...

“... There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of 'conservatism.' “

-- Sen. Barry Goldwater (R)

[Merlot Joe]

I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of 'conservatism.' “

-- Sen. Barry Goldwater (R)

That's the best line I have heard in a while.

Joe

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jdwinelovers said:

That's the best line I have heard in a while.

Joe

Joe, in retrospect, Barry Goldwater was a conservative that I understood. I dont agree with a lot that he proposed, BUT I understood and respect the positions that he took, at the time. That line you point out... very prophetic!! I hear echos of him in the statements that Bob Dole has been making recently (another conservative that I respect, if not agree with totally)

Gordon

[IE]

Chicago said:

Sorry, Irish Whisky, but I believe in the free market society. If all that is left in your community is a Wal-Mart, it is because YOU, the consumers, have chosen to shop there and let the Ma and Pa stores go out of business. You made your choice, so please don't come whining to me when you don't like the consequences. It's called personal responsibility....Jake

Actually, Jake, we don't even have a WalMart here, but there is Costco. I don't go there. I love my corner store, where they know my name and know what I want. I do go to the local PathMark for my weekly groceries, but patronize my local corner store often enough that when I ran in for emergency bread crumbs (meaning none of my neighbors were home), and they had none on the shelf, he ran behind the counter (they serve hot food there as well) and gave me a little potato salad container of bread crumbs. How much? Nothing! Have a good night! Because they are my neighbors, too.

And, while personal responsibility comes into it, the biggest factor is market share, and market price. Walmart and Costco can show a loss months in a row, but if their share price drops, people buy, price goes up, and profits for the investors goes up, all is good. "SOME" companies disregard performance altogether as long as their share price goes up. Then the hot-shots cash in, the company goes under, and there is a NEW store! with the same exact stuff! And the same exact promotions! And probably the same exact owners, but exempt from the prior company's liabilities!!! Sam's Club becomes Price Club becomes CostCo becomes .....? Isn't the American economy great? (for some?).

[IE]

Tex said:

I live in a small town (actually near a small town) with a Wal Mart. There are also several other pharmacies to choose from. Irish, I thought you were from the NYC Metro area. Are you going to educate us folks out here in the sticks about small town life?

Tex, I actually live in a Mayberry, two blocks from me when I moved in 10 year ago was an intersection where there was a barbershop, gas station/garage, a deli, a liquor store, a luncheonette, and a laundrymat. This, at an intersection where the speed limit was 25 MPH. It is a little little town, houses are on 50" x 120" lots, not 'ranches' but a neighborhood. We can venture out to the K-mart or others, but on a Saturday lately you must sit throuh 2 or 3 red lights before you get across the highway, due to the massive developments (townhouses and McMansions). I aver that I live in a "Small Town"' you may live in a rural area - no comparison. I use the local pharmacy (in the small city of Keansburg) that I have used for the past 20 years. The pharmacist's name is Howard (he might be entitled to a more impressive title, but to me he's always been just "Howard"), and he telephoned me 2 days ago to break the news that my anti-malarial pills for my upcoming trip to South America were not covered by insurance.

As to the "NYC Metro Area", yeah, I am there. I can get to the city in 45 minutes if I chose to at 3:00 a.m. But at 7:00 a.m. I'm looking at 1-1/2 hours on the road. Believe it or not, we are not all "city folk", we love our small towns.

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Guest-IE said:

... my anti-malarial pills for my upcoming trip to South America were not covered by insurance.

Please offer my gratitude to your HMO.

[In all fairness]

First off, I thought IE's response to Tex was very nicely written and personally enjoyed reading it. Just living in a "metro" area does not necessarily mean that one cannot relate to "small town life". Not many miles from both NYC and Philly can one find plenty of these small rural towns that resemble life as it was not all that long ago before the urban sprawl. Thanks for the flashback Irish!

Secondly, aren't you getting a lil desparate for things to "attack" BB?? Granted, IE has deserved many of the responses received on this board to her "nasty" posts. No doubt about that at all!! Just don't think this one qualified. Looks like you were just searching for something to pick on ....

Just the opinion of one ...

~ back to the shadows ~

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Guest-In said:

Secondly, aren't you getting a lil desparate for things to "attack" BB??

Yes. It's a slow day.