That Sam's Club commercial AAR just played pisses me off.

[Fridays Child]

Sam's Club is fucking, repuke-sucking Walmart, and Walmart sucks the life out of employees, communities, and economies. Where are the Costco commercials?

:mad:

[4morewars]

Me too

I also hate hearing wal-mart ads on NPR.

[realisticphish]

10. i went to a live taping of "what do you know?"

at the Ohio Theater, and when he did the promo for walmart, the entire crowd started booing...its was fucking awesome


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Maat]

1. Also, the have a huge pile of fundamentalist books..

but won't stock Jon Stewart's book.

Or F-911, I believe.

And they refuse to prescribe the Morning After Pill (a company policy, not an individual pharmacist's).

[TaleWgnDg]

2. In real life, we face compromises . . .

and compromise is commercial television and radio. One learns this as one grows older and (hopefully) wiser. Displaced anger is non-productive.


edited to add: And, oh, yeah. This is democracyunderground.com where its politics and politics and more politics. If you haven't noticed, politics is the quintessential area of compromise on the planet. Where have you been? (End of Soap Box 101.)


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[Fridays Child]

3. Walmart is a huge destructive force and should not be supported.

Choice is the basis of compromise and AAR made a bad choice. My anger is not displaced.

[Erika]

4. Agreed

There are many of us boycotting Sams Club and Walmart. What's going on?

[laheina]

7. I hate Walmart, but look at it this way.

Is there a *less* productive place on the planet where they can spend their money? None of us are going to shop there, and meanwhile, they are helping AAR to expand.

Who really wins here?

[TaleWgnDg]

6. No kidding! However, again, life is full of compromises . . . and

if AAR can get only Wal-Mart or equivalent v. shut-down, then many would prefer AAR stay on the air w/ Wal-Mart than be silenced. It's called "compromise."

Hey, here's an idea. Instead of bemoaning who sponsors AAR, why not offer your services to AAR to pull in sponsors for them that are on your wish list? Hhhhmmm?

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[tmooses]

5. I just heard a Walmart ad on AAR (Clear Channel in Portland, OR)..

where the woman talks about how shopping at Walmart during the holidays
brings her family together with some sappy tune in the background. Pretty reeeevolting.I'm sure alot of people don't think twice about this crap and just eat it right up. What kind of family relies on commercialism to bring them together? Oh yeh, I forgot it's Christmas!
We shop at flag-waving Walmart and ignore the fact they are forcing us out of work and is basically a Chinese marketing company.

[TaleWgnDg]

8. Sure. There you go! AAR has indeed compromised itself . . .

by being on Clear Channel stations. Why the hell should AAR be helpful to Clear Channel? Ever stop and inquire and analyze it? Why merely bemoan about Wal-Mart etc ads? ROFL


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[crispini]

9. Meh, they are PAYING AAR to advertise.

I look at this way:

1. Wal-Mart gives AAR good money to run ads.

2. Good liberals hear ads, and, knowing that Wal-Mart is Satan, still decline to shop there. Wal-Mart gets no benefit from ads.

3. AAR makes out like bandit, expands to a zillion more markets, a rising tide of liberal media sweeps the land! Hee hee.

[warrens]

11. Sam's is getting desperate

Costco is kicking ass and now that they are out-dems, even moreso. I interviewed Jim Sinegal years ago, and I will tell ya, he is one GREAT guy.