mall wart to the rescue!

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

Just watched the Clinton/poppy press conference. poppy went on & on (& Clinton gave a plug, too) about how mall wart stepped up & has offered jobs in any current employee to any mall wart in the country. So, if they leave their homes & move to say, texas, they can immediately go to work for low pay, no benefits, crap work conditions. Woo hoo!

Also said how mall wart gave several millions & the sam walton foundation gave several million. Woo hoo! No talk about how their crap wages may have played a part in the poor not being able to get the hell out of the way of Katrina because they didn't make a living wage, couldn't afford a car, had no way to evacuate.

But, hey! mall wart to the rescue!

[Turn CO Blue]

1. Woo hoo! Wal Mart sucks. Big. Time.

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

2. my guess is

Clinton is doing that so other companies feel shamed into doing the same, many of those may be higher paying companies.

I hate wal mart too, but in this case, they are doing the right thing, and other companies should do likewise.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

3. sure, now they're doing the right thing.

I just hate mall wart so much & everything they stand for, I absolutely refuse to change my opinion of them because for once they step up.

Plenty of companies are doing good. Tillamook Cheese company gave 20,000 lbs of cheese to a trucker who was shipping goods down. I don't even remember what else other firms donated, but it was impressive. And, I'm sure they were giving immediately, & also planning on giving more as the need arises.

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[chelsea0011]

4. Mal Wart...F#$k them. The NYT reported thi s week that although

some large companies continued to pay employees in the affected areas, Wal Mart, UPS, and McDonalds cut off employee pay after the 4th day.

[tx_dem41]

5. Yes....I would be much happier if they (and Exxon, etc.) just kept...

all the money. :eyes:

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

6. Yeah, okay, they're giving money.

Good for them. But there are plenty of companies doing good & that mall wart was singled out in the press conference by both poppy & Clinton pisses me off. Of all the companies giving, why must they be given almost special recognition? It was reported that the casinos are paying their employees for the next 3 months. I didn't hear a word about that.

Also, let's think about how mall wart has basically taken advantage of their workers, the communities, etc.

mall wart: destroying communities to bring you cheap hair dryers.

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[tx_dem41]

7. I believe that Nagin and Blanco have both singled them out as

well. Sadly, I haven't seen some of their blue competitors stepping up to the plate in equal numbers. I'm very disappointed in that.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

9. Costco. n/t

[tx_dem41]

10. I just googled Costco and Katrina....

I found no news on where Costco as a corporation has donated anything to a Katrina relief fund. I did see where they had a good 4th quarter.

Perhaps I missed something?

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

11. here

ttp://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/4931346/detail.html

http://www.costco.com/Service/FeaturePage.aspx?ProductNo=11075353

http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/ This lists dozens of companies & their donations.

Again, why does mallwart get special mention?

Also, our local costco helped fill a tractor trailer. The trucker just decided on his own to take supplies down. The response was overwhelming.



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[Armstead]

8. Clinton's a Wal Mart guy

That's the problem with the Democratic Party.

[leetrisck]

12. You are very misguided in what you are saying

Wal-Mart headquarters is in AR-Sam Walton started there. When Clinton was Governor - Sam Walton worked with Clinton always, always to give contracts to the people from AR - to provide jobs in all areas - this obviously was a lot of years ago. Hillary was on their Board of Directors for awhile. Wal-Mart is very much a Republican oriented company now but they didn't have to donate squat and they did and will continue to do so.