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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 02:09 PM
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Wal-Mart Exposed: Videos You Were Never Meant To See
Source: ABC News

From the tough anti-union talk to the wilder side of men in drag, videos of Wal-Mart corporate meetings are being sold to willing buyers, and the corporate behemoth is not happy about it.

The videos, thousands of them spanning three decades, are in the library of a production company in Lenexa, Kan. Flagler Productions Inc. was hired on a handshake deal by Wal-Mart in the 1970s to produce and film corporate sales meetings and other company events.

After receiving a verbal commitment that Flagler would be used for meetings in the future, Wal-Mart abruptly ended its deal with Flagler in 2006 causing the company to lay off most of their employees, according to Flagler. Representatives from Wal-Mart tried to buy the library in 2007, but Flagler and Wal-Mart could not agree on a price so the sale never happened.

Now, Flagler is offering the tapes to anyone else who might be interested, including the media and plaintiffs' attorneys.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4619734&page=1
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 02:13 PM
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1. Oooh sweet!
Now Flagler may find themselves making money again, especially if they put them up for general sale. Wonder how much they are charging?
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 02:20 PM
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2. They could auction them at Sotheby's and SAVE the company.
Just an idea......
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shangralee Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 02:34 PM
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3. How do we go about buying them?
email address? phone #?
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Sinistrous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 03:40 PM
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8. This might work:
Flagler Productions, Inc.
Address: 7864 Barton Street. Lenexa , KS 66214.
Daytime Phone: (913) 894-8440.

Sinistrous
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 02:59 PM
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4. This sounds kind of unethical but .........
fun for someone like me.
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ORDagnabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 03:00 PM
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5. Hmmmm I wonder if there is any of hillary clinton when she was on the walmart board?
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 03:38 PM
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6. This one, but it isn't bad for Hillary... It was when Sam was still running the show...
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heliarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 03:48 PM
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10. Hmmm... she doesn't look bad really...
Just fake. Why is it that she always looks like she's putting us on. She's always mugging for the camera.
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salib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 03:38 PM
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7. Try searching You Tube and Wal-Mart
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mcollier Donating Member (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 03:44 PM
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9. The Sad Truth
If Walmart takes a big financial hit, it will be felt by so many people... Where are the answers?

Obama for President.
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chat_noir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 03:48 PM
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11. Wal-Mart Employees In Drag, Sam Walton On "Advancing" Women: Videos
The first video shows a meeting of Wal-Mart employees prancing around a stage in drag. The second video features Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton during a 1987 shareholders meeting. "We know we haven't gotten as far as we'd like to be advancing women in our company. But we're very conscious of it," he says.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/09/video-of-wal-mart-execs-i_n_95876.html
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 03:59 PM
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12. Hmmm ...wonder if any Hillary pics are in them
:hide:
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 04:17 PM
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13. i wish i had a video camera on me when i worked there
I'd be posting videos of the time an employee got covered in lice from a jacket some lady returned to the store. Or a video of that same employee getting spashed with battery acid from a car battery that someone idiot brought back. She was quite unlucky that employee.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 04:35 PM
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14. ANOTHER spirit lifter!!!!!!
Karma, motherfuckers ...... Karma.

You cheap bastards. Shudda paid the bux.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 07:44 PM
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15. Good.
Serves them right, bastards.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 08:31 PM
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16. "The unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites..."
"...living off the productive labor of people who work for a living."

That's the quote of Wal-mart's labor lawyer...

And the crowd went wild!

Wow!!! I wouldn't know where to begin with that one! :wow:
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 08:59 PM
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17. It's called projection... Something we've seen a lot of in the last seven plus years.
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fshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 09:10 PM
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18. Easy:
Edited on Wed Apr-09-08 09:10 PM by fshrink
Just replace "The unions" by "we". They know full well what they do.
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