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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:12 AM Original message |
New meaning of Black Friday. Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Frid |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Jeesus, how stupid. |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
170. WalMart Takes Life Insurance Out On Many Workers Where WalMart Is The Beneficiary |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #170 |
185. I remember reading that was one of their "better business " practices. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #170 |
268. A lot of companies do that |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
213. I was thinking the same thing until I saw their prices on XBoxes |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good God... Dying a horrendous death on behalf of Walmart! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Wal*Mart better pay up to the families who suffered losses. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. More likely WalMart had a life insurance policy on the employee |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yeah, no surprise there. Can the families bring a wrongful death suit against them? It's not |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Something tells me they have probably already started intimidating |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. My bet is they offer a small amount of money in exchange for not being sued. Probably give them |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
86. That does happen. A very successful business woman, whose huband's business |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #86 |
127. Excellent post. More people need to be aware of this information. There must be groups out there |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
106. A small amount in the form of |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
83. Here's how Wal-Crook will get out of any litigation... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #83 |
152. Bingo. Wal-Mart won't pay a dime. They hire temps for this very reason. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #152 |
162. it says here he was a temp. maintenance worker |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #162 |
182. a maintenence employee is not a security officer, which is who they needed |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #182 |
222. I hope not. Wal-Mart created the unsafe situation and put everyone at risk. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #182 |
240. one thing is for sure |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
99. No, they should sue the SHOPPERS they are the ones that did it. |
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ItsTheMediaStupid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #99 |
112. Bullshit. Wal-Pigs created the situation where this happened |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #99 |
131. It happened on Wal*Mart property under conditions they provided. They could easily have |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #131 |
215. Exactly. |
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minnesota_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #99 |
156. Wrong! |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #99 |
259. I happen to agree with you. |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
61. "Dead Peasant's Insurance" .... |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #61 |
142. I heard that they keep it going |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
164. Supposedly, Dead Peasant Insurance is illegal in Florida, but some |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
184. This needs to become illegal nationwide. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
161. It's Wal-Mart; they'll bill the victim's family for cleanup, probably (nt) |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
226. I blame the unruly mob not the store. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Unbelievable. I hate our consumer mindset in this country. I used to buy into it but |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
149. I did too............ |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. How desperate does a group have to be to trample someone to death? |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. What's even more sickening....the store stayed open and customers saved $$$!!!! |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
100. No. they closed the store down. It's in the article. n/t |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #100 |
163. Will they sue the dead woman's family |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
227. They closed the store. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #227 |
245. Only for a few hours. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
69. More like "insane" than "desperate" |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
80. True, and no one NEEDS a job in retail sales |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #80 |
124. A job is a need; an HDTV is a want |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #124 |
157. Imagine what all that phrenetic human energy could accomplish if it was aimed |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #80 |
129. "Amazing how so many people in this country just "know" what other people "need"." |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #129 |
237. It really doesn't take a lot of imagination my friend! |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #80 |
247. Bullshit |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
180. Amazing how some people are so addicted to stuff that they truly |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
186. It's those "Quantities strictly limited" sales that need to stop. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
97. they do this every year, last year they knocked some woman unconcious. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. A perfect punchline on the joke that is Christmas in this country. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. they should let few people in at a time. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. They want the chaos... Suggests big demand on TV.... |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
79. Apparently, that's what happened |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. It is a mob/herd mentality. People revert to their instinctual monkey nature |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Right. That's why I avoid sports arenas, too. nt |
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DeepBlueDem (433 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #85 |
128. And the constant fighting. I was tricked into going on Black Friday once |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #79 |
220. what a bunch of thugs , fucking disgusting |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
181. The guy who was killed was trying to do just that-- |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. How is this possible with the economy they way it is? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Wal*Mart is pretty cheap compared to a lot of places. Perhaps there were |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. It is called working |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #70 |
232. Stories? Drama? Is that you, Phil Gramm.. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. who's going to jail? |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
71. My question is who punches his time clock? |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
101. The SHOPPERS who did this should go to jail. n/t |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #101 |
145. them and others too, I would think |
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gypsymuse (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. How horrific.. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. Wal-Mart kills and supports Chinese atrocities. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
18. fucking animals |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
233. On behalf of animals I respectfully request that you withdraw that |
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AusDem (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:36 AM Original message |
that's horribly sad |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. Bet this becomes the plotline for a Law & Order episode |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
158. Actually, there was an episode of Law and Order recently |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #158 |
168. Oh yeah, I saw that |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #158 |
189. That was a good one... |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
167. I love your sig line! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
219. I'm thinking _Boston Legal_, with Alan Shore doing the rant. nt |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. there's something terribly wrong with this country when people |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Agreed. There is blood on EVERY FUCKING ONEs hands who.. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
132. so what are you saying? |
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Acadia Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
211. Yes! I never shop on Black Friday. And rarely go into Wal Mart. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Sometimes I think we've peaked as a species and are now in steep decline. NT |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
172. We are DEVO n/t |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. Amazing to go and buy even cheaper Chinese crap...its not worth it. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
24. May be it's time to ban limited supply loss-leaders |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
117. Exactly. |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. Everyone in those crowds should be arrested and put in jail. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I'll ascribe some of the fault to WM |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Wal-Mart created the setting - allowing a few things to be sold at really |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
133. Until we see a video |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
72. Considering that Riot Control Police arrest peaceful people at peace rallies... |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #72 |
111. yes! |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #72 |
208. That's a very good point! |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #72 |
235. Truer words were never spoken |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #72 |
250. We are speaking of Wall Mart |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
73. It is Wal-Mart's fault for creating the dangerous situation. They didn't protect people. |
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Acadia Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
212. Penny pinching Wal Mart. No security, and no planning. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
102. abso-fucking-lutely!! I wouldn't behave like that, regardless of the "deal" |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
137. see my post 132 above |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
159. Make them all work as temps at Wal-Muck for the rest of their lives! |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
178. As a farmer I object to that remark |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
27. What a culture. I wonder if the people responsible for killing this poor worker learned |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
190. Thge news said that people kept rushing in after the guy fell down, was crushed, and |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #190 |
266. Not surprised. We live in a society of the "I" not the "We". |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
28. and some red state moran |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
29. Sadly, this happens every single year |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. absolutely walmart has some responsibility in this - crowd control is |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
204. this happened in Dec. '05 at WalMart: they took the last DVD player |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
31. That gives me images of Dawn of the Dead for some reason |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
47. my first thought |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
92. OMG. You're sooooo right. nt |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
32. It's time we made a serious effort to de-escalate the Christmas shopping / giving feedback loop |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Doubt if very many of those shoppers were looking for gifts to give |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
110. Bingo! They sell this stuff on EBAY. You always see it the next day after Black Friday. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
114. Amen!! |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
121. It's not like it hasn't been tried .... |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #121 |
248. I bought nothing today myself. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
33. Are all those eager shoppers going to tell the recipients of their gifts |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
35. Who do you blame, Wal-Mart or the morons going after the deals? |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Wal-Mart! This happened last year. They could have set up plans |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Exactly |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
107. BOTH! But the mob is more to blame. I know of no one that would act that way.. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #107 |
138. Mob mentality |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
37. What was on sale that would cause such a commotion? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. $400 Laptops, $600 Flat Screen TV's |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
74. Fry's Electronics has a laptop on sale for $299. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #74 |
116. I saw that advertised last night |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Remember Cabbage Patch Dolls? |
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704wipes (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
228. yeah, like Teddy Ruxpin |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
244. I Worked |
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JimboBillyBubbaBob (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
40. I do hope,..... |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. You really think the surveillance tape will see the light of day? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
42. Obviously greed and materialism is more important than life. nt |
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NOW tense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
44. P.E.T.W.W. |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
45. what a buncha fucking freaks |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
46. i'm surprised that hasn't happened more often in these stampedes |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
48. Good God, that is so senseless. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
77. The article says that the shopping continued. |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
98. They used to have the bridal dress sales at Filenes Basement in Boston. |
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scarface2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
50. christmas zombies unleashed!!! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
51. This is surreal. Apparently the humanity in a lot of humans is nonexistant. |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
52. Images of the French Revolution come to mind |
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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
53. Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. What a sick society this is! What will it take, armed guards!?! n.t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. WTF is WRONG with people???? |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Cops should have shut everyone in the crime scene (store) IN, and held them all responsible... |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
96. Hell yes they should have |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Lots of things can incite a riot or a stampede. The sad part of this story is |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
58. Great way to celebrate Christ's birthday. Just great.... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
59. and 200 people just kept rushing past and over this man . . . |
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DollyM (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I can believe it . . . |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. Hugs to your mother and your family. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
104. And the majority of these "doorbuster shoppers" SELL the shit on EBAY the next day!!! |
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Serge A Storms (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
60. all for some cheap crap that will wind up in the trash by feburary |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
62. Try Buy Nothing Day today... |
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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
63. THE OUTRAGE SHOULD ALSO BE the store stayed open with a dead person lying in the door! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #63 |
87. No, they closed the store. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
93. Probably only because it was the scene of a murder. nt |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #93 |
108. No, I'm sure they were HORRIFIED that their fellow employee was killed by those assholes. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #108 |
123. If headquarters said to keep it open, it would stay open. Coworkers feelings play no role in these |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
64. So, this is what the world falling apart looks like. |
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Bombero1956 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
67. I lay the blame with the store manager |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. I blame the frenzied greedy shitheads who can't control themselves |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. disgusting |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
76. The End of Consumer Capitalism |
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prole_for_peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
81. Yet another reason I don't shop at Walmart. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #81 |
273. The news said the baby was fine.--no miscarriage nt |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
82. This is what happens when people's status is so dependent on STUFF |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
84. Baby Jesus would weep... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. I embrace your past paragraph whole heartedly. This fellow's death must not be in vain. |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #84 |
122. Very well said |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #84 |
198. A movement. That's what we need. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #198 |
205. Oddly enough I'm giving a sermon about that Sunday |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
89. People would be liable in Germany for this |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. Has Bush been prosecuted for his war crimes yet? No, it's an anything-goes crime culture here. nt |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #95 |
120. until consequence is established.... |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #95 |
134. Hear hear! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #89 |
221. That is what we need in the US,Lebkuchen, |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #221 |
269. I think Americans are concerned about lawsuits/bureacratic hassle if they do help |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #269 |
278. Excellent point, Lebkuchen. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
90. free market capitalism at it's worst. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:05 PM Original message |
More like mob behavior at its worst |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
94. How awful. People are pigs. I don't blame Walmart entirely, I blame the shoppers. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #94 |
136. Walmart could have done more, but I agree.. |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #136 |
139. I heard that the pregnant woman miscarried |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #94 |
165. A woman at Kay Bee Toys got crushed trying buy a Mutant Ninja Turtle for her kid |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #165 |
253. I was there for Super Mario 4 or Super Metroid or something. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
103. That's sad. These people are adults? |
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ksimons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
105. they've posted some pics prior to the door opening |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. The people BROKE down the door ahead of opening time. All to sell that shit on EBAY. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #109 |
115. they broke it down? |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #105 |
119. No doubt. Walmart is the guilty party for willfully setting up conditions for this stampede. |
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durablend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #119 |
147. Nah... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #119 |
192. Could it be called criminallly negligent homicide on the part of Wal-Mart?? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
113. I hope they all said "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays" |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #113 |
126. one worker at the door to control order.... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #126 |
256. NYT says 6 - 10 workers were trying to hold crowd back |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
118. How tragic... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
125. Sick. Disgusting. Horrifying. I can't think of a word strong enough to describe this. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
130. it's not the first time, and it won't be the last |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
135. How tragic and unnecessary. |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
140. Wow, Mery Christmas to you, Morons. |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
141. This article says the shoppers were escorted from the store with their |
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durablend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. But think about the ECONOMY!!!!!!! |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
143. Another death to make The Waltons richer |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
146. Muslims get trampled in Mecca by religious fervor. We get trampled by consumer greed. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #146 |
262. Even Hindus get trampled in riots of religious fervor |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
148. Disgusting... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
150. There's Bush's 23% Support |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
151. Will this break the hold consumerism has on people? |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
153. It's all forgiven as long as they keep the Christ in Christmas |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
154. Black Fridays at ALL stores |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
155. that store should be shut down |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
160. I despise Wal-Mart, but this time they are not to blame. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #160 |
176. What Walmart did was incite a riot. That is against the law. |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #176 |
195. By having a SALE??? |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #195 |
202. Heck, didn't they call it a "Door Buster"? |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #202 |
207. Well, there ya go! Can't blame them for following directions well. |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
166. accomplice to murder |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
169. A wild-eyed man from the Middle East |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
171. god bless us, everyone |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #171 |
191. Just yeserday I saw a bumper sticker that said, |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
173. Two people killed in Toys R Us in California |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
174. At Least One Person Shot at Toys-R-Us in Palm Desert |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
175. Wonder if any of them noticed the blood on their shoes later? |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
177. This is a horrible tragedy, he should NOT |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #177 |
179. There was at least one other worker with him. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #179 |
187. I'm glad he wasn't alone, |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
183. Dear God. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
188. This was a tragedy..a real tragedy...but if it had to happen, it could not have happened to a more |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #188 |
197. It didn't happen to Wal-mart. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #197 |
218. I absolutely disagree. This did happen to Walmart, and they will pay a price in many ways |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #218 |
260. Riiiiiiight. ;-( |
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Optimistic (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #188 |
201. IT would have been alright If |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #201 |
206. Welcome to DU. Point well taken. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #188 |
216. The tragedy was the death of the employee. What WalMart deserves is the horrific PR that they will |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
193. Geez.. Don't these people realize Wal-Mart will have the same sale in a few weeks? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
194. This is horrific-just think how people will behave if this country sinks into the Great Depression 2 |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #194 |
200. There is no feeling of togetherness anymore |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #200 |
209. Yep-it will be just like the Wild West. |
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Optimistic (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
196. Time has come to ban Black Friday,Unless |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #196 |
203. How idiotic |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
199. I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner |
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Acadia Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
210. I hope the family sues Wal Mart and wins. I hate those bloate parasites |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
214. SAFETY IS OUR 2ND PRIORITY----- PROFIT IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY.... GET OVER IT ! ! ! |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
217. Imagine how the food lines will be when the time comes. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
223. But LI is wealthy, isn't it? And what's worse, the man was a temp to boot. |
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nedbal (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #223 |
231. This store is on the NYC border, 90%+++ of the customers are from Queens |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #231 |
249. Wow, that's more depressing. And thanks though. |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #223 |
271. There are fairly sizeable poor areas in L.I., |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
224. A post from someone who used to work at Wal-Marts and opened the doors |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
225. Wal-Mart gave me a great price on pajamas for my three boys-- |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
229. Here's what's going to happen |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #229 |
264. That is EXACTLY what will happen. |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
230. Talk about the dark side of humanity - Absolutely no reason in the f-ing world |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
234. Dies for a minimum wage job |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
238. Terrible. |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
239. Now that we've vented, remember one thing... |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #239 |
272. DU was created to facilitate changing things for the better. n/t |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
241. Have these tragedies happened at other stores? Or is this unique to Wal Mart? |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
242. The more I read of this, the less I think Wal-Mart could've handled it |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #242 |
243. Black Friday really sickens me as well. Consumerism at its worst. |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #242 |
275. Wrong. It could have been handled outside before the store opened. |
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jennied (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
246. so FUCKING SICK!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
251. Jdimytai Damour - American-Born Son of Haitian immigrants |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
252. Photos of the Scene |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
254. More from NYT - the warnings of mob mentality and danger were there |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #254 |
261. The NYT published this story in THE BUSINESS SECTION. Not NY Region, not |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
255. And human beings are different from animals in which way again?? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #255 |
265. Human beings are the most dangerous animals on the face of the planet. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
257. More info on the story from Newsday FWIW |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #257 |
277. The "additional security" was probably posted inside to stop shoplifting, |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
258. Victim's Life a Struggle |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
263. As long as the workers remembered to say "Merry Christmas" not "Happy Holidays" |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #263 |
267. Yes. Hey, O'Lielly, here's your REAL war on Christmas. nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
270. How long will it be before someone sells a Tee Shirt that |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
274. everyone knows the risk n/t |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #274 |
276. What a waste. |
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