Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug. My main grip is not that WalMart kills towns, but the way they go about it. I am all for free market. But to build three stores so close together, then close two of them. What about the jobs lost??? False hopes for a future??? If they want to build one store and let the stores that can't compete close down, fine. But building three stores within 35 miles of each other is an execution, not free market attrition. The photo of the birds - Great shot. My only comment would be the bird on the left w/o a tail, but then, you had only precious moments to get that shot. I would have blown it. Aram On my way to BiMart. > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:14:58 -0800 > From: "Doug Ford" <dford@san.rr.com> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Proper Peanut butter?? > Message-ID: <LPBBJMBJAOBBBNDIFCEFCEHKCLAA.dford@san.rr.com> > References: > > blah, blah blah > No mention of more jobs created, no mention of price gouging by the local > store owners just rehashed BS from dan rather and the like in a nice neat > P.C. image of the big bad company. > Please Nathan don't get the impression that all of us Americans believe the > spew from 60 minutes and dan rather. The jobs created by Walmart and the > economic growth is rarely mentioned. Just some bleeding heart story how > nobody goes down town to mr. zifles to buy a 30 dollar hammer anymore and > talk about whos pig is bigger. And of course these rural folk are too stupid > to realize that if they don't support the WalMart it will go out of > business, and they wouldn't want that? > My brother lives in rural America and they drive out of their way to buy > goods at lower cost. Imagine that, the free enterprise system at work where > intelligent folk can decide where and when to spend their hard earned cash. > Why doesn't my idiot brother listen to the bleeding hearts spin on 60 > minutes? Doesn't he realize he should pay twice the price so he can preserve > the local color? Jeez, next thing ya know he'll be buying stuff off eb_y! > Call dan rather and tell'em to drive his Mercedes up here to do a story on > how the internet killed small town America. Next thing ya know mr ziffle > will be running a server in his back room selling goods and services to the > world....the nerve. > After all these bleeding hearts want to take pics of the 'real' small town > America with their 2 thousand dollar Leicas. Thank god these bleeding hearts > aren't deciding what small town America will be, the residents are. > The big bad walmart story paints a 'nice' P.C. image, but when you scratch > the surface it smells real funny. > On my way to Walmart...Doug > > This ones for the birds > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=442115 > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html