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didnt hitler have the same law proir to WW 2?
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Dave . . .dang...I was sure I saw you earlier . . .
This thread is not for the faint of heart, and probably boring the socks of the 'children' who are always made fidgety by indepth adult conversation . . .
OP . . .and thanx to WAR he (Hitler) was curtailed . . .still...would'nt you say imminent domain smacks of communism?? Capitalism run amuck?? Hmmmmm?
Yeh. I'm 'pickin' on communism again. ;)Will I ever stop? No.
Mr. Preston . . . imminent domain has always been in place for development pertaining to improvements that would serve the entire public. ie: New roads, parks, etc. (Still, it's a bummer to lose your established home regardless of what it's for....) It's this private business availing that's too spooky & provides too much power to local goverments. Can't wait to see what Bush says and does about it, if anything . . .
Notice it's the 'liberal' minded judges who arbitrarily ok'd this??
Here's a thought Jerry Doyle made: If they can impress the greed of some city hall by seizing an area of homes to destroy and develope them for that increased revenue . . . every noticed how many non-taxed organizations are located on prime business property? "Hey you got an organization here that pays NO taxes...we'll take that property, develope it and create revenue where there was none..."
This gets more appealing to city and state governments as it goes along . . .hope it doesn't take years and years to pass something specific ag'in it.
Don't shut it down Steve . . .it's just gettin' interstin' again . . .
(no pea-brain, monkey-children throwin' feces lately anyway) . . .
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Back on topic (although all these side-topiccs are all related and impact the main topic . . .)
To quote something Mike O`Neal said:
_________________________________________________ (Wal-Mart) Helps the community in that fewer people are shopping out of town, small specialty stores have actually seen an increase in sales. Hurting 2 grocery stores badly, sales down over 60%, but to be fair it's really nice to pay national pricing for frozen, canned and dry goods. Most businesses have adjusted, one business closed but she was failing anyway. _________________________________________________
See, I hate Wal-Mart too so I continue grocery shopping at my regular grocery stores. And my regular grocery stores did adjust somewhat in pricing and what they made available.
Every one had that choice to some degree. The consumer and the businesses.
The Food World that went out of business was failing before the SWM was even built.
meanwhile, how can a small town of 25,000 support 2 Winn Dixies, 1 medium size and least 3 smaller grocery stores? (not to mention a large curb market and a zillion minute shops etc?)
I reckon a lot of us hate Wal-mart 'round here.
To be honest, our SWM ain't doin' all that great anyway.
Have we been assuming that ALL SWM's are doing well???
Lots of people shopped Wal-Mart for a while 'til the newness wore off and went back to their smaller stores.
The impossible premis all along has been that Wal-Mart came in and MADE everyone shop there. They MADE other business's fail.
When as has been illustrated more than once in this thread...people shopped Wal-Mart because it was a store that had what they wanted and needed and they had only been unhappily 'making due' until they had such a place.
Consumers vote with WHAT they consume and where THEY choose to consume at.
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With just a few changes in you statement, consider this...
quote: The impossible premis all along has been that FastSigns came in and MADE everyone shop there. They MADE other business's fail by devaluing the market..
When as has been illustrated more than once in this thread...people shopped Signarama because it was a store that had what they wanted and needed and they had only been unhappily 'hiring signcrafters' until they had such a place.
Food for thought, but not at Winn Dixie....they announced this week they are downsizing and closing locations across several states.
Somebody devalued the markets for them....guess who...
While the common gripe is how the little guy's shop closes, there are a lot of major league retailers, many whith a long history of good products and services heading for the chopping block. Rapid
PS: This topic started with "Is Wal-mart good for America?' Simple answer is...Wal-mart is good for WAL-MART.
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WINN DIXIE is there own worst enemy, here they are the HIGHEST PRICED, they over extended them selfs with all new stores EVERYWHERE! they wont bring their prices to even match ALBERTSONS here...and PUBLIX is comin in to WINN-DIXIE areas....when i lived in sarasota(81-98)WINN DIXIE was the last place i would shop...
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Hey OP...I guess I was wrong about China...I thought there'd be a conflict in the next 30 years or so....I started my China boycott and campaign way too late. Hehehehe.
P.S. We needed some new steak knives....the old Taiwan ones are breaking and getting dull ... so did I go save .58 cents (Gavin???) at Walmart? Nope.
Just paid $180 for a set of six from "Cutco"....out of New York. Guaranteed sharp for life, and can send them in for free sharpening of the serrated blades if they ever DO get dull. Talk about heavy duty and a nice weight in the hand.
Bought them off a nice college kid selling them as a summer job....Ya gotta love the USA.
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I got some Cutco knives too. Got 'em from one of mt tenents. Got a pair of free sizzors for buying 3 knives. The demo showed how the sizzors can easily cut a penny! (not that I ever need to do that 0
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thats for the 1/2 cent sales taxes....hehehehehe TODD GILL WITH A SHARP OBJECT!!!!! next he will be allowed matches......good goin todd glad your recover is going that well......HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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OMIGOD... Doug Allan is running with scissors while cutting pennies in half!?!?!?!? It looks like he's chasing Todd Gill... I'm ducking out the back door.
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Doug...I saw the same demo...the scissors are really cool...they even come apart...but they wanted like $85 bucks for them....I already have a few pairs of Fisker's that work really nice.
OP's just mad cause he knows I'll be cutting *steak* with 'em...hnehehehehe.
Hey Bruce...you're from NY....where is this Cutco place anyway? You familiar with them? I'll tell ya what...that's some very nice, sturdy, heavy duty, quality stuff. You won't find that at Walmart that's for sure....(but if they sold it there I'd buy it from them...hehehehe)
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You can stop by for dinner, though. Bring Doug with you. We'' do some steaks up! M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-goooooooood!
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On the PBS program about Walmart, they also mentioned the US' trade deficit with China. Sounds scary but, read what this guy has to say. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University and one sharp dude. http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/05/deficit.html
Here are a few of the quotes I copied from his site which some might find interesting:
"No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. " -- Mark Twain (1866)
We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised to furnish new pretenses for revenue and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute." -- Thomas Paine
"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry." --Thomas Jefferson
"One single object. . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation." -- Thomas Jefferson
...the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch." -- Thomas Jefferson How true is that today?
"No nation was ever ruined by trade, even seemingly the most disadvantageous." -- Benjamin Franklin
"As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions." -- James Madison
"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If 'Thou shalt not covet' and 'Thou shalt not steal' were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free." -- John Adams
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. " -- Winston Churchill
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For those of you who 'wush' we'd shut ********* and just get back on the topic of SIGNS . . . . . .Doug, I was wonderin' . . . if those scissors'll cut a penny they'll cut .063 aluminum all day right??
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quote:"Let's all wake up. The post-Cold War peace is over," Mr. Fisher said. "We are now in an arms race with a new superpower whose goal is to contain and overtake the United States."
The above is from the pentagon, meanwhile WAL-MART alone contributed, what? 87 BILLION last year to the Chinese war machine?
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Plane crash kills son of Wal-Mart founder Last Updated Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:24:37 EDT CBC News One of the richest men in the world, John Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, has died in a plane crash in Wyoming.
John Walton was named by Forbes Magazine in March as No. 11 on its list of the world's richest people. The magazine estimated Walton's wealth at $18.2 billion US. His brother Jim Walton's wealth was also listed at $18.2 billion.
John Walton (AP file photo) During the Vietman War Walton joined the U.S. Army Green Berets and served as a medic in Vietnam.
"He was awarded the Silver Star for saving the lives of several members of his unit while under intense enemy fire," said a statement on the company's web site announcing his death.
The 58-year-old executive and philanthropist was piloting an ultralight aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff from the Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park, killing him.
Walton had been a member of the board of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. since 1992, the same year his father died.
He is survived by his wife Christy and his son Luke.
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Interesting that he served his country as a medic in Vietnam, and they describe him as a philanthorpist as well.
Sounds like he was "his own man" ... a brave man...and one who did care about helping the less fortunate. This doesn't sound very typical of someone who came into their money through inheritance.
Very interesting.
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