originalboxcar wrote:
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tom d. friedman wrote:
...ruining the free enterprise system, putting every mom & pop or private business owner out of business, as well as driving manufactoring off shore, namely in china!!
Whoa! So through the use of free enterprise, they have ruined free enterprise? Shocked
Please don't blame Wal-Mart just because all your friends go there rather than to the local mom and pop shop. The customers run the mom and pop shops out of business via their shopping habits, not the other way around.
The same complaints were proffered when Sears started doing mail order 100 years ago and when e-commerce started.
I wonder if the local lumber yard complained about this?
Good point bdk, but you gotta admit that Walmart is "ruthless" when it comes to merchanidising. I personally don't shop there for that very reason not that I seek out only "made in USA" items. yeah, try to find many these days
It does come down the consumer. If they don't shop there, then Wally is out of business. Problem is shortsighted at best, ignorance, or people just don't care.
regards,
t~
I hate reiterating a rant but, HERE! HERE! I haven't set foot in a
WALLY WORLD/SAMS CLUB in several years! And I can still get all the cheap Chinese/Third World products I want(Even Martha Stewert! at K-Mart

) and they don't try to pretend that their employees are overpaid, overbenefited and HAPPY ABOUT IT![Rant Over!]
Back to the origonal subject
I remember that time difference, Tulio, from my days in the Texas/Okiehoma area(Altus AFB,OK). And how is the Giant Armadillo these days??! I used to love his work on the Lone Star Beer Comercials! Any Critter who could swill a whole beer truck full of Lone Star(The National Beer of Texas!) can't be all bad!

But I think I prefer to cuddle with my moose anyway!
Don
By the way, I spoke to the Kernal last night and he has just about compleated his move and will be back soonest.
Finest Kind!
Don