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jps December 3rd 03 08:49 AM

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In article k.net,
says...
jps wrote:

In article ,
says...


I think that is sufficient proof that the claim was accurate.
LZ




Thanks LZ.

Mr. Jonathan Ball should probably look into Swiss history a little more.


I think you should look into it in the first place,
whiner. It's obvious you never have.


Whiner? Is that the best you can muster? Tell your girlfriend or your
boyfriend to give you a tap upside the head with a cast iron frypan.
You're really in need.

Actually, idiot, I've spent a bit of time there myself. Unlike you,
however, I had my eyes opened to their history and place in the world.

You were an exchange student living in luxury in the Zurich or Geneva?
Did an poor little banking family take you in for your junior year?
How's your senior year going?


jps December 3rd 03 08:55 AM

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In article ,
says...

No, I'm not "economically illiterate," I just don't have my head up my
ass, like you do. You are obviously a brainwashed fool who would
deliberately destroy America with your idiotic theories about
economics, theories that have absolutely no basis in reality.

I'll leave you now so you can worship at the altar of "comparative
advantage."

But you might want to give the collum below a read when you are done
saying your prayers to the gods of free trade. It may be
enlightening.

Fred Ziffel


Notice he didn't bother to refute the article you posted.

Must be one of those tinkle down guys who thinks money should be
bestowed on only those who earn it the old fashioned way, through a
trust fund.

Harry Krause December 3rd 03 10:08 AM

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Jonathan Ball wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:

Jonathan Ball wrote:

Fred Ziffel wrote:



Nothing wrong with Switzerland, but I wish it was made in the USA,
like everything used to be.

That's stupid thinking. Why do you really care where
it's made? Borders are arbitrary. For things that are
made in the U.S., do you care that they're made in your
state? For things that are made in your state, do you
care that they're made in your county?



Stupid thinking?


Yes: stupid thinking.

I care where products are made because I want Americans
who need manufacturing jobs


No Americans "need" manufacturing jobs.



Really? Well, at this point, it is obvious you are so detached from
reality that nothing further you post is worth a look.


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Harry Krause December 3rd 03 10:10 AM

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SteveB wrote:

"Jonathan Ball" wrote


No. $50 says I'm older and have more documentable
education than you, putz.


WTF is "documentable education"? I know a lot of people who have degrees
who can't tie their shoelaces. Education is by NO means an indicator of
intelligence. Many degrees are merely certificates of attendance. Or
merely those bestowed by The Mighty Wizard.

Steve



Ball is an honors economics graduate of Matchbook Cover U.

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Harry Krause December 3rd 03 10:12 AM

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jps wrote:

In article k.net,
says...
Harry Krause wrote:

jps wrote:


In article ,
says...


I think that is sufficient proof that the claim was accurate.
LZ


Thanks LZ.

Mr. Jonathan Ball should probably look into Swiss history a little more.

It's pretty clear they're a mercantile lot living under the
misperception of neutrality.

The Jewish people are just one of many who've been stolen from and then
stiff armed by Swiss banking laws. There are folks around the globe
who've been screwed by creeps, thugs and the like whose ill-gotten gains
are "protected" by the Swiss banking system.

It's a pretty country hiding some of the ugliest secrets in the world.

jps



Ball probably is very young,


No. $50 says I'm older and have more documentable
education than you, putz.

very smug,


Hardly. The correct term is self confident. I am self
confident, you are smug. Older, wiser people like me
know the difference.


Allow me to suggest your self-confidence is unearned.


inexperienced in the reality of the world


No.

and likely believes the holocaust was a myth.


No.


This guy is a loudmouthed fool whose references are as paper thin as
whatever foreskins he's got. Ask him about Switzerland or the
Employment Policy Foundation and you'll find him a font of
misinformation.

You know he's an idiot if he thinks he's older and has more education
than Harry! ;^)

jps


That's right. *I* am the ancient mariner.

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is never read.

Dave Hall December 3rd 03 01:55 PM

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Doug Kanter wrote:

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...
Doug Kanter wrote:

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


A real store would've moved those women out of the line, and perhaps
even
called the police. Not WM, though. As far as they're concerned,

their
customers' time is worthless.


You can't put the blame on that type of behavior squarely on the
shoulders of Wal-Mart exclusively. Many other department stores work

in
the same way. Any time you have a store which attracts a clientele

which
is not "bloomingdales" quality, you employ people at or near minimum
wage, and do not offer line managers any incentive to do any more than
babysit the employees, you will get this sort of situation. I've been

in
similar situations (I always end up picking the worst line) in grocery
stores as well as department stores.

Dave



I have, too. In the "other" store I shop at, the cashier's blinking

light
would've gone on and a manager or security person would've been there in

30
seconds. Not Wal Mart, though.


Again, it's probably a local thing, and not something endemic to the
Walmart business plan.



Something else interesting about the WM near me: You know how you hear a
gentle beep from some cash registers each time an item is dragged across

the
scanner? At WM, they've connected that to the public address system at

the
front. Unbelievably loud and annoying. WTF? This is supposed to make the
place sound interesting?


What? You've got to be kidding. That would drive me nuts if I had to
listen to that for hours on end....

Dave



I kid you not. At first, I wondered if my 50 year old hearing had begun to
lose some of its directional sensitivity. But, last time I was at WM, my 14
yr old son & two friends were with me. They focused on the sources and sure
enough, it was coming from the PA system. You know the 120 decibel French
fry timers at McDonalds? Lower the level a bit, but multiply by however many
registers are beeping.



That's nuts! What possible legitimate use could that possibly have?

25 years ago, when I worked at a factory, they had tone paging over the
PA. When you worked second shift, and it was quiet, you really started
noticing those annoying beep-beep-beeps every few minutes. One night the
maintenance crew left a lift in our area. Needless to say, we climbed up
there and cut the wires to the speaker, so that we could open the
connection at night, and then reconnect it again for the day shift.

I know how annoying those sounds can be. I can't imagine having to hear
that at close range for any length of time.

Dave



Dave Hall December 3rd 03 01:55 PM

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Harry Krause wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:

"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Lone Haranguer wrote:


Jonathan Ball wrote:

jps wrote:

Bull****, they collect tolls off of blood money.

Prove it.


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things like
this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf


Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant. It's clear that you think little at all
and would rather just catergorize and demonize all those who disagree
with you.

If I were to adopt your "style" I could say that you seem to be a very
young, naive and somewhat taken to embellishment, as the stories that
you tell are rarely verifiable, and the idealogy that you embrace is the
sort of utopian idealist attitude usually reserved for someone who never
had to earn a living. Sort of like those Hollywood liberals.

Dave



Dave Hall December 3rd 03 01:55 PM

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Doug Kanter wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...


Ball probably is very young, very smug, inexperienced in the reality of
the world and likely believes the holocaust was a myth.


Another Dave Hall?



Possibly. I'm not the only intelligent, rational, logical, analytical,
and dispassionate person on this planet.

Dave



Dave Hall December 3rd 03 01:55 PM

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jps wrote:

In article k.net,
says...
Harry Krause wrote:

jps wrote:


In article ,
says...


I think that is sufficient proof that the claim was accurate.
LZ


Thanks LZ.

Mr. Jonathan Ball should probably look into Swiss history a little more.

It's pretty clear they're a mercantile lot living under the
misperception of neutrality.

The Jewish people are just one of many who've been stolen from and then
stiff armed by Swiss banking laws. There are folks around the globe
who've been screwed by creeps, thugs and the like whose ill-gotten gains
are "protected" by the Swiss banking system.

It's a pretty country hiding some of the ugliest secrets in the world.

jps



Ball probably is very young,


No. $50 says I'm older and have more documentable
education than you, putz.

very smug,


Hardly. The correct term is self confident. I am self
confident, you are smug. Older, wiser people like me
know the difference.


Allow me to suggest your self-confidence is unearned.


inexperienced in the reality of the world


No.

and likely believes the holocaust was a myth.


No.


This guy is a loudmouthed fool whose references are as paper thin as
whatever foreskins he's got. Ask him about Switzerland or the
Employment Policy Foundation and you'll find him a font of
misinformation.

You know he's an idiot if he thinks he's older and has more education
than Harry! ;^)


How do you know what Harry REALLY has. You only have his word for it.
And well, quite frankly, history will show that Harry isn't the most
honest person around......

For all you know, Harry could be a Wal-Mart manager.

Dave



Dave Hall December 3rd 03 01:55 PM

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Harry Krause wrote:

Jonathan Ball wrote:

Lone Haranguer wrote:


Jonathan Ball wrote:

jps wrote:

Bull****, they collect tolls off of blood money.

Prove it.


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm


A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I think you've spent too much of your life reading Ayn Rand and taking
it seriously. You're really quite the smug, arrogant ass.


Assuming that this statement is true. What gives you the authority to
declare that Ayn Rand is wrong? What makes your opinion any more valid?
Sounds like a bit of smug arrogance on your part.

When you finally figure this out, you'll hopefully understand why you
are little more than the flip side to the same coin.....

Dave



Dave Hall December 3rd 03 01:55 PM

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Doug Kanter wrote:

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
In all fairness, Chuck, the cost of buying your own Blue Choice policy

here
(Rochester) is about $6-7k per year.


Does that $7k a year policy also carry a $3000 deductible?


Are you being facetious?

If not, and I understand your question, co-pays are $5 for normal doctor
visit, $10-$15 for specialists, and if I recall, $35 or $50 for E.R. Surgery
is also under $100.



I think, in this case, Chuck is working from some erroneous information.

Dave



Dave Hall December 3rd 03 01:55 PM

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Fred Ziffel wrote:

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:54:34 GMT, Jonathan Ball
wrote:

Fred Ziffel wrote:

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 16:32:56 GMT, Jonathan Ball
wrote:



We used to make very high quality products too.

We still do. We make those things where we have some
comparative advantage. Increasingly, the things we
make are not tangible. That doesn't make them any less
valuable.


Sorry, I've been listening to these same bull**** arguments for over
20 years,


No, you clearly *haven't* been listening to them. You
very clearly don't understand comparative advantage,
and patterns of trade. You are economically illiterate.


No, I'm not "economically illiterate," I just don't have my head up my
ass, like you do. You are obviously a brainwashed fool who would
deliberately destroy America with your idiotic theories about
economics, theories that have absolutely no basis in reality.

I'll leave you now so you can worship at the altar of "comparative
advantage."

But you might want to give the collum below a read when you are done
saying your prayers to the gods of free trade. It may be
enlightening.

Fred Ziffel

----------------------------------------------------------

http://www.unsustainable.org/view_art_un.asp?AID=291



Once again, another leftist is attempting to scare people by citing
statistics and drawing an unrelated conclusion from it. And as true to
form as ever, the author is quick to lay out the blame (and thereby
exposing their not-so-hidden agenda), but offers not one bit of advice
on how to "fix" it.

One of the biggest reasons for a trade deficit are differences in
economic standings. The US economy is recovering faster than much of the
rest of the world. As such the U.S. dollar is failry strong. As long as
the dollar remains strong there will be more imported goods than
exports, simply because our money can buy more goods, while selling less
compared to the currency in other countries. Everyone cries when the
dollar devaluates, but that's exactly what needs to happen in order to
equalize the trade situation.

There are other factors to consider as well, but the last thing we need
to do, is get the government involved with trying to regulate free
trade. There are so many facets to the economy, that you might think
that a ceratin "control" (such as a tariff) would have a short term goal
of bolstering domestic production. But it could have damaging
repercussions in other areas. Nothing can illustrate this better than
the current health care and insurance debacle. The more we try to "save"
people by offering them more and more insurance to offset medical costs,
the more incentive the healthcare industry has to raise prices. That's
the legacy we have when we try to regulate or control a part of the free
market.

Dave



Dave Hall December 3rd 03 01:55 PM

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Harry Krause wrote:

Jonathan Ball wrote:
Fred Ziffel wrote:


Nothing wrong with Switzerland, but I wish it was made in the USA,
like everything used to be.


That's stupid thinking. Why do you really care where
it's made? Borders are arbitrary. For things that are
made in the U.S., do you care that they're made in your
state? For things that are made in your state, do you
care that they're made in your county?


Stupid thinking? I care where products are made because I want Americans
who need manufacturing jobs to have decent manufacturing jobs in the
United States, jobs where they can turn out good products and earn a
living for their families. Good manufacturing jobs help us maintain a
good manufacturing economy, and keep us from being overly dependent upon
other nations.

You sound like a one-worlder.



Would you please be kind enough to elaborate on just why this would be a
bad thing?

Dave



Gould 0738 December 3rd 03 02:58 PM

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I think, in this case, Chuck is working from some erroneous information.

Dave


I was relying on a paragraph in the Seattle Times' 3-part series about WalMart.

The WSJ reports different numbers, still extremely high for a mini-wage
worker.
$1000 deductible, plus 20% of all actual medical costs after the deductible (up
to $1750). No coverage at all for vaccinating children, eye drops,
contraceptives, chiropractic care, etc. $50 penalty added to the additional
premium deducted from every paycheck for spousal coverage, if that spouse has
access to health insurance through any other plan.

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/992282/posts

Doug Kanter December 3rd 03 03:07 PM

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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...
Doug Kanter wrote:

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
In all fairness, Chuck, the cost of buying your own Blue Choice

policy
here
(Rochester) is about $6-7k per year.

Does that $7k a year policy also carry a $3000 deductible?


Are you being facetious?

If not, and I understand your question, co-pays are $5 for normal doctor
visit, $10-$15 for specialists, and if I recall, $35 or $50 for E.R.

Surgery
is also under $100.



I think, in this case, Chuck is working from some erroneous information.

Dave



Well, I'm not sure. I made a similar mistake last week in a discussion. If
you look at the "cash price" that your employer pays for each employee in a
group plan (before your contribution or the employer's), it's usually much
lower than the price you get if call Blue Choice or whoever and say "I'm a
sole proprietor. How much will same kind of plan cost me?"



Doug Kanter December 3rd 03 03:10 PM

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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


What? You've got to be kidding. That would drive me nuts if I had to
listen to that for hours on end....

Dave



I kid you not. At first, I wondered if my 50 year old hearing had begun

to
lose some of its directional sensitivity. But, last time I was at WM, my

14
yr old son & two friends were with me. They focused on the sources and

sure
enough, it was coming from the PA system. You know the 120 decibel

French
fry timers at McDonalds? Lower the level a bit, but multiply by however

many
registers are beeping.



That's nuts! What possible legitimate use could that possibly have?


Somebody apparently thinks it makes the store sound "festive", like one of
our malls where there are three different sets of holiday music playing in
different "branches" of the walkway. If you happen to be standing where the
walkways meet.....

This is why a local reporter wrote last week "If there's anything that makes
me want to climb a tower with a rifle, it's the excessively early arrival of
holiday music". :-)



Doug Kanter December 3rd 03 03:11 PM

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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things

like
this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf


Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant. It's clear that you think little at all
and would rather just catergorize and demonize all those who disagree
with you.


Dave, do you ALSO think that the Swiss are innocent of all wrongdoing from
WWII? Court documents aren't good enough for you? :-)



Jonathan Ball December 3rd 03 05:45 PM

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jps wrote:

In article k.net,
says...

Harry Krause wrote:


Mr. Jonathan Ball should probably look into Swiss history a little more.

It's pretty clear they're a mercantile lot living under the
misperception of neutrality.

The Jewish people are just one of many who've been stolen from and then
stiff armed by Swiss banking laws. There are folks around the globe
who've been screwed by creeps, thugs and the like whose ill-gotten gains
are "protected" by the Swiss banking system.

It's a pretty country hiding some of the ugliest secrets in the world.

jps



Ball probably is very young,


No. $50 says I'm older and have more documentable
education than you, putz.


very smug,


Hardly. The correct term is self confident. I am self
confident, you are smug. Older, wiser people like me
know the difference.



Allow me to suggest your self-confidence is unearned.


Allow me to tell you you don't know your ass from your
face. My self confidence is fully paid for.




inexperienced in the reality of the world


No.


and likely believes the holocaust was a myth.


No.



This guy is a loudmouthed fool whose references are as paper thin as
whatever foreskins he's got. Ask him about Switzerland or the
Employment Policy Foundation and you'll find him a font of
misinformation.


Answer the question, bigoted punk: are the facts about
who earns minimum wage, and for how long, correct or
not? Show competing conclusions, if you have any (heh
heh heh).



Jonathan Ball December 3rd 03 05:49 PM

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jps wrote:

In article k.net,
says...

jps wrote:


In article ,
says...



I think that is sufficient proof that the claim was accurate.
LZ



Thanks LZ.

Mr. Jonathan Ball should probably look into Swiss history a little more.


I think you should look into it in the first place,
whiner. It's obvious you never have.



Whiner? Is that the best you can muster? Tell your girlfriend or your
boyfriend to give you a tap upside the head with a cast iron frypan.
You're really in need.

Actually, idiot, I've spent a bit of time there myself. Unlike you,
however, I had my eyes opened to their history and place in the world.


Cut the ****. You were on a package tour. You saw the
covered bridge in Luzern and falsely concluded you
"know" Swiss history. You don't know anything.


You were an exchange student living in luxury in the Zurich or Geneva?


Not luxury. It was a comfortable middle class family.
The father was an engineer specializing in dam
construction; he worked on the Grand Dixence dam, among
others. In order to head off your inevitable unfounded
charge of anti-semitism, I'm quite confident no forced
Jewish labor was used in the construction of the dam.

Both before and after my stay with them, the family
lived in Iran, where he also worked on dam
construction. You, being a paranoid bigot, probably
see that as evidence of anti-semitism. You are a fool
in addition to being a loathsome bigot.


Jonathan Ball December 3rd 03 05:50 PM

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Harry Krause wrote:

Jonathan Ball wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:


Jonathan Ball wrote:


Fred Ziffel wrote:


Nothing wrong with Switzerland, but I wish it was made in the USA,
like everything used to be.

That's stupid thinking. Why do you really care where
it's made? Borders are arbitrary. For things that are
made in the U.S., do you care that they're made in your
state? For things that are made in your state, do you
care that they're made in your county?


Stupid thinking?


Yes: stupid thinking.


I care where products are made because I want Americans
who need manufacturing jobs


No Americans "need" manufacturing jobs.




Really?


Yes: really. No Americans "need" manufacturing jobs.

Well, at this point, it is obvious you are so detached from
reality that nothing further you post is worth a look.


Translation: you lost, and you're running away.


Jonathan Ball December 3rd 03 05:57 PM

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Doug Kanter wrote:

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things


like

this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf



Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant. It's clear that you think little at all
and would rather just catergorize and demonize all those who disagree
with you.



Dave, do you ALSO think that the Swiss are innocent of all wrongdoing from
WWII? Court documents aren't good enough for you? :-)


The paranoid bigot who offered the court documents was
trying to prove, somehow, that the Swiss economy is not
primarily a service based economy. His citation
couldn't possibly prove that, as it is entirely unrelated.


Doug Kanter December 3rd 03 06:13 PM

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"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
hlink.net...


Dave, do you ALSO think that the Swiss are innocent of all wrongdoing

from
WWII? Court documents aren't good enough for you? :-)


The paranoid bigot who offered the court documents was
trying to prove, somehow, that the Swiss economy is not
primarily a service based economy. His citation
couldn't possibly prove that, as it is entirely unrelated.


Based on my reading of the messages, there were two things going on, and one
of them was JPS' comment that the Swiss had, and continue to have some
skanky activities that they'd like the world to not notice. Then, I believe
it was you who appeared to deny that the Swiss had held onto assets which
weren't theirs from the WWII era.

If they'd cleared it all up in 1948, it would've been fair to say that it
was over. But, legal proceedings were still going on until just a couple of
years ago, which was proven with a link to court documents. At that point,
you failed to say "Oh...OK....fine. I was mistaken".

The FIRST link someone posted for you was from what you considered an
unreliable or biased source. The SECOND one, which I posted, was a direct
source of information.

Not that I've straightened this out for you, do you still believe the Swiss
did NOT hang onto assets which belonged to Holocaust victims?



Jonathan Ball December 3rd 03 06:22 PM

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Doug Kanter wrote:

"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
hlink.net...


Dave, do you ALSO think that the Swiss are innocent of all wrongdoing


from

WWII? Court documents aren't good enough for you? :-)


The paranoid bigot who offered the court documents was
trying to prove, somehow, that the Swiss economy is not
primarily a service based economy. His citation
couldn't possibly prove that, as it is entirely unrelated.



Based on my reading of the messages, there were two things going on, and one
of them was JPS' comment that the Swiss had, and continue to have some
skanky activities that they'd like the world to not notice. Then, I believe
it was you who appeared to deny that the Swiss had held onto assets which
weren't theirs from the WWII era.


No, I didn't.

As you say, there are two *entirely separate* issues:
the composition of the Swiss economy, and whether or
not Switzerland concealed illegally held Jewish assets.
I never even addressed the latter, because I think it
is well demonstrated that Swiss banks did hold onto the
assets, and the Swiss government didn't do anything to
get them to be forthcoming.

I do dispute the paranoid bigot and coward "jps's"
rabid contention that the Swiss economy is based on
recycling "blood money".


If they'd cleared it all up in 1948, it would've been fair to say that it
was over. But, legal proceedings were still going on until just a couple of
years ago, which was proven with a link to court documents. At that point,
you failed to say "Oh...OK....fine. I was mistaken".

The FIRST link someone posted for you was from what you considered an
unreliable or biased source. The SECOND one, which I posted, was a direct
source of information.

Not that I've straightened this out for you, do you still believe the Swiss
did NOT hang onto assets which belonged to Holocaust victims?


I never believed it; yours is an invalid complex question.


Dave Hall December 3rd 03 07:19 PM

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Doug Kanter wrote:

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things

like
this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf


Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant. It's clear that you think little at all
and would rather just catergorize and demonize all those who disagree
with you.


Dave, do you ALSO think that the Swiss are innocent of all wrongdoing from
WWII? Court documents aren't good enough for you? :-)


I withhold any comment on the Swiss situation until I see more
information. I was merely commenting on Harry's typical modus operandi,
of making assumptions of someone simply because they hold a different
political ideology, and then demonizing them based on his conjectures.

Dave



Dave Hall December 3rd 03 07:19 PM

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Doug Kanter wrote:

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


What? You've got to be kidding. That would drive me nuts if I had to
listen to that for hours on end....

Dave



I kid you not. At first, I wondered if my 50 year old hearing had begun

to
lose some of its directional sensitivity. But, last time I was at WM, my

14
yr old son & two friends were with me. They focused on the sources and

sure
enough, it was coming from the PA system. You know the 120 decibel

French
fry timers at McDonalds? Lower the level a bit, but multiply by however

many
registers are beeping.



That's nuts! What possible legitimate use could that possibly have?


Somebody apparently thinks it makes the store sound "festive", like one of
our malls where there are three different sets of holiday music playing in
different "branches" of the walkway. If you happen to be standing where the
walkways meet.....


More idiots in control.....



This is why a local reporter wrote last week "If there's anything that makes
me want to climb a tower with a rifle, it's the excessively early arrival of
holiday music". :-)


I agree. I look forward to and enjoy the Christmas season. But I
traditionally don't start celebrating it until Thanksgiving is
officially in the can. I don't start the music and the ornaments until
the first or second week in December. Any sooner than that, and I'm sick
of the whole thing by the time Christmas actually gets here. My wife is
a little more "festive" than I am, and it's tough to restrain her urges
to "deck the halls" (Literally) in the middle of November.

I look at it as desperation on the part of retailers who are just
leveraging the holidays for a fatter bottom line. It's a shame that the
true meaning of Christmas, and even the magical wonder that it holds for
a young child, is lost under mounds of commercial greed...

Dave



Dave Hall December 3rd 03 07:19 PM

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Doug Kanter wrote:

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...
Doug Kanter wrote:

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
In all fairness, Chuck, the cost of buying your own Blue Choice

policy
here
(Rochester) is about $6-7k per year.

Does that $7k a year policy also carry a $3000 deductible?

Are you being facetious?

If not, and I understand your question, co-pays are $5 for normal doctor
visit, $10-$15 for specialists, and if I recall, $35 or $50 for E.R.

Surgery
is also under $100.



I think, in this case, Chuck is working from some erroneous information.

Dave



Well, I'm not sure. I made a similar mistake last week in a discussion. If
you look at the "cash price" that your employer pays for each employee in a
group plan (before your contribution or the employer's), it's usually much
lower than the price you get if call Blue Choice or whoever and say "I'm a
sole proprietor. How much will same kind of plan cost me?"



That's true, and largely due to the "volume discount" that a large
grouping of employees rates. A corporation can also encourage wellness
programs, stop smoking clinics, and offer physical fitness discounts at
heath spas. All these factors contribute to a lower risk assessment for
large group memberships.

Dave



Doug Kanter December 3rd 03 07:32 PM

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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


Dave, do you ALSO think that the Swiss are innocent of all wrongdoing

from
WWII? Court documents aren't good enough for you? :-)


I withhold any comment on the Swiss situation until I see more
information. I was merely commenting on Harry's typical modus operandi,
of making assumptions of someone simply because they hold a different
political ideology, and then demonizing them based on his conjectures.

Dave


Well, the court proceedings took place throughout the 1990s. Plenty of
information out there. If the court documents are too dense to wade through,
as they usually are, search at one of the major newspapers.



Jonathan Ball December 3rd 03 07:36 PM

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Doug Kanter wrote:
"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things


like

this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf



Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant. It's clear that you think little at all
and would rather just catergorize and demonize all those who disagree
with you.



Dave, do you ALSO


"Also"? Who has indicated he thinks the Swiss didn't
do something wrong during the war?

Stop asking illegitimate complex questions.

think that the Swiss are innocent of all wrongdoing from
WWII? Court documents aren't good enough for you? :-)




[email protected] December 3rd 03 10:58 PM

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Fully supported by the parents and family. Not too many kids with a bunch of
disposable income or good credit limits going through the checkouts.
How many pairs of Nikes did you have as a child? What about the $200 club
jackets?

Myron

Dave Hall wrote:

It's a shame that the true meaning of Christmas, and even the magical wonder
that it holds for a young child, is lost under mounds of commercial greed...




Harry Krause December 4th 03 12:04 AM

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Dave Hall wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:

"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Lone Haranguer wrote:


Jonathan Ball wrote:

jps wrote:

Bull****, they collect tolls off of blood money.

Prove it.


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things like
this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf


Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant.


Ah, but what I think-and do-is far more relevant than what you think or
do, and for reasons I won't get into in a newsgroup. You're just
right-wing trash, and in the course of human events, you and those who
think and feel like you will end up on the discard pile.





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Harry Krause December 4th 03 12:04 AM

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Dave Hall wrote:

jps wrote:

In article k.net,
says...
Harry Krause wrote:

jps wrote:


In article ,
says...


I think that is sufficient proof that the claim was accurate.
LZ


Thanks LZ.

Mr. Jonathan Ball should probably look into Swiss history a little more.

It's pretty clear they're a mercantile lot living under the
misperception of neutrality.

The Jewish people are just one of many who've been stolen from and then
stiff armed by Swiss banking laws. There are folks around the globe
who've been screwed by creeps, thugs and the like whose ill-gotten gains
are "protected" by the Swiss banking system.

It's a pretty country hiding some of the ugliest secrets in the world.

jps



Ball probably is very young,

No. $50 says I'm older and have more documentable
education than you, putz.

very smug,

Hardly. The correct term is self confident. I am self
confident, you are smug. Older, wiser people like me
know the difference.


Allow me to suggest your self-confidence is unearned.


inexperienced in the reality of the world

No.

and likely believes the holocaust was a myth.

No.


This guy is a loudmouthed fool whose references are as paper thin as
whatever foreskins he's got. Ask him about Switzerland or the
Employment Policy Foundation and you'll find him a font of
misinformation.

You know he's an idiot if he thinks he's older and has more education
than Harry! ;^)


How do you know what Harry REALLY has. You only have his word for it.
And well, quite frankly, history will show that Harry isn't the most
honest person around......



How would you possibly know that, Dave? From reading the vomitus of
Karen Smith, Dave Mann and a few other right-wing ejaculates?
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Gould 0738 December 4th 03 12:16 AM

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Get that damned bus off the road. It slows down my Rolls.

Jack Meholf December 4th 03 01:07 AM

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LOL

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Dave Hall wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:

"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Lone Haranguer wrote:


Jonathan Ball wrote:

jps wrote:

Bull****, they collect tolls off of blood money.

Prove it.


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things

like
this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf


Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant.


Ah, but what I think-and do-is far more relevant than what you think or
do, and for reasons I won't get into in a newsgroup. You're just
right-wing trash, and in the course of human events, you and those who
think and feel like you will end up on the discard pile.





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Charles December 4th 03 02:03 AM

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Harry Krause wrote:

Ah, but what I think-and do-is far more relevant than what you think or
do, and for reasons I won't get into in a newsgroup.


LOL, you're such an important person in your own mind.

It funny how arrogant people never see themselves as others do. You're clueless.

-- Charlie


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Jonathan Ball December 4th 03 03:18 AM

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Harry Krause wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:


Harry Krause wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:


"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
. earthlink.net...

Lone Haranguer wrote:


Jonathan Ball wrote:


jps wrote:


Bull****, they collect tolls off of blood money.

Prove it.


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things like
this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf



Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant.



Ah, but what I think-and do-is far more relevant than what you think or
do, and for reasons I won't get into in a newsgroup.


I doubt it. Since you are too arrogant and/or scared
to tell us why you think you are, I'll just consider
your claim unsupported bull****.


Harry Krause December 4th 03 03:30 AM

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Jonathan Ball wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:


Harry Krause wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:


"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
.earthlink.net...

Lone Haranguer wrote:


Jonathan Ball wrote:


jps wrote:


Bull****, they collect tolls off of blood money.

Prove it.


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things like
this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf



Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant.



Ah, but what I think-and do-is far more relevant than what you think or
do, and for reasons I won't get into in a newsgroup.


I doubt it. Since you are too arrogant and/or scared
to tell us why you think you are, I'll just consider
your claim unsupported bull****.


Not all all. I've simply concluded that you're just another piece of
right-wing crapola, and therefore nothing you post is worth consideration.

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Jonathan Ball December 4th 03 05:05 AM

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Harry Krause wrote:
Jonathan Ball wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:


Dave Hall wrote:



Harry Krause wrote:


Doug Kanter wrote:



"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
s.earthlink.net...


Lone Haranguer wrote:



Jonathan Ball wrote:



jps wrote:



Bull****, they collect tolls off of blood money.

Prove it.


http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.27H.swiss.pay.htm

A an extremist radical propaganda site. It's crap from
beginning to end.


I'm not sure what you're having trouble believing, but perhaps things like
this will snap you out of whatever trance you're in:
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/IRURF.pdf



Methinks Jonathan is a college freshman with a rich daddy.



What "you think" is irrelevant.


Ah, but what I think-and do-is far more relevant than what you think or
do, and for reasons I won't get into in a newsgroup.


I doubt it. Since you are too arrogant and/or scared
to tell us why you think you are, I'll just consider
your claim unsupported bull****.



Not all all.


Yes: all. Your claim is unsupported bull****: what
you think and do is negligible, and not important to
anyone who is important.


jps December 4th 03 09:08 AM

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In article k.net,
says...
jps wrote:

In article k.net,
says...

jps wrote:


In article ,
says...



I think that is sufficient proof that the claim was accurate.
LZ



Thanks LZ.

Mr. Jonathan Ball should probably look into Swiss history a little more.

I think you should look into it in the first place,
whiner. It's obvious you never have.



Whiner? Is that the best you can muster? Tell your girlfriend or your
boyfriend to give you a tap upside the head with a cast iron frypan.
You're really in need.

Actually, idiot, I've spent a bit of time there myself. Unlike you,
however, I had my eyes opened to their history and place in the world.


Cut the ****. You were on a package tour. You saw the
covered bridge in Luzern and falsely concluded you
"know" Swiss history. You don't know anything.


I have friends who live in a 400 year old house heated by a yurt outside
of Beatenberg, opposite Interlochen. He's a scientist who lives and
works where he pleases.

You have no adult friends there. You were a blind little piker who came
back with a pair of lederhosen that you showed off for your parents and
then never wore again, right?

You were an exchange student living in luxury in the Zurich or Geneva?


Not luxury. It was a comfortable middle class family.
The father was an engineer specializing in dam
construction; he worked on the Grand Dixence dam, among
others. In order to head off your inevitable unfounded
charge of anti-semitism, I'm quite confident no forced
Jewish labor was used in the construction of the dam.


I never accused Switzerland of forced labor, just participating in the
holocaust loot that the Furer and his minions gave to the Swiss for safe
keeping. No doubt that and other stolen, unclaimed property has helped
float the Swiss economy over the last 60 years.

Both before and after my stay with them, the family
lived in Iran, where he also worked on dam
construction. You, being a paranoid bigot, probably
see that as evidence of anti-semitism. You are a fool
in addition to being a loathsome bigot.


And you're a blowhard know nothing. You're full of assumptions with few
facts to back you up.

Tell us more about American labor markets and the history of Switzerland
Jonathan. You're a real hoot.

jps December 4th 03 09:09 AM

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In article k.net,
says...

This guy is a loudmouthed fool whose references are as paper thin as
whatever foreskins he's got. Ask him about Switzerland or the
Employment Policy Foundation and you'll find him a font of
misinformation.


Answer the question, bigoted punk: are the facts about
who earns minimum wage, and for how long, correct or
not? Show competing conclusions, if you have any (heh
heh heh).


Go learn for yourself without the right wing spin...

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2000.htm

jps December 4th 03 09:29 AM

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In article .net,
says...

If they'd cleared it all up in 1948, it would've been fair to say that it
was over. But, legal proceedings were still going on until just a couple of
years ago, which was proven with a link to court documents. At that point,
you failed to say "Oh...OK....fine. I was mistaken".

The FIRST link someone posted for you was from what you considered an
unreliable or biased source. The SECOND one, which I posted, was a direct
source of information.

Not that I've straightened this out for you, do you still believe the Swiss
did NOT hang onto assets which belonged to Holocaust victims?


I never believed it; yours is an invalid complex question.



Then do you assume that Swiss participation in hiding and holding (and
plundering unclaimed portions) of both holocaust victims assets
deposited in Swiss accounts and illegally derived assets has not and
still does not contribute to the health and prosperity of the Swiss
economic system?

Do you believe these assets were held in escrow and not sold off over
the last decades once the Swiss bankers realized the box holders weren't
coming back to retrieve their loot?

Why aren't the Swiss paying reparations in the actual gold pulled from
Jews teeth during the war or returning the actual gems, jewelry,
artwork, etc. that was given to the Swiss to be held?

Do you assume the banks themselves profited by selling these items off
over time or did the spoils go to the government?

Why did the banks agree to repay $1.25 billion to holocaust survivors
and their families? I'm sure that's a drop in the bucket of blood
that's been deposited in Swiss accounts since WWII.


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