"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
Waddya know?!?! That heartless, ruthless, cut-throat, capitalistic,
slimy, sleazy, underhanded, abusive, lying, cheating oppressor of
defenseless working-class Americans - Wal-Mart - has donated $23 Million
to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M from WalMart and $8M from the Walton
Family Trust.] That's more than most nations of the world have pledged.
WalMart has also stated that any WalMart employee displaced by the storm
is guaranteed a job at the nearest WalMart to their resettlement point.

If they each work three wal-mart jobs, they might make enough to rent an
apartment and buy health insurance.

How much did the AFL-CIO donate?

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"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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Waddya know?!?! That heartless, ruthless, cut-throat, capitalistic,
slimy, sleazy, underhanded, abusive, lying, cheating oppressor of
defenseless working-class Americans - Wal-Mart - has donated $23
Million
to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M from WalMart and $8M from the Walton
Family Trust.] That's more than most nations of the world have
pledged.
WalMart has also stated that any WalMart employee displaced by the
storm
is guaranteed a job at the nearest WalMart to their resettlement
point.


Those dirty greedy hateful *******s! ;-)

I agree, it's just cheap PR for them.


Naw. Cheap PR is Sean Penn buying a small boat without having a clue on
how to operate it (or to put the drain plug in before it is launched) and
having the boat sink while he was desperately trying to bail it out. And
he brought along his personal photographer to capture every minute of it.

Now *that* is cheap PR....priceless also. ;-)

Please send a link to the pics/story.

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"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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Waddya know?!?! That heartless, ruthless, cut-throat, capitalistic,
slimy, sleazy, underhanded, abusive, lying, cheating oppressor of
defenseless working-class Americans - Wal-Mart - has donated $23
Million
to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M from WalMart and $8M from the
Walton
Family Trust.] That's more than most nations of the world have
pledged.
WalMart has also stated that any WalMart employee displaced by the
storm
is guaranteed a job at the nearest WalMart to their resettlement
point.


Those dirty greedy hateful *******s! ;-)

I agree, it's just cheap PR for them.


Naw. Cheap PR is Sean Penn buying a small boat without having a clue on
how to operate it (or to put the drain plug in before it is launched) and
having the boat sink while he was desperately trying to bail it out. And
he brought along his personal photographer to capture every minute of it.

Now *that* is cheap PR....priceless also. ;-)

Please send a link to the pics/story.


A Google search will show it. Let me know if you cannot find it.

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:29:43 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
Waddya know?!?! That heartless, ruthless, cut-throat, capitalistic,
slimy, sleazy, underhanded, abusive, lying, cheating oppressor of
defenseless working-class Americans - Wal-Mart - has donated $23 Million
to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M from WalMart and $8M from the Walton
Family Trust.] That's more than most nations of the world have pledged.
WalMart has also stated that any WalMart employee displaced by the storm
is guaranteed a job at the nearest WalMart to their resettlement point.

If they each work three wal-mart jobs, they might make enough to rent an
apartment and buy health insurance.

How much did the AFL-CIO donate?


They're donating union labor to the rebiulding effort... at 1.5 times
the going rate in NYC, with double coffee breaks and 4 day work weeks.

They're predicting massive union losses from such oppressive job
conditions.

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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:29:43 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
Waddya know?!?! That heartless, ruthless, cut-throat, capitalistic,
slimy, sleazy, underhanded, abusive, lying, cheating oppressor of
defenseless working-class Americans - Wal-Mart - has donated $23
Million
to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M from WalMart and $8M from the Walton
Family Trust.] That's more than most nations of the world have pledged.
WalMart has also stated that any WalMart employee displaced by the
storm
is guaranteed a job at the nearest WalMart to their resettlement point.

If they each work three wal-mart jobs, they might make enough to rent an
apartment and buy health insurance.

How much did the AFL-CIO donate?


They're donating union labor to the rebiulding effort... at 1.5 times
the going rate in NYC, with double coffee breaks and 4 day work weeks.

They're predicting massive union losses from such oppressive job
conditions.


LOL.

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"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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Waddya know?!?! That heartless, ruthless, cut-throat, capitalistic,
slimy, sleazy, underhanded, abusive, lying, cheating oppressor of
defenseless working-class Americans - Wal-Mart - has donated $23
Million
to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M from WalMart and $8M from the
Walton
Family Trust.] That's more than most nations of the world have
pledged.
WalMart has also stated that any WalMart employee displaced by the
storm
is guaranteed a job at the nearest WalMart to their resettlement
point.


Those dirty greedy hateful *******s! ;-)

I agree, it's just cheap PR for them.


Naw. Cheap PR is Sean Penn buying a small boat without having a clue on
how to operate it (or to put the drain plug in before it is launched)
and having the boat sink while he was desperately trying to bail it out.
And he brought along his personal photographer to capture every minute
of it.

Now *that* is cheap PR....priceless also. ;-)

Please send a link to the pics/story.


A Google search will show it. Let me know if you cannot find it.

http://tinyurl.com/dnzy3

http://tinyurl.com/8dzqp

Priceless!

As opposed to the very expensive PR of Bush's two photo-op trips? *If*
it
wasn't Sean Penn, but just some regular guy, would you be as critical?
How about John Travolta? He flew in five tons of needed supplies. PR,
or
just someone trying?

_--------------------------------

But I bet you didn't see Travolta taking the time to blast away at the
administration either. Penn turned his experiences into a political
opinion/statement.

As opposed to the very expensive PR of Bush's two photo-op trips? *If*

it
wasn't Sean Penn, but just some regular guy, would you be as critical?
How about John Travolta? He flew in five tons of needed supplies. PR,

or
just someone trying?


________________________________________

I also heard that Nicholas Cage has donated at least $1 mil. (if not
more) in cash for reliefe funds.

I haven't read about him blasting away at the gov't either.

As opposed to the very expensive PR of Bush's two photo-op trips?

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

Do you honestly think that any other president would have done anything
less?

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
Waddya know?!?! That heartless, ruthless, cut-throat, capitalistic,
slimy, sleazy, underhanded, abusive, lying, cheating oppressor of
defenseless working-class Americans - Wal-Mart - has donated $23
Million to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M from WalMart and $8M from the
Walton Family Trust.] That's more than most nations of the world have
pledged. WalMart has also stated that any WalMart employee displaced by
the storm is guaranteed a job at the nearest WalMart to their
resettlement point.
If they each work three wal-mart jobs, they might make enough to rent an
apartment and buy health insurance.

How much did the AFL-CIO donate?




I don't work for the AFL-CIO, but the labor movement has always been on
the front lines in responding to these situations. As of the middle of
last week, the following had been publicized by the AFL and some of its
member unions:

* The AFL-CIO has created a special Hurricane Relief Fund as part of
the Union Community Fund. Go to http://www.aflcio.org/hurricane to make a
tax-deductible contribution and be part of the largest relief effort in
the nation's history.
* Delegates to the CWA convention in Chicago voted to send up to $4
million in hurricane relief aid to help CWA families in the area.
* Several unions have established hurricane relief funds to aid their
members' recovery. Visit their websites for more information: AFT
(http://www.aft.org); Air Line Pilots (http://www.alpa.org); Fire Fighters
(http://www.iaff.org); Machinists (http://www.iamaw.org); National Air
Traffic Controllers Association (http://www.natca.org); and Postal Workers
(http://www.apwu.org).
* AFGE has partnered with the Federal Employee Education & Assistance
Fund to provide support and direct assistance to hurricane victims. Go to
http://www.afge.org for more information or to http://www.feea.org to
donate.
* The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the
Screen Actors are asking members to contribute to the Actors' Fund of
America or the Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund. Go to
http://www.aftra.org or http://www.sag.org for more information.
* Go to http://www.aflcio.org/hurricane for information on other
organizations that also are accepting donations for hurricane relief.
Check that site regularly for updates.
* IAFF President Harold Schaitberger traveled to the disaster area
Sept. 1 to help coordinate the union's relief effort at the IAFF Command
Response Center. Several IAFF locals from around the country sent members
for immediate rescue and recovery operations as part of urban
search-and-rescue teams. In addition, many of the local firefighters and
paramedics working around the clock in the disaster areas are IAFF
members.
* NATCA is planning to organize caravans of relief supplies, including
food, water, baby wipes, bug spray, generators and other critically needed
supplies.


And all of it combined doesn't add up to the $23 million in cash that
Wal-Mart has donated...plus all of the other things that they've given to
the relief effort.



I'm sure there is much more since the middle of last week. I know union
members everywhere are taking in union families who have been left
homeless. We have two such families living in a rental house I own in
Florida, and we might, I still don't know, be taking in a distant relative
who was left homeless in NO, though he also has some relatives in Georgia.

That's wonderful. But I didn't ask what *you* donated. It's really
nobody's business. The topic was about Wal-Mart.


What have you donated, Noybby? A toothbrush?


See reply above.