02 Feb 09
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Originally posted by smw6869Well people are either with you or against you (the new president hasn't repealled that yet). So where does that leave Springsteen's "socially progressive" fans? This anti- and pro-American thing does not depend on where you sit. The left hardly ever hurls this mysterious insult at the right. Can any Americans who like denouncing some of their compatriots as "anti-American" explain how this jibe works and what "anti-American" actually means?
How could Walmart be un-American? Have you seen all the cheap Ammo they sell?
GRANNY.
02 Feb 09
Originally posted by FMFWe don;t have Walmart in NZ but obviously Bruce Springsteen has acknowledged an error on his part and says he'd do it differently next time I don;t think that is anything but reasonable.
Has Walmart got any un-American 'bones' in its 'body'?
Please enlighten with a bit about Walmart being unAmerican for us folk from overseas.. Are they foreign owned employ foreign labour and send all their profit back to their country of origin like so many around the world?
I do have to say if being American is McDonald's Subway with cheap plastic cost cutting junk food and cheap youth labour etc I wish our country ejected them.. we dislike our own Warehouse Chain (like Walmart) they put small business out of business where ever they go. we used to have great junk food before the cardboard era. If being American is being inclined to get every cent you can out a deal then I guess we are all mostly guilty.
02 Feb 09
Originally posted by FMFALL Americans are anti-American. That's what unites us. Psych 101.
Well people are either with you or against you (the new president hasn't repealled that yet). So where does that leave Springsteen's "socially progressive" fans? This anti- and pro-American thing does not depend on where you sit. The left hardly ever hurls this mysterious insult at the right. Can any Americans who like denouncing some of their compatriots as "anti-American" explain how this jibe works and what "anti-American" actually means?
GRANNY.
02 Feb 09
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Originally posted by FMFSay what? I was too busy cleaning my guns and Bibles cause I have a tendency to "cling" to them. Could you say that again? 😛
The left hardly ever hurls this mysterious insult at the right.
The bottom line is that the left hates WalMart just like the do guns and SUV's. Therefore, since they stand for what is "right",....or should I say for what is left?......anyway, since they believe they stand for what is best for America everything they oppose could be surmised as "Anti-American".
02 Feb 09
Originally posted by whodeyAre you saying that the American left regularly denounces or smears right wing Americans in public with the label "Anti-American"?
since [the American left] believe they stand for what is best for America everything they oppose could be surmised as "Anti-American".
02 Feb 09
Originally posted by FMFNow I know why non Americans perceive septics as being a bunch of ignorant knuckleheads. They are so adept at the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing that neither know a damn thing about anything!
Are you saying that the American left regularly denounces or smears right wing Americans in public with the label "Anti-American"?
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03 Feb 09
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Originally posted by FMFReleasing exclusively through Wal-Mart didn't hurt The Eagles or AC/DC. Labor, overhead, mark-up, piracy, blah blah blah - it's pretty much all the same. The labor practices that happen at Wal-Mart happen at most major retailers and all grocers. It's just the way things are.
[b]Springsteen regrets record deal
Rock star Bruce Springsteen has said it was a "mistake" to exclusively release an album with US retail giant Wal-Mart.
The musician told the New York Times: "Our batting average is usually very good, but we missed that one."
Some fans complained about the deal, saying claims made against Wal-Mart's labour practices once and for all, how it works and what "anti-American" actually means?[/b][/b]
03 Feb 09
Originally posted by BadwaterWhat's funny is the only corporation that is going to be left standing, the way things are going, is WalMart. From a liberal point of view, it is the same realization that if the world had a nuclear holocaust the only survivors would be cockroaches. LOL.
Releasing exclusively through Wal-Mart didn't hurt The Eagles or AC/DC. Labor, overhead, mark-up, piracy, blah blah blah - it's pretty much all the same. The labor practices that happen at Wal-Mart happen at most major retailers and all grocers. It's just the way things are.
03 Feb 09
Originally posted by FMFWhy don't you find something else to complain about. Springsteen is not anti american. 😏
[b]Springsteen regrets record deal
Rock star Bruce Springsteen has said it was a "mistake" to exclusively release an album with US retail giant Wal-Mart.
The musician told the New York Times: "Our batting average is usually very good, but we missed that one."
Some fans complained about the deal, saying claims made against Wal-Mart's labour practices ...[text shortened]... once and for all, how it works and what "anti-American" actually means?[/b][/b]