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Re: Hundreds Die in India Heatwave

Big_D_592 — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:45:58 -0000

How could this happen? I thought "Global Warming" was all a hoax. I know that Jim Inhoff wouldn't lie to us, would he? That damn Al Gore and the rest of the peace loving tree huggers must be somehow behind all these deaths.

Re: Clinton: Hillary, I Too Old for High Court

Big_D_592 — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:42:11 -0000

Sounds like you need to go get your guns and join the morons who are celebrating Timothy Mcveigh Day. Of course a left leaning court is better. Oh-I mean better for the people and not corporations, big business and closed minded bigots. You know what unites the tea-partiers/ Republicans "we all hate the same things"? Hatred- the right leaning uniting force

Re: Clinton: Hillary, I Too Old for High Court

Big_D_592 — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:47:58 -0000

Obama needs to line up at least 10 nominees one more liberal and than the next and none over the age of 40. Something has to be done to rebalance the court. As it stands now it's too far right leaning and needs to be brought back to left of center. The recent campaign finance ruling proves that.

Re: Cops: Phillies Fan Purposely Puked on Young Girl

Big_D_592 — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:47:23 -0000

I once knew an 18 year old kid that received 2 years in prison (felony assault with bodily fluids) for spitting on a cop. I think that this is much more disgusting and should have a far worse sentence. BTW he looks pretty unscathed; he would be in the ICU or the morgue if I had been the father

Re: Arizona Passes Tough Illegal Immigration Act

Big_D_592 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:17:03 -0000

So mutch for "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free".

Re: Brits Outraged Over Organ Donation Without Consent

Big_D_592 — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:16:25 -0000

The problem that I see here is the potential for abuse. Let’s say that there is a very wealthy person with a rare blood type that needs a new liver. Along comes a poor kid that is severely injured and he's a perfect match. The kid may be able to be saved but the chances a slim, on the other hand the rich old fart is willing and able to pay millions for the operation.........what are the chances of the poor kid living now?.....ZERO!

Re: Designing Women Star Dixie Carter Dies at 70

Big_D_592 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:02:24 -0000

This just goes to show your ignorance. Dixie Carter was in fact a far right leaning republican that hated the character of Miss Sugarbaker. The fact that she was able to fool people into believing that she was good liberal was a true testimony to her acting ability.

Re: Rob Walton’s New Ride

Big_D_592 — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:42:20 -0000

This Is WRONG! Censorship when Wal-Mart does it is wrong and when WALMARTWATCH does it it’s even worse! You should walk it like you talk it! Hypocrisy will never fly with me!

Because I believe in the UNION, and I believe in solidarity, and I take pride in the fact that I am a man of principal I find myself in a position of having to stand with SanDiegoView on this and I too am Boycotting this site until I receive a reasonable explanation and, or an apology to SanDiegoView for the removal of his post!

I read his/her post earlier and found NOTHING offensive in it! To continue to post on this blog would make me a HYPOCRIT and I'm angry with walmartwatch for putting me in this position!

I am calling on every one that regularly posts here to stand with us on this issue in hopes of having it resolved quickly!

Re: Blog: $7,000 For The Life Of Jdimytai Damour | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

Big_D_592 — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:11:57 -0000

This "fine" (what a JOKE!) for lack of a better word for it is just one more insult to the working men and woman in this country. The Bush administration extracted the teeth from OSHA over the last 8 years and this is the kind of pro-business, anti-labor decisions that we have grown all too accustomed to of late.

I wonder if this would have been a bit loftier fine if the employee that was trampled to death had had a name like Bob Jones and had been white rather than being black and having a name that sounds like he could have been a member of the hijackers of 9/11.

Wal-Mart saved untold MILLIONS by scrimping on the safety of their employees and customers on Black Fridays over the years. That's what the fine should reflect. That would send a message to business that profits at all cost are NOT acceptable and will not be tolerated!

Re: Green Day Slams Wal-Mart

Big_D_592 — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:39:11 -0000

Bob

If you don't consider what Wal-Mart does with music (the fact that they REQUIRE songs with lyrics that they don't like to be edited before they will sell them in their store) to be CENSORSHIP. What would you consider censorship? And do you even believe that there is such a thing?

Re: Blog: Your Friday Update On The Wilderness Fight | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

Big_D_592 — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:33:48 -0000

'They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the Beast. ~ Eagles (Hotel California)'

Hopefully that will become a more promising quote, how about this, you may quote me later.....

They praise it with deceiving words, but they just can't save the Beast. ~ Big D (Union Boilermaker)

Re: Green Day Slams Wal-Mart

Big_D_592 — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:57:57 -0000

Sparky

I'll see your "Family Tradition" and raise you one........

"She's really upset with me again,
I didn't give her what she likes.
I don't know what to tell her,
Don't know what to say.
Everything got funky last night.

She was really bombed,
And I was really blown away,
Until I asked her what she wanted,
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

She gets a charge out of bein' so weird,
Digs gettin' downright strange.
But I can keep a handle on anything,
Just this side of deranged.

She was gettin' bombed,
And I was gettin' blown away,
And she held it in her hand
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

She is so tough, as pure as the driven slush.
And that's not jewelry she's talkin' 'bout,
It really don't cost that much.

She was gettin' bombed,
And I was gettin' blown away,
And she took it in her hand,
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace."

Pearl Necklace ~ ZZ TOP

Re: Green Day Slams Wal-Mart

Big_D_592 — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:04:34 -0000

Bob

This is the key here, Wal-mart would carry Green Days new C/D if they would CHANGE their lyrics. When you require anyone to change their lyrics in order for their music to be carried, its CENSORSHIP plain and simple!

"Just look at that definition you presented, is Wal-Mart - suppressing, licensing, restricting, forbidding, controlling the sale of, blacking out, thought control, expurgating, editing, deleting, or bleeping the CD's?"

That's just it Wal-mart is requiring Green Day to; restrict, edit and or delete portions of their C/D, Wal-mart is also forbidding the sale of in their store with out change.

"If a mom & pop store decides not to sell Playboy or Hustler, are they censoring those magazines or are they just choosing not to sell them?"

No, that would not be censorship, but if they were requiring them to black out nude photos, then it would be. That's what Wal-Mart is doing to Green Day, they are requiring them to change the lyrics to conform to their wants, and that is CENSORSHIP!

Re: Green Day Slams Wal-Mart

Big_D_592 — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:33:36 -0000

Here's one for you Sparky

"Said you ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin
Then you're sure to be a changin' your ways
I met a cheerleader was a real young bleeder
Oh the times I could resist.......

Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school
And your feet flyin' up in the air
Singin' hey diddle diddle
Put your kitty in the middle of the swing like you just don't care"

"Walk this way" by Areosmith

Re: Green Day Slams Wal-Mart

Big_D_592 — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:53:06 -0000

"That is NOT censorship, it's just refusing to sell a product"

Bob do you know the definition of censorship? Let me help.
This is a good place to find out Bob!

"What is censorship?"
http://gilc.org/speech/osis...

'censorship
n.

censoring, suppression, licensing, restriction, forbidding, controlling the press, governmental control, security blackout, news blackout, thought control, the censor's blue pencil, expurgation, bowdlerization, editing, deletion, bleeping; see also restraint 2.'

The fact is Bob, What Wal-Mart is doing is not only censorship but it is redefining the whole concept!

'We live in oppressive times.We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder 'censorship', we call it 'concern for commercial viability.'
-Mamet, David Alan

Re: Wal-Mart To Small Businesses: While One Hand Giveth, The Other Hand Taketh Away

Big_D_592 — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:53:59 -0000

Tom

I apologize to you from the bottom of my soul. I really showed my ass this time. I hope you can forgive my ignorance.

Re: Wal-Mart To Small Businesses: While One Hand Giveth, The Other Hand Taketh Away

Big_D_592 — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:01:42 -0000

Tom

What in God's name are trying to say? BTW that's MIDWEST CITY.

Re: Wal-Mart Agrees To Settlement In The Desert

Big_D_592 — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:31:19 -0000

Ken

My mother in law was a test scanner at a Wal-Mart in Michigan for 17 years; she was making around $20.00 per hr. Her position was eliminated by the store and she was transferred to night stocker (62 years old 102 lbs) with a $12.00 per hr. pay cut. Her immediate supervisor told her that she was making too much money and that the test scanner position was losing the store too much money. Of course she was not able to do the work that was required as a night stocker. The manager that told her this quit shortly afterwards. I've tried to get her to bring suite against the Beast but she won't do it. I should also mention that I've brought this up on previous posts before.

Re: Blog: Friday Speak Out Round Up: Unexcused absences and undemocratic practices | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

Big_D_592 — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:49:27 -0000

I can't tell you how sorry I am that this happened to you. You're not alone, there are too many Wal-Mart stories like yours to count, and the numbers would be staggering.

My mother in law had a similar experience with WM in Michigan. If you come to this sight for any length of time you'll find that you're not alone.

This is one more reason for the EFCA; with a union you have a grievance process that you can appeal this type of wrongful termination. You have a steward that you can go too, to get results, if that doesn't work there is a chain of command that will look into this type BS. With a union you have access to legal representation that will litigate this for you at no cost to you. But when you have no union protection; what you get is what you got!

You should call your representatives and tell them to vote YES TO EFCA and you should do it TODAY!!!!!

http://www.freechoiceact.or...

Re: Blog: Friday Speak Out Round Up: Unexcused absences and undemocratic practices | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

Big_D_592 — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:05:03 -0000

Well Mark that's where you got it wrong again. But what else is new.

Mark if you haven't noticed Sparky and I are PRO-UNION, that would make us more, all about the group, the group in this case being the workers of the world.

Re: Blog: Friday Speak Out Round Up: Unexcused absences and undemocratic practices | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

Big_D_592 — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:45:20 -0000

Well I'll tell you what Bob, why don't you talk to the owners of the power plants in the U.S. and have them keep them closed for the next 10 years or so, and I'll keep that one job till I retire. But until then I'll work the scheduled maintenance and emergency shut downs that help to keep your lights on. BTW they usually last from 4 days to 12 or 14 weeks per shut down. I should also mention that I've never walked off (quit), drug up (quit) or been run off (fired) from a boilermaker job in my life. Probably somewhere around 150 (give or take) clean lay off's over the years.

Re: Blog: President Obama: Still Behind Employee Free Choice | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

Big_D_592 — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:41:08 -0000

"As I have only worked for 4 companies in my lifetime, you probably are right, but do you WORK for those companies as an employee, or do you contract out your labor through the union? In other words, do these companies HIRE YOU personally or do they hire your services for a short period of time from a union labor pool?"

I hire on just like everyone else. I bring in two forms of I.D. and I fill out an application for employment, I fill out a W-2, and take a U/A. I do this EVERY TIME I START A NEW JOB. I even do this if I get laid off at one location and hire on with the same company at a different location the very next day.

"I did answer your question, you just didn't like the answer!!"

The question was NOT asked to you Bob.

So as you stated they spend millions to stop the employees from being able to form unions! The employees have a choice, sign the card check, or don't sign the card check, ether way they get a choice. As it stands now all the choices are given to the company, and the workers have to live with their decisions from them regarding how they get to vote. In other words NO CHOICE AT ALL!!!!!

That's why they (business) want the system to remain as it is. This whole secret ballot issue has been some of the most anti-labor legislation ever written, and these anti-labor companies and corporations are doing everything that they can to keep things just the way they are, next to impossible for the workers to exercise their legal right to collective bargaining.

If it is good for business like the ones that I listed (and it must be otherwise they wouldn't be spending HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars to keep things just as they are) YOU CAN BET THAT IT IS BAD FOR LABOR!!!!!

Re: Blog: President Obama: Still Behind Employee Free Choice | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

Big_D_592 — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:13:42 -0000

"Then they employees do not have that right, if others as a group under the EFCA can now take away this right"

Yes they do! If they have 30% or more that requests it. How much more FAIR can you ask for? And if you are so concerned for the workers rights where is your outrage about the workers that want a card check and can't have it because the company wants a secret ballot. Aren't you being a bit HYPOCRITICAL?

Again, I'm not letting this go. Answer my question......

'If the current secret ballot system is soooooo great for labor in this country as you would have people believe. Why are Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lows, Bank of America, City corp., The World Bank, The World Trade Organization, The Chamber of Commerce and every other ANTI-LABOR organization in this country pouring MILLIONS of dollars in to keep the current secret ballot system the way it is?'

Re: Blog: President Obama: Still Behind Employee Free Choice | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

Big_D_592 — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:59:02 -0000

I have answered every one of your questions and now it's your turn!
I'll ask again.....

Re: Blog: President Obama: Still Behind Employee Free Choice | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

Big_D_592 — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:56:16 -0000

During the election union organizers cannot fire you for not going along with their agenda. On the other hand the companies have, do, and will fire people for union activity, it happens all the time! It's common to FIRE up to 20% of the workforce for trying to organize. I have NEVER heard of an employee, that’s what union organizer consists of, being able to fire their co-workers! Its management that has that power not the workers!

After the election if you don't want to belong to the union that was voted in by the MAJORITY of the employees then yes you can find employment elsewhere. The same goes the other way, if the election ends with a no vote and you don't like the outcome it's your right to move on.

As for my question, why don't you tell me which one(s) I have put up there that are labor friendly and tell me how they are, and I'll take them off the list and apologize for calling them anti-labor. But the truth is you know that I'm right, so just answer the question that you keep ducking.