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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/walmart.insurance.battle/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/walmart.insurance.battle/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail)
Unreal.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/walmart.insurance.battle/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/walmart.insurance.battle/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail)
Unreal.
Unreal doesn't even begin to cover it. I am so enraged by this I don't even dare voice my fury 'cause it would probably fry my motherboard. I will simply say this is a prime example of why affordable universal healthcare is an urgent necessity in your country.
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I watched this the other day... Disgusting... This is why we want corporations running everything we know ::)
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Unreal doesn't even begin to cover it. I am so enraged by this I don't even dare voice my fury 'cause it would probably fry my motherboard. I will simply say this is a prime example of why affordable universal healthcare is an urgent necessity in our country.
"Our Country", you don't have affordable heathcare in Canada ::)
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Walmart gets Worst Person in the World :D
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23819388#23819388
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yes, person matches as a description of Walmart... They are a corporation which is technically considered a person!!!! Lame shit as that is...
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"Our Country", you don't have affordable heathcare in Canada ::)
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying in this comment.
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Well, I'm not necessarilly in favor of Universal healthcare; I was just seeing red after I heard about this. The Walton family's legacy of greed will catch up to them sooner or later. Hopefully sooner.
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Well, I'm not necessarilly in favor of Universal healthcare; I was just seeing red after I heard about this. The Walton family's legacy of greed will catch up to them sooner or later. Hopefully sooner.
second most sued entity next to the government... I don't know if that's true, but I know it's something they brag/bitch about.
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Unreal doesn't even begin to cover it. I am so enraged by this I don't even dare voice my fury 'cause it would probably fry my motherboard. I will simply say this is a prime example of why affordable universal healthcare is an urgent necessity in your country.
post a pic of yourself topless. it'll make you feel better, i swear
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post a pic of yourself topless. it'll make you feel better, i swear
:-X
There will be no Hyena porn on this board, any attempt to post such will get you turned in to DHS ;)...
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I sued them while in college over the summer, probably 8 years back?
a shelf fell on my head. they sent me to the doc to get the bump checked. as they drove me back from there in a manager's van, (another guy got hit too, we were both getting checked out), an 18-wheeler truck ran a red and nailed us at 70+ mph.
completely demolished the van, everyone got hurt, dragged us 300 feet pinned under the 18 wheeler hauling mulch. it sucked. he had some kind of machine air brakes and couldn't stop so he just ran the red.
anyway, i spent the summer in bed with all these back probs, and they demanded i come back to work in 7 days or they'd fire me. took a year, but they finally paid me for my summers' work. they were a hard-ass sue though. lawyers were pricks, their docs were pricks, even when my back had this huge swollen area, they said I should be back at work.
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I sued walmart while in college over the summer, probably 8 years back?
a shelf fell on my head. they sent me to the doc to get the bump checked. as they drove me back from there in a manager's van, (another guy got hit too, we were both getting checked out), an 18-wheeler truck ran a red and nailed us at 70+ mph.
completely demolished the van, everyone got hurt, dragged us 300 feet pinned under the 18 wheeler hauling mulch. it sucked. he had some kind of machine air brakes and couldn't stop so he just ran the red.
anyway, i spent the summer in bed with all these back probs, and walmart demanded i come back to work in 7 days or they'd fire me. took a year, but they finally paid me for my summers' work. they were a hard-ass sue though. lawyers were pricks, their docs were pricks, even when my back had this huge swollen area, they said I should be back at work.
serious?
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serious?
oh yeah. i was a broke ass college kid, didn't know any better, i almost went back after 4 days, like the other 2 hurt people did (an asst mgr and a stocker). They went back on crutches and pain meds.
I'd never sued anyone before and haven't since, I'm certainly not the suing type. But I got hurt, they gave me a lot of vicodin, and told me to be back at work tomorrow or I'm fired. My dad took me to a lawyer. didn't want to do it... but i was legitimately hurt.
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I sued walmart while in college over the summer, probably 8 years back?
a shelf fell on my head. they sent me to the doc to get the bump checked. as they drove me back from there in a manager's van, (another guy got hit too, we were both getting checked out), an 18-wheeler truck ran a red and nailed us at 70+ mph.
completely demolished the van, everyone got hurt, dragged us 300 feet pinned under the 18 wheeler hauling mulch. it sucked. he had some kind of machine air brakes and couldn't stop so he just ran the red.
anyway, i spent the summer in bed with all these back probs, and walmart demanded i come back to work in 7 days or they'd fire me. took a year, but they finally paid me for my summers' work. they were a hard-ass sue though. lawyers were pricks, their docs were pricks, even when my back had this huge swollen area, they said I should be back at work.
If you're serious then "HOLY SHIT!"
You're lucky to be alive.
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If you're serious then "HOLY SHIT!"
You're lucky to be alive.
i'm just vegging out in the passenger seat, the manager was driving, older guy in back. never saw the bitch coming. light went green, she even hesitated a second, then started to drive. this fvcker just hit us so hard, there's nothing to describe it. it was all slow-mo as it happened. this loud loud loud noise - like metal being just twisted or something... and i could look out the drivers door window, and actually see the side/front of the big mack truck. it's pulling out van UNDER it. hard to explain. As it was skidding, we're getting pulled under it as more of the van collapses. Everyone lived, luckily.
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oh yeah. i was a broke ass college kid, didn't know any better, i almost went back after 4 days, like the other 2 hurt people did (an asst mgr and a stocker). They went back on crutches and pain meds.
I'd never sued anyone before and haven't since, I'm certainly not the suing type. But I got hurt, they gave me a lot of vicodin, and told me to be back at work tomorrow or I'm fired. My dad took me to a lawyer. didn't want to do it... but i was legitimately hurt.
Goddammed good for you!!!! I solute you! You did right, don't ever feel bad about it...
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i'm just vegging out in the passenger seat, the manager was driving, older guy in back. never saw the bitch coming. light went green, she even hesitated a second, then started to drive. this fvcker just hit us so hard, there's nothing to describe it. it was all slow-mo as it happened. this loud loud loud noise - like metal being just twisted or something... and i could look out the drivers door window, and actually see the side/front of the big mack truck. it's pulling out van UNDER it. hard to explain. As it was skidding, we're getting pulled under it as more of the van collapses. Everyone lived, luckily.
Fvcking Wal-Mart. >:(
I hope you don't have any permanent injuries, Rob.
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nah, my back is a little slow at time, there's a weak spot that flares up at times, but that's why i lift weights, to try to fill in the gaps.
the whole situation sucked.
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nah, my back is a little slow at time, there's a weak spot that flares up at times, but that's why i lift weights, to try to fill in the gaps.
the whole situation sucked.
I got a hummer in a car from a woman that didn't realize teeth were a big NO.
That's as close to a nasty car wreck as I want to get.
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Goddammed good for you!!!! I solute you! You did right, don't ever feel bad about it...
thanks man. i have been in so many car wrecks and close calls i've lost count... never when i'm driving, always riding along. 3 years ago my head actually broke the windshield in a car wreck (no seatbelt, riding shotgun, airbag deployed but not quick enough) and I walked away without any injury, cat scan completely fine. 6 years ago a ricocet from the rifle range split my forehead open, bunch of stitches and a big lump on my head for 3 months.
when I was 1 week old, my mom was riding in backseat and they were hit by a drunk driver. There weren't seat belts in 1976... you just 'held' the baby in the back. well, I went flying - a week old and 8 pounds lol - and my uncle, the driver, instinctively raises his forearm and blocks me as I leave my mom's arms headed for the windshield. I bounce to the floor, car gets totalled, everyone dazed... i ended up completely covered in transmission fluid somehow... everyone thought it was blood... but I was fine.
just bad luck, or good, I don't know. the only thing I remember from all those wrecks and the ricocet is that you never see it coming lol... you're lali-gagging along with a smile, suddenly you're knocked the fuck down.
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thanks man. i have been in so many car wrecks and close calls i've lost count... never when i'm driving, always riding along. 3 years ago my head actually broke the windshield in a car wreck (no seatbelt, riding shotgun, airbag deployed but not quick enough) and I walked away without any injury, cat scan completely fine. 6 years ago a ricocet from the rifle range split my forehead open, bunch of stitches and a big lump on my head for 3 months.
when I was 1 week old, my mom was riding in backseat and they were hit by a drunk driver. There weren't seat belts in 1976... you just 'held' the baby in the back. well, I went flying - a week old and 8 pounds lol - and my uncle, the driver, instinctively raises his forearm and blocks me as I leave my mom's arms headed for the windshield. I bounce to the floor, car gets totalled, everyone dazed... i ended up completely covered in transmission fluid somehow... everyone thought it was blood... but I was fine.
just bad luck, or good, I don't know. the only thing I remember from all those wrecks and the ricocet is that you never see it coming lol... you're lali-gagging along with a smile, suddenly you're knocked the fuck down.
You owe your guardian angel a case of beer.
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You owe your guardian angel a case of beer.
haha you got that right.
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Damn, Life is fragile huh 240......love every minute, it could be your last... :P
Friggin walmart...this is why i dont understand why people think unregulated markets work. It doesnt...private enterprises dont need to care about the economy or long term. theyare paid to produce profit at the expense of everything.
The weakness is that american companies cannot compete with global economies in which people make 1.00 a day. Itll never work. If you want NAFTA or other agreements then the big economies will crumble and the small will rise. this adjustment will cause the things you are seeing.
BTW. I dont believe in total regulation as private enterprise does work. But eventually the greed actually starts forcing companies out of the country or reducing benefits so the ceo can have a raise....thats not good.
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walmart does exist in a competitive market.
they dont even own the low-end store segment - You'll still find 40 Dollar Generals in every town in the USA.
They're just the biggest store in their group, and the biggest company in the USA. Someone has to be the biggest. Yes, they underpay and they have a huge huge turnover rate as a result. But, for the millions of people who don't have the mental capacity to do complex jobs, walmart is a good fit.
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Hot damn, 240! I didn't expect the thread to take a turn like this. Glad you're okay. :-\
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thanks man :)
About this news story - the brain-damaged woman walmart worker whom they are suing for everything...
Countdown on MSNBC just did a 'worst persons in the world' story on walmart's CEO for allowing this. They said they'll continue until walmart makes things right.
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thanks man :)
About this news story - the brain-damaged woman walmart worker whom they are suing for everything...
Countdown on MSNBC just did a 'worst persons in the world' story on walmart's CEO for allowing this. They said they'll continue until walmart makes things right.
yeah i was watching that....keith is brutal..lol
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Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions
Tapes Reviewed by ABC News Show Clinton As a Loyal Company Woman
By Brian Ross, Maddy Sauer and Rhonda Schwartz
Jan. 31, 2008 —
In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers.
Clinton has been endorsed for president by more than a dozen unions, according to her campaign Web site, which omits any reference to her role at Wal-Mart in its detailed biography of her.
Wal-Mart's anti-union efforts were headed by one of Clinton's fellow board members, John Tate, a Wal-Mart executive vice president who also served on the board with Clinton for four of her six years.
Tate was fond of repeating, as he did at a managers meeting in 2004 after his retirement, what he said was his favorite phrase, "Labor unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites living off the productive labor of people who work for a living."
Wal-Mart says Tate's comments "were his own and do not reflect Wal-Mart's views."
But Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and other company officials often recounted how they relied on Tate to lead the company's successful anti-union efforts.
An ABC News analysis of the videotapes of at least four stockholder meetings where Clinton appeared shows she never once rose to defend the role of American labor unions.
The tapes, broadcast this morning on "Good Morning America," were provided to ABC News from the archives of Flagler Productions, a Lenexa, Kan., company hired by Wal-Mart to record its meetings and events.
A former board member told ABCNews.com that he had no recollection of Clinton defending unions during more than 20 board meetings held in private.
The tapes show Clinton in the role of a loyal company woman. "I'm always proud of Wal-Mart and what we do and the way we do it better than anybody else," she said at a June 1990 stockholders meeting.
Clinton would not agree to be interviewed on the subject but now says she no longer shares Wal-Mart's values and believes unions "have been essential to our nation's success."
The videotapes do show that Clinton used her role to push for more environmentally friendly policies and better treatment of women.
"We've got a very strong-willed young woman on our board now; her name is Hillary," said Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton at a 1987 stockholders meeting in describing Clinton's role in pushing for more women to be hired in management positions.
Critics say Clinton's efforts produced few tangible results, and Wal-Mart is now defending itself in a lawsuit brought by 16 current and former female employees.
"I don't doubt the sincerity of her efforts, but we don't see much evidence that conditions for women at Wal-Mart changed much during the late 1980s and early 1990s," said Joe Sellers, one of the lawyers suing Wal-Mart on behalf of the women.
Wal-Mart declined to comment to ABC News about the lawsuit, but the company has said previously that it is confident it did not discriminate against female employees.
According to the New York Times, Sen. Clinton "maintains close ties to Wal-Mart executives through the Democratic Party and the tightly knit Arkansas business community." The May 20, 2007 article also reported that her husband, former President Clinton, "speaks frequently to Wal-Mart's current chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr." and held a private dinner at the Clinton's New York home in July 2006 for him.
He did not directly respond when asked why she did not quit the board over the conpany's anti-union efforts. "Wal-Mart was Arkansas's largest employer when Sam Walton asked Sen. Clinton to join the board," he said. "As the first woman to join Wal-Mart's board, she worked hard to make it a better corporate citizen."
In its statement, Wal-Mart described Sen. Clinton as "a valuable contributor" who "pushed us to be a better company."
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/walmart.insurance.battle/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/walmart.insurance.battle/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail)
Unreal.
Good times...
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thanks man. i have been in so many car wrecks and close calls i've lost count... never when i'm driving, always riding along. 3 years ago my head actually broke the windshield in a car wreck (no seatbelt, riding shotgun, airbag deployed but not quick enough) and I walked away without any injury, cat scan completely fine. 6 years ago a ricocet from the rifle range split my forehead open, bunch of stitches and a big lump on my head for 3 months.
when I was 1 week old, my mom was riding in backseat and they were hit by a drunk driver. There weren't seat belts in 1976... you just 'held' the baby in the back. well, I went flying - a week old and 8 pounds lol - and my uncle, the driver, instinctively raises his forearm and blocks me as I leave my mom's arms headed for the windshield. I bounce to the floor, car gets totalled, everyone dazed... i ended up completely covered in transmission fluid somehow... everyone thought it was blood... but I was fine.
just bad luck, or good, I don't know. the only thing I remember from all those wrecks and the ricocet is that you never see it coming lol... you're lali-gagging along with a smile, suddenly you're knocked the fuck down.
Shit!!! hopefully you have most of that behind you now! Very glad you made it past all that and you're still with us.
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thanks man. i have been in so many car wrecks and close calls i've lost count... never when i'm driving, always riding along. 3 years ago my head actually broke the windshield in a car wreck (no seatbelt, riding shotgun, airbag deployed but not quick enough) and I walked away without any injury, cat scan completely fine. 6 years ago a ricocet from the rifle range split my forehead open, bunch of stitches and a big lump on my head for 3 months.
when I was 1 week old, my mom was riding in backseat and they were hit by a drunk driver. There weren't seat belts in 1976... you just 'held' the baby in the back. well, I went flying - a week old and 8 pounds lol - and my uncle, the driver, instinctively raises his forearm and blocks me as I leave my mom's arms headed for the windshield. I bounce to the floor, car gets totalled, everyone dazed... i ended up completely covered in transmission fluid somehow... everyone thought it was blood... but I was fine.
just bad luck, or good, I don't know. the only thing I remember from all those wrecks and the ricocet is that you never see it coming lol... you're lali-gagging along with a smile, suddenly you're knocked the fuck down.
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LOL. Aki found some gold.. ;D
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LMAO... yeah, it does happen. Mostly to us hillbillies!
Bullet/fragment/debris doesn't fly as fast as the bullet luckily. mine was off-center forehead.
I'm not down for that "shotting from a chair" stuff though.
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I just heard on the news that the assholes are dropping their suit against Debbie. Good.