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Pope publicly confronted the

trkingmomoe — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 03:04:46 +0000

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Pope publicly confronted the NAACP leadership on this yesterday. The boycott was called last August by the Democratic Underground. Pope must be feeling the economic pressure in his business. He seemed surprised that he would be a target for a boycott. Gee what did he expect. You take away people's rights and they will take their business some where else. I know from experience that middle class and well to do shoppers are not going to go into these low class neighborhoods to shop. I have friends that will not come to visit me or pick me up because of where I now live. This maybe a very effective boycott because his wealth comes from patrons in low class neighborhoods and towns.

Oh, I can't take another pay

Donal — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:24:40 +0000

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Oh, I can't take another pay cut

Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end

You say your party's bona fide

But that don't coincide with the things that you do

And when I ask you to be fair, you say

You gotta be

Cruel to be kind to be a right winger

Cruel to be kind it's a very clear sign

Cruel to be kind means that we own you

Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

I didn't know about these

Ramona — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:07:00 +0000

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I didn't know about these guys. It just goes on and on, doesn't it? This kind of exposure is so important. Keep shining the light on those Koch-fueled haters--they're parasites.

Richard, sounds like the best

Ramona — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:01:49 +0000

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Richard, sounds like the best Black Friday ever. I love that you call your granddaughter "Precious". Just so you don't say it this way. (Sorry)

Glad to see that life is good for one of the good guys.

Happy Holidays to you, too, Richard.

You bet he is, and he's proud

Ramona — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:52:25 +0000

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You bet he is, and he's proud of it. He gets more press than any volunteer ever will.

Some retailers operate on a

rmrd0000 — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:12:01 +0000

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Some retailers operate on a low profit margin so even a relatively mild decrease in in-store sales can have major impact. I am encouraged by the struggle going on in North Carolina. Citizens are demanding freedom from the overbearing government represented by the GOP. If you disagree with the Republicans , they seek to destroy rather than seek any compromise.

I watched on MSNBC tonight

trkingmomoe — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 07:04:22 +0000

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I watched on MSNBC tonight that the NAACP is organizing a boycott against Art Pope's discount stores in North Carolina. He is a trust fund baby on a scorched earth power trip. He engineered the tea party take over of North Carolina's state government and the extreme gerrymandering. They announced this on the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott. Pope is about to feel some of his own scorched earth economics. People will car pooling out of poor neighborhoods where his stores are located to other stores.

I am glad to see people make a stand against meanness.

According to Fast Fact: http://www.artpopeexposed.com/fast_facts

POPE'S INHERITED RETAIL FORTUNE: Pope’s fortune comes from his inherited family business, the discount retail chain Variety Wholesalers, Inc. Variety Wholesalers owns Maxway and Roses, which it bought out of bankruptcy, and several other smaller stores. In locating its stores, Variety Wholesalers targets areas where the median household income is $40,000 or less and with a minimum 25 percent African-American population within five miles.

I read about this latest

Richard Day — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 04:45:43 +0000

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I read about this latest torture by Arpaio.

I get so angry!

I even had a dream that he was arrested for misappropriation of tens of millions of dollars...hahahah; and put into his own tent pending trial.

My son showed up on Black Friday. The only shopping we did was at the grocers.

I fixed burritos and we watched movies. Of course we had other courses like tacos and cheese and the amenities that go with that dish. The next morning we had the usual pancakes and sausage.

He ate it all it all up like he always does, after all he had had it with turkey and such.

The next afternoon Precious was dropped off and the three of us played the piano in the community room. Precious also met the mechanical penguin with a Santa hat. hahahha

She took her tiny fingers and began to remove these little lights and I got her back to the piano.

I am grateful for a number of things.

My kids are healthy, Precious is healthy, I have a roof over my head (and we have already had sub-zero lows up here), I even have enough in savings to replace this lap top if bad things happen.

I am attempting to 'stay on line' as they say.

There were two train derailments within a few days, there were several shootings (reported that is, there are always several shootings), people were fighting each other at the malls (hahahahahahahaha, isn't that awful, I mean it just makes me laugh), there were car accidents (one that took the life of a guy who had everything), and....

Life goes on.

I shall now log off and see if Leno has some headlines.

Happy Holidays Ramona!

Arpaio is a symptom of almost

Doctor Cleveland — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 04:19:21 +0000

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Arpaio is a symptom of almost everything wrong with this country.

But bless the kind souls who donated the brownies.