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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:30 AM
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The Asshole in the White House is having another fundraiser !
With the crisis in confidence in the military and the ongoing scandals, you might think he could find something else productive to do with his time? After all, he already has over $200 million dollars for his campaign. He doesn't need more. But, there he is! Going to be at another fundraiser tonight in Atlanta. And there will be no press allowed. God forbid that he have to answer any questions about his criminality. He's too busy trying to buy the White House again. What an embarrassment!
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:32 AM
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1. It's not the White House anymore, it's the Imperial Palace
The "White House" should only be used if it's the home of the President of a Free Nation, not the Stolen Home of an Orwellian Emperor.
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daa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:32 AM
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2. It is at the head of Home Depot's place
boycott Home Depot and shop Lowes.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 07:05 PM
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8. I have told you why you should boycott Lowe's
First, google "Chinese Overtime." Also known as the "Salary plus Overtime Eligible Compensation Plan," it enables a worker who does a 75 hour week to earn a lower hourly rate of pay than one who does a 55 hour week. We don't do that. (Chinese overtime is so complex that none of the three former Lowe's employees who work for me can properly explain it, and all of them were drawing it.)

Then google "Lowe's overtime class action suit" and you'll get http://www.bigclassaction.com/class_action/lowes.html and http://www.lowesclassaction.com/. Home Depot's employees are not currently suing the company.

Then come to Fayetteville and come see me at the store--p-mail me for directions and a phone number. I'll be happy to take you on a tour of Lowe's. I'll show you the lauan-skinned doors and the lauan floor underlayment. (Lauan is a generic term for wood from any of these trees: Almon, Apitong, Bagtikan, Guijo, Mangachapui, Mayapis, Narig, Palosapis, Red Lauan, Tangile, Tiaong, White Lauan, Yacal, Philippine Mahogany, Meranti (P), Pacific Maple. These mahoganies are all listed as "requiring conservation action" and about 75 percent of this stuff was illegally cut from protected forests.) My doors and floor underlayment are Golden Virola, which is grown on tree farms. I'll show you what old-growth studs look like. Two weeks ago I saw some stuff sitting in their 2x4 rack with paper-thin growth rings in it. I don't have those; we used to buy just whatever was cheapest, but we've cleaned up our act considerably. I opened a bunk of Swedish 2x4s this morning that had the winter rings at least a quarter-inch apart.

If you don't like Home Depot, find a good independent lumberyard. Emphasis on the word "good"--some of the stupidest shit I've ever heard come out of the mouth of a lumberman was from a guy working at an independent lumberyard. (He told his customer that an 8-foot-wide staircase off a deck could be constructed with only two stringers, one at each end, if you used 2x12 lumber. An 8-foot-wide leaf spring can be made that way; if you don't want your staircase to launch the cat six feet in the air every time the kids run down it to get to the school bus, put some stringers in the middle of the span.) But stay the hell out of Lowe's. They are not good for you.
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:32 AM
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3. Does he have to spend all that money on his campaign?
I mean is there anything stopping him from giving that money to other Republicans running for office?
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:35 AM
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4. He needs to spend all that money on his campaign.
His policies aren't exactly helping his poll numbers.
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:37 AM
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5. What's astonishing is that he will still raise millions!
It's seems almost like taking bets in the middle of a prize fight, when your guy is getting pummeled. Maybe they already have been assured of the result? Why do people/corporations still keep giving this man such massive amounts of cash? Do they really expect they can spend their way out of this mess? I confess, that strategy looked as if it would work a few months ago, but what can they expect to buy now? Bush is already a lame duck, and has been unable to get any of his initiatives acted upon...he has pissed off even the faithful. So again...what the hell is all this money expected to buy???
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Virginian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:41 AM
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6. He couldn't even go to his daughters' graduations. What a dad!
He had time to do fundraisers and to do a commencement appearance, but no time for his girls.

I thought there was something about family values mentioned somewhere in his last campaign. Where are his family values?
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demigoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 04:58 PM
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7. He has a fundraiser every day
this is nothing new. The only time he is not raising money is when he on vacation, then he only goes to a fundraiser every other day
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 07:07 PM
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9. Don't candidates get to keep money they don't spend?
maybe he's just gonna salt it away so he has a good start to his post-presidency binge in Miami strip clubs.
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