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Zemedelec wrote:
Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) Digital Camera: HP PhotoSmart 850 For pictures of my garden flowers visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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"Zemedelec" wrote in message ... Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec I wouldn't doubt this. I saw an interview with him a few days ago. The guy came from the division of GE that made (bad) appliances and other hard goods. He didn't know a nut from a bolt. I wanted to throw a brick through the TV because everything that came out of his mouth sounded like the hypnotic jargon that you would hear from a sales seminar. I guess he never visits the stores, otherwise he might see that all the feel-good "team building" bull shit and new computer systems he promotes are worthless because the stores look like a tornado hit them and the employees know less about the products than he does. I seldom go to HD because I can get the same thing for a little less in a better organized and maintained Lowe's store across the street. I don't want to leave people with the impression that Lowe's doesn't have their own set of problems. They treated my mother very badly when she had them remodel her kitchen, but that is another story. For people interested in tracking contributions to political campaigns, you might want to look at this site: http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php You can enter a street or a zip code and see the contributions of the people around you. You can also enter names. If you click on the name, it will show the contributions of everyone with that name. If you click on the address, it will show people in that area. There is interesting mapping system that shows how red, blue, or purple an are is. |
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Zemedelec wrote:
Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) Digital Camera: HP PhotoSmart 850 For pictures of my garden flowers visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined:
Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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Zemedelec wrote:
Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec Based on third-hand information, we should boycott one store, but not the other? Are you saying the officers of Lowe's don't contribute to Republicans? Are you saying Lowe's officers contribute to Democrats? Do you have any real information, or are we going to go nuts based on a rumor? Sheesh. If I didn't shop at any stores who's officers or executives gave to the Republicans, I wouldn't be able to shop at all. There's a difference between political convictions and silliness. BTW... Bill Gates is a Democrat. Does that mean Republicans with convictions don't use Microsoft products? Warren Buffet is a Democrat. Does that mean Republicans with convictions shouldn't patronize any companies who's boards he sits on? Silliness. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Books for the Pacific Northwest gardener: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/nwgardener/index.html |
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Home Depot does have a garden dept...
"Bill R" wrote in message ... escapee wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined: Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Even though it is true that nobody moderates this newsgroup all posters should stick to the topic of this newsgroup - GARDENS. If everyone starts posting ANYTHING they wish, soon there will be little or no discussion of gardens. Is that what you want? I have seen dozens of newsgroups destroyed because off topic posters took over the newsgroup. If we are not careful that could happen to rec.gardens -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) Digital Camera: HP PhotoSmart 850 For pictures of my garden flowers visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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"Warren" wrote in message news:LmvNc.179926$JR4.41837@attbi_s54... Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec Based on third-hand information, we should boycott one store, but not the other? Are you saying the officers of Lowe's don't contribute to Republicans? Are you saying Lowe's officers contribute to Democrats? Do you have any real information, or are we going to go nuts based on a rumor? Here is a link to Lowe's officers and directors: http://tinyurl.com/4655s Here is a link to HD's officers and directors: http://tinyurl.com/6t9fl Here is a link to search for political contributions: http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php No need to base decisions of rumor. |
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"Warren" wrote in message news:LmvNc.179926$JR4.41837@attbi_s54... Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec Based on third-hand information, we should boycott one store, but not the other? Are you saying the officers of Lowe's don't contribute to Republicans? Are you saying Lowe's officers contribute to Democrats? Do you have any real information, or are we going to go nuts based on a rumor? Here is a link to Lowe's officers and directors: http://tinyurl.com/4655s Here is a link to HD's officers and directors: http://tinyurl.com/6t9fl Here is a link to search for political contributions: http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php No need to base decisions of rumor. |
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wrote in message ... On 27 Jul 2004 15:36:49 GMT, pamfree (Zemedelec) wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec Are you saying those that support republicans are not permeated with political convictions, or that they don't garden? Or are you just saying that anyone you disagree with should be boycotted and run out of business? I wonder if Linda Ronstadt is a gardener? |
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escapee said:
It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. An unmoderated news group should thus be moderated by the restraint of the posters. I have seen many newsgroups degenerate and become worhless due to off topic posting. Dave http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:53:25 GMT, escapee wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined: Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Au contraire. Plenty of people moderate this newsgroup. ;) OK, plenty of people WANT to moderate this newsgroup. ;) |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:28:18 GMT, "Vox Humana" wrote:
(snip) You must have bad luck. I have been posting to Usenet for several years and haven't seen a single newsgroup that doesn't have a fair amount of OT posts. Likewise, I haven't seen any newsgroup that was destroyed by such posts. Most people are smart enough to avoid posts that don't appeal to them. With judicious use of filters and killfiles you don't even have to see the posts. I don't know why people would suddenly lose interest in gardening because someone posted a politically slanted article about a store with a garden center. That seems as puzzling as all the people who claim that everyone would lose interest in marriage if it were make available to same-sex couples. Is THAT what they're claiming? I've been trying to figure out what they're talking about when they say "same sex marriage would "destroy" traditional marriage", since the people who say that don't seem capable of explaining what that is supposed to mean. :/ |
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"Zemedelec" wrote in message ... Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec I wouldn't doubt this. I saw an interview with him a few days ago. The guy came from the division of GE that made (bad) appliances and other hard goods. He didn't know a nut from a bolt. I wanted to throw a brick through the TV because everything that came out of his mouth sounded like the hypnotic jargon that you would hear from a sales seminar. I guess he never visits the stores, otherwise he might see that all the feel-good "team building" bull shit and new computer systems he promotes are worthless because the stores look like a tornado hit them and the employees know less about the products than he does. I seldom go to HD because I can get the same thing for a little less in a better organized and maintained Lowe's store across the street. I don't want to leave people with the impression that Lowe's doesn't have their own set of problems. They treated my mother very badly when she had them remodel her kitchen, but that is another story. For people interested in tracking contributions to political campaigns, you might want to look at this site: http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php You can enter a street or a zip code and see the contributions of the people around you. You can also enter names. If you click on the name, it will show the contributions of everyone with that name. If you click on the address, it will show people in that area. There is interesting mapping system that shows how red, blue, or purple an are is. |
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escapee wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined: Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Even though it is true that nobody moderates this newsgroup all posters should stick to the topic of this newsgroup - GARDENS. If everyone starts posting ANYTHING they wish, soon there will be little or no discussion of gardens. Is that what you want? I have seen dozens of newsgroups destroyed because off topic posters took over the newsgroup. If we are not careful that could happen to rec.gardens -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) Digital Camera: HP PhotoSmart 850 For pictures of my garden flowers visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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Zemedelec wrote:
Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec Based on third-hand information, we should boycott one store, but not the other? Are you saying the officers of Lowe's don't contribute to Republicans? Are you saying Lowe's officers contribute to Democrats? Do you have any real information, or are we going to go nuts based on a rumor? Sheesh. If I didn't shop at any stores who's officers or executives gave to the Republicans, I wouldn't be able to shop at all. There's a difference between political convictions and silliness. BTW... Bill Gates is a Democrat. Does that mean Republicans with convictions don't use Microsoft products? Warren Buffet is a Democrat. Does that mean Republicans with convictions shouldn't patronize any companies who's boards he sits on? Silliness. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Books for the Pacific Northwest gardener: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/nwgardener/index.html |
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"Bill R" wrote in message ... escapee wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined: Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Even though it is true that nobody moderates this newsgroup all posters should stick to the topic of this newsgroup - GARDENS. If everyone starts posting ANYTHING they wish, soon there will be little or no discussion of gardens. Is that what you want? I have seen dozens of newsgroups destroyed because off topic posters took over the newsgroup. If we are not careful that could happen to rec.gardens -- You must have bad luck. I have been posting to Usenet for several years and haven't seen a single newsgroup that doesn't have a fair amount of OT posts. Likewise, I haven't seen any newsgroup that was destroyed by such posts. Most people are smart enough to avoid posts that don't appeal to them. With judicious use of filters and killfiles you don't even have to see the posts. I don't know why people would suddenly lose interest in gardening because someone posted a politically slanted article about a store with a garden center. That seems as puzzling as all the people who claim that everyone would lose interest in marriage if it were make available to same-sex couples. |
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Home Depot does have a garden dept...
"Bill R" wrote in message ... escapee wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined: Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Even though it is true that nobody moderates this newsgroup all posters should stick to the topic of this newsgroup - GARDENS. If everyone starts posting ANYTHING they wish, soon there will be little or no discussion of gardens. Is that what you want? I have seen dozens of newsgroups destroyed because off topic posters took over the newsgroup. If we are not careful that could happen to rec.gardens -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) Digital Camera: HP PhotoSmart 850 For pictures of my garden flowers visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I, personally, don't have the
time nor inclination to delve into the political leanings of the owners of every chain or franchise that I might shop at. I also question posted opinions that tend to be one-sided. If one has that much time on their hands, their time would be better spent trying to make this country and planet a better place to live for all. You may shop where you choose but don't try to tell me where I should shop. Free enterprise rules!!! L "Zemedelec" wrote in message ... Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec |
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"Warren" wrote in message news:LmvNc.179926$JR4.41837@attbi_s54... Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec Based on third-hand information, we should boycott one store, but not the other? Are you saying the officers of Lowe's don't contribute to Republicans? Are you saying Lowe's officers contribute to Democrats? Do you have any real information, or are we going to go nuts based on a rumor? Here is a link to Lowe's officers and directors: http://tinyurl.com/4655s Here is a link to HD's officers and directors: http://tinyurl.com/6t9fl Here is a link to search for political contributions: http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php No need to base decisions of rumor. |
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wrote in message ... On 27 Jul 2004 15:36:49 GMT, pamfree (Zemedelec) wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec Are you saying those that support republicans are not permeated with political convictions, or that they don't garden? Or are you just saying that anyone you disagree with should be boycotted and run out of business? I wonder if Linda Ronstadt is a gardener? |
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escapee said:
It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. An unmoderated news group should thus be moderated by the restraint of the posters. I have seen many newsgroups degenerate and become worhless due to off topic posting. Dave http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:53:25 GMT, escapee wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined: Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Au contraire. Plenty of people moderate this newsgroup. ;) OK, plenty of people WANT to moderate this newsgroup. ;) |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:28:18 GMT, "Vox Humana" wrote:
(snip) You must have bad luck. I have been posting to Usenet for several years and haven't seen a single newsgroup that doesn't have a fair amount of OT posts. Likewise, I haven't seen any newsgroup that was destroyed by such posts. Most people are smart enough to avoid posts that don't appeal to them. With judicious use of filters and killfiles you don't even have to see the posts. I don't know why people would suddenly lose interest in gardening because someone posted a politically slanted article about a store with a garden center. That seems as puzzling as all the people who claim that everyone would lose interest in marriage if it were make available to same-sex couples. Is THAT what they're claiming? I've been trying to figure out what they're talking about when they say "same sex marriage would "destroy" traditional marriage", since the people who say that don't seem capable of explaining what that is supposed to mean. :/ |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:58:48 GMT, (The Watcher)
wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:28:18 GMT, "Vox Humana" wrote: (snip) You must have bad luck. I have been posting to Usenet for several years and haven't seen a single newsgroup that doesn't have a fair amount of OT posts. Likewise, I haven't seen any newsgroup that was destroyed by such posts. Most people are smart enough to avoid posts that don't appeal to them. With judicious use of filters and killfiles you don't even have to see the posts. I don't know why people would suddenly lose interest in gardening because someone posted a politically slanted article about a store with a garden center. That seems as puzzling as all the people who claim that everyone would lose interest in marriage if it were make available to same-sex couples. Is THAT what they're claiming? I've been trying to figure out what they're talking about when they say "same sex marriage would "destroy" traditional marriage", since the people who say that don't seem capable of explaining what that is supposed to mean. :/ It's because if all them homo faggots start thinking they're married, then that will cheapen the relationship between a decent God fearin' Christian man his his decent God fearin' pregnant (God willing) and barefoot wife who won't feel special any more cuz'n they'ld be married special like by a preacher and all, and said God fearin' Christian man will become so upset he won't be able to work in his garden. Hal |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:12:57 -0400, Bill R
wrote: escapee wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined: Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Even though it is true that nobody moderates this newsgroup all posters should stick to the topic of this newsgroup - GARDENS. If everyone starts posting ANYTHING they wish, soon there will be little or no discussion of gardens. Is that what you want? I have seen dozens of newsgroups destroyed because off topic posters took over the newsgroup. If we are not careful that could happen to rec.gardens How very authoritarian of you. Next you'll be telling people what they can grow in their gardens. Oh wait, you already do that. Hal |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:12:57 -0400, Bill R
wrote: escapee wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined: Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Even though it is true that nobody moderates this newsgroup all posters should stick to the topic of this newsgroup - GARDENS. If everyone starts posting ANYTHING they wish, soon there will be little or no discussion of gardens. Is that what you want? I have seen dozens of newsgroups destroyed because off topic posters took over the newsgroup. If we are not careful that could happen to rec.gardens How very authoritarian of you. Next you'll be telling people what they can grow in their gardens. Oh wait, you already do that. Hal |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:58:48 GMT, (The Watcher)
wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:28:18 GMT, "Vox Humana" wrote: (snip) You must have bad luck. I have been posting to Usenet for several years and haven't seen a single newsgroup that doesn't have a fair amount of OT posts. Likewise, I haven't seen any newsgroup that was destroyed by such posts. Most people are smart enough to avoid posts that don't appeal to them. With judicious use of filters and killfiles you don't even have to see the posts. I don't know why people would suddenly lose interest in gardening because someone posted a politically slanted article about a store with a garden center. That seems as puzzling as all the people who claim that everyone would lose interest in marriage if it were make available to same-sex couples. Is THAT what they're claiming? I've been trying to figure out what they're talking about when they say "same sex marriage would "destroy" traditional marriage", since the people who say that don't seem capable of explaining what that is supposed to mean. :/ It's because if all them homo faggots start thinking they're married, then that will cheapen the relationship between a decent God fearin' Christian man his his decent God fearin' pregnant (God willing) and barefoot wife who won't feel special any more cuz'n they'ld be married special like by a preacher and all, and said God fearin' Christian man will become so upset he won't be able to work in his garden. Hal |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:12:57 -0400, Bill R
wrote: escapee wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R opined: Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic zemedelec It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them. No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup. Even though it is true that nobody moderates this newsgroup all posters should stick to the topic of this newsgroup - GARDENS. If everyone starts posting ANYTHING they wish, soon there will be little or no discussion of gardens. Is that what you want? I have seen dozens of newsgroups destroyed because off topic posters took over the newsgroup. If we are not careful that could happen to rec.gardens How very authoritarian of you. Next you'll be telling people what they can grow in their gardens. Oh wait, you already do that. Hal |
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BTW Gates and Microsoft gave to both parties
Shell "Warren" wrote in message news:LmvNc.179926$JR4.41837@attbi_s54... Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec Based on third-hand information, we should boycott one store, but not the other? Are you saying the officers of Lowe's don't contribute to Republicans? Are you saying Lowe's officers contribute to Democrats? Do you have any real information, or are we going to go nuts based on a rumor? Sheesh. If I didn't shop at any stores who's officers or executives gave to the Republicans, I wouldn't be able to shop at all. There's a difference between political convictions and silliness. BTW... Bill Gates is a Democrat. Does that mean Republicans with convictions don't use Microsoft products? Warren Buffet is a Democrat. Does that mean Republicans with convictions shouldn't patronize any companies who's boards he sits on? Silliness. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Books for the Pacific Northwest gardener: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/nwgardener/index.html |
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Heh?
Being that politics is of the essence, Home Depot and Lowes are both engaged in the same politics that the tobacco industry are engaged in... Both companies are selling red mulch chips that are considered toxic in other countries and are banned from being shipped to many other countries. This only seems to be happening in the State of Florida where Jeb Bush has verbally expressed distaste about the fact, he wasn't the Governor when it started happening, but he does little else to do anything about it and I suspect he is taking bribes from Home Depot and Lowes the Red (CCA) Mulch industry. Jeb Bush speaks loudly against it but he does nothing else about it accept perhaps accept bribes. Furthermore, the state of Florida is using CCA in their State and City parks where kids play on the swings and rides. Just what is CCA ? It's a treatment used on wood which preserves the wood. And after a certain period of time, the CCA starts to break down and toxic levels of Arsenic become present. http://www.sptimes.com/News/031101/S..._your_ba.shtml http://www.sptimes.com/News/042601/S...baffles_.shtml While some may think this is off-topic, it's the soil that is being poisioned. So working in the garden may develop into tingling sensations in the fingers or feet. While Arsenic is a natural substance found everywhere in nature, it is not good for anyone to put a poisonous amount of arsenic into the environment. And while the arsenic poisoning didn't start while Jeb Bush was in office, because I've looked and looked and I really want to blame it on Jeb Bush, the only thing I could come up with is that Florida Governor Jeb Bush only states its a bad situation and does nothing else. It's like George Bush drinking and doing cocaine but never admiting to it. :-) It's like Laura Bush going to Chip-N-Dales dances but never admitting to it. They have things to hide so they refuse to talk. As far as I know CCA is used in building houses and other things and it is used quite extensively. But it seems as if it the arsenic breaks out of it's containment when exposed to the sun ? And there's a lot of sun in Florida and folks all over the state are complaining about numbness in their hands and feet after using CCA treated wood mulch bought from Home Depot AND Lowes. Some other names that CCA treated wood goes by include: pressurized wood treated wood pressure-treated wood Home Depot has refused to stop the sales of this wood. That was in the public broadcasts of local Florida tv news recently. Doing some further research, any CCA treated wood will start to release highly toxic arsine gas when exposed to moisture. Furthermore there is some more information about it available, here, indicating that CCA wood is being used in parks in different states as well... http://www.noccawood.ca/cgi-scripts/...News%202003.db The dangers are clearly present and the wood is banned by many countries and a growing number of countries. The government is there to protect you, not poison you. Everyone needs to do something about this and prevent it from reoccuring. Contact your politicians, demonstrate outside of Home Depot and let them know that you want the right things done. -- Jim Carlock http://www.votetoimpeach.org/ Post replies to the newsgroup. |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:58:48 GMT, (The Watcher) wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:28:18 GMT, "Vox Humana" wrote: (snip) You must have bad luck. I have been posting to Usenet for several years and haven't seen a single newsgroup that doesn't have a fair amount of OT posts. Likewise, I haven't seen any newsgroup that was destroyed by such posts. Most people are smart enough to avoid posts that don't appeal to them. With judicious use of filters and killfiles you don't even have to see the posts. I don't know why people would suddenly lose interest in gardening because someone posted a politically slanted article about a store with a garden center. That seems as puzzling as all the people who claim that everyone would lose interest in marriage if it were make available to same-sex couples. Is THAT what they're claiming? I've been trying to figure out what they're talking about when they say "same sex marriage would "destroy" traditional marriage", since the people who say that don't seem capable of explaining what that is supposed to mean. :/ That's all I come away with. Rick Santorum keeps saying that some unspecified Scandinavian county adopted same-sex marriage and all the straight people stopped getting married. Of course there are no Scandinavian countries with same-sex marriage, only civil unions - an institution that even Rick Santorum says would be possible under the Federal Marriage Amendment. It reminds me of all the hysteria in the 1960's when civil rights laws precluded discrimination in housing and many people screamed that if you let blacks into your neighborhood it would be ruined. There are plenty of county clubs that are afraid to let women or Jews into the ranks for fear of ruination. I have never heard a rational argument to support any of these arguments. |
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BTW Gates and Microsoft gave to both parties
Shell "Warren" wrote in message news:LmvNc.179926$JR4.41837@attbi_s54... Zemedelec wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec Based on third-hand information, we should boycott one store, but not the other? Are you saying the officers of Lowe's don't contribute to Republicans? Are you saying Lowe's officers contribute to Democrats? Do you have any real information, or are we going to go nuts based on a rumor? Sheesh. If I didn't shop at any stores who's officers or executives gave to the Republicans, I wouldn't be able to shop at all. There's a difference between political convictions and silliness. BTW... Bill Gates is a Democrat. Does that mean Republicans with convictions don't use Microsoft products? Warren Buffet is a Democrat. Does that mean Republicans with convictions shouldn't patronize any companies who's boards he sits on? Silliness. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Books for the Pacific Northwest gardener: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/nwgardener/index.html |
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"TOM KAN PA" wrote in message ... On 27 Jul 2004 15:36:49 GMT, pamfree (Zemedelec) wrote: Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec ____Reply Separator_____ Hey Zemedelec, to quote Terry Kerry, "Shove it!" I think that rude posts and name calling are what disrupt newsgroups, not off-topic posts. |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:16:56 GMT, "Vox Humana"
wrote: That's all I come away with. Rick Santorum keeps saying that some unspecified Scandinavian county adopted same-sex marriage and all the straight people stopped getting married. Of course there are no Scandinavian countries with same-sex marriage, only civil unions - an institution that even Rick Santorum says would be possible under the Federal Marriage Amendment. It reminds me of all the hysteria in the 1960's when civil rights laws precluded discrimination in housing and many people screamed that if you let blacks into your neighborhood it would be ruined. There are plenty of county clubs that are afraid to let women or Jews into the ranks for fear of ruination. I have never heard a rational argument to support any of these arguments. That's because there aren't any. Hal |
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Thank you for this information. All the more reason for me to support Home
Depot. Matt in MI "Zemedelec" wrote in message ... Maybe this is much too off topic, but a friend of mine who is much more of a political animal than I am told me HD is heavily supported by rich Republicans such as Arthur Blank, the president of Home Depot, who hosted a dinner in Atlanta that gave Bush $2.5 million. So any of you whose whole lives, including gardening, are permeated with their political convictions might want to go to Loew's, etc. if you need to buy at a big chain store. zemedelec |
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DavesVideo wrote:
An unmoderated news group should thus be moderated by the restraint of the posters. I have seen many newsgroups degenerate and become worhless due to off topic posting. They only become worthless if the off-topic posts are not easily identified, causing people who didn't care about them to waste time on them. If a thread drifts off-topic, whether it be towards a political discussion or name calling, it ought to be re-named. That doesn't always happen. When on-topic threads constantly drift into off-topic areas with no change in the subject line, that's what ruins a newsgroup. For example, the discussions about gardening that turn into name-calling sessions with no new gardening content are more damaging to the usefulness of this newsgroup than this thread, which very obviously has "politics" in the subject line. One can easily ignore well titled off-topic discussions even if they amount to 90% of the traffic in a newsgroup. But if the subject lines make it look like the discussion is on-topic, even though it's not, that can eventually make the group worthless. Well marked off-topic discussions only make the group worthless for people who have obsessive disorders that require them to read every message regardless of the subject line. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Books for the Pacific Northwest gardener: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/nwgardener/index.html |
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