Posted on 09/29/2004 8:06:55 PM PDT by Robert Drobot
About a month ago Costco had "Unfit for Command" hidden in the middle of various books, mostly by left-wing authors, including Bill Clinton's which got a prominent display of several rows. My wife and I moved the "Unfit" books to the front row (pushing back a row of Clinton's book). Last week "Unfit for Command" was moved to a slightly better position, holding a single row about 4 or 5 books deep; but it was beside Kitty Kelly's book which held the prominent corner, 4 or 5 books deep on both sides. Costco loves those Bush-bashing books. No doubt.
Gladly, they're snotty.
Agreed. Next they'd have an ACLU lawyer up their backside demanding all sorts of solicitation "Rights" for Lord knows what kind of whack-o groups. Not to mention the presence of men in uniform, especially in CA, might bring out some lunatic Lefties to cause a scene with their "Baby Killer" crap.
I'd certainly like to see more corporations do more to support the troops - maybe they are and I just haven't heard of it yet.
Absolutely. COSTCO kicking anyone off their grounds for solicitation is ok. As long as they treat the left the same.
Nice to know that when you buy produce, meat and fish at Costco, it has already been handled by a rump wrangler - fister fistee, what's the difference. Think I'll move over to Sam's Club.
Before you go on with this you ought to know that Costco ws following a standard practice which any lawyer would tell them to follow--No solicitations on the property. No matter how good the cause, the minutes they allow it for one group, they can be forced to allow it for all. And they know that customers like me will not be happy wading theru solicitations everytime I go shopping.
Nice to know that when you buy produce, meat and fish at Costco, it has already been handled by a rump wrangler - fister fistee, what's the difference. Think I'll move over to Sam's Club.
Both top CEO's of Costco are Bush Bashers and big money bags for Kerry. If you belong to Costco, you are are supporting the DNC and Kerry, end of story.
We dropped our membership (since 1986) several months ago when they did their first public hate fest on Bush. The kid on the phone was very taken aback that I would let poitics enter into it, I told him Costco's CEO's had done it for me, leaving me no choice.
By the way, if you drop out, you get your full yearly membership fees back.
Don't do no less than cancel out, and tell the jerk offs why.
Does Sam's Club make similar contributions to the dems? I need a membership for getting supplies for my class, but I would prefer not to inadvertantly donate to kerry.
Hate to tell you this, Sam's Club is worse than COSCO. Example: Try and find a chicken other than Perdue there. Perdue is one of the hugh contributors to the DNC.
We have a BJ's. But their not as big as the other two liberal joints.
I'm seriously considering cancelling my Costco membership if this is true.
what is stopping you from cancelling your membership now?
I had no idea COSTCO would behave like that. I could understand it if they were SELLING SOMETHING! Sheeeeesh.
That's the rule for public property, but I don't think it applies to private property. I believe that Costco can generally allow the Guardmen, Salvation Army, etc. to do their good work on their property - and still prohibit other groups.
If it was private property, then they would be expected to get PERMISSION to distribute flyers first.
The political history of Tyson Foods is a thousand times worse.
Yes. It is. Once they let in one group of solicitors they will have a very hard time keeping out others..
Costco is a great store. It's owners are Kerry supporters, but the Company is apolitical.
It is places like Costco that make thousands and thousands of small businesses possible and gives many people their first decent job (with benefits).
This is a silly and unfair attack on the company IMO.
You're right, of course. But the point I'm making is that COSTCO can selectively give permission to some groups and deny it to others.
Sam's Club membership is $10.00 cheaper then COSTCO's
35.00 sam's VS costco's 45.00
Should a union wish to organize its employees, Costco would be barred from permitting it from soliciting on the premises if it has granted permission to others..Really.
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