Posted on 12/01/2007 4:07:38 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
LOL! :-)
Yep, liberal, progessive, Democrat Senator Mark Dayton, MN,
http://www.slate.com/id/2124604/
The rich (at least in Manhattan) profess to visit Target because of its social progressivism. Target, they insist, is a more enlightened corporate behemoth.
Viewed through the Upper West Side prism in which “enlightened” equals “liberal,” there is some truth to this contention.
Sam Walton’s heirs donate to the GOP, while Target scion Mark Dayton serves as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate.
But because Target isn’t as large as Wal-Mart means certain bugaboos (a nonunion shop, part-time workers without benefits) are more easily overlooked.
I don’t give to the Salvation Army anymore. I have switched to the local Rescue Mission. The last time I was in a SA store, the prices for used goods were higher than I could buy brand new on sale down the street. Kind of defeats the purpose.
Our Rescue Mission’s clothes are given away free. The women’s crisis center is awesome as are the people in charge of the Rescue Mission.
Excellent info.
i went to the Salvation Army to volunteer with Katrina refugees as we got a few here in Denver. I walked out of the orientation, never more disgusted in my life. First we were told we could not talk about God with these people (because they were mad at God). THere went my prime reason for volunteering, it is the SALVATION ARMY, is it not?
Then we had an hour or so of the worst liberal crap I have ever heard about how oppressed blacks are. They compared being caught in the hurricane to being on a slave ship on the middle passage. Everything about Katrina was related back to slavery and black oppression. They even went to far as to tell us because of this some of the refugees were so upset they were loosing bowel function on the floor and we were expected to clean it up. It got worse but I think I gave you the general idea
I have NEVER given another penny to the SA. AS you said the local rescue missions are a great place to donate. /rant off
Oh, c'mon kids! How could anybody not see how anybody who posts anything so lame as "Target's awsome" absolutely must be a shill?
Good post. BTW, how much did Target pay you for that?....
just kidding.
Yep, those who still have a couple of teeth left.
We all need Christmas money...
That's the dirty little secret.
It's to the point where, if you actually do like a product or business, you have to state specifically that it's not a paid endorsement. I was surprised when I first leaned that a favorite blog was posting advertisements, but I learned it because she was very up-front about it.
It is. Any site that has “customer reviews” is full of paid shills and company employees writing good things about themselves and bad things about the comptetition.
The majority of the write ups are real of course but this is basically standard practice on the internet.
Ditto
KEEPING IT REAL
Hamfisted.
RE: Target did not give me a free CD to write this.
You should have held out for yours - it appears everyone else got one.
Future Naval Intelligence officer or CIA Analyst? You decide.
I know Target is awesome, and it had nothing to do with
gossip from college kids. Sheesh.
is that a trick question? Future journalist.
Leaving aside the use of the word “Christmas” in advertising, I recently received a snopes-confirmed email message that Sears goes beyond its mandated period for keeping employees called up for military duty on the payroll. That should be rewarded if you are looking for an alternative to Target. (and Sears isn’t giving me any freebies, either). Just FYI.
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