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paulwesley

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Locally i had 2 choices. Buy a native at the local G&K store or buy it at walmart. Just so happens i was at walmart getting some clothes and had to see if they had the natives because nobody here has ever seen them or heard of them. They got em in sunday and i bought one $39.95 The G&K store sells them at MSRP minus a couple dollars (around $70.00). I couldnt help it. Tight,no blade play,smooth. Sorry to all you walmart haters but to me I did myself,walmart and Sal Glesser right!
 
:thumbup: Paul, Congrats. Glad to hear you got a very good cutter at a very good price. I plan On Getting a Native for my Son for Xmas. This will be his first Spyderco. I hope he likes it. Again knifebro, Congrats.:cool: :D

God Bless:)


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paulwesley said:
Sorry to all you walmart haters but to me I did myself,walmart and Sal Glesser right!
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Amen to that brother, WalMart is Capitalism at work, you made the RIGHT choice!
 
cpirtle said:
Amen to that brother, WalMart is Capitalism at work!
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Not really. Walmart is a powerhouse with enough swing to work around capalitalism and fair trade. Ask any local hardware store or music store.
 
Walking Man said:
Not really. Walmart is a powerhouse with enough swing to work around capalitalism and fair trade. Ask any local hardware store or music store.
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You know, the way that the Liberals have sucessfully mounted this attack on WalMart (Like Tobacco, Microsoft & the gun industry before) is by redefining standards. And yes, this is another liberal attack on big business just like the rest were.

Capitalism is competitiveness, if the local hardware and music stores cannot compete they need to find a niche to serve or fall by the way side.

Don't redefine Capitalism by removing the part where you try to undercut your competition to take away their business. The American consumer benefits.

I would challenge any anti-wm nazi to go read 84 Lumbers web page. When faced with increasing competition from the big stores like Home Depot and Lowes they redefined the way they did business and have grown faster than ever. Either change or die.


I'd also challenge you to think about this, who has done more damage to local cottage industries, Wal Mart or The Internet? Better than 50% of my major purchases have moved toward the web in the last 4 years, why not go after The Internet as the root of America's problem? Because there's no one "Big Business" the Liberals in this country can fleece for millions of dollars and leave in ruins.
 
Not true, not true. It's one thing to be competitive, it's another to make your competition impotent. Walmart and MS are turning big business into a socialist movement.
 
Walking Man said:
Walmart and MS are turning big business into a socialist movement.
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I'm not going to argue with you, but you need to study before you drop crazy lines like this.

I would first suggest studying the definition of Socialism, in it's base it is defined by govornment owership of industry.

Dictionary.com defines it as:

1: Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.

2: The stage in Marxist-Leninist theory intermediate between capitalism and communism, in which collective ownership of the economy under the dictatorship of the proletariat has not yet been successfully achieved.


The movement against Wal Mart is the defintion of Socialism, asking the govornment to get involved in the free market goes against everything Capitalism stands for.

Socialism hurts consumers, Wal Mart does not.
 
cpirtle said:
I would first suggest studying the definition of Socialism, in it's base it is defined by govornment owership of industry.
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Why is this so crazy? I'm certain Walmart has the ears of Lord knows how many congressmen. Big Money = influence.
IN an ideal world you are correct. We do not live in that ideal world.
One more time: It's one thing to be competitive, it's another to make your competition impotent.
 
Walking Man said:
Why is this so crazy? I'm certain Walmart has the ears of Lord knows how many congressmen. Big Money = influence.
IN an ideal world you are correct. We do not live in that ideal world.
One more time: It's one thing to be competitive, it's another to make your competition impotent.
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So does GM, Ford, IBM, Proctor and Gamble, Exxon Mobil, etc. So what.
 
I'm not liberal and I do not like Walmart.
Shouldn't this thread be moved to political or something?
 
philw said:
I'm not liberal and I do not like Walmart.
Shouldn't this thread be moved to political or something?
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It was hijacked.... I've said my peace, and now I get on with the rest of my life. :D
 
In my younger days I worked for Wally World. They not only have low low prices, they have low low wages. It's funny, the wages were soooooo low the only place you could afford to shop was (guess where)......Wally World! A vicious circle if I've ever seen one. Let's not even talk about bennies ('cause there were none).
Let's not forget that our great nation is not only a nation of consumers, but a nation of workers. Wal-Mart has bullied and blackmailed American companies into leaving our shores in search of cheap labor. I dare you to find more than a handful of products in a Wal-Mart that were made on our soil. It's immoral and vile. I know, morality isn't anywhere in the 'definition' of the word 'capitalism'. Dog-eat-dog, every man for himself...screw the robber barons. Why do I love custom knives? One reason is that they are almost as far from the hands of corporate monkeys as anything can be.
My 2 cents.
-Mark
 
Way to go Paul Wesley!

Way to go Spyderco!

Way to go Wal-Mart!

Way to go capitalism!

Way to go lunatic-ranters with posts that are totally lacking fact-based definitions of capitalism, socialism, and mixed economies!

If I didn't love you so much, your viewpoints and doublespeak wouldn't drive me up a tree so often!
 
thombrogan said:
Way to go lunatic-ranters with posts that are totally lacking fact-based definitions of capitalism, socialism, and mixed economies!
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At least I know what an art knife is!
 
polish avenger said:
I know, morality isn't anywhere in the 'definition' of the word 'capitalism'.
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Of course morality is part of capitalism. Well, pro-living/pro-freedom morality is part of capitalism. Under our producer/consumer society of dread capitalism, life-spans increase, ways to make money and spend time increase, and waste is gradually reduced (more material better used is more stuff to sell!). If you want the morality that opposes capitalism, look at the death camps, still-toxic lands and waters, and intertribal warfare that have plagued and polluted the rest of the world. I'll take capitalism.
 
One, two three, four, FIVE complimentary statements in ONE post!?! Thom, I've got to go do some soulsearching...for the end is surely nigh!!!:D
-Mark
 
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