 Whole Foods Custumers Express Tolerrance by Boycoting, due to CEO's lack of support for Obama's healthcare plans |
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| Whole Foods Custumers Express Tolerrance by Boycoting, due to CEO's lack of support for Obama's healthcare plans |
 Aug 17 2009, 12:37 PM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,402 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35  |
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, wrote a really well thought out piece for the WSJ on how there are better ways to reform the healthcare and insurance system and his customers call for boycott.
Logically, this would make the people boycotting the store healthcare reform opponents, since that is what Mackey is advocating for. Maybe Pelosi will call them Nazis and we can all sing Kum By Ya together. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Aug 17 2009, 12:50 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down  Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
Remember, obama can do no evil!
-------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Aug 17 2009, 08:20 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Another reason it's stupid for business owners or famous people to express controversial opinions.
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Aug 25 2009, 11:45 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Aug 17 2009, 09:20 PM)  Another reason it's stupid for business owners or famous people to express controversial opinions. yes i agree but if he feels so strongly on a subject he should voice his opinion. He knew the risks before writing that article. Just because someone is famous or owns something doesn't mean that they can't voice an opinion. |
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Aug 26 2009, 11:06 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Didn't say they couldn't voice an opinion, just that it is stupid for them to do so (at least, stupid in the business sense).
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Aug 26 2009, 11:43 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 926 Joined: 2-May 07 Member No.: 1,015 |
Hahahaha, I saw some protesters outside one of their stores and was like wtf?!!? -- didn't understand the point they were making with their signs. Thanks for the clarification.
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Aug 27 2009, 06:25 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
They'll be back buying from Whole Foods in a week. I doubt they will be able to go even a few days without their pesticide free produce and purified flavored water.
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Aug 27 2009, 10:02 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 926 Joined: 2-May 07 Member No.: 1,015 |
The funniest thing was that the boycott/protest was ACTUALLY working. You would see couples/families with their canvas bags ready to go grocery shopping walking nearby, yet I never saw a single person enter the store while I was watching the "mayhem" -- ten bucks though that they drove their Prius to the next one three blocks over...
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Aug 28 2009, 09:03 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,402 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (blaarg @ Aug 27 2009, 11:02 PM) The funniest thing was that the boycott/protest was ACTUALLY working. You would see couples/families with their canvas bags ready to go grocery shopping walking nearby, yet I never saw a single person enter the store while I was watching the "mayhem" -- ten bucks though that they drove their Prius to the next one three blocks over...  I'll have you know I drove my Prius to Central Market! -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Aug 28 2009, 07:13 PM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
Since I heard about them organizing a protest at the one in Tucson on Craigslist, I went shopping there today.
-------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Aug 28 2009, 10:39 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
Yeah, I wish there were one here. I'd shop there just to show my support.
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