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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Tucker on September 04, 2010, 03:16:04 PM
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Lesleymo (159 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 01:17 PM
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Book selection at Costco: what the heck?
I just got back from stocking up on Charmin and Bounty at the local Costco. Their book selection was completely, totally far right-wing. They have stacks and stacks of Going Rogue, Atlas Shrugged, and The Overton Window.
I finally spotted a book with President Obama on the cover. It was "Culture of Corruption" by Michelle Malkin.
What the heck? Does Costco have a right-wing agenda? Or is it just because I live in Texas?
An obvious mole stirring up the hive.
Liberal Gramma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 02:12 PM
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19. Costo headquarters are in liberal Washington State
And I believe the founders are two Dems. I don't think the founders examine every book choice, and as they are a retail outlet, they're going to stock what sells in their area. I prefer to think that stacks of conservative books means that they're not flying off the shelves and into the hands of avid readers. I mean, lots of tea partiers can't, or don't, read.
Condescending bitch.
phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 01:19 PM
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2. well, you know, they get the overstock stuff :-)
:evilgrin:
Also, they may assume that Liberal Elitists don't buy their books at Costco.
cleanhippie Donating Member (739 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 01:55 PM
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17. Exactly, they get a lot of the shit that doesn't sell elsewhere...
That is simply not true. Costco is not Odd Lot.
Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 01:23 PM
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5. They're buing what they think will sell
They're not a book store so they're not really concerned about having much diversity in their selection.
I guarantee with a prominent display, they're selling.
Diane R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 02:25 PM
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25. And I go in to that Spokane store and flip them over when I can!
Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 01:26 PM
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7. I'd complain with the store manager that there are too much right-wing crap
Edited on Sat Sep-04-10 01:27 PM by Hawkeye-X
on the book selection, and need to be balanced out.
Remind the idiot that Costco, his boss, contributes to the Democratic Party and has a living wage, bennies and everything, because Costco treats their employees right, and they should pay it forward, and to do that, is to hold a book burning of all right-wing crap (entire stock valued at $0.01) monthly when they get fresh shipment of the same crap.
I think Costco should modify their book purchasing policy and buy 1/4 of the right-wing crap and buy more liberal stuff and spread it out.
Hawkeye-X
:rotf: You'd get an escort out of the door and swift kick in the ass.
taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 01:33 PM
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12. Publishing companies pay for product placement
What you're seeing is that 'right-wing' publishers spend more on marketing than 'left-wing' publishers.
The "agenda" of Costco is to make money.
One person gets it.
DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 01:36 PM
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14. Not just Costco - I noticed the same thing in SAMS last week
WalMart.
stray cat (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 01:37 PM
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15. DU is a minority group who often seems to thinks it the majority
You are a minority.
tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 02:09 PM
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18. What you do is
you just take a book from the next pile and gently place it over the top of the pile of right wing crap. Then you do the same for each volume of garbage you find. Sometimes it's a good idea to put two books on each pile, that way when someone picks up the top book they won't notice the wing nut shit underneath. I once buried a whole stack of sarah palin books at the bottom of the adjacent piles.
Childish? Bet you ass. But I had fun doing it.
Another ass.
WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 02:33 PM
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27. it won't sell in bookstores
so they remainder that crap at places like Costco & the Dollar Store.
This is what you find in dollar store.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/tucker13/special/hillary_dollarsale.jpg)
flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 02:33 PM
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28. You should have thrown a tantrum, assailing the clerks with foul language
demanding that they change out their right wing propaganda right now!
You need some meat in your diet. Eat a hamburger.
Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 03:16 PM
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33. Overprinting and no demand
Right wing books get printed by the gazillion. No one buys them. They get given out as favors at fund raisers. When even that fails to unload them, they show up at Costco and at Overstock dot Com.
Like you know anything.
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Gee, we don't have a Costco around here so I've never been in one but from the sounds of it I don't ever want to go in one! Hell, if the only thing they carry is shit no one else wants then why would I want to shop there??
KC
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And I believe the founders are two Dems. I don't think the founders examine every book choice, and as they are a retail outlet, they're going to stock what sells in their area. I prefer to think that stacks of conservative books means that they're not flying off the shelves and into the hands of avid readers. I mean, lots of tea partiers can't, or don't, read.
Huh? the reason why those books are in the store is because they're selling.
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Huh? the reason why those books are in the store is because they're selling.
They have to validate their positions, Bally . . . and they will use whatever shred of an excuse that they can find to do that.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 03:16 PM
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33. Overprinting and no demand
Right wing books get printed by the gazillion. No one buys them. They get given out as favors at fund raisers. When even that fails to unload them, they show up at Costco and at Overstock dot Com.
Stinky, you ignorant, cat litter eatin, piece of garbage! Costco, Sams, WalMart, all sell books that are on the Amazon and NYT best seller list! Tell us again how right wing doesn't sell!
Good grief, what a complete use of human cells!
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Stinky, you ignorant, cat litter eatin, piece of garbage! Costco, Sams, WalMart, all sell books that are on the Amazon and NYT best seller list! Tell us again how right wing doesn't sell!
Good grief, what a complete use waste of human cells!
Fixed!
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Gee, we don't have a Costco around here so I've never been in one but from the sounds of it I don't ever want to go in one! Hell, if the only thing they carry is shit no one else wants then why would I want to shop there??
KC
You're falling for what the DUmmy's are misrepresenting as fact. Nothing could be further from the truth. They sell high demand, quality items, from clothing, home applances to food.
Remember liberals lie. All the time. They lie.
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1 CRIMES AGAINST LIBERTY, by David Limbaugh. (Regnery, $29.95.) A
political indictment of the Obama presidency.
8 THE OBAMA DIARIES, by Laura Ingraham. (Threshold Editions, $25.) A
satirical fictional journal with commentary, by the conservative political
commentator.
The last one is funny! They call it a satirical fictional account and yet it's in Non Fiction! Hehe!
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Fixed!
Glad ya caught that one Blue! Sometimes my disgust ****s with my fingers!
ETA:
I need to add that Laura's book has been in the top 10 for 7 frikkin' weeks! Naw, that stuff don't sell!
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I'm waiting for W's book to hit the shelves. Their pin heads will be a'poppin! They won't be able to go anywhere without seeing one. :popcorn:
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Glad ya caught that one Blue! Sometimes my disgust ****s with my fingers!
It happens. No biggie. :cheersmate: :hi5:
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Who really gets bent over what books are in a store? Buy the one ya want and leave, if they don't have it...go elsewhere...
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Who really gets bent over what books are in a store? Buy the one ya want and leave, if they don't have it...go elsewhere...
Ree, milady, you know that they want everyone to follow their script.
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It happens. No biggie. :cheersmate: :hi5:
Yeah, but that was a real boner! As if stinky has some kind of "use"!
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Yeah, but that was a real boner! As if stinky has some kind of "use"!
AR, he does. "Load development," as the folks at Cor-Bon call it . . . :evillaugh:
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Ree, milady, you know that they want everyone to follow their script.
I never could follow a script
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Huh? the reason why those books are in the store is because they're selling.
BINGO!!! :hi5:
But the libs/Dummies and progressives fail to see reality once again! :loser: I actually like Costco as opposed to BJ's for some reason?
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BINGO!!! :hi5:
But the libs/Dummies and progressives fail to see reality once again! :loser: I actually like Costco as opposed to BJ's for some reason?
I belong to BJ's. :)
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I'd like to reply to this, but I'm a right-winger and I don't know how to read.
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I wonder if all the books written by black people were all in one area like in Wal Mart. :lmao:
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I belong to BJ's. :)
Holy shi'ite!!!!!!
How do *I* join that club?
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Holy shi'ite!!!!!!
How do *I* join that club?
Ask Monica :naughty:
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I'd like to reply to this, but I'm a right-winger and I don't know how to read.
lol :hi5: :cheersmate:
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Holy shi'ite!!!!!!
How do *I* join that club?
:lmao:
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http://dummiefunnies.blogspot.com/2010/09/dummie-assaulted-by-conservative-books.html
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I'd like to reply to this, but I'm a right-winger and I don't know how to read.
Do what I do, get that software that reads the pages and allows you to speak what you want to say.
That way you can be as dumb as I am and still post online. :-)
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Liberal Gramma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-04-10 02:12 PM
And I believe the founders are two Dems. I don't think the founders examine every book choice, and as they are a retail outlet, they're going to stock what sells in their area. I prefer to think that stacks of conservative books means that they're not flying off the shelves and into the hands of avid readers. I mean, lots of tea partiers can't, or don't, read.
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Go eat your *******ed cat food, you parasitic old bat.
Oh, and your grandkids despise you. They think you smell funny.