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• 26 - Al Barger

  Nov 05, 2005 at 2:26 am

  Yes, lions are laying down with lambs, and cats have begun have sex with dogs.
  
  RED RUM
  RED RUM
  RED RUM!

• 27 - allie

  Nov 15, 2005 at 5:05 pm

  Hey Mr. Al Barquer, One comment for you. . . Get some class! You sound like a [Deleted]! All I know is that you make yourself sound like a [Deleted]! Thanx!

• 28 - Someone special

  Nov 16, 2005 at 4:29 pm

  Al Barquer...Mr. big guy...all i gotta say
  

• 29 - Ryan W. Thomas

  Nov 17, 2005 at 10:01 pm

  By the way, what does Anti-Hank actually mean?

• 30 - Al Barger

  Nov 18, 2005 at 12:07 am

  Good question, Ryan. I've never heard Kinky explain this famous description of Garth Brooks. By describing Garth as the "anti-Hank" he probably means something like that Garth represents the opposite or the negation of the artistic values of Hank Williams. Hank was the haunted soul of passion, the tortured soul out on that lost highway. Whereas Garth might be represented as the epitome of corporate country, a soul-less market-driven Madison Avenue idea of "country music." Something like that.

• 31 - Becky Fitts

  Nov 18, 2005 at 11:01 am

  I enjoy listening and seeing Garth's performnces.
  He is a great entertainer and I wish him well in all of his new ventures. I will stand by him on any label he choses to be associated with. Good Luck, Garth!!!
  

• 32 - ken Delano

  Nov 21, 2005 at 8:04 am

  I wonder if Mr. Brooks realizes that Wal-Mart is a company that exploits many of his fans through unfair employment practices.

• 33 - Al Barger

  Nov 21, 2005 at 10:58 am

  Monsieur Delano, I'm no fan of Garth Brooks music, however I will defend him here: No, Garth Brooks is not some lame ass pinko whining because Wal Mart doesn't pay everybody as much as they would like to be paid.
  
  Indeed, in this Thanksgiving week we should give a spot of thanks to Wal Mart for providing us with not just very low prices, but also for providing a zillion jobs.
  
  Thank you, Wal Mart.

• 34 - Mark Saleski

  Nov 21, 2005 at 11:16 am

  i would like to thank wal mart for forcing all of its suppliers to obtain every last scrap of merchandise from the cheapest sources possible.
  
  i would like to thank wal mart for creating a singularly bad and hecktic shoppping experience.
  
  i would like to thank mal mart for refusing to sell cds that are deemed 'inappropriate'.
  
  i would like to thank wal mart for adding irony to the world: all of the folks who used to sport "Hungry? Eat Your Import" bumper stickers now shop there.
  
  gawd bless america.

• 35 - Al Barger

  Nov 21, 2005 at 11:42 am

  Monsieur Saleski, you make three charges against Wal Mart.
  
  For the first one, I reverse your irony and sincerely thank Wal Mart management for hunting down the cheapest sources for the goods that I need to buy.
  
  The second one simply doesn't jibe with my shopping experience. I don't see how the Wal Mart shopping experience is especially bad or hectic. Their stores are usually busy, but perfectly nice. In particular, I've pretty much never had to wait for long periods in checkout lanes like at lots of places, and like I remember doing at K-Mart in the olden days.
  
  Finally, it is not Wal Mart's moral responsibility to sell products that they don't want to sell, particularly items whose presence will piss off more customers than it pleases. I suppose you could decide to be offended because you want some fresh porno, and the evil corporate bastards aren't stocking Cheyenne Silver videos.
  
  Personally, I'd like for them to greatly increase their selection of guns and ammo, but that's life.

• 36 - Mark Saleski

  Nov 21, 2005 at 11:46 am

  i honestly don't care what walmart sells, since i don't ever go there. it's like shopping at a madhouse.
  
  to me, they're all a part of turning this country in to one coast-to-coast strip mall....and i'm not gonna help 'em out.

• 37 - Al Barger

  Nov 21, 2005 at 12:51 pm

  But Mark, Wal Mart is reducing the number of stores, remember? Sure, they open a new store- but that puts a dozen little half-assed stores out of business.
  
  Still, you're welcome to go live on nuts and berries out at Walden's Pond. I'ma head out to Wal Mart and buy something for dinner, though.

• 38 - Mark Saleski

  Nov 21, 2005 at 1:03 pm

  walmart also overbuilds and those closes some stores after the have put their competition out of business. not only that, they make sure that their own closed locations can't be used for anything else.
  
  capitalism may be amoral, but i don't have to be.
  
  i'll frequent my local mom&pop stores while they still exist.

• 39 - Albundy

  Nov 27, 2005 at 1:01 pm

  Do whatever pleases you, and be happy! I don't think that God cares if you shop in Wal-Mart or a little pop stand! He cares about the character you show! Thanks!

• 40 - JAMES SMITH

  Nov 28, 2005 at 10:57 am

  WALMART SHOP CHINAAND SUPORT THE BUSH KINGDOM .

• 41 - Silas Kain

  Nov 28, 2005 at 1:41 pm

  It's fun to go to Wally World.

  • You're greeted by a senior citizen days away from death who needs a job to supplement their income to pay for their medical expenses and their new drug plan from Medicare. That should be Medi-Don't Give a Damn, but that'll be another post.
  
  
  • As you prance around the store buying items really cheap you run into all kinds of interesting employees. They either speak english and have no teeth or they hardly speak english and have no green card.
  
  
  • As you fancy the items in your Wally Cart, you are so overcome by the fantabulous LOW prices that you fail to realize that half the stuff in the carriage you don't need and another quarter of it is substandard and won't last beyond one season. But, damn, it's c-h-e-a-p!
  
  
  • Then it's to the checkout where you wait in line like cattle at the slaughter house. You get to the cashier who happens to be three days younger than your kid in college and this cashier has all these pretty buttons on her Wally smock and she's proud because she has a Wally career! As Bobbie Jean cashes you out, she comments on various items that you've picked and tells you how much of a wonderful shopper you are!
  
  
  • After paying for all your bargains you proceed out the Wally door where your elderly greeter has been replaced by another elderly greeter because the first one keeled over and died while you were shopping. Oh, but not to worry, Wally World will be selling caskets any day now.
  
  
  • And you know what the ultimate irony is? Many of these shoppers go to Wally World every day just to socialize!