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Right, that makes throwing a rock through someone’s window ok.

believe me if you knew the entire story, you would think it’s okay too.

*rob*

seriously the south side of chicago could really use those walmart jobs. i mean most of south side chicago is gonna be on welfare regardless, might as well have some of them paying back a little bit of taxes to the city!

*rob*

Sorry but I got to break my promise made above about no union rants today…….

Wal-Mart Wages Cloud Chicago Expansion as Aldermen Sweat Vote

June 24 (Bloomberg) — Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale called a news conference this week to trumpet Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bringing $8.75-an-hour wages to his far south side neighborhood. One hiccup: The Wal-Mart executive flanking him wouldn’t confirm the number.
The world’s largest retailer has only one store within Chicago’s city limits, and organized labor is rebuffing efforts to add dozens more. The unions want the jobs to pay at least 50 cents more an hour as the city struggles with an unemployment rate of 10 percent.
A City Council panel is scheduled to vote today on whether to rezone property for Wal-Mart to open a second store in the nation’s third-largest city. The council’s 50 aldermen face re-election in February, risking the wrath of either labor unions or out-of-work voters over Wal-Mart’s plans.
“They’re saying, ‘We want to enter the urban marketplace with rural wages,’” said Jorge Ramirez, secretary treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Alderman Daniel Solis, chairman of the council’s zoning committee, may delay today’s vote. Solis didn’t respond to telephone or e- mail messages left late yesterday. Supporters expect the full council next week to consider a broader development plan in Beale’s ward that would include a Wal-Mart.
The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer eventually wants to open “several dozen” Chicago stores that will “eradicate the food deserts” of neighborhoods without grocery stores while creating 12,000 jobs

So the unions are going to disallow 12,000 jobs over a $0.50 difference in hourly wages????? WTF????

“Old Spice!! Oh yeah. That does bring back memories. Soap on a rope presents for fathers day…. packaged sets of Old Spice. Boys borrowing their father’s old spice for dates.”

My Dad would put share his stash with my brother and I when we were all going out. Mostly because we’d beg him to. He’d rub a bit together in his hands and then SMACK it on my face. He’d smack the sh*t out of me. But it was fun.