The righties on Facebook are equating walmart workers to soldiers.

[Ed Suspicious]

If soldiers are away from their family, so too should be the Walmart employees.

I wish the righties on my friends list would get bent.

[Bjorn Against]

1. I sure hope none of those righties are accepting any paid holidays this year

They need to be working every single holiday until the soldiers come home if they expect Wal-Mart workers to do it.

[Squinch]

2. What? To sell a toaster and a Barbie Dream House on Thanksgiving night?

What the hell is the matter with these people????

[Ed Suspicious]

3. How cute.

[neverforget]

7. One of my friends put that on her FB page. I find that so fucking offensive

equating a soldier/Marine/airman/seaman to WallyWorld worker.

[LuvLoogie]

9. Tell them

Marines aren't fucking dying in the desert so you can shop at Walmart after you just stuffed your graceless face.

[justice1]

36. I said they should both be at home.

[freshwest]

43. So, they went to war searching for low prices, not WMD? Is buying junk the ulitmate victory? WTF?

[EmeraldCityGrl]

4. Not joining FB is proving to be one of

the best decisions I've made. I really don't know how you folks remain sane from some
of the stuff I read here.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. Ain't that the truth!

[southernyankeebelle]

6. Gee, that is why I left FB myself. Just can't stand all the hate. But I will tell you a soldier

on the job is 24/7 and they get combat pay when their in the combat zone. When they aren't they get many days off and depending what base your on you might get an extra day off. Such as Thanksgiving on a thursday so they give them a friday off. That was some of the soldiers get to go home and spend time with their families. They have a good retirement package and good annual leave and sick leave policies. A WalMart employee doesn't have any of those luxaries soldiers have. My husband who is retired from the military works at WalMart. This year he will have to go in at 7:00 pm on thursday night. Normally he goes in at 10:00pm. You do what you have to do. I can tell you my husband works hard for WalMart. But it is nothing like being in the military. They are 2 different jobs.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

37. He would be the authority

in my world. It's stunning that anyone could make that comparison.

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving before he goes in.

[southernyankeebelle]

38. I think it isn't the same either. My husband retired in 95 after 21 yrs of service. He felt that

since his parents adopted him when he was about 4 yrs old and brought him from Germany to the US he felt a sense of doing something for the country to pay back for the good he has received. He is that kind of a man. I'm very proud of him. Now he is retired and working at WalMart and it may not be the same but he gives to his job just like he did while in the service.

[TeamPooka]

8. then give them the same healthcare plan as a soldier....

[bluedigger]

11. Welcome, and enjoy your visit here!

[Contrary1]

12. My uncle gets free treatment at the local VA...

So please forgive me if I have doubts about your claim.

[sheshe2]

15. What's this quote suppose to mean pray tell!

"Thank goodness Obama passed the health care bill. We can all look forward to long lines, being told what tests can and can't be run, where to get your treatment, which doctor you can see, and and and"

[zbdent]

29. I had a personal experience with our "wonderful, for-profit" system ...

Mrs. ZBDent had a breast exam.

The next day, her doctor, WHO NEVER MAKES PHONE CALLS TO PATIENTS, left a message on our answering machine, saying that it was important that she get in touch with him right away ...

Panicking, we called to find out what was wrong ...

The nurse on the phone said that they needed to do a more thorough exam, because they found something that concerned them.

(Mrs. ZBDent's father died of cancer, so that caused some real panic).

Oh, and when they could "get her in"? In about a month ... (turns out to be nothing, but thanks for scaring the **** out of Mrs. Z ...)

So (not sheshe2) don't tell me about "waiting in long lines" and being told that you can't have a test done unless it really was OBVIOUS that it was life-threatening ...

[sheshe2]

31. Sorry for the anxiety you and your wife went through.I am glad it turned out to be nothing.

However I never made a comment ....only asked the poster(who is now gone) what he meant by that statement. I highlighted what he said, then asked the question.

Poster intimated that it was Obama's health care policies that have caused this. Policies i might add that only started to take effect. Most will come into play later.

I am hoping that (not sheshe2) means you were not referring to me.

Peace,
She

[zbdent]

39. "I am hoping that (not sheshe2) means you were not referring to me."

exactamundo ...

sorry if it seemed that way ...

[sheshe2]

40. I wish you and Mrs. Z the very best that

Thanksgiving has to offer!

My family just got my nephew back from the hospital after 25 days. It was a very close call...we have a way to go. However we have so very much to be grateful for this year!

My best to you.

[zbdent]

46. Thank you ...

best thoughts to you and yours ...

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. We have tricare

Where exactly do you want me to start with the dismantling of this?

[kestrel91316]

21. How is the situation in your second paragraph any different than what we already have to deal with

with insurance companies, you moran??

At least with Obamacare the insurance companies are somewhat restricted now in how badly they can screw us.

[gollygee]

24. This reminds me of a military family friend complaining on Facebook

about her vision insurance and how high her co-pay is and how this is an example of how horrible Obamacare is going to be - they'll have huge co-pays, and how she's worse off than most Americans because of this horrible military insurance. VISION insurance. She has vision insurance, and she said her co-pay and it's far less than my private vision insurance anyway. She has vision insurance, and at better rates than my really good private insurance, but it's an example of how much worse things will be.

[bayareamike]

27. Belogue, we hardly knew ye. LOL adios bud! nt

[tjwash]

30. Sarah?

Shouldn't you be quitting another job instead of trolling message board's?

[sheshe2]

41. ROFLOL!

Awesome retort!

[zbdent]

13. bogus ... if a Wal-Mart employee was killed in the "line of duty"

they'd be screaming "frivolous lawsuit"!

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. No, not quite, peasant life insurance

[zbdent]

18. Oh, I forgot ...

$5 grand to the employee, $250K to Wal-Mart.

Thanks ... I forgot about that ...

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. You welcome

[sheshe2]

22. A wal-mart employee WAS trampled to death when the doors were opened last year...

if u give me a minute I will find link!

[zbdent]

23. I remember that ...

and that's why they're opening up earlier ...

(and I believe it was 2010, not being nasty ...)

[sheshe2]

26. Actually 2008....

Just found video!
It was horrible....opening earlier won't make any difference....The shoppers are insane....remember the stories about customers using mace!

[sheshe2]

25. Here is the video...it was 2008!

&feature=player_detailpage

[kestrel91316]

16. Fine, then: SUPPORT THE TROOPS.

[gollygee]

17. Soldiers are underpaid too, so there is room for comparison

But they know when they're hired that they will miss holidays with their family, and obviously national security can't take a break for a holiday. Walmart employes are hired thinking the store is closed Thanksgiving, and their jobs are hardly a matter of national security.

[Skittles]

28. you mean....like this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021853689#post25

[Incitatus]

32. They're everywhere. nt

[Ken Burch]

33. Wait...what?

Does that mean they want all Walmart employees deployed to Afghanistan?

[demwing]

34. Close. Workers aren't soldiers

But if changes aren't made in the way we treat the working class, they can become an army.

Push hard enough, and people will push back...

[hrmjustin]

35. And like our army soldiers the right supports them in name only.

[Lightbulb_on]

42. I saw that photo...

... and they are not equating them.

The point of the picture was that Walmart employees are complaining about work and missing a few hours from home when service members are away and miss 9-15 months of birthdays and holidays.

[socialist_n_TN]

45. It's still equating Wally World employees with soldiers.........

Not the same job description, not the same paycheck, not the same benefits, but the peasants shouldn't complain because they're not being shot at in their jobs. Yet.

They are similar in one way though. They both slave their ass off for some fat, cowardly capitalist's profits.

[socialist_n_TN]

44. Hell no problem. I think that soldiers should be unionized too........

How's that for you Spanky?