Some Donts please add more and some Do's

[Livluvgrow]

Dont shop in their stores
Dont eat in their restaurants
Dont subscribe to their tv
Dont request their credit cards
Dont use alot of their electricity
Dont buy their Beer
Dont use too much gas
Dont go to their gyms
Dont enroll in their so called colleges

[Journeyman]

1. "Who is 'they,' Lenny?" . . .

[patricia92243]

2. Spell don't correctly. It's annoying to read it wrong - over and over again.

[Ken Burch]

6. For a minute there, I thought it said "Some Donuts Please".

Actually, a fresh glazed old-fashioned would be good right about now.

[JaneyVee]

75. Don't leave the apostrophe out of DONT

[Liberal Veteran]

3. What's the frequency, Kenneth? -nt

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Huh?

[Ken Burch]

5. That reads like modernist poetry...interesting approach.

Who ARE we talking about here, though?

[Livluvgrow]

8. that is for you to interpret

for the others sorry i wasn't an english major i guess only those with a masterful approach to the English language should post eh. One more point to make my father was illiterate yet had so much more to say than so many of you. Oh and in your elitist concern about the use of dont you didn't even offer a constructive thought.

[oldhippie]

14. "masterful approach to the English language ..."

You don't have to be an English major, or apply a "masterful" approach to the language to use basic English grammar, spelling, punctuation and apostrophes.

If you want to come on a discussion board, which uses the written form of communication, and make some philosophical or political point, it is advantageous to use proper language. Otherwise, your message loses some focus and credibility. Sorry, but that is just the way it is. Maybe you should try some other form of communication.

[RC]

45. When you post with sloppy capitalization and punctuation, that makes you

come across looking more as as a T-bagger, or some such, than a Democrat. Especially of your defense of it. We pride ourselves on being a little more educated than those bent on wreaking our country. This is not a right-wing web site after all.

[Livluvgrow]

46. Well

not all are. My lack of an apostrophe now equates me with a right wing Tea bagger. Wow far stretch there. The under and uneducated need not apply right that is what you are saying.

[oldhippie]

47. Pssssst

It's "wrecking".

And I will so TOTALLY deserve it when you point out my next spelling or grammar mistake.

And I will try to learn from it.

[RC]

50. Opps

[Ghost in the Machine]

74. You meant "Oops", right??

Damned spelling police are everywhere, lol!

Peace,

Ghost

[RC]

77. Whatever.

If you are going to screw up, do it big.

[Ghost in the Machine]

80. Lol! :-)

I'm just having a little fun... and thanks for being a good sport

Peace to you and yours,

Ghost

[RC]

82. No problem.

I can usually tell fun from not fun.

[oldhippie]

78. I wasn't gonna point that out ....

I'd already given RC enough flack!

Love ya' man!

[Ghost in the Machine]

81. from one old hippie to another.. Peace, my brother

Peace, Love & Light

Ghost

[enlightenment]

65. You don't need to have studied English in college

to understand the basics, and you're poor-pitiful-me approach impresses very few. Your father, if he was indeed illiterate, had an excuse - though it is doubtful that he was posting on Internet discussion boards.

You, on the other hand, are not illiterate. You are lazy and full of yourself. Substantive comments require substantive posts. Your post was meaningless to anyone but you - why would most even attempt to respond to what you said. You up the ante by a no-doubt deliberate refusal to write coherently and then whine when you are called on it.

[siligut]

66. Please don't let DU's spelling police get to you

It is an idiosyncrasy here, partly because of the atrocious spelling and grammar of teabaggers.

Keep on posting, people will get used to it, there are other posters here who tend to ignore the rules as well.

I agree with your OP, starve the beast. I don't like giving them the positive attributes of an animal, so I am going to say, starve the pathogens.

Pathogens infect, debilitate and kill other living things.

[Livluvgrow]

68. thankyou

siligut. your correlation with pathogens is so well used. I never thought about it from that angle. Kinda frightful when thinking of the destructive force of cancer.

[siligut]

71. Cancer is another good analogy

For the selfish destruction it wreaks. Cancer can be caused by a virus, but it is our own cells gone awry.

A virus is a good analogy too, and some mutate so fast that they are difficult to combat, kind of like Mitt Romney's tax loopholes.

[Ken Burch]

72. I like your use of the phrase "should poet".

No personal offense to your father or you was intended.

And I, personally, wasn't the one making an issue of your use of "dont", but simply offered a joke in response to the person who did.

[Le Taz Hot]

7. What's a "dont?"

[Livluvgrow]

9. shucks does that bother you

that my education isn't up to your standard that you cant help but criticize it wait dont bother you and all the other grammar police aint worth it.

[Blecht]

15. Communication is important, not to mention saving puppies!

[oldhippie]

17. Well, this is the first time I have seen one of your posts ....

.... and so far it seems that your education is not up to the standard that allows others to understand what it is that you are trying to express. That is a problem when you are trying to express an opinion or a point on a written message board. So, yes, maybe it's not worth it. Try something else, maybe?

[Livluvgrow]

20. If you

cant infer the point I was making maybe you should try thinking. I didn't realize I had to write a research paper to stroke peoples thinking.

[randome]

24. We can think just fine, thank you. No need to sound defensive.

Or insulting.

[Livluvgrow]

28. ah

so repeated attacks about the misuse of an apostrophe and I come off as insulting. Funny that there wasn't one single addition to this post except to attack the lack of an apostrophe. I guess the undereducated need not apply. Again why do some people look at some as elitist?

[randome]

32. "maybe you should try thinking" comes across as insulting, IMO.

Or at the very least, abrasive. It's all good, though. We can always use someone new to either offer insights or provide new arguments.

As for what appears to be your main point, it's difficult to know what corporations are doing what to whom. I work for Nestle Purina at this point. They are an excellent corporation to work for. But they are also very large and some segments of the company do or say stupid things, such as when the CEO or whoever it was said that people don't have a 'right' to have water.

So it's not so easy to simply 'disown' a corporation that sometimes sounds stupid or even does stupid things.

[Livluvgrow]

36. Not easy to disown a corporation?

Sure it is. Many in this country complain loudly about the current state of affairs, yet contribute to the very companies and executive class that are trying to destroy the lives of so many.

[randome]

39. True. They do. Which makes me think it isn't so easy, after all.

Otherwise, the destructive corporations would all be gone. Most of us have busy lives and don't want to sift through the enormous maze of corporate malfeasence to figure out basic things like where to buy bread.

Sure, we could find the time. But most of us have families and full time jobs and other activities and so we pretend that there's nothing else we can do.

What can truly help matters, however, is better regulation of these corporate behemoths. It's Congress who allows things to get out of hand and it's Congress who can level the playing field.

I hope we're on the verge of more than a sea change with the continuing weakness of the GOP.

[Livluvgrow]

44. what you just eloquently spoke

was the point of my whole thread. Many folks are too busy, but maybe if there were some friendly reminders about friendly companies to patronize than we could start to break a destructive corporate structure. We cant continue to weaken the GOP if we continue to feed their bank accounts. The rant by the CEO of subway is what started this thread. In light of his attitude I imagine many democrats will still stop at subway today. It doesn't matter that the Waltons will continue to use their wealth to destroy education, teachers by the tens of thousands will spend their money there today. Result, we gain nothing do to our own behavior.

[randome]

49. I missed the Subway CEO rant.

Can you point me to a link or summarize?

[Livluvgrow]

61. He was speaking

about how all the regulations under President Obama would make it impossible for him to open up subway today. He also spoke about how the ACA and minimum wage will destroy the bottom line of subway stores. Typical billionaire hogwash. I feel the only way we can fight these people is with our pocketbooks. Too many see the problems, but refuse to attempt a solution. We cant keep allowing our dollars to be used as a weapon against us. Our own spending habits are leading to our demise.

[randome]

63. He's not even a good CEO, then.

How many other CEOs have gotten involved with making public statements and then were forced to hang their heads in silence when the public excoriates them for it?

The Chick Fil-A CEO springs to mind. The Papa John's CEO is another.

Find their Facebook pages and add your disapproval to those that are no doubt already there. They usually end up looking foolish because shareholders don't want controversy.

And yes, it is typical billionaire hogwash but it's usually because they lead spectacularly unfulfilling lives and want to jump into a controversy to make themselves look relevant.

I call it Donald Trump Syndrome (DTS).

[oldhippie]

26. Oh, you've stroked my thinking all right .....

I think I'll go do something else.

[Livluvgrow]

30. oh

and for a supposed old hippie you sure aren't very laid back not good day

[Kennah]

83. A donut without you

[2naSalit]

84. If we were using French

it would be a tooth!

[GoneOffShore]

10. Ah, rocket surgery!

Or brain science.


It's tough to tell.

Golf

[kentauros]

35. No, it's Brain-Rocket Surgery-Science!

Dont ewe gno any tang?

[MineralMan]

11. Who are the 'they' of whom you speak?

Your message is incomplete, since we have no idea about whom you are talking.

[bemildred]

12. Indeed, they are not your friends.

Took me the longest time to get clear about that.

[MineralMan]

13. Do's?

Do is?
Do was?
Stuff belonging to Do?

An "s" preceded by an apostrophe does not indicate the plural of anything. It's important, when you write something, to make sure it is clearly stated. If it is not, your message will be lost.

[Blecht]

18. People often like to revel in ignorance

Instead of welcoming the opportunity to learn something, many people lash back with name-calling.

"Grammar police!"

[randome]

16. Don't drink soda. Do not pass Go.

Do not eat food from trash dumpsters.
DO put a mat on your shower floor.
And for God's sake, DON'T EAT THE YELLOW SNOW!

[Sheldon Cooper]

19. I'm not really sure who you're targeting, but I can't believe

people are being such asses about a missing goddamn apostrophe.

[Livluvgrow]

23. Not really targeting anybody

I was just trying to start a dialogue about corporate America and thought some inference could be made. I didn't think I had to explicitly spell it out. I agree about an apostrophe. If the above grammar police DONT like my post they should just move on instead of trying to show their supposed intellectual superiority.

[99Forever]

34. Well friend...

... like it or not, written language is the "coin of the realm" on forums such as this. There is nothing "elitist" nor is anyone acting with "supposed intellectual superiority" when they try to help you communicate yourself more effectively. If you choose to bask in ignorance and get defensive and angry over it, then you are merely hurting your own cause.

[Livluvgrow]

40. As I stated

earlier. My father was illiterate. He was a sharecropper from Alabama. He had more profound thoughts than so many, yet lacked the ability to efficiently or properly convey them. With your viewpoint he wouldn't be welcome to post here.

[99Forever]

54. Quite a leap you are making there, friend.

Would your father have been obstinate about learning something new and applying it to a new situation or would have made the conscious CHOICE to remain ignorant?

And by the way, were "your father" truly "illiterate" as you have stated repeatedly, posting here would have been impossible for him. You'll need to find another scapegoat for your misplaced anger.

[Livluvgrow]

59. Not a scapegoat

but the truth in your world less educated or illiterate need not apply or post in this case.

[99Forever]

60. I said nothing of the kind.

But if you insist on being a victim, who am I to stop you?


Have a nice day. Enjoy your stay.

[siligut]

70. You make a very good point and I believe it is part of the reason DU can be tough

Your father had some ideas that may have contributed to society and the world, but because he lacked the tools for good communication, we were deprived of his wisdom.

I love the sort of wisdom some people have because they work with the living world.

BTW, your father would've been welcome here, it might have taken awhile, but people would eventually recognize the value of what he had to say.

[lonestarnot]

21. Don't pass gas.

[Lizzie Poppet]

27. Don't collect $200.

[lonestarnot]

31. And don't pay $200!

[theKed]

22. Punctuation matters

[randome]

25. Yesh, it do.

[Livluvgrow]

29. Oh nose is dont

and yore thawt is or do you knot have one

[randome]

33. That's the spirit!

I put my thoughts in post #32.

[patrice]

37. Don't play their game.

[RC]

38. So we are all just supposed to die of starvation, cold and naked in our caves?

No thank you.

[Livluvgrow]

41. Than shop at walmart

eat at subway and get all your overconsumption of energy from the Koch brothers. Your local farmer would truly like your business but I guess you would rather support the corporate structure.

[RC]

48. I eat at Subway. I leave my computers on 24/7. I shop farmers market.

During the growing season we buy 2 CSA orders a week.

[Livluvgrow]

51. Why bother supporting Democrats

if you are going to go to the corporations that undermine them?

[RC]

55. Because sometime you have no choice.

Quite often you have no way of knowing anyway, of who own what.
Do you know where the food comes from in local grocery stores or restaurants? Do you know where local stores get their merchandise? Most likely 'no' in both cases. so, unless you grow your own food and weave your own cloth, to make your own robes (can't use sewing machines), you have no way of knowing who profits when you buy something.
I also shop JC Penney, is that OK?

[jmg257]

57. You must never have had an Italian BMT or a toasted tuna footlong...yum!

And those little bags of Sun Chips and baked Lays.
Nice easy meal the kid loves.

And way better then Wendy's or Taco Bell.

[bemildred]

42. "Turn on, tune it, and drop out."

We knew all this forty years ago.


ARE YOU ADDICTED...
TO MONEY?

You could be a money addict
without even knowing it!

http://www.museumofconceptualart.com/church/addict.html

[Livluvgrow]

52. Me addicted to money?

No, but many right wing corporations are and they are swimming in it. Why bother supporting a Democrat if you use your money to undermine them?

[bemildred]

53. Tsk, no need to take it personally. nt

[jmg257]

43. Ooo - my turn!

Dont smoke crack
Dont do drugs
Dont cry for me Argentina
Dont do anything I wouldnt do
Dont look a gifthorse in the mouth
Dont let it go to your head

Damned if you do, and damned if you dont
do as I say not as I do
do the right thing
do not disturb (tricky this one)
do the voodoo that you do so well


Dont call me Ill call you

[One_Life_To_Give]

56. "DON'T SLEEP IN THE SUBWAY"

[JoePhilly]

58. Don't drunk post.

[Livluvgrow]

62. so now a lack of an apostrophe

is associated with being drunk is your name really JoePhilly or are you Joe from Philly

[JoePhilly]

64. Where did I mention your lack of an apostrophe?

Perhaps my "don't" was simply an addition to your list.

Paranoid much?

[siligut]

67. This is one way to get a large amount of attention on DU

Say something inaccurate or make some other error, it is a bit of a negative. But overall, DU is a great place

[rrneck]

69. Do

Find joy without the use of specialized equipment.
Appreciate beauty in things that weren't manufactured to be beautiful.
Seek out unusual or conflicting ideas and make them work.


Do - starve the beast that feeds you.

[Ken Burch]

73. This refers to businesses associated with the 'Pugs/Tea Party/sequester fetishists.

That's the folks we need to boycott at this point.

[Paul E Ester]

76. One of the reasons I quit smoking was every smoke was funding them...nt

[Kalidurga]

79. Don't support factory farming

Do start a garden.

Avoid GMOs.

Reuse, Recycle, Repair, and precycle ( don't buy it if you don't need it)

Do push ups and sit ups and take a walk. You probably don't need to go to the gym.