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Wal-Mart Threatens Studios Over iTunes Sales
Y-Crate writes "It seems Wal-Mart is threatening retaliation against studios who decide to offer movies on iTunes. The Bentonville, AR retailer seems a bit miffed that someone would dare to undercut their prices. This wouldn't be the first time they've turned on a supplier for dealing with Apple." From the article: "Last year when Disney announced it would begin offering episodes of the hit shows 'Lost' and 'Desperate Housewives' on Apple's iTunes, the reaction of the world's largest retailer sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry. Wal-Mart, worried that offering the shows for viewing on iPods would cut into DVD sales at its stores, sent 'cases and cases' of DVDs back to Disney, according to a source familiar with the matter."
My brother-in-law bought a Honda lawn mower because there is such great quality behind the Honda name. He spent in excess of $600 on a regular push mower.
He has had horrible experiences with it, and now has given up and went out and bought an inexpensive > $150 mower at a discount store. The Honda sits in the garage, useless.
I have a 1958 LawnBoy mower (from the 'Yellow Deck' era, very much a collectors item) and have used it once or twice. It's two-cycle, though, and when I used it to mow part of our pasture, the fog of smoke that rose slowly wafted over to settle over the Trailer Park (those poooor people!) a quarter mile off. They'll never know the difference, of course, until it discolors the external packaging ("gotta keep your investment in the original box!") of their NASCAR collectables.
Awww, little fringie's getting defensive. How about this: I will give you the explanation you're asking for if you tell me where exactly in my post I actually you know, indicate support for employer-provided healthcare.
Because you know, my reply wasn't especially long, so you would think such a statement of support would be easy to find, but I looked and looked and I couldn't find it.
Now that's bizarre.
I'm not up on the buzzwords in whatever sort of deceptive game you play.
False delimas and red herrings ARE deceptive word games. Watch Fox News or just about any Republican speak for more than, oh, five seconds or so and you should hear one of those, plus a straw man or two.