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#1 kingkong0124
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LOL

Talk about an over reaction...

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#2 deactivated-5b1e62582e305
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That Whole Foods guy is an idiot.

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#3 -Sun_Tzu-
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LOL

Talk about an over reaction...

kingkong0124
I agree, the CEO should have definitely had a more subdued reaction to Obamacare.
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#4 deactivated-5f9e3c6a83e51
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Good. maybe they can all shop at McDonalds.

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Dude...his entire customer base is filled with liberals. He calls a liberal president a fascist and denies climate change exists. If he goes out of business, it's the invisible hand at work slapping him across the face for being too damned stupid to know to just keep his mouth shut and let his customer base keep paying exorbitant fees for overpriced commodity items.
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#6 kingkong0124
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[QUOTE="kingkong0124"]

LOL

Talk about an over reaction...

-Sun_Tzu-
I agree, the CEO should have definitely had a more subdued reaction to Obamacare.

Clever
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[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"]Dude...his entire customer base is filled with liberals. He calls a liberal president a fascist and denies climate change exists. If he goes out of business, it's the invisible hand at work slapping him across the face for being too damned stupid to know to just keep his mouth shut and let his customer base keep paying exorbitant fees for overpriced commodity items.

Never been a fan of whole foods for just that reason. massively overpriced.
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#8 DroidPhysX
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Wonder if kk thinks it's an overreaction because of the opposing ideologies
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#9 comp_atkins
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lol.. pretty much all of whole food's customers are liberals...
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[QUOTE="kingkong0124"]

LOL

Talk about an over reaction...

-Sun_Tzu-
I agree, the CEO should have definitely had a more subdued reaction to Obamacare.

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you are better then this kk
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than
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#13 deactivated-5b1e62582e305
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you are better then this kkdave123321
No he isn't

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#14 DroidPhysX
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Also. I take issue with aljosa's placing of Skyfall. way too high.
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Also. I take issue with aljosa's placing of Skyfall. way too high. DroidPhysX
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Also. I take issue with aljosa's placing of Skyfall. way too high. DroidPhysX
you mad Daniel Craig > Matt Damon?

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#17 jun_aka_pekto
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If I was a buyer of Whole Foods stuff, the remarks wouldn't change my buying habits any.

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#18 dave123321
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Guys what are your thoughts on Obamacare? Too weak?
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Well yeah, extreme liberalism is the basis of fascism.

Thought everybody already knew that.

Anyway if they boycott whole foods, where they gonna get their groceries, Trader Joe? lol

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That's cool, but when I went to whole foods in chicago, the pizza there was delicious along with the burgers and sandwiches. I'll be going back lol.
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[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"]Also. I take issue with aljosa's placing of Skyfall. way too high. Aljosa23

you mad Daniel Craig > Matt Damon?

Negative ghost rider. Craig has a more scrumptious bod. He is not > Damon overall.
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Dude...his entire customer base is filled with liberals.nocoolnamejim

lmao, yep. You get a bunch of hippies shopping at your stores and you diss who they likely voted for? It just wasnt a smart business move lol.

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He deserves it.

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[QUOTE="kingkong0124"]

LOL

Talk about an over reaction...

-Sun_Tzu-

I agree, the CEO should have definitely had a more subdued reaction to Obamacare.

This. And what an idiot, since a large part of his consumer base skews left.

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How dare him criticize the president's insurance reform.
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How dare him criticize the president's insurance reform. DaBrainz
How dare his customers criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform.
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Lol, since when does the Daily Mail use that awful American definition of "liberal"?
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[QUOTE="DaBrainz"]How dare him criticize the president's insurance reform. nocoolnamejim
How dare his customers criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform.

How dare I criticize his customers that criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform
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American conservatives should be applauding this reaction as it's based around individuals taking personal action rather than having government involved. Oh man as if they'd ever applaud personal responsibility.
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[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"][QUOTE="DaBrainz"]How dare him criticize the president's insurance reform. DaBrainz
How dare his customers criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform.

How dare I criticize his customers that criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform

Haha. I love how people are personally offended whenever the Debt Star is criticised. He certainly doesn't give a f*ck about you, so why boycott stores on his behalf? Could not be bothered. Feel guilty about voting for him mayhaps?
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[QUOTE="Ace6301"]American conservatives should be applauding this reaction as it's based around individuals taking personal action rather than having government involved. Oh man as if they'd ever applaud personal responsibility.

lmao, amazed you were able to put GOP and personal responsibility in the same sentence.
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[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"][QUOTE="DaBrainz"]How dare him criticize the president's insurance reform. DaBrainz
How dare his customers criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform.

How dare I criticize his customers that criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform

Hush now. You understand my point. Don't pretend otherwise. He's a CEO running a company that depends on an overwhelming liberal customer base. He's free to biiiitch about Obama's healthcare plan or how climate change is a liberal plot all he wants. Nobody's stopping him. Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. He thinks speaking out on these things is worth pissing off his customers? Please proceed CEO. Pointing out how it's going to cost him money is blatantly obvious to anyone who has taken a junior high level business course. Heck, even you should be able to get that concept.
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Dude...his entire customer base is filled with liberals. He calls a liberal president a fascist and denies climate change exists. If he goes out of business, it's the invisible hand at work slapping him across the face for being too damned stupid to know to just keep his mouth shut and let his customer base keep paying exorbitant fees for overpriced commodity items. nocoolnamejim
Yeah I was kind of surprised that he said this, considering that I viewed WholeFoods as being a business with a predominately liberal clientele. Though I think boycotting the place over this is kind of overreacting, though i've heard of other silly boycotts (such as some people boycotting Divine Mercy pharmacies because they don't carry contraceptives, It doesn't make sense to boycott over that because if the boycott causes the pharmacy to close down now they won't be selling anything).

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[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"][QUOTE="DaBrainz"][QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"] How dare his customers criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform.

How dare I criticize his customers that criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform

Hush now. You understand my point. Don't pretend otherwise. He's a CEO running a company that depends on an overwhelming liberal customer base. He's free to biiiitch about Obama's healthcare plan or how climate change is a liberal plot all he wants. Nobody's stopping him. Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. He thinks speaking out on these things is worth pissing off his customers? Please proceed CEO. Pointing out how it's going to cost him money is blatantly obvious to anyone who has taken a junior high level business course. Heck, even you should be able to get that concept.

Sorry I touched a nerve. Feeling extra liberally today I see.
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[QUOTE="DaBrainz"][QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"][QUOTE="DaBrainz"] How dare I criticize his customers that criticize the president of Whole Food's views on the president's insurance reform

Hush now. You understand my point. Don't pretend otherwise. He's a CEO running a company that depends on an overwhelming liberal customer base. He's free to biiiitch about Obama's healthcare plan or how climate change is a liberal plot all he wants. Nobody's stopping him. Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. He thinks speaking out on these things is worth pissing off his customers? Please proceed CEO. Pointing out how it's going to cost him money is blatantly obvious to anyone who has taken a junior high level business course. Heck, even you should be able to get that concept.

Sorry I touched a nerve. Feeling extra liberally today I see.

It's cute how you think you actually have the ability to stroke my sensitive areas. Sorry m'lad, I've dealt with professionals. But, I do applaud you for utterly ignoring my points. Well played.
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The CEO has the right to say whatever he wants, yes. Consumers have the right to patronise or not patronise any business for any reason they want. Funny how that free market works huh?
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The CEO has the right to say whatever he wants, yes. Consumers have the right to patronise or not patronise any business for any reason they want. Funny how that free market works huh?worlock77
But he's bashing someone we don't liiiiiiike.
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#38 whipassmt
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who's WholeFoods main competitor, half foods? Or maybe quarter-pounder.

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Obamacare is corporatism, despite what idiotic leftists want to believe.
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[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"]Dude...his entire customer base is filled with liberals. He calls a liberal president a fascist and denies climate change exists. If he goes out of business, it's the invisible hand at work slapping him across the face for being too damned stupid to know to just keep his mouth shut and let his customer base keep paying exorbitant fees for overpriced commodity items.

Whole Foods has very few national competitors. I grew up in a place with a TON of organic-based supermarkets that competed with Whole Foods, and sold better goods at a lower price. Despite this, Whole Foods still does great business where I'm from. The situation would be compounded heavily in other places without competitors to WF. I don't think the CEO would say this if he wasn't confident that the backlash would be able to be weathered.