I completely agree.  The only way we'll get the message through is by
hitting capitalism in its guts.


Pratik Patel
Managing Director
CUNY Assistive Technology Services

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: Home Depot Press Release


> I call for a boycott of home depo.  Let's put up a web site and spread
> it around.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kelly Pierce" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 8:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Home Depot Press Release
>
>
> From: "Sherry Wells" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> it would appear that Home Depot is willing to work with the government =
> even though it does not  want to buy from them.
>
> The euphemism "work with" means, if the press release is read carefully,
> take a corporate handout.  Home Depot is opening a new store every 47
> hours.  The federal government, using our tax dollars,  has agreed
> through the Employment and Training Administration of the Labor
> Department to provide free recruitment, screening, and training services
> to Home Depot free of charge so the company can staff the new stores it
> is opening every two days.  It seems the company wants the freebies from
> the federal government but it aggressively avoids the laws that make
> America a place where so many can succeed, including people with
> disabilities, and assist those that have put their lives on the line to
> advance the institution of American Freedom around the world.
>
> Kelly
>
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