The media – led by CNN – was up in arms.
They accused Donald Trump of telling a falsehood when he stated crime was up in Sweden because of a massive influx of migrants.
But when the facts came out, CNN ended up with egg on their face.
At a campaign rally in Florida, Donald Trump attacked advocates of open borders, mentioning the terrorist attacks carried out in Nice and Brussels, as well as the rising incidents of crime in Sweden.
Sweden took in over 160,000 refugees in 2015.
Some were concerned with the ability of these Middle Eastern migrants to assimilate to Swedish culture.
Others worried about the crime they would bring in.
When Trump mentioned the rising crime rate in Sweden, media personalities jumped at the chance to accuse him of lying.
Chief among them was CNN’s New Day anchor Chris Cuomo.
Cuomo tweeted that Trump was telling a falsehood.
People who see migrants as a scourge will make it a disaster. matters that he is wrong abt Sweden crime. proves he has to manufacture crisis https://t.co/sfbNhkfWcq
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) February 20, 2017
But was Trump wrong?
The numbers prove him right.
The New York Times reports rapes and assaults increased in Sweden last year:
“Preliminary data released last month by Sweden’s crime prevention council found no significant increase in crimes from 2015 to 2016, even with the influx of migrants. The council did note an increase in assaults and rapes last year, but it also recorded a drop in thefts and drug offenses. Still, a Pew Research Center survey last year found that 46 percent of Swedes said refugees were more to blame for crime than other groups.”
Ami Horowitz, the filmmaker whose segment on Fox News inspired Trump’s remarks, returned to the network to back up his claims with new numbers.
Fox News reports:
“Filmmaker Ami Horowitz defended his investigation of refugees in Sweden Monday night amid a blacklash after President Donald Trump cited his work during a campaign speech over the weekend.
“Between 2012 and 2016 the murder rate [in Sweden] is up almost 70 percent,” Horowitz told “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” citing the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention. “Rape between 2007 and 2015 is up a similar number, almost 70 percent. These are their statistics, not my statistics.”
The media loves to push this meme that Trump is a liar who can’t distinguish between fact and fiction.
But the numbers back Trump up and show that the media – and CNN – are the real peddlers of fake news.
CNN is a discredit to the fourth estate. I watch them daily and have never seen them say one positive thing about the new administration. Not One? How can that be? I’ll tell you how …they have an agenda and it is to destroy Trump’s presidency. If you gave those bastards each a lie detector test there would be no question as to what their intent is.
Absolutely correct Richard. But CNN and all the other Fake News Networks are digging their own graves with the public. They forget that half the country voted for Trump and they lose credibility every single day with each new negative article and character assassination.
TwoDogs4Me, as an independent conservative I didn’t vote for either but the more games I see everyone playing, the more credibility I give Trump and the less I give to the media. In the past 2 years the most honest news I’ve seen and now trust over anyone is what gets reported on CBN’s 700 Club. Even if they have political differences, they’re honest and forthcoming about the issues on both sides. After all of the deception in the last 8 years, I’ll never trust any other news station’s but CBN.
I don’t get CBN. My family in GA do and they love it! I must check into how I can access them!
You have a PC…http://www.cbn.com/
imonmyway, I love your ID. ;o) Hopefully LadyLoneStar gave you what you needed. I never watched the 700 Club until a couple years ago. I wish I could access all that I’ve missed in the past, I’ve been so impressed with their reporting. It’s awesome you’ve family that feels the same. They report facts the usual media tries to hide and won’t let out until months later, when they’ve been caught lying about it.
We’ve now even partnered with them in their charities, another very impressive organization. It’s public record but last year they won the lifetime achievement and almost 97% of donations went to help other’s worldwide. They’ve the best record of all charities in the U.S and you can even designate where you want your money to go to. I vett charities very well and try to sway people from the cancer and Veteran’s as they are the biggest thief’s, and I’m a cancer patient myself. Wounded Warrior’s started out great but then put another CEO in charge and he ruined it. He’s now been fired so we’re watching the turnaround before rejoining them. When I stopped our donations to them, I just started giving the money to random vet’s in need at the VA as they shouldn’t be punished for another’s misuse of money. Enough of that, I’m off topic now but just wanted to add that little bit. Have a great day and God bless you.
I know for a fact the only truly honest news will be from CBN or another Christian based news media. They don’t lie and cheat to put out the news, they report the facts. Every story will have a slight slant of the person who wrote it, but not blatant lies such as CNN makes or NBC or ABC and sometimes Fox news network. I also support the wounded vets through my work and through the mail. I hope they get the Wounded Warrior project straight for the donations to continue. They surely need the help and veterans don’t always get the help they need. I know because my brother-in-law was a vet and did not get all the help he needed.
I don’t believe any reporting that doesn’t come from CBN anymore. Yes, you can tell who’s conservative or liberal, but at least all they report on both sides are honest.
Hubby and I are also vet’s and I’m being treated at the VA for cancer now. I’m the happiest when there to cheer them or at home with my grand’s. Having those two things have kept me thriving and happy, probably why I’m still here at all, it’s my mission. :o) Luckily it’s the Denver VA and they have a great rep compared to others. Even if WW doesn’t improve again, I’ll continue to place my money into their hand’s. There’s more than one way to get it done. I started volunteering way back during Desert Storm when we were in Dover, my whole family followed and although my boy’s were in elementary school at the time, they got their school’s to do a lot for their morale. They decorated the hangar’s they waited to deploy from, did personal card’s, etc. while I worked on their more important needs. It was a great learning experience for them and they also it carried in to their adulthood although, at my urging, never went into the military. When O contemplated forcing them to pay for medical, I was determined to keep my boy’s home. Thank goodness he changed his mind but I don’t regret talking our boy’s into staying here. We’re a generational military family so they got enough of our family to mess with. The people coming back don’t even get the same medical care as I do and that’s a tragedy. No vet should be homeless coming back but there are more than people realize, and now no one wants to hire them since they’ve made it seem they’ll all snap at some point from ptsd. I wasn’t willing to lose one of my children only to be treated like the Viet Nam vet’s. People said they’d never act that way again but how they quickly forget their sacrifices. They’re being treated the same way again. We owe them much better than that.
It’s on TCT TV on DTV channel 377 That’s one channel I believe they are on other Christian Channels as well
has anyone tried OAN? I’m going to try that one, They say that’s the best.
And I get very honest news reporting from Canadian News despite their P.M. being a liberal coward like his father was. I was astonished when I heard that Justin Trudeau was elected.
AMEN!!!!
Thank you Richard, could not have been said better. I must add that most of these type media have gone into a treasonous subversive mode that has shown them all to be ANTI-American and anti-American values and morals. They are playing with fire that will not go out. American Patriots will not stand by for this continued assault on our freedoms. This type of conduct will end very badly even could result in another revolution of unimagined proportions.
I agree with you, however, the media (can’t even call them “news” for the propaganda they spew) has been anti-American and anti-American values and morals for decades.
VAI Pop, that’s what worries me. I pray we can stop the violent discourse in our country. Many liberal’s have lost their mind’s and now appear able to do anything out of anger at losing, even if it harms the public. I pray we have the resurgence of those who’re obedient to God and it spreads like wildfire. If something doesn’t give, we’re headed to a place unlike any of us have ever seen in this country.
Stop patronizing them
Stop supporting their advertisers is more effective. Send a note to the CEO of each company that advertises on CNN (soon to be known as UNN–Unbelievable News Network) telling them why.
The dopes at CNN don’t understand that most people see the Enquirer as a more reliable news source than CNN is.
That will stop it sooner than anything. Good idea.
It’s funny that you mention The Enquirer but I have read several articles over the years proclaiming that The Enquirer has broken more stories that were “completely true” than any other paper in the country. It must be that in their zeal to “dig for dirt” they really do find it and report it.
maxx. They actually got some award last year just for that reason. It appears they actually do the research before printing these days. I don’t read mag rag’s but was impressed when I saw that. That’s a real shame when you think about it.
I don’t read Enquirer either. My knowledge of it is from it being referenced on sites like this one.
I’ve also seen it on the news but I stopped ready anything like them after Princess Di. I only used them for dead reading such as on flights, etc. to begin with, so it wasn’t really a sacrifice anyway.
Does anyone have a list of CNN advertisers? I stopped watching the NFL. I stopped watching Tom Hanks movies. I can stop buying products advertised on CNN.
Tom. Our family has started boycotting more businesses in the last 2 years than we’d collectively done in 40 years. Ironically, we haven’t missed buying one product or shopping/eating in one establishment. Even if we pay a bit more, doing the right thing makes it all worth it. Hopefully more and more follow suit. I think a lot of people thought we didn’t have enough power and then Target became the best example. They’re still hurting big time and there’s no doubt they regret being so flip as to say it would just go away. That’s a statement they’d do over if they could now, as well as taking for granted and insulting those that spent the most in their stores. It proved to the doubter’s we’ve way more power than they ever thought. It’s refreshing to know we really can make or break them, no matter how big their business is. It’s a great start in returning our country back to the people and once this mess is finally fixed, it’s doubtful the public will ever allow our rights to be violated like they’ve been ever again.
As far as these big mouth entertainer’s that we also now boycott, losing their audience should wake up some. The problem for them is even if they smarten up enough to back off, getting that fan base back will be nearly impossible.
You and I are on the same page, Please share with me the businesses you’ve boycotted and the reasons why. I’ll be joining you and spending the word. Thanks!
Hi Tom. To make it a bit easier I’ll start by saying that we no longer purchase from any company that’s in direct violation of the teaching’s of God. That includes any business that supports gay marriage, funds terrorist’s of any kind, etc. I won’t remember everyone tonight, but will over a few day’s and will add them as I do. I’m on chemo which affects your memory (chemo brain) but I’ll post a list if I remember someone else. There’s also some companies we’ve never used but you should be able to find a complete list on line.
Target – Do I need to explain this one? LOL
Nordstrom – gay marriage
JC Penney – gay marriage
Sears – gay marriage
Starbuck’s – gay marriage, military
Pepsi – gay marriage
McDonald’s – gay marriage and they sell worm burger’s LOL
Kellogg – gay marriage
O.J. Simpson – murderer, abuser
Tom Hanks – political mouthpiece
Tom Cruise – false prophet among other carp
Madonna – too long to list LOL
Facebook – gay marriage, dumbing down America, political
Twitter – same as above
Apple – gay marriage
Walgreens – gay marriage (I get all med’s from VA so don’t need to frequent any)
CVS – same as above
Toyota – gay marriage
Nissan – gay marriage
Volkswagen – gay marriage
Kraft – gay marriage
Direct TV – gay marriage
Monsanto – poisoning the public (we grow as much organic as possible ourselves), gay marriage
Okay, there’s a good start. Again, I’m sure you could find a complete list if you search as there are 100s. To be clear, I’ve no issue with what people do in the privacy of their home but to call their partnership ‘marriage’ went too over the top for me. Had they used another term such as union, partnership, commitment, etc. with all the same rights, I’d have been fine. But marriage is and has always been defined for a man and woman. Although this isn’t a boycott, we also try to buy U.S. made only whenever possible to support the working people in this country. Some things you have no choice when it’s not made here at all. Have fun researching, you will learn a lot. God bless you.
Your list is extremely short if you’re boycotting based on “homosexual union” (I’m with you and have been saying it for quite some time, GOD created marriage between a man and a woman PERIOD. (They need to call each other something “new” too, because they are NOT husband and husband or wife and wife…you would think, if they hate the traditions of life that they wouldn’t want any of it to be the same labels). I would add, I would like “them” (that is anyone and everyone) to quit bastardizing the English language…gay means “having or showing a merry, lively mood, bright or showy, given to or abounding in social or other pleasures” rainbows are GOD’s promise that He will never again flood this earth and destroy all living things, and butterflies are simply one of GOD’s beauties of nature.) because we’ve been forced to “accept” it as the new normal. It’s to the point, you can’t watch a movie, sitcom or other shows on TV because Hollyweird deems it necessary to have (at least) one queer union. I truly don’t care what people do in their own private bedroom, that’s their business, but with the group being about 3% of the population of the USA…..really, every one of the movies, sitcoms and other shows???? Really?
I doubt it.
Totally agree with your every word. Liberalism is a mental disease. The book “The Liberal Mind” by Dr. Lyle Rossiter was a very enlightening read.
Thank you, I’ll check that book out.
Ditto
mustangsallyann said she wasn’t going to list all of the companies she boycotts before her list. At the end of her post, she said, “Okay, there’s a good start. “
Of course, I read that….I had to paraphrase my comment.
DMJo, thank you. LOL My head took a spin around when I saw that post. Listing the 100s of companies probably wouldn’t bode well for all other poster’s. Not to mention my brain, which is now like a Dell with a really slow memory due to chemo. I can always count on some kind, fellow poster clearing up what another didn’t read or understand. In any case, I just added a couple more for Tom so my list is getting larger. Thanks so much. God bless you.
Hi LadyLoneStar,
Please check this out.
“Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act” (H.R. 98)”
The change agents want to get rid of the terms husband and wife.
I loathe the co-opting of the language too.
A while back there was an article that referred to heteros and gays, not straights and gays or heteros and well I would likely get censored if I use the actual prefix for ‘same’.
Generally I don’t use the approved euphemisms.
I just saw a beautiful rainbow two days ago , a real one in the sky, not the odious thing that Obama projected on to the White House and made it look like a “gay” brothel.
It’s nearly impossible to find anything on TV that isn’t just plain sick, evil and demented. The Walton’s has become my new fav, thank goodness I was too busy to watch when young. I did get hooked on the Walking Dead due to my son’s, as I’ve viewed our reality of the world as such for years now (the dead being those that are clueless, those alive from good or evil). When I first saw the agenda of ‘The Foster’s’, I almost fell over. I don’t know what networks are thinking but they’re losing a ton of viewer’s. It’s nice to see all of the new spiritual movie’s coming out and we buy them all once available to watch over and over. We must also be hitting them hard as that’s why they’ve started making so many, they’ve been losing money on everything else.
I agree, if they don’t want to conform, why the desire to take over marriage and God given title’s, husband and wife. They supposedly hate us anyway. It’s due to the desire to destroy us. Christian’s are now on our government’s hate list but the BLM isn’t. Who the heck are making the rules there?? satan and his children, that’s who. Not all here belong to God and satan’s been doing his job very well these days. I’ve posted this numerous times and people are shocked every time. Google satan and google God. If you don’t cap satan it red lines you, if you cap God it auto corrects to lowercase. You have to correct to your desire, sometimes multiple times, before it leaves it as you want it. So the programmer’s want it to have a show of respect for satan and God is undeserving and insignificant. It happens on most programs now and human’s are to blame, computers can not write their own program’s.
As far as their open affection’s, which most times would be labeled indecent and cause an arrest of hetero couple’s, the example they leave for children is disgusting and wrong. We don’t want to see hetero couple’s basically having sex in the streets, why should we accept it with deviant’s. What ever happened to the desire to protect our children? Then taking them along when rioting, try that in any other context and you’ll be charged with contributing to the delinquency of minor’s. Enough said, saying we’re surrounded by evil and moron’s should cover the rest. The obedient children of God can not stay so quiet ever again. We’ve already dishonored God in doing so in the past, it’s now time we get our head’s screwed back on tight ourselves. ;o)
I have subscribed to Pure-Flix for that exact reason. We are into TWD as well. I believe we view it differently than most. We can understand the evil and good because we can view and separate it in the rest of life.
When alive, I got my grandmother to watch ‘The Stand’ by Stephen King and my family couldn’t believe it. She watched the whole six hours and walked up to me and said, ‘Granddaughter, if people don’t know the Bible, they don’t really understand this movie’. I knew she’d get it but many in my family didn’t as they didn’t have a relationship with God at the time. Thankfully for most, that has now changed. While she wouldn’t have liked the violence, I know she’d have felt the same about ‘The Walking Dead’. If I hadn’t seen the hidden message, I’d have never gotten hooked on it. If you’ve watched interviews with the writers/producers, they are definitely spiritual people. I think you’d have to be to get through making the series in the first place.
I’ve never heard of Pure-Fix but will have to look into it. We’ve 100s of channels we don’t watch since they show nothing of any real substance. It’s all about the shock value no matter how sick they make people now. I have to close my eyes through some of the garbage in nearly every movie we see. For the most part we just avoid them if we can. Thanks for the tip on Pure-Fix, I’ll check it out today. Have a great day and God bless you.
Our computers are apple, can’t change that easily, Facebook, we’d change if there were an alternative and Tom Cruise we are alright with as long as he says out of discussing politics. OTHERWISE, we are in tune! Thanks!
Tom. I think we all have something we’ve acquired before we were taken over by the liberal fanatic’s. We’ve a GMC Yukon and GMC’s on the list. However, it’s now parked to sell as we just got another vehicle from a manufacturer not involved. Ford’s also in the group but my 65 Mustang isn’t going anywhere. Now you know where my ID came from, she’s my baby. LOL All we can do is change going forward and hopefully more companies will stay out of politics and do what they do best, sell their wares to the public.
We actually refused to join Facebook from it’s inception. Hubby and I saw it as another dumbing down option from the start. I also refuse to text. I can talk faster than texting and young people have already lost the art of communication enough already. We also love hearing our family’s voices rather than reading a couple of words. We’re very forthcoming with why we refuse and some have also paid attention. Our alternative for sending pic’s is to buy multiple copies and mail them. ;o) A little slower but it still does the job. It’s funny, hubby makes a very good living in the techie field, while I’ve always been anti techie. LOL
You’ve got to get the millennials educated away from the liberal teachers/profs and colleges. Schools aren’t teaching the real history or government of our country. We are always one generation away from imploding.
You won’t believe it (maybe you will) but this year the elementary school stopped allowing parent’s into classrooms. When backed into a corner, they call the teacher before the parent gets to the classroom. I’ve two grand’s, one autistic, in school and was furious. Now here’s the kicker. While they’re confrontational with the parents, I’ve worked with disabled children in the schools myself. So I get more respect and leeway than my own son and his wife does. I now handle the school stuff and we’re getting ready to move just miles from the children but in a better district. I’ll take over their education and put them in school in our district instead. If that’s not an improvement, I’ll pull them out and will be home schooling instead. What’s sad is the parent’s that don’t have the same resources. They just have to deal with it. No doubt about it, it’s time we come down hard on these so called educator’s, teaching in school’s today.
I agree. We need to remind them that WE (tax payers) are paying for them to have that job in the first place. But some parents need to be reminded that they have a responsibility to teach their own kids…..morals, respect, honor and FAITH….not the schools. (and I would add, sex….it’s parents responsibility to educate their own kids on ALL their beliefs.)
Praying that POTUS Trump gets his way with Betsy DeVos in as head the U.S. Department of Education, because she is PRO voucher system. All those parents should have a choice!
I have two grands (twins). They are in a Christian school. My DIL (their mother) is a teacher in the school, so she has a first-eye view of the curriculum. My neighbors are teachers…I have been able to ask questions about the schools in our area, also. Texas boycotted common core, so our teachers don’t have to deal with it. However, that’s not to say that Texas schools are perfect….far from it, we have our own problems to resolve.
Luckily we’re a very close family and the children don’t allow anyone to watch the grand’s except for me and gramps. Our DIL won’t even allow her own family to keep them for any reason. I taught our grandson (autistic) when the schools couldn’t. Due to my experience and education with special need’s children, they know I won’t allow the schools to bs them with lies. We’re actually waiting for our autistic grandson to tell his teacher’s he’s smarter than all of them because Oma told him so. Hey, it’s the danged truth. LOL I’m even on a God bless you status with many of the teachers that don’t like what they’re doing in school either. It’s shameful that they’re so afraid to be heard by the administration, they feel the need to whisper during most of our conversations.
As for me, whenever I speak with anyone, I say God bless you loudly and to everyone (not screaming, just to show I’m not intimidated by non believer’s and won’t be censored). I’m amazed how many love it and reciprocate immediately. In any case, call me old fashioned but I’ve taught them all about Jesus, prayer and they love saying grace at meals. That’s the most important thing imo. If you teach God’s love, it applies to most situations as far as knowing what’s right and what’s wrong. I also agree it’s our responsibility to teach about sex. But, like it or not, no matter what the parent’s preference, the schools start doing it in kindergarten now. They’re also teaching them that if their parents don’t pay attention to a desire to be a different gender, parent’s are now negligent. At 5, can you believe it? A child that age shouldn’t even be thinking of those things. Yep, we must find a way to get the government out of that as well.
You have a very valid point, parents don’t want to take the responsibility that was given to them when they became parents. I was always involved, to the extent of my ability, when my girls were in school. The same cannot be said of today’s generation. They want to send the kids to school, sit back and allow the teacher to teach everything to the child that is really the place of the parent to teach. Object lessons would be: religion, morals, respect and FAITH. That is not the job of the teacher that is the job of the parent, but there is so many one parent homes today because the father or mother do not want to do their responsibility. SO SAD
I was married with two sons, however, my EX now (my sons’ dad) wasn’t a parent…so I was a married single mother of two boys. It can be done…but you have to want to do it AND work hard at it. You feel alone in a world of billions of people and the forces of evil are (of course) against you trying to tell you you cannot do it….but God is my rock and HE was (and is) with me every step of the way. There in lays the issue…too many people think they are truly alone in this arena of life…look up not in. We simply can not “do” this alone, there are too many “unseen forces” battling for our demise.
Why are the Parents not allowed in the Classroom!?!?!?
They’re using the excuse of it being disruptive but what they’re really doing is keeping parent’s from disrupting the new agenda, teaching the children about LBGT and how they can change gender if they desire. They’re also teaching that if their parent’s don’t listen, they’re being negligent to their needs. At 5 years old, can you believe it?
Do we need to get out to the Board of Education”s meetings?
Of course….if you value the education of your kids.
I pass a Target store just about every day and the parking lot is three times bigger than they need now. I never shopped there much before but I don’t go there at all now. I also stay away from Wal-Mart based on their almost total destruction of small Mom & Pop stores everywhere.
If the small mom & pop stores had healthy competition, with competitive prices…maybe they would stay in business.
In small town USA…small mom & pop stores price gouge to the point the consumer is forced to travel farther away just to get a deal on the stuff they are buying. Walmart isn’t the only culprit is this country that competes for your business maxx!
I can only speak from actual experience but what I have seen in some small towns I am familiar with was that these M & P businesses were not price gouging in any way. There only crime was having to charge more because their wholesale prices were higher. My own father ran a small neighborhood grocery that was put out of business by an IGA store back in the 1960’s. He worked on a profit margin of less than 7 %. The IGA store purchased in bulk because it belonged to the IGA franchise. My father had to pay probably 5 to 6 % more wholesale than IGA so therefore he could not complete. Wal-Mart is so large and powerful that they dictate to the manufacturers what they are willing to pay. If they tell Kraft they will pay $1.00 for something and the little guy has to pay the basic wholesale prince plus he also must pay for the money Wal-Mart is not paying due to volume purchases. He is between a rock and a hard place. The same thing has happened in agriculture. Corporate farms have put the 160 acre family farms out of business on purpose, to eliminate competition. That is just plain wrong in my opinion. And in Wal-Mart case it is even worse because Wal-Mart does most of it’s business with a foreign country, that being China. America, through Wal-Mart is financing it’s very own economic destruction. The US trade imbalance with China is astronomical. I buy American even if it costs me more because I want America to recover. I’ll bet the Chinese people are not buying American products, except for maybe luxury cars with all the money they get from the US.
maxx, I have seen the smaller stores price gouging myself. If they would carry unique, one-of-a-kind stuff, they would stand a chance. Walmart is global and huge, when Sam Walton was alive, they only sold made in America stuff….but to keep up with competition and demand, they had to start buying cheap to sale cheap. That’s capitalism…that’s the way the USA has been run…..long before Walmart. Look at Sears and JC Penneys….they had a monopoly for decades….because people only had them to choose from (for the most part)….they handed out credit cards like candy and hooked the consumers because “hey, we’ve got credit with them”. So they charged whatever prices they wanted…..and PUT MOM AND POP STORE OUTTA THE RUNNING.
Sam Walton is turning over in his grave. They didn’t expand from U.S. made to stay competitive, they did it because he died and they wanted to make more money. At one time my best friend managed their automotive and I used to go with her with her tape recorder as she went to every competitor in town, got their prices and then went back to lower hers. She did this as many times during the week as necessary and some stores wouldn’t even let her inside once they caught her. They got so underhanded she now runs her own NAPA store. And she does do little favors for her regular customer’s.
What you fail to understand is the fact that Walmart buys huge volumes at a extreme discount and as a small business person many times my “wholesale” price is more than their sale price !
I understand completely…..what you aren’t understanding is that the merchandise Walmart carries is more affordable to the younger families and the mom & pop store owners don’t seem to care about that.
I do understand. What you don’t comprehend is mom & pop stores are not greedy as you say but cannot pay $10 dollars for an item and sell it for $ 8.97
Seriously….where in ANY of my comment am I saying they are greedy? NOWHERE. What I am saying….they are NOT unique enough for people to want to pay more. Since you have a lower profit margin, why aren’t you selective as to what you carry? Market that you carry like “only made in the USA products” or items that can’t be find at Walmart…instead of trying to compete with a mega-store…be different and unique. That’s all I’m saying. I shop LABELS…if it’s made in the USA, I’ll pay a little extra for it. But if you carry nothing unique or different, why would anyone shop at your store?
Read your own post. Is your memory that short? You said “I have seen the smaller stores price gouging “. That’s not calling them greedy?
You know what….kiss my backside….I haven’t been a snot to you….check yourself.
YOU need to read my post again….price gouging MEANS you can find the same item CHEAPER somewhere else WHY would you pay MORE?
I’M DONE WITH YOU….
Small Mom & Pop stores are not “price gouging” when they charge more for products. They have to charge more due to thier higher wholesale costs due to the lack of economies of scale and vertical intergration (centralized warehouses, thier own shipping facilities, etc.) that companies like Wal-Mart enjoy. Price gouging is when a company takes advantage of environmental factors to raise their price regardless of the normal laws of supply and demand, for example if Gas Stations raise the price of gas in times of natural disaster above and beyond what supply and demand and any additional overhead costs would dictate.
CT….listen to me….read this out loud if you have to, okay? I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR PROFIT MARGIN….YOU aren’t reading my MAIN point….and I am DONE with you guys.
Not caring is the real problem. When people care, they use the smaller stores more often and then prices can go down a bit. I’m not saying this is how you think but imo, to not care is to sell your soul to save a few buck’s. I assume you’re a Christian from your posts, as am I. We also regularly tithe as well as other contributions. I give all the honor to God as every time we do for another, He blesses us more and more. He’s made it possible for us to have that extra to bless other’s as well. When that’s your experience, saving a few dollars isn’t so important. I could hand someone my last penny and God always makes sure all of our needs are met, as well as extras. ;o)
I agree with you. But to continue to point-blank vilify one mega store over another is what my argument is about.
When a young family is barely getting by, it takes a lot of faith to spend more for the same items as a form of “keeping the small mom and pop stores open”. You know as well as I that the young people of today have a “me” and it’s all about “me” mentality.
I was one of those. I have two small children and no job. (Husband’s job was barely paying the necessaries) We didn’t have a mega-discount store, so I had no choice but to shop at the local “mom and pop”. I collected can just to buy milk and apples for my kids. I didn’t even think about applying for financial aid because that’s not how I was raised. We simply did without.
So all these folks on here slicing and dicing me because my comment about price gouging, that I couldn’t possibly understand the plight of the small “mom and pop” store is incorrect. (maxx, I DO speak from experience) I do understand….but that’s the “disposable” world we are living in now. It’s not yesteryear. We live where value and respect are “out-dated”. (I’m not saying I agree with what “we” have become…I am saying “we” are ALL responsible for where “we” are now.)
I agree, young families have more of a necessity. We’ve been blessed enough to do otherwise but it wasn’t that way when we were a young family either. I didn’t raise my children with that ‘me’ mentality so they’d never apply for assistance either, it was the example we also set. They will however grocery shop from my pantry and freezer but that’s okay, more families should be there for each other. LOL We’d rather help them, which is pretty rare now, than have them take from someone without other resources.
I’ll stress one thing again. If obedient to God by happily blessing others, without worry for yourself, He will always come through when you need Him. The very best manager for our money will always be God, you’ve just got to trust Him with it. I’d never suggest someone do something if I didn’t know it was true from my own personal experience. I was also a single mom of 3 boy’s for several years, got no child support or assistance of any kind. God always provided everything we ever needed and there were times I didn’t know how all my bills would get paid. I didn’t have any family to help me either. My hubby also used to worry when we were young, he’d become estranged from the church so lost that trust. But my faith held steadfast and not only did God prove He’d always be there for us, but as hubby watched His miracles in our lives, as well as watching my prayers get answered quickly and regularly, hubby finally recommitted his life to Jesus. Where he stopped believing for over 25 years, he is now certain God is real and loves us tremendously. Just something to think about. ;o)
Mom and Pop stores can’t get the same prices for stock as bigger corporations. The larger the stock order, the cheaper the purchase. If they tried to match prices with Walmart they’d be out of business in a week. It’s not about price gouging, it’s about staying open at all. We’d rather pay a higher price to them than to support huge corp.’s that fund the destruction of our country.
Re: mustangsallyann. You posted everything I was going to post.
Agree with you 100%.
Target especially, I had my 13 year old granddaughter in the dressing room, and we noticed they allow men in the dressing room now. We left and did not buy one thing there since.
As for those over paid Hollywood big mouths, we avoid, as you do, watching any new movie or show that they are in. We do not need these people telling me or my family how to live.
Good to read there are others around, who think as we do.
Mustangsallyann, you are correct. So long as we continue to support these uberleft-wing businesses and people they will keep doing this. I hold NO credence with any Actor or Actress because all they do is repeat what others write down for them. Sounds like that is just what they are still doing!
I know what you’re saying, Teresa, but from past experience I’ve learned to always keep your eyes on the enemy.
The problem is our schools at all levels have been taken over by “the enemy”. “Take control of academia” is one of the planks of the Communist Manifesto as well as espoused by Saul Alinski. Over the past 6 decades they have been extremely successful co-opting teachers with labor unions which are the first step into socialism . To successfully “brainwash” the public you must get them while they are young and vulnerable. And as we see they have done that.
But they do have multiple negative, Mostly false, stories on a daily bases. Or the print a false headline to make a story that is positive look negative to fool readers that look at headline and do not actually read the story.
Voice Stress Analysis is far more accurate than a standard polygraph test and was specifically developed for the military because pathological liars and sociopaths can’t beat an VSA.
That’s still not admissible in court either. Hopefully that will change sooner than later. Although, when you think about it, they now protect criminal’s more than ever before. Can’t win for losing since Obama.
There credibility will die on the vine. Clinton will run out of money if she keeps paying them to broadcast fake news…..
Those people are running scared because Donald Trump isn’t playing by Political rules! Federal government is no different than any other big business! Either you keep your business in the black or you lose it! For too long we have allowed those who have never run a large corporation to run our country, and all they have done is to run it into the ground! I for one am thankful that we finally got a CEO in the white house who truly knows how to run it! For those who are scared should sit down shut up and let the man do his job! All the whiners out there are just afraid of losing their free hand outs that the tax payers have to pay! I didn’t see one job creation other than welfare that has grown during the entire time Obama was in office! If it were up to me, I’d stop the whole damn welfare program, and tell you to get out and work or die!
An interesting thing happened in Maine. They told folks who cllect food stamps that they have to work to get the stamps. The food stamp receiver are almost non existent in Maine now.
In Louisiana, the first day after election, the new leftist demented Governor Edwards announced an executive order which told all able-bodied recipients of food stamps and other taxpayer paid assistance, no longer had to work and that expanded the number getting food stamps by double and the state is over budget and cannot meet its commitment to higher education, emergency first responders and others.
Figures!!
Good grief, some people never learn a thing!!!
Or at least put the 2 year lifetime clause back into play. It’s amazing how many generational welfare recipient’s learned to take care of themselves when they had that time limit.
CNN is so dishonest they don’t know what honesty is they just love to lie give them all a lie detector test and if they are wrong put them in jail they are CROCKS ALL THE STATIONS GET RID OF THEM EXCEPT FOR FOX NEWS
Was Cuomo’s dad a liar like the son is??????????
YES.
Yes, his father was once the Governor of NY State I believe. The family has an ego problem.
Ditto that!!!
Betty, I myself don,t like lairs, no matter who. I don,t watch any other station but fox and 3 or 4 on there I will not watch like Smith who came out gay, and Chris Wallace he is a Trump hater.So too get the truth I just wait for Trump to talk.One thing if you know, Who do the left wingers want besides Trump?. They never say who.
Megyn Kelly finally came clean and left FOX, but there are still enough crooks on FOX to make you have to be cautious. (Sheppard Smith had kittens over POTUS Trump calling the media out!)
Even Fox is now becoming a disappointment.
Here is a 2015 Statistic for everyone to view: In 2015, Islam/ Sharia Law was responsible for Committing; 2, 867 Attacks in 53 Countries, INJURING 26, 150 Innocent People and MURDERING 27, 653 INNOCENT People. Islam/Sharia Law are NOT Compatible with either, Western Civilization, nor with the US Constitution. This group refuses to assimilate into ANY country/civilization in which they migrate. There are news reports coming in, all of the time. One of the worse examples of this refusal to assimilate is this headline: “Muslim Father Rapes his Daughter as Punishment Because she had become too Westernized.” Honor Killings are the worse!
I was about to ask you, do your stats include (dis) honor killings? (murder is murder.)
In, non-Islamic Countries, the statistic would be included. However, in many Islamic Counties, Honor Killings are not considered Murder.
Yes but in (and from) our country, are you including them? Because you and I know full well murder IS murder!
WE KNOW ,,, That Murder is Murder. Honor Killing in the Islamic World is Honor Killing, Yet, Still MURDER! Was there any thing else?
Cool your jets, William….geeze.
(dis) honor killing’s aren’t included.
President Trump was quoting from a news report put out by Fox. CNN is definitely the worse news. No one believes anything the media says these days. The fact they were all in the tank for Killery is so pathetic.It will take a very long time. CNN will never recover.
SO……….IF Trump repeats one of the FAKE NEWS CNN or UNN stories, does that make him a liar and subject to impeachment and crucifiction, by the Libtard Demoncrats???????
The Trump admin was “feeding fake news” to uncover a mole in their ranks. That shows cleverness on the part of the admin and just how desperate the left is to “catch the scoop”!
I’d actually hoped they’d do something like that, then they did. Trump is keeping them jumping, good for him.
CNN has been trying to discredit President Trump from the day he won the election over crooked Hillary & they will always try; until their downfall Down fall which hopefully will be soon
Does Air America ring any bells?
Anything Cuomo or CNN says is a product of BS. Good grief, with just a plain old internet connection anybody who wants to can find all kinds of information to back up President Trump and shame Cuomo for the liar he is. Cuomo is a much bigger jagoff than his father.
More fake news? WHAT a surprise!
If we do not fight to help President Trump and his team, then you will have what Soros, Obama, Clintons and those progressive Liberals wanted to import. https://youtu.be/c6fVC_jMubM.
This is not joke and only the tip of the Ice Berg.!!!
What are you doing about it.???
gene*w And people in our country don’t understand why so many of us have finally put protection in our homes and on our person’s. As long as this is ordered by the governments, the public has no other recourse. If I ever questioned the need, after watching this I’m fully behind the highest wall that can be built, with armed border agent’s waiting on the other side. Not even as much for Mexico but to keep the most evil monster’s that sneak and cross over with them. This is all in the Bible toward the last day’s and only God can protect us from this, we know we can’t trust any government to protect the people residing there. People want to know why God ordered the destruction of the Canaanites and Amalekites, this is why. These people belong to satan. He knew what they’d do in the future if allowed to live. It’s a tragedy that the Israelites didn’t obey, a tragedy that we now all have to live with. Do your stuff, Trump. May God have mercy on this world.
Trump is not the liar, Democrats have proven time and time again to be liars. Don’t get caught once again in a lie and try to hang it on Donald Trump.
The Democratic Party is and has been a terrorist organization since it was founded. It needs to be DECLARED a terrorist organization and forced to disband. Polliticians labeling themselves as Democrat are to be disqualified from running/taking office and activities paraded under the Democrat banner are to be criminalized. There are plenty of 3rd parties that would LOVE to fill the void left by the banishing of the Dems — and they would actually BE “loyal opposition.”
You are your plans for all the Republicans that are Demonrats Lite? (the RINOs)
Its a thought.
Clinton News Network has the same values as the Clinton and the democrat party. They may be incapable of telling the truth.
CNN’s latest lie blew up in their faces? That could apply to every story CNN Prints about President Trump.
stop watching these stupid people on cnn, if enough people stop watching maybe they will go away
That might work. But I like to keep an eye on my enemies. I like to know what they are up to and where they are trying to lead people. I mostly post comments on sites which belong to the Jewish/Zionist establishment, the Marxists, and all their minions including the “feminists” (man haters), “gays”, and all the rest who hate whites on nothing but principle.
In this way I am not “preaching to the choir”. I choose to take the battle directly to them.
It may get you banned, but the satisfaction of forcing them to CENSOR is worth it. It proves my point and they know it.
I don’t deal in ad hominem , non sequitur, diversion, distraction, obscenities, or violations of logical debate. I give them opinion and commentary based upon fact, replete with sources.
They must be forced to logically defend their position. If the truth is not with them , they can’t. HOWEVER, one must be informed to the point of seeing the flaws in their assertions in order to dismantle them.
Don, I’ll bet Maalox has become a good friend and lounge chair companion. LOL You’ve got guts dude, you rock!!!!
Ask the people of Sweden not the politicians and you will get the truth.
Sweden has become the rape capitol of Europe; there is no assimilation of Muslims;
Murder rates have jumped way up, as was stated, and crime rates in all of Europe among Muslim immigrants is approximately twice that of natives. Most European Muslims are on welfare, are uneducated, unskilled, and, unless suppressed, they will disrupt any society in which there is a rule of law.
CNN—the Clinton National Network—is becoming a joke to the American people—fold up your tent and go away no one will even miss you —take the other fake news networks with you—ABC NBC CBS NYT WP
Trump lit them up when he called them what they really are….enemies of the people! I loved it!
Ahhh chrisie, how about checking the FACTS before you spew your DEMORAT LIES!!!???
Just like the Hillary wins polls and the Obama accompishments……FAKE NEWS…..Lies and bias, hate and liberal spew…..it’s all the same Libtard carp put out by the same Liberal Biased Media….the talking “empty” heads,
The media has been bought and paid for by the liberals and are still being paid off by them so its natural that they will continue to print the lies and BS that the democrats feed them and will lie like dogs to continue to receive their payoffs. They have lied so much they do not know the truth anymore.
CNN is just like Killery, they have told so many lies they actually believe what they are telling us. I have stopped listening to CNN (Clinton News Network) when the debates were running. I just couldn’t stand the way CNN always treated Trump then.
CNN should join the select group not allowed in press conferences at all until they start actually reporting the news instead of inventing it.
Can a good Muslim be a good American?
This question was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.
The following is his reply:
Theologically – NO.
Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon god of Arabia .
Religiously – NO.
Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam.
(Quran,2:256)(Koran)
Scripturally – NO.
Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.
Geographically – NO.
Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
Socially – NO.
Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews.
Politically – NO.
Because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America, the great Satan.
Domestically – NO.
Because he is instructed to marry four women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him. (Quran 4:34 )
Intellectually – NO.
Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles, and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
Philosophically – NO.
Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression.
Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist.
Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually – NO.
Because we declare ‘one nation under God.’
The Christian’s God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran’s 99 excellent names.
Therefore, after much study and deliberation…
Perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both ‘good’ Muslims and ‘good’ Americans.
Call it what you wish it’s still the truth. You had better believe it.
The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future.
The religious war is bigger than we know or understand!
Footnote: The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within.
SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
THE MARINES WANT THIS TO ROLL ALL OVER THE U.S.
THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE WANTED IT SQUASHED.
Please don’t delete this until you send it on, if you will.
FactsConfuse. Most can’t even admit this is a religious war, let alone anything more complicated. The end times are closer than most will know, until right before their destruction. Those that do (God’s children) have to stay obedient and follow His instruction and we’ll be okay. That’s not saying that some of us won’t lose our lives doing so, but that’s just fine with me and every other Christian I know. When you know He exists and where you’ll be after this temporary condition, there’s nothing to fear. I fear for those that don’t know Him.
I have a very close friend from Syria who’s entire family has converted from muslim to Christianity. We have some of the most informative and very sad conversation’s. I didn’t know what to say the day I was asked why did the people here put Obama in charge. Then they were terrified that Hillary was going to be elected. As hard as it is, we have to remember that all muslim’s are not violent head cases.
I had a spiritual vision of the muslim brotherhood before any of us knew their name, so when O pushed them in I warned everyone that I could. Some didn’t believe me and then it went down just as I warned it would. Yet people here still stood behind O as he brought them into the W.H. time and time again. It reminds me of the stories I’ve heard when the Jewish were being gassed and no one believed that at first either. I’ve thought it for a long time and now have no doubt it’s true, human’s are incapable of learning.
This so called News Media is cutting their own throat’s with all of their lies and accusations against President Trump because the good people of America “The Republicans” all know that that Liberal snot nose Media group is dying and no one will ever believe them ever again. They are becoming more worse then the National Enquirer.
Hey, the Enquirer was cited as more credible than the other papers and media last year. Isn’t that a kicker? LOL
What do you expect from the Communist News Network? Look at the Cuomo family. They run New York State like a communist country, and they act like communists. Chris Cuomo is at home at CNN.
CNN is not a news outlet . They are part of a bigger picture . That picture includes every lie they can tell enough times to make you believe it . This was one of the tactics that Hitler used to get get control of the people’s minds ! All while he was promising them the world. Sad to say but most of the 40 an under people have been brainwashed into believing that Hitler was a wonderful guy . The socialist hippies have done a bang up job on our people . And the media outlets are all in it together to make us global and put us alll in slavery .
Thankfully my 3 son’s, all under 40, know the true history of all they are quickly and quietly to hide. Now our worries are what they’re teaching our grand’s, but we all stay closely involved with that.
It’s always encouraging to hear that some young people can think for themselves . I thank God my grandchildren were and the younger ones are homeschooled. The teachers unions don’t have the children’s best interests.
We’re already discussing my home schooling the grand’s. Just too much going on in the schools for us to trust them. I’ve already been my autistic grandson’s teacher and taught in the system years ago, so we’re pretty sure that’s going to be our best solution now. I feel terrible for parents without those resources.
I had heard those “real” statistics from a Swedish friend actually living there months ago. He said ordinary Swedish citizens are outraged and angry and demanding the government do something like suspend all immigration. So I was not at all surprised when I heard Trump say that very thing. Also not surprised that CNN did what they do best, LIE AND PERVERT THE TRUTH.
CNN….crappy news network….
Indeed. CNN has an agenda to destroy Trump’s presidency, & will not be confused with the facts. I ignore CNN, but sometimes it will be on TV at the gym I belong to, and what they present is so predictable it’s not even interesting. PNN, the Propaganda News Network.
Those of us who follow such things have been aware of the serious situation in Sweden and other parts of Europe for quite some time. President Trump did a service by drawing attention to it.
You can prove any point that you want by adjusting the time frame of argument. Stock market DOWN,,,last week. Stock market UP,,,from two months ago. This can be done with anything one wants to PROVE. Problem is, they all do this. Gun crime over the last 25 years is down, but in Chicago over the last two years homicides are up. See,,,it’s easy.
THERE IS A RAPE EVERY 4.8 SECONDS IN THE EU FROM THESE SO CALLED REFUGEES INVADERS IS WHAT THEY ARE GOOD FOR NOTHING BUT SUCKING OFF THEIR HOST COUNTRYS COFFERS AND CREATING TERROR WHERE EVER THEY GO
If you don’t personally know people in these countries, you’ll never get the truth here. I also have family and friend’s worldwide and am blown away with how much is kept hidden by our government now. It’s become more of a dictatorship than most people realize.
If everybody stopped watching CNN they may just disappear.
CNN is a biased source of news. You now are a biased form of news. They do not seem to report the facts anymore. They care more about reporting half truths to get media coverage. Disgraceful.
I believe that 80% of a reader’s impression is communicated through the headline; stated another way, research shows 4 out of 5 readers only read the headline, and many of those who do read further only read the first sentence. Now we are seeing the true art of deception as practiced by the propaganda media, in broadcasting headlines that completely misrepresent the content of the real story.
You’re absolutely correct. People don’t pay attention to what’s around them, let alone take time to read an entire article.
How about this “news”…..FOLLYWEED couldn’t even pull off a FAKE WIN in handing out THEIR OSCARS!
AHHH statistics….so MANY ways to bullshit the public.
LMAO….the Hollyweed cadre and their “party” (demorats) couldn’t even skew their OWN ELECTIONS!!!
TOO FUNNY…
NEWSERTAINMENT is what it is….no more, no less.
THANK American’s who are usually too busy WORKING REAL JOBS, that voted and provided a REAL statistical analysis at the polls ….. this time.
And NOW, the New York Times is throwing in BIIIIG $$$$$ advertisements on national TEE VEE claiming THEY are the “truth-telling” newspaper.
Still laughing my ass off.
Ain’t that rich!!! NYT isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.
The article is a lie. Trump didn’t talk about “the rising incidents of crime in Sweden”.
His statement was “you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this. Sweden.”
There was no incident that night in Sweden. Trump made that up. CNN told the truth. This author is lying.
This is a desperate attempt to make the REAL news sound as bad as Fox.
This is why I don’t listen to anything CNN has to say. They are blatant LIARS with a capital L. The whole news media is out to bash President Donald Trump and probably all at the push by Obama and probably Hillary. Simply for the fact that Hillary got BEAT in her run for presidency. How will she make good on all the promises she made to the big CROOKS?