MSNBC suspends prime-time TV host Keith Olbermann

[quote name='mykevermin']fair enough.[/QUOTE]

I'll be completely honest - the insurance isn't the greatest in the world - but it's pretty decent (considering general Walmart jobs are low skills/no skills jobs).

The main concern people tend to have with Walmart insurance is the cost in relation to the amount of money your general Walmart employee has to spend. If I was a single parent or my wife didn't work and we had multiple kids or such, then hell no, I couldn't afford the insurance they offer. The insurance itself isn't bad. It's sure a hell of a lot better than they offered when I worked through college at the Burger King (... the other two jobs I was working at the time did not offer insurance ...) and I imagine it's on par with Costco, Target, Kmart, etc.'s insurance plans.
 
[quote name='UncleBob']I'm not "lucky". I've worked hard to get where I am in the company. Thank you very much.[/QUOTE]

You're lucky you didn't have a medical disaster while you didn't have health insurance.
 
[quote name='camoor']You're lucky you didn't have a medical disaster while you didn't have health insurance.[/QUOTE]

When did I not have health insurance?
 
[quote name='Clak']I have no idea, but I'd be willing to bet Costco's is better.[/QUOTE]

http://www.priceviewer.com/costco/costco_employment.htm

Costco vs. Wal-Mart as reported by the companies.

Employees covered by company health insurance
Costco 82%
Wal-Mart 48%

Insurance-enrollment waiting periods (for part-time workers)
Costco 6 months
Wal-Mart 2 years

Portion of health-care premium paid by company
Costco 92%
Wal-Mart 66%


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Wal-Mart#Employee_and_labor_relations


Health insurance

As of October 2005, Wal-Mart's health insurance covered 44% or approximately 572,000 of its 1.6 million U.S. workers.[67] In comparison, Wal-Mart rival and wholeseller Costco insures approximately 96% of its eligible workers, although Costco has been criticized by investors for its high labor costs.[68] Wal-Mart spends an average of $3,500 per employee for health care, 27% less than the retail-industry average of $4,800.[69] When asked why so many Wal-Mart workers choose to enroll in state health care plans instead of Wal-Mart's own plan, Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott acknowledged that some states' benefits may be more generous than Wal-Mart's own plan: "In some of our states, the public program may actually be a better value - with relatively high income limits to qualify, and low premiums."[70] Critics of Wal-Mart argue in Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price that employees are paid so little they cannot afford health insurance.
 
Yeah, about what I figured. Gotta keep the prices of that shit low somehow. Getting it from countries with criminally low wages and poor working conditions isn't enough.
 
[quote name='UncleBob']When did I not have health insurance?[/QUOTE]

You said you had to work "darn hard" to become a 40 hour-a-week employee.

So did you start at Walmart as a full-timer or not?
 
[quote name='camoor']You said you had to work "darn hard" to become a 40 hour-a-week employee.

So did you start at Walmart as a full-timer or not?[/QUOTE]

A.) No longer a "40 Hour-a-week" employee.
B.) Yes - was hired in based on references I earned at my previous jobs (been working since I was 14 - was working two jobs at the time I was hired by Walmart). Originally was interviewed for one position, but after the references and the interview, I was offered another, full time position.
 
Here we go again with the bullshit.
NEW YORK — Msnbc TV host Joe Scarborough was suspended without pay for two days Friday for making eight campaign donations to Florida political candidates, in violation of NBC News ethics policy.

Scarborough, a former Republican member of Congress from Florida and host of the cable network's "Morning Joe" program, said he agreed with the decision by msnbc President Phil Griffin, which was similar to the sanction Griffin imposed two weeks ago on another host on the network, Keith Olbermann.

The suspension was first reported Friday by Politico.com.

When Olbermann, host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," was suspended Nov. 5 for making donations to three Democratic congressional candidates, Scarborough acknowledged that two political contributions had been made in his name, but he said they had been made by his wife.

Griffin said in a statement that Scarborough informed him Friday that he had in fact made eight contributions from 2004 to 2008 to local candidates in Florida that he did not recall.

"He will be immediately suspended for two days without pay and will return to the air on Wednesday, November 24th," Griffin said. "As Joe recognizes, it is critical that we enforce our standards and policies."

In his own statement Friday, Scarborough he had "recently" been made aware of the contributions and told Griffin about them himself.
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How do you not know about contributions you made? WTF?
 
[quote name='speedracer']How do you not know about contributions you made? WTF?[/QUOTE]

While, I won't speak for the veracity behind Joe's claim, I do assume you've actually read what you posted...

Scarborough acknowledged that two political contributions had been made in his name, but he said they had been made by his wife.
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My wife does lots of things with our money I don't know about. I like it when she orders me Girl Scount cookies and doesn't tell me, then I go and order some... then I have like twenty boxes of Thin Mints.
 
[quote name='UncleBob']While, I won't speak for the veracity behind Joe's claim, I do assume you've actually read what you posted...



My wife does lots of things with our money I don't know about. I like it when she orders me Girl Scount cookies and doesn't tell me, then I go and order some... then I have like twenty boxes of Thin Mints.[/QUOTE]

You start from party lines and work your way backward.

You know that, right?
 
I'm not sure how this has anything to do with "Party Lines". Merely offered a direct answer to speedracer's question pulled from the very article he posted.
 
I'd die laughing if most of the on air talent came out and said they had too, gonna suspend them all for a few days?
 
[quote name='UncleBob']While, I won't speak for the veracity behind Joe's claim, I do assume you've actually read what you posted...[/quote]

Scarborough acknowledged that two political contributions had been made in his name, but he said they had been made by his wife.
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Msnbc TV host Joe Scarborough was suspended without pay for two days Friday for making eight campaign donations to Florida political candidates, in violation of NBC News ethics policy.
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Scarborough he had "recently" been made aware of the contributions
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8 is more than 2. There's a Walmart joke here somewhere.
 
[quote name='speedracer']...


8 is more than 2. There's a Walmart joke here somewhere.[/QUOTE]

Yeah - so, what you're saying is that his wife made two and only two contributions in his name and never, ever, ever made any others? Nor did anyone else? Are you willing to sign a sworn affidavit to that claim?
 
[quote name='UncleBob']Yeah - so, what you're saying is that his wife made two and only two contributions in his name and never, ever, ever made any others? Nor did anyone else? Are you willing to sign a sworn affidavit to that claim?[/QUOTE]

What he's saying is that Scarborough has admitted to making his own donations, and not that everything was his wife's doing.
 
[quote name='UncleBob']Yeah - so, what you're saying is that his wife made two and only two contributions in his name and never, ever, ever made any others? Nor did anyone else? Are you willing to sign a sworn affidavit to that claim?[/QUOTE]
lolwtf. You're a train wreck, dude.
 
I think it's pretty obvious that it's possible that someone, acting for him, *could* have made the donations in his name. I'm not saying that's what happened (except for the two he claims his wife did - and even then, I wouldn't doubt if that wasn't the full truth). I'm just pointing out that it *is* possible.
 
Unclebob, trusting his gut and making accusations without proof. You know if you hint any harder your going into defamation of character territory.
 
[quote name='UncleBob']I think it's pretty obvious that it's possible that someone, acting for him, *could* have made the donations in his name. I'm not saying that's what happened (except for the two he claims his wife did - and even then, I wouldn't doubt if that wasn't the full truth). I'm just pointing out that it *is* possible.[/QUOTE]

Yes, fully possible except, you know, for the fact that Joe Scarborough admitted to making the contributions and all.
 
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