Comments on: Wally Bashing Is A Loser

By: Paul Bartomioli

Paul Bartomioli — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:00:00 +0000

always knew that people in the news business were masochists!

By: Janet Manko

Janet Manko — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:36:36 +0000

Of course, there’s also the argument that Red Sox fans (of which I am one) relish being on the losing side.

By: Paul Bartomioli

Paul Bartomioli — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:28:35 +0000

No, but their supporters are eternal optimists; they just don’t recognize that even a stopped clock is right twice a day. ;>}

By: Janet Manko

Janet Manko — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:20:49 +0000

Paul - What, are the Red Sox socialists now?

By: Paul Bartomioli

Paul Bartomioli — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:24:41 +0000

waterless urinal uses some sort of gel that seals off the odor, etc. I’d have to dig for the article, but there are test stores around the country.

As far as the Wal-Mart video, socialists and their ilk must control our world, or they are not happy. Ranting and raving about “unfair” is the best they can do. Hoepfully, they will win the emotional argument with enough sheep and lemmings to enact their programs and goals. Worked well in the USSR, didn’t it? Of course there are still the worker paradises in Cuba and China. BTW, when was the last time someone risked their life to flee the US for a socialist society?

Zen Mensch, are you a Red Sox fan, as well?

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:22:38 +0000

ZenMensch,

A bit alarmist, don’t you think? I’m not comfortable with everything the company does either, but they could not exist and flourish without giving consumers what they want while employing willing workers.

If people such as the Walmart movie producer think the company is paying slave wages, maybe he could have put the capital he invested in the film into starting his own company and paying “a living wage” to his workers.

It’s relatively easy to criticize, but to roll up your sleeves and enter into commerce, employ people, meet a regular payroll and put lots of your own capital at risk, is something else indeed.

Of course, I’m only half joking, but my point was that bashing a store with 1.4 million employees and tens of millions of shoppers a week is a political loser. And if you want to effect change, you have to get elected …

By: Peter Halle

Peter Halle — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:56:34 +0000

We have the best of both worlds in the NW corner. The big box stores are reachable, but we don’t have the demographics that attracts them, nor the attendant congestion. It is the local businesses that suffer; and the potential businesses we will never see.

By: James Clark

James Clark — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:26:45 +0000

I don’t like the company or some of their practices but you can’t argue with the low price if you are in the area.

They’ve saved me a couple of times when I forgot a dress shirt and found a 24 hour WalMart.

By: ZenMensch

ZenMensch — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:44:39 +0000

FYI:

http://www.walmartmovie.com/

By: Marshall Miles

Marshall Miles — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:01:32 +0000

Waterlesss urinal….

Is not that a metaphor for main stream media?!

Marshall