[Oe List ...] Wal-Mart and the weapons of mass destruction

[W. J.]

Ah, yes. I confess.
   
  My Casio wristwatch came from Wal-Mart. (Shocking! I know!) Probably assembled by Chinese children from Japanese parts. And my old computer was melted down by rural Chinese children recovering valuable metals, with the environmentally disastrous liquid residue dumped in the creek. My chocolate and coffee addiction is fed by children who pick the beans. My rubber soled shoes from Wal-Mart were made by children in China. And I could go on.
   
  But wait! Wal-Mart is just a good target for our outrage, After all, it's the world's most powerful delivery system for exploiting a global market economy which wields the economic weapons of mass destruction.
   
  Ah, yes. The tyranny of the economic process. It's coming back to bite even those of the affluent 15% who believed that the U.S. housing market would never deflate, and bought in at the top of the speculative bubble. (For the story in Wiegel's area, see http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/realestate/keymagazine/406ariz-t.html?ei=5087&em=&en=136025ebaea46e85&ex=1207713600&pagewanted=all)
   
  Folks, this is worse than Enron. At least Enron (and their friend G.W. Bush--remember him?) was just one market manipulator that deserved to go belly up. Now we're beginning to see the cracks in our entire economic system that cannot be allowed to fail, no matter what. So get ready to shell out for a lot more federal bail-outs.
   
  The Bush message is that Americans need to keep consuming. It's our patriotic duty to drive over to Wal-Mart and scoop up everything we think we need.
   
  Marshall Jones 
   
   
  

Lifeline248 at aol.com wrote:
  Thank you, Herman.  
I wish I had known about the Walmart movie, website, and growing opposition three years ago when it came out.  Even though everything inside of me was rebelling, angry even, however infrequently  I stopped and shopped, I've  been part of that sit-down, shut-up, and don't-ask-questions side of the population too. 
And Jim, thanks for getting this dialogue going, you joker.
Lucille Chagnon

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