It’s been a busy few weeks in Wally World: the universe’s source for cheap plastic crap. From a joyous new years with sinful trash cans and a bizzare product placement to the continuing and growing number of states that demand the company stop sucking on the public teat and a Plan B lawsuit in Massachusetts, it’s good to not be Wal Mart.

DID J.G. SEE A DIRTY SHAME…? Oh those sinful trash cans in Athens, Georgia. Not all letters to the editor get published in a newspaper, but The Athens Banner-Herald holds onto them all and published a few gems as part of it”s New Year fun. And the best part? One buggers the Bentonville Behemoth. Keep reading…

YOU CAN FIGHT CITY HALL WAL MART… Sometimes the good guys do win, when the prosses is fair, open and the people get a chance to vote. That”s the message from the election in Lorain County, Ohio, according to John Ryan, head of the AFL/CIO in nearby Cleveland, Ohio. Keep reading…

I SWEAR, I”M NOT MAKING THIS UP… Hey, it could happen. I mean stranger things happen all the time. And it does seem to be a natural part of the conversation when you look at it in a kind of sick, twisted advertising/marketing kind of way. Keep reading…

30 STATES TARGET WAL MART… The Bentonville Behemoth”s practice of sucking off the public teat to fund its associates” healthcare plan has riled more than a few states who think the corporation makes enough profits to pay its own way, thank you very much. Keep reading…

THE BLIND WAL MART ASSOCIATE… The Bentonville Behemoth has become such a part of (un?)popular culture that a whole genre of humor has risen: so, a woman goes into Wal Mart… My dad sent me this one about a talented associate who knows his merchandise. Keep reading…

LIMBAUGH OUT OF TOUCH WITH IDAHO… Note to radio clown Rush Limbaugh: call Idaho”s Republican Speaker of the House Bruce Newcomb, he thinks you”ve got the government-sanctioned rape concept all wrong. What does the conservative Newcomb think of the Bentonville Behemoth”s sucking at the public teat to subsidize the health care of it”s workers? Keep reading…

TWEAKING THE WRITING ON THE WAL… Regular readers will have noticed over the last weekend that we”ve done some tweaking around The Writing On The Wal. The changes are all intended to make the writing more accessible and to provide better service to our readers. Keep reading…

DUMBEST MOMENTS IN BUSINESS… Dang! Wally World only came in Fifth in the Business 2.0 10 Dumbest Moments In Business contest. First it loses Scott Adams” Weasel Award and now this. The Bentonville Behemoth can”t even get screwing up right. Keep reading…

WELCOME TO WALMART, FINGERPRINT PLEASE… Do you really want Wal Mart (or any retailer for that matter) to have your fingerprints on file? The Bentonville Behemoth is considering switching to biobetrics as a way to shave 20 percent off it”s credit card processing costs. Keep reading…

BILLS DEMAND 9 PERCENT… Two bills making their way through Washington”s state legislature require employers with more than 5,000 workers in the state to set aside 9 percent of their payroll for health care benefits. Senate Bill 6356 and House Bill2517 are part of a growing legislative movement to wean companies like Wal Mart from the public teat. Keep reading…

THREE FILE SUIT IN MASSACHUSETTS… Citing business reasons, Wal Mart does not carry the Plan B, morning-after contreceptive in Massachusetts. Three women there think that is wrong and illegal. They have brought suit in Suffolk Superior Court to compel the company to stock the medication. Keep reading…

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