WALMART WEDNESDAY…

November 11th, 2009

It’s been a busy week in Wally World: the Universe’s source of cheap plastic crap. On The Writing On The Wal — the blog USA Today says should be on its readers’ radar — Jonathan Rees and I continue our work dedicated to drawing back the curtain on the Bentonvile Behemoth’s corporate disinformation and other flackery.

WALMART: THE SITCOM…? At the level of George M. Cohen – I don”t care what you say about me, as long as you spell my name right – a weekly 30-minutes comedy about a Walmart Faux Big Box associate drone could be good for Walmart the Faux Big Box Retailer. Keep reading…

A HAPPY, BLOGGING WALMART SHOPPER… I asked readers to send me links to blogs that featured posts from happy Walmart shoppers. So far no one has raised their hand, but in the interest of fairness, I did find a happy Walmart blogger in Amman, Jordan. Well, she”s at least writing from Amman. Keep reading…

HOW TO DESTROY THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY… Has Walmart, along with Target and Amazon (and now Sears), crossed a line in their rush to steal business from each other, are they about to kill a little goose that still produces a few golden eggs? The American Booksellers Association thinks so. Keep reading…

PROOF POSITIVE THAT GREENWASHING WORKS… If you tell a lie loud enough and long enough, that portion of President Abraham Lincoln”s foolable people will believe that black is white, up is down, war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength and on and on and on. Keep reading…

SHOULD ANDY GO TO WORK FOR WALMART…? When given the chance to think of the four worst places self-described spokesjerk Andy should go after being fired from Blue Cross Blue Shield for well, telling the truth, he came up with: Blackwater, Walmart, Goldman Sachs and Faux Fox News. Keep reading…

WALMART”S THEATRE OF THE ABSURD… I read the tale of Walmart, Joe Paolucci and Thomas Hitchcock three times and I”m still not convinced that it isn”t a farce. But I can”t find anyone calling bullshit on the story so I”ll leave to you readers to decide if Walmart can really be this batshit crazy. Keep reading…

WALMART, CHILD HUNGER AND NUTRITION…? Blogger Jill Richardson asks: What does Walmart have to do with improving school lunch and fighting child hunger? Richardson was responding to the witness list for a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing next week chaired by Walmart Senator Blanche Lincoln. Keep reading…

333 WAYS…? REALLY…? REALLY…! I”ve seen similar lists posted on the Interwebs before, but I”ve never known anyone with so much free time on their hands that they could amass a list this comprehensive. For the record, I don”t endorse any of these juvenille pranks. Keep reading…

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