a green wal-mart???

farfromglorified

http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/25/news/companies/wal-mart-short.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes

You can read more about Wal-Mart's environmental impact here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart#Criticism

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15040280&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dep

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=34647

http://walmartwatch.com/img/downloads/environment.pdf

http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2006/July_06/07052006_08.asp

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?id=64081-wal-mart-shrinp-labels

Many more stories/op-eds/research are available.

hallowedscorn

Don't forget your local anti-WalMart protests! If one doesn't exist in your area, start one!!!! I was amazed at what a good experience we had here at the last protest. A lot of the shoppers had no idea what was happening behind the scenes at WalMart.

_Crazy_Mary_

As long as I can still get my eggs for $.05 a piece, then they can go as green as they want.

farfromglorified

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

As long as I can still get my eggs for $.05 a piece, then they can go as green as they want.

And if you can't?

_Crazy_Mary_

farfromglorified wrote:

And if you can't?

If they raise their prices, I won't shop there anymore. And I'll hop on the "hate wal-mart" bandwagon. Seriously, I get a pound of Tillamook butter there for under $2. How cheap is that?!

farfromglorified

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

If they raise their prices, I won't shop there anymore.

Ok.

And I'll hop on the "hate wal-mart" bandwagon. Seriously, I get a pound of Tillamook butter there for under $2. How cheap is that?!

Not very cheap, if you consider the unlisted costs you're paying in the effects to your community and state.

I'm not on the "hate wal-mart" bandwagon either...at least not in the legislative terms other use. But considering the cost the states and nation are now extracting from me supposedly because of Wal-Mart's practices and the environmental and social losses we're experiencing because of Wal-Mart shoppers, that pound of Tillamook butter looks less and less cheap.

rightondude

farfromglorified wrote:

http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/25/news/companies/wal-mart-short.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes

You can read more about Wal-Mart's environmental impact here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart#Criticism

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15040280&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dep

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=34647

http://walmartwatch.com/img/downloads/environment.pdf

http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2006/July_06/07052006_08.asp

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?id=64081-wal-mart-shrinp-labels

Many more stories/op-eds/research are available.

A green Walmart?

Yeah...EASY....bulldoze the f-ing evil blue monstrosities and plant trees.

It's like McDonalds putting pictures of athletes on their tray mats and takeout bags. You eat their shit while they show you pictures of healthy muscular olympic athletes. Bwaaaa... what an overly effective societal mind fuck.

farfromglorified

rightondude wrote:

A green Walmart?

Yeah...EASY....bulldoze the f-ing evil blue monstrosities and plant trees.

This sounds familiar:

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?p=3552995#post3552995

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?p=3552658#post3552658

rightondude

farfromglorified wrote:

This sounds familiar:

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?p=3552995#post3552995

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?p=3552658#post3552658

Ooo a stalker! Oh no, is someone, somewhere being a racist or being accused of being a racist?.. Ahhh...hmmm...which is which now? Oh my...such decisions...which viewpoint to choose?...the anticipation is killin me.

Whose shoes do we need to walk in before some of us can really understand.

Are you going to tell me about it or is someone else?

Jesus loves WallyWorld....amen.

farfromglorified

rightondude wrote:

Whose shoes do we need to walk in before some of us can really understand.

The shoes of those whose lives you propose to bulldoze.

sourdough

As much as I dislike Wal-Mart, if they are going to be here than I applaud their decision. They are going to be selling organic produce which is good for everyone and makes organics available to those who would not normally be able to get access to them. This is good. If they as a huge producer of goods is willing to take some environmental initatives than good for them. I generally think of Walmart as being a pretty evil company, but I think this is a good step in teh right direction.

rightondude

farfromglorified wrote:

The shoes of those whose lives you propose to bulldoze.

Naw you got it the wrong way around. Walmart is bulldozing you (and the world as well) man. Large corporations have you blinded. Your neighborhood would be 1000 times better if everything you got inwalmart could be bought down at the end of your street by your neighbors, and you support your local community directly. That's what makes up the foundation of a happy country. Happy neighborhoods. The small business man that lives a good and honest life in the community. But the Walmart and associated squeezes them out. They take away sense of a close knit community. Would you rather work for walmart, or have a little store of your own?

So you think diversity in the community is a shit idea?

farfromglorified

rightondude wrote:

Naw you got it the wrong way around. Walmart is bulldozing you (and the world as well) man.

So I should resort to their standards? No thanks.

Large corporations have you blinded.

To what?

Your neighborhood would be 1000 times better if everything you got inwalmart could be bought down at the end of your street by your neighbors, and you support your local community directly.

Umm....ok. If that were true no one would shop at Wal-Mart.

That's what makes up the foundation of a happy country. Happy neighborhoods.

The foundation of happiness is freedom -- the freedom to think and act based on your own standards, not someone else's.

The small business man that lives a good and honest life in the community. But the Walmart and associated squeezes them out. They take away sense of a close knit community.

Umm....ok. If that were true no one from my community would work at Wal-Mart.

Would you rather work for walmart, or have a little store of your own?

I'd take the latter. I respect the rights of others to choose the former.

So you think diversity in the community is a shit idea?

Let me get this straight: diversity is best achieved by bulldozing one of the available options??? That's a new one to me. Diversity is achieved by the creation of options, not the destruction of options.

norm

farfromglorified wrote:

Let me get this straight: diversity is best achieved by bulldozing one of the available options??? That's a new one to me. Diversity is achieved by the creation of options, not the destruction of options.

But if Wal-Fart becomes your only option due to their slave labor low prices?

farfromglorified

cutback wrote:

But if Wal-Fart becomes your only option due to their slave labor low prices?

Then I start a store that pays people better wages. And provides a better environment. And provides a better product. You know, like these guys did:

http://www.target.com/gp/homepage.html/601-0798723-7847323

http://www.meijer.com/

http://www.costco.com/

...and many, many more.