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Reading through this article I'm struck by several things... 1.And it was before her monthly house payments skyrocketed to $3,800 a month from $1,800, and she found herself trying to get rid of a house that is worth substantially less than she paid for it. -so she has to shop at chinamart because she was a moron. 2. goes to Wal-Mart at least once a week to stock up on snacks, frozen pizzas and other household staples. -I don't know, but the last time I checked snacks and frozen pizzas weren't household staples. 3. now brags to her friends about scoring a pair of shorts there for just $7. -sounds like a bit of pro chinamart propaganda. 4. “I think Wal-Mart has changed, and truly I have changed, too,” -trust me, they haven't. In fact they have gotten worse. 5. ‘Dollar for dollar, it’s just cheaper’ - no they aren't. They are still r*ping the manufacturers and distributors. 6.“I said, ‘I will protest with my pocketbook,’ but I did not,” -it seems as always, American's principles are easily sold. 7. Instead, Parker found out that she was expecting a third child, -yes, they have been dropping out of the sky's these days. good lord, in bad financial times, one would think that one would find the change for birth control of some sort. (this falls into my category of, "people are stupid and will continue to be stupid until beaten to within an inch of their lives) 8.“At times like this you’ve got to take care of yourself.” -that's right, forget about banding together with your neighbors and helping each other out, like most of the world did prior to our egocentric crack addicts addiction to oil. Or as I like to say, "screw you, I got my life boat, you'll just have to swim". 9.Wal-Mart spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien said the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer has “absolutely” benefited from the fact that more Americans need to pinch pennies. But she thinks the company’s efforts to make shopping there more appealing — including extensively remodeling stores, working to improve customer service and revamping the product mix — also have helped keep them coming back. -aka we are still making bucket loads of money off your poor backs, so we will continue to polish the t*rd and you will continue to eat it up! 10.The company also has undertaken a major effort to improve its reputation, countering attacks over its wages and benefits and working to make its business more environmentally sustainable. -yet no where in the entire article does it state HOW they are changing things or improving the lives of their slaves. 11. Teresa Behal shops at Wal-Mart to save money, but that doesn’t mean the 49-year-old Durant, Iowa, resident likes it. -yet, because chinamart has positioned themselves to be the only game in many a town (after destroying what was probably once a thriving small downtown), high gas prices have forced people to shop there. 12. but then again...With such a large store, she said it can seem like a workout to get from the shampoo aisle to the milk case. -America's new diet plan, cheap sh*t spread miles apart. 13. Behal often is disappointed in the quality of the produce, and she says it can take too long to check out. She also sometimes thinks she’s not getting as good of a bargain as one might expect. -shut up cattle! you're mooing is annoying! now put your head down and love it! All bow down to chinamart. 14.“It’s not a fun experience,” said another shopper, Amy Knight, 42. -correct me if I'm wrong but what part about going to chinamart was supposed to be fun? 15.“People would say, ‘You shop at Wal-Mart? Why?’” she recalls. Now, Proctor wonders why she ever wasted money shopping elsewhere. The 60-year-old Gulfport, Fla., resident estimates that she saves $15 every week by shopping at Wal-Mart —money she badly needs in these hard economic times.
-more propaganda.
16.Still, there are some people who say that they will never shop at Wal-Mart, no matter how bad the economy gets. Jill Lane, 45, has long felt that Wal-Mart hurts local businesses, but she really lost faith in the company after reading reports that Wal-Mart sued a disabled former employee to recoup its own medical costs.
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17.Over the years, Leatherberry also has become disillusioned by the quality of certain Wal-Mart purchases.
- of course the negative stuff comes at the end of the article where most American's short attention span ended after the first two paragraphs.
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