Always low prices/never a care.

[tornandfrayed]

Yes, Barrack is a lawyer, but he is a Civil Rights lawyer. This guy is for the little people. He believes in eliminating the power of special interest groups in DC.

But I don't want to get away from our general disdain for lawyers....

And I still like Walmart.... Even though some of the shit they pull is off the wall, hell I still Love America and look at what we pull!

[BDR]

I love the Wal-Mart.

r:>)

[DrumAndDestroy]

i always thought it would be fun to live in a wal-mart...up in the shelves. play cards with my loser friends and drink root beer. maybe shit on an unsuspecting customer's head and yell surprise...

kinda like 'employee of the month'...well except for that last part

[YankeeRose]

A friend told me of the fun they have in Wal-Mart with their children and a fart machine.


There's a SNL sketch with either employees or customers saying how HUGE the 'Wal-Mart' is. "It has its own zip code!" Another sketch told of their GREAT employee benefits.

[RobTheDrummer]

I love the Wal-Mart.

r:>)

Just think of how dull Huntingdon was until good old Wal-Mart gave everyone something to do!

[Dragan Kalasa]

The sad thing outside of the whole disgusting scenario. Which IMO, they have the right, but they didn't have to. But anyway, if Wal-Mart's image gets way out of control, they'll turn around and donate to the family...however...like all of their other donations. It's more or less funded by the assocaites. Even to help other associates. The company contributes very little.

- The Walton family has given less than 1% of their wealth to charity. Bill Gates has given 58% (I believe this is accurate as of 2004.)

- In 2004, Wal-Mart employees, gave over $5 million to help their fellow workers. The Walton family gave $6000.

source - documentary movie "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Lower Prices."

I even worked for them for almost 10 years and I had no idea about some of this and other stuff.

[Banned]

I heard form a source today that Wal Mart ranks 6th in charitable giving among US corporations. That movie about WM was a first class hit piece and many of the stats given in that have been proved wrong.

[MrsBag]

Well they have reversed their stance .... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344818,00.html

[BDR]

The Wal-Mart is all-knowing and all-powerful. Bow down.

r:>)

[Rich]

See.. That's such bull... They change there policy. "Sometimes it takes others to make us step back and take a look." What a "crock"!!! They are only doing it because they got there tit in a ringer!!! But yet they make it sound like they are on the "peoples" side and "the people" made them realize they were in the wrong.

Total crap....

But at leaat the family got a slice of what they will need over the next 20 years....

[DirtySanchez]

See.. That's such bull... They change there policy. "Sometimes it takes others to make us step back and take a look." What a "crock"!!! They are only doing it because they got there tit in a ringer!!! But yet they make it sound like they are on the "peoples" side and "the people" made them realize they were in the wrong.

Total crap....

But at leaat the family got a slice of what they will need over the next 20 years....

I'm happy they dropped it. I will also occasionally shop at Wal-Mart now.

I don't think that Wal-Mart is as Evil as some people make it. But, that was bullshit.
I do think they have swayed from some of the values that Sam Walton founded the company on.

[BDR]

I love the Wal-Mart.

r:>)

Just think of how dull Huntingdon was until good old Wal-Mart gave everyone something to do!

The Wal-Mart has only increased the "excitement level" for the elderly in Huntingdon County. It's not like I go there to hang out or anything.

I'm just pumped that we finally have a place where I can buy a pair of fucking socks or a shovel when needed, which we lacked prior to "the arrival."

And I agree with Sanchez, Wal-Mart is not the evil empire it's made out to be. If anything, Wal-Mart is the perfect example of how the free enterprise system in America enables Joe Blow (in this case, Sam Walton) to take his small town store and grow it into one of the biggest businesses on the planet.

I really don't get a lot of the Wal-Mart hate, to be perfectly honest. It's an effing store where you can buy pretty much anything for cheap, for the love of God.

r:>)

[Ron]

I love the Wal-Mart.

r:>)

Just think of how dull Huntingdon was until good old Wal-Mart gave everyone something to do!

The Wal-Mart has only increased the "excitement level" for the elderly in Huntingdon County. It's not like I go there to hang out or anything.

I'm just pumped that we finally have a place where I can buy a pair of fucking socks or a shovel when needed, which we lacked prior to "the arrival."

And I agree with Sanchez, Wal-Mart is not the evil empire it's made out to be. If anything, Wal-Mart is the perfect example of how the free enterprise system in America enables Joe Blow (in this case, Sam Walton) to take his small town store and grow it into one of the biggest businesses on the planet.

I really don't get a lot of the Wal-Mart hate, to be perfectly honest. It's an effing store where you can buy pretty much anything for cheap, for the love of God.

r:>)

Why are you buying 2 rubbers and a shovel?

[DrumAndDestroy]

Just think of how dull Huntingdon was until good old Wal-Mart gave everyone something to do!

The Wal-Mart has only increased the "excitement level" for the elderly in Huntingdon County. It's not like I go there to hang out or anything.

I'm just pumped that we finally have a place where I can buy a pair of fucking socks or a shovel when needed, which we lacked prior to "the arrival."

And I agree with Sanchez, Wal-Mart is not the evil empire it's made out to be. If anything, Wal-Mart is the perfect example of how the free enterprise system in America enables Joe Blow (in this case, Sam Walton) to take his small town store and grow it into one of the biggest businesses on the planet.

I really don't get a lot of the Wal-Mart hate, to be perfectly honest. It's an effing store where you can buy pretty much anything for cheap, for the love of God.

r:>)

Why are you buying 2 rubbers and a shovel?

for his first appearance on "to catch a predator"

..."i just wanted to hang out and talk"

[Naga]

I have to wonder which of the probably thousands of hatemail and disappointment letters changed the mind of that machine. I will have to bring up the question of "Subrogation" for any health care benefits I decide to partake of from this point on. I hope they put some clamps on this legality issue

[ChromeCultStudios]

One more thing.

475,000 is not alot of money for long term care. It's sad the trucking company got off as cheap.

Also, Wal-Mart leadership gave tremendous discretion to store managers and employees to make decisions rather than waiting for instructions from upper-level management, allowing for more-agile disaster response. CEO Lee Scott passed down a guiding edict to regional, district and store managers: "A lot of you are going to have to make decisions above your level. Make the best decision that you can with the information that's available to you at the time, and, above all, do the right thing."

The report calls out several examples of that principle in action:

A Kenner, La., employee used a forklift to knock open a warehouse door to get water for a retirement home.
A convoy of Wal-Mart trucks carrying supplies for victims of Hurricane Katrina waits to enter New Orleans three days after the storm hit.

In Marrero, La., employees allowed police officers to use the store as a headquarters and a sleeping place, as many had lost their homes.

In Waveland, Miss., assistant manager Jessica Lewis ran a bulldozer through her store to collect basics that were not water-damaged, which she then piled in the parking lot and gave away to residents. She also broke into the store's locked pharmacy to supply critical drugs to a hospital.

Freedom to act
Horwitz said the Coast Guard also places a strong emphasis on local knowledge. A flat organizational structure and unique agency culture allow for subordinate officers to alter the plans for a specific operation so long as they follow the commander's intent.

The Coast Guard's experience with search-and-rescue operations and marine work, and its division by geographic area, provide greater expertise for disaster response, Horwitz said.

He also examined the conventional wisdom that businesses take advantage of disasters through price-gouging and other unsavory business practices.

Though some price-gouging does occur during disasters, Horwitz's report details how Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe's sent truckloads of free supplies to the hardest-hit areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He noted that's good public relations, of course, to help build long-term customer loyalty.

"Disaster response happens at the local level," Horwitz said. "FEMA is not local to anyone except people who live in Washington, D.C."

[DirtySanchez]

Also, Wal-Mart leadership gave tremendous discretion to store managers and employees to make decisions rather than waiting for instructions from upper-level management, allowing for more-agile disaster response. CEO Lee Scott passed down a guiding edict to regional, district and store managers: "A lot of you are going to have to make decisions above your level. Make the best decision that you can with the information that's available to you at the time, and, above all, do the right thing."

This is a value passed down from Sam Waltons original "Store within a Store" philosophy. Each dept. Head/Store Manager was to run their specific dept./store as if it were their own company.

Treating employees as assets is something that seems long lost in corporate America.

[HarleyRo1]

WalMart blows...and that's all I have to say about that.

[RobTheDrummer]

they dropped the charges, of course due to an outcry of citizens. Now that's democracy in action!


http://www.cnbc.com/id/23906091/for/cnbc