^i have watched it, but i also have a fairly large volume of dealings with them and the way they work on a corporate and operational level. i don't believe everything in michael moore films either. lets agree to disagree, kind of like the definition of san diego
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think i might try and watch that walmart thing during lunch break, i've never seen it. a lot of people bemoan what's happened to small towns after walmart moved in a long time ago, but the reality is that globalization was going to change life as we know it regardless of whether walmart showed up or not. if walmart hadn't done it, then the internet would have destroyed mom and pop shops in the exact same fashion. walmart just employed the most competitive tactics first and showed what the future was going to look like. i like to think of them as a shining example of the free-market capitalism that americans worship upon, yet of course nobody wants them in their town, go figure.
a lot gets mentioned about their treatment of employees, but i have a very hard time believing walmart employs tactics that any other large company hasn't done either. every retail company has tried aggressively to squeeze their workers down to part-time in order to eliminate benefits and reduce pay for a long time now. i'm sure they've done some really crappy things, but walmart operates on a scale like no other so extreme circumstances are bound to rise up.
this list may not be entirely accurate, but the scale of it is. they literally drawf every other american company, including the USPS: http://nyjobsource.com/largestemployers.html
besides, any company that can make the spoiled rich NIMBY's cry like little babies to the city gets a thumbs up in my book.
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You can stream it if you have Netflix.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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A quick interjection:
First, Frontline is one of my favorite shows. A recent episode on for-profit universities made my skin craw. A must see.
But, this piece that Frontline produced in 2004 has haunted me ever since:
Now back to discussion about favorite fabrics and object-dyeing.
MBD"To articulate what is past does not mean to recognize 'how it really was.'
It means to take control of a memory, as it flashes in a moment of danger."
-Walter Benjamin. Thesis VI, Theses on the Philosophy of History
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I got my Demeulemeester Pony flat boots in the mail today. They are perfect! I'm so excited! I also received in the mail, an Xmas presen from a good friend of mine: a raspberry sorbet colored (I can't describe the color any better) "Lucian" t-shirt with center seams.
Good day!THE HOUSE OF DIS
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