Boy do we miss SAM! He only bought American made and proudly displayed it as well as kept the great textile workers of America working. NOw the greed of the family and using child labor overseas has put thousands of our friends and family out of a job and made their greedy bossess even richer! And no thanks to our supposed law makers! Just remember every dollar you spend at Wal-Mart could have been spent on American made products instead of Pakistan,Mexico(no suprise there),Afghanistan,China,etc. Just check the labels of the Wal-Mart clothes,or other items you have purchased or will purchase this holiday season. Happy Holidays!!

 Bush said that he would regulate Carbon Dioxide at power plants during his 2000 campaign. Kimberly-Clark says that they are working towards forest stewardship. Dick Cheney said that the troops would be greeted as liberators. See I love words, especially ones that reassure the listeners. Even though all of the promises above, and likely Wal-Mart's promise of eco-commitment, are maliscious lies, it's the thought that counts.

"After all, the more stores Wal-Mart builds, "the more we have to drive -- that is the biggest piece of the company's environmental impact," she says. "The best thing for the environment would be if Wal-Mart stopped building stores."

Because Wal-Mart sells EVERYTHING won't we do less driving overall because we will be buying more things in one centralized location?

"Because Wal-Mart sells EVERYTHING won't we do less driving overall because we will be buying more things in one centralized location?"

No.  You would do less driving if you arranged your life so that you live near work, shoppiing, and school, and walk, bike, or take public transit.  Wal-Mart destroys open space to build disgusting monstrosities with obnoxiously large parking lots.  There is nothing environmentally good about this company.  The best thing that Wal-Mart could do for the Earth would be to get off of her.

We humans are also part of the environment. Until Wal-Mart talks about some sustainability of good pay and union rights for their workers their self-proclaimed green moves sound like hollow business hype.

Most of them draw in people from (depending on proximity of others) from, I would say, about a 60 mile radius. These stores are never located in town, always on the outskirts: they pride themselves on not having a store in NYC. These stores invite more driving.

And that myth of: "I'm just going to get everything from the store all at once" is just not true even if you live nearby. People will never want to buy everything from Wal-Mart, since the majority of their products are of low quality.

Also, when was the last time that anyone has decided: "Hey, maw, I'm gonna git me some food, clothing and some nails all at once." Most people tend to shop for one type of thing at a time, and if they buy stuff outside of it, it's usually on impulse.