Taking of Normandy (Cropped - Follow Link to Full Picture)
This Picture was taking 65 Years ago today as allied forces were taking the Beaches of Normandy. What are you doing today? I bet is not nearly as important!!!
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I Hate Wal-Mart, still, I shop there all the time…
Take for example their latest attempt to force their so called “Christian Right Morality” down or throats their banning of the latest Green Day Album (I have not heard it yet, but I will soon head out to the Bay to get it) because it has language that they consider offensive… Well I don’t, most of my friends don’t, so where do they get off making that decision??? Well the fact is that a few Backwards Ass idiots in Arkansas decided that this kind of music isn’t appropriate to be sold at their precious little stores (The Virginity of the ears of the American Youth must be protected) right!?!
There’s a more insidious problem here, Wal-Mart has become so big, that it can now decide what you can and can not buy there, never mind the hundreds of Cheap Chinese made products that may kill us with poisoned lead paint or the such, that suck away thousands upon thousands of American jobs from our economy, they’re ok selling us that crap, heck we’re OK buying the shit they sell so long as the prices are low, and you can’t argue that their prices aren’t low. Now they get to make and dictate their policy on censorship as well!!! I guess so because unfortunately we let them, because it’s the American Way, true capitalism at work right in front of our eyes… There’s nothing new about this dilemma, Wal-Mart made the decision years ago to stop selling albums with the “Parental Advisory Sticker” on them as well as many other products that they have deemed inappropriate and we let them, how, because we shop there…
But where’s the “True American Spirit” if you don’t agree with something, just don’t buy it/support it/embrace it, why does Wal-Mart have to make that decision for us and in doing so take away our choices away??? Why is it offensive to them to have a CD in their bins??? No one is forcing their customers that might find this music offensive to listen to the CD, no one is forcing them to buy the CD, just sell the music as the Artist intended it to be enjoyed and let the customer decide whether to buy it or not… And I understand that the same “choice” argument can be made for Wal-Mart to choose not to sell items they have deemed to be “inappropriate” at their stores, but where is the line? where do they stop?? today they try to censor Green Day, who might they go after tomorrow???
I wish that I could say that I’m going to make a stand, say No-Mas!!!. no more, unfortunately on items I use ever day their prices are way too low when compared to similar retailers… I wish there was an option, but I don’t see one… if you have one please share it with me cause I’d like to know and please keep the “if We all stop shopping there they will change” ideas to yourself that won’t happen…
Fortunately, every once in a while, someone like “Green Day” fights the giant and reminds us what’s at stake, are we willing to listen???
Like I said sometimes I can be a Hypocrite, I don’t like it but it’s the truth.
