I thought the following was appropriate to all the Walmart discussions that have been going on in the Blogosphere.

> Wal-Mart vs. The Morons

>

> 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.

>

>

> 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

>

> 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March

> 17th) than Target sells all year.

>

> 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco +

> K-Mart combined.

>

> 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private

> employer, and most speak English.

>

> 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.

>

> 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep

> in mind they did this in only fifteen years.

>

> 8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.

>

> 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

>

> 10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super

> Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.

>

> 11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at

> Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)

>

> 12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.

>

> You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground

> work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to

> fix the economy.

>

> This should be read and understood by all Americans - Democrats,

> Republicans, EVERYONE!!

>

> To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature,

>

> It is now official you are ALL corrupt morons:

>

> a.. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years

> to get it right and it is broke.

>

> b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it

> right and it is broke.

>

> c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it

> right and it is broke.

>

> d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right;

> $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the

> poor" and they only want more.

>

> e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to

> get it right and they are broke.

>

> f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it

> right and it is broke.

>

> g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on

> foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24

> billion a year and we import more oil than ever before.

> You

> had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.

>

> You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our

> throats while overspending our tax dollars.

>

> AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN

> HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ??

>

> Folks, if we keep this circulating. Maybe it will end up in the e-mails of

> some of our "duly elected' (they never read anything) and their staff will

> clue them in on how Americans feel.