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"Progressive" White Elites and Organized Labor Are Keeping Poor, Blacks "Locked Up On the Plantation"

From the Chicago Daily Observer : If there’s ever an illustration of how “progressive” elites and organized labor are keeping the very people they supposedly care about locked up on the plantation , it’s their consuming opposition to a new Wal-Mart store on the South Side (of...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 08-04-2009
Pullman Walmart site plan gets OK from city

As reported in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News . The site plan for a planned Walmart Supercenter on Bishop Boulevard in Pullman was approved by the city's public works director Thursday. Public Works Director Mark Workman said despite some deficiencies in the plan submitted earlier this month by Walmart's...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 07-31-2009
Walmart plan may not be good one?

The following letter to the editor appeared in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News : On Friday, Walmart announced that it had submitted plans to the city planning department for a Pullman super center that is 30 percent smaller than originally planned five years ago. A Walmart press release claimed...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 06-16-2009
6 Applicants for every 1 Job Available

From the Tampa Tribune : The temporary Wal-Mart Hiring Center had more than 2,000 jobseekers hoping to fill its 350 open positions in time for the new Supercenter's opening in August, according to one of the new Supercenter's co-managers. That’s about 6 applicants for every 1 job available...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 07-06-2008
Politics vs. Economics: Politics Wins All the Time

Liberty provides choice; politicians remove choice. From Thomas Sowell over at the Town Hall : Chain stores have been disliked for decades, at both local and national levels. Taking advantage of economies of scale that lower their costs of doing business, chain stores are able to charge lower prices...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 05-17-2008
Letter to the USSR

Sarcastic Housewife writes: In 1953 the Moscow, Idaho City Council sent a letter to Moscow, USSR. They requested Moscow, USSR change their name as it was an embarrassment to Moscow, Idaho to share their name with a Communist Socialist city. Moscow, Idaho viewed themselves as stalwarts of patriotism and...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 10-17-2007
War against Wal-Mart? Not in our name

The following editorial by Tom Forbes appeared in today's edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Check out his closing sentence. What a way to mock the Intoleristas! "Big box retail carries with it some heavy baggage," wrote Dwight Merriam in his paper, "Breaking Big Boxes: Learning...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 08-15-2007
Safeway is Gearing Up for Competition

According to Tom Forbes over at Palousitics , Pullman’s Safeway is gearing up for Wal-Mart’s arrival. Safeway is getting ready to remodel the store to be a Lifestyle market. It is a special kind of Safeway store that feels very high end. It has more focus on the departments. I have been into...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 08-05-2007
Supercenter is good for community

The following letter appeared in a local paper about a year ago. It’s worth reposting now, given the general ignorance on the City Council to all things economic. I would like to respond to Peggy Jenkins (Wal-Mart editorial was misguided) and the small group of vocal residents who share her anti...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 06-27-2007
Wal-Mart to open 400 in-store clinics

Via Reuters : Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday that it will contract with local hospitals and other organizations to open as many as 400 in-store health clinics in the next two to three years . Should current market forces continue, the world's largest retailer said up to 2,000 clinics could be in...

Posted to Right Mind (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 04-24-2007

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