The terrifying spread of the Walmart plague

This really is some scary stuff. Very neatly put together. Good show. Here's hoping it's only a matter of time until we see the reverse of this video.

more people shop at walmart for their incredibly cheap prices esp at this time when everyone is trying to save money.

Quick! Head for Southeastern Oregon! I also happen to know there is no Wal-mart in the Alaskan Bush... but yeah, Oregon.

I seriously believe wall Mart is doing more damage to our economy than good. Wall mart is the root of all evil.

Reminds me of the movie "War Games."

ahhh exponential growth ... from a scientific point of view this isnt that surprising, the scalar multiplier out front of the exponential function is pretty large, but i would like to see walmart and Starbucks growth compared.

Who gives a shit. That company employs so many people.

add one to my town in worcester that just got finalized to get built. I hate walmart with every bone in my body

Can someone explain how Wal-Mart is evil? Every company starts out small, as did they. They did what they had to do, it's called hard work and capitalism. Half the people bitching on here will go tonight. In these times, Wal-Mart is a great way to find cheap stuff. They also employ a lot of people. The stuff that's probably made in the same building as an American Eagle shirt. You're not all small business owners, stop bitching. If you hate it so much, then DO something about it and stop TALKING about it.

And by the way, there are two Wal-Marts in Alaska. I work up there in the summers and frequently have to go to them, because they always have what I need. :)

They now have a walmart on each of the three MAJOR major roads in my town. I hate it. I never shop there if I can help it.

Agreed. How is WalMart evil? They help people have nice things, provide jobs, and support their communities.

Sure they had/have labor issues; Like other companies do not?

Yeah, some mom & pop American Dream businesses have failed. Unfortunate, but should those of us who need go with out to support someone elses' dream?

It's like a southern STD spreading throughout the country!

aside from helping stoke the economic crisis, what's wrong with Wally World?? Everything is SO cheap and I could spend hours walking up and down the aisles looking for BARGAINS!!!

I used to work for WalMart. They didn't pay a lot but they were fair about hours. The company as a whole has made mistakes...what companies don't? The move into areas and shut down smaller companies, big fish eats small fish. I still shop there and will continue. It isn't always about how much you make, but how much you make your dollar worth. Pawn shops, thrift stores, swap meets and discount stores help stretch my buck and always will. Alienating WalMart is alienating your money, not mine!

The ignorance of the Wal Mart supporters does not suprise me. They probably are republicans and think Sarah Palin is the bomb. Wake up and look at what Wal Mart has done. Not one good thing. China-Mart!

disgusting, i despise Wal-Mart so

What makes any of you that disparage a business and reveal your hatred of anything or anyone that disagrees with you, better and more intelligent that everyone else?
The only thing Walmart is not, is unionized. The media has "created" this hatred and all of you that are not aware of this are "sheeple". They treat people better at Walmart than the Unionized Krogers/Fred Meyer stores that are nationwide. I know I have worked for both and like not having to give up part of my paycheck to a union that gives it to a political party and pockets the rest.

It's just that us liberals don't want slave labor, low wages, awful work environments, our government for picking up the tab for Walmart's lack of medical expenses and our countries wealth being exported to countries like china when it should be invested here at home.

I hope that everyone understands that we are the ones making china a rich and powerful country. In return we receive a lead painted toy for infants made in child laborers factories.

Can someone explain to me why we should support a company that gets the majority of their supplies from a fascist communist country that encourages families to kill their daughters when they born?

That green reminds me of Jello for some reason. Note to self: pick up some Jello cups at Walmart later today.

I don't like the monopolizing effect of it. I don't think stores like Target or K-Mart or Walgreens are any better, but they aren't quite as numerous so the notoriety falls on Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart is just one of several examples of corporate monopolizing. I'd rather go to a locally-owned coffee shop than a Starbucks any day, but it's getting harder to find them. I don't go to Wal-Mart because Target is closer, but it's really the same idea: the local businesses can't compete with these behemoths and have to shut down, so it's hard to find another place to go to get some of the things we might need. It doesn't look good when these companies pay their employees poorly AND put local shops out of work.

We do have an option to look elsewhere for everything conveniently located at one of these types of stores, but it requires more effort and most people (including myself most of the time) would rather opt for convenience when we have so much other stuff to do. I'm essentially helping to fuel the damn monopoly and I don't feel good about it.

It's easy to take cheap shots at Wal*mart--many liberals do. But Wal*mart is employing hundreds of people in Northeastern PA and upstate New York, where we are clearly in a recession, if not a depression. I am not happy that they trade with China, but they really try to keep many items made in America. That's more than I can say for many big American corps like Dell, Verizon, Motorola, etc, which farm out their customer service and manufacturing overseas, eliminating thousands of American jobs. In this economy, Wal*Mart provides products at lower prices than most places. I still buy my groceries at my local, employee-run market, and try to shop locally most of the time, but I certainly will never boycott Wal*Mart. If our Wal*mart closed, our local economy would never revcover.

help stop the spread of wal-mart shop local

Clownpuncher,

Wal-Mart creates jobs... in big cities.

Wal-Mart is notorious for creating ghost-towns in small towns. They'll move in, eat up the entire economy of the town, and then close it's doors leaving a town with a broken economy that people are forced to leave.

It chokes out the true American dream where a Mom n Pop shop is forced into submission by a corporate giant...

These jobs at Walmart are the same jobs that it destroyed by running the local businesses into the ground.

For some reason Walmart reminds me of that F*ck head Rush Limbaugh!

Must just be disgusting to all of you, that American Business thrives ,and has customer without Unions screwing everything up.