Is Wal-Mart Too Liberal?

While I agree with your intent, v1ck1e, I have to correct you on one thing. If you own one single share of stock of a publicly traded company like Wal-Mart, than it IS your business, and you have a voice in how the company is run.

But you're right. Personal freedoms have been replaced by government and corporate policy, and that's just wrong.

How very evasive this article frames such a misleading picture. Wal-mart being too liberal? That's exactly the type of statement that could provoke a bunch of misinformed citizens to picket and protest. Ofcoarse while the higher-ups "take the heat" for such misguiding statements which veil the true identity of how business is ran. I'm sure someone out there is concerned about wal-mart getting back to what they started out as, and with this in mind, why not put the power to the people. If We, the people want wal-mart to uphold more methods of their origins in conservation then that's a "lot of harm done" to whom it may concern. Some ceo is only going to get a fatter check, more money will be outsourced to those in china making and selling these products with even more restrictions, and all the while some person who gave a dang, will be able to sleep at night because they made a difference and voiced their opinions. And lets not forget who gets the award winning pullitzer prize for writing this article because any good deed deserves food on the table. So yeah, ironically, there is power to the people, but go ahead and tell them that wal-mart is liberal, because people always want what they can't have, take it from the people who run this game!

Would anyone like some cheese with their wine?
I guess we all want to live in a country where everyone makes choices for everyone else.
And I assume you's don't like the freedom of choice in this country since you all want to take it away from Walmart and every other company or orginization you don't agree with. It is their business. They have the choice to run it however they wish and you have the choice to shop there or not.... end of story.
I also guess you would like people to tell you what you should and shouldn't do as well as run your business and chose your religion. LOL. leave Walmart alone and mind your own business if you don't like theirs.

Because Wal-Mart is an international shareholder company, they do things to promote the international community. People should travel outside the USA and see how much Wal-Mart does for a community as far as purchasing power goes. When Wal-Mart was owned by Sam Walton he had NO outside influences to disrupt his conservative thought and rose to the top of the retail industry, by buying bulk and passing savings on to the customer. Last Christmas I bought electronic gifts at Wal-Mart because it was the cheapest on every item I purchased. And since there are no manfacturers of cameras, ipods, and such I had to consume foreign products.

USA does not manufacturer many products, so in "Going Green" it is best to buy from your direct local community --- meaning BUYING from less than 100 miles away --- not possible? OK then at least food products from within your STATE.

Boycotts work !!!!! Don't buy anything except necessary household products and food for a month. See how much money you will save. That means no fast food, restaurants and no prepackaged vegetables or boxes of "SO CALLED FOOD". Buy bread from your bakery down the street, eat eggs, meat and fresh vegetables.
Do not venture down the isles in your supermarket.

Gosh I wish my Wal-Mart was a super with an entire grocery store, just to show the big food corporations how its done. God Bless The Almighty Dollar !!! LOL

This article is so a guise to cover up the need, or should I say desire for the higher up that run wal-mart to on a subliminal level allow the common public to be misinformed on what the real issue is. You call this liberalism? Get the crowd heated up, tell the public that they are not keeping in touch with teh ethicalconservation methods asbefore and then they will blindly raise hell and picket to enforce some of their original methods of moral...while allthe while allowing the put more money in the pockets of just a few, and to keep numbers up as money flows out of our country. I'm sorry but whoever wrote this article has a secret agenda, and there's no doubt that for now there is food on this author's table; rhetorically I ask you to no provoke me, I won't indulge, lol. We all know there is power in the people, so why not throw them off, because and I say this with so much irony embedded, it's the people's vote that counts...am I right??

How about walmart anyway....i mean...the stop selling guns "because they dont want to be part of the problem"
HEY WAL-MART guns arn't the problem , people are the problem and the lack of criminal control in this country is the problem, slapping drug dealers on the wrist and letting them back on the street in 5 hours is a problem , not the honest gun owner who buys a gun at wal-mart to save $100 on it , than if he purchased it at a gun store.
Criminals don't buy guns at Wal-Mart , they buy them from congressmen who finance their trafficing into this country , just like they help finance the drug trade.
Let Obama get elected and see how fast things "change" around this country and how fast taxes go up and bad the economy gets when he pushes for more entitlement programs for his lazy bros and hos in the hood that keep voting for him. and how fast he makes freinds with Hamas who plegged their support for him.

why not just let your employees work 40 hours and offfer them health insurance ,rather than make them go home if they go over 37 hours....and stop buying all your good from China and start buying American made products and stocking your shelves with AMerican made JOBS.

Walmart is a perocite that detroys small towns and then moves on when they ruined "main street " of "any town usa"

When I was a junior in college I worked for Wal*Mart doing store setup in Tulsa on Memorial Drive. I had worked the overnight shift and was getting ready to go home for the day. I was taking a break in the snack bar when a gentleman approached and asked if I minded if he sat with me. I replied, "not at all Mr. Walton, this is your store." He laughed and we sat and talked for about 30 minutes. I enjoyed working there then and I realized the person that Mr. Sam was. It was sad to see this all change after his death.

Years later I managed a McDonald's within a Wal*Mart Super Center. I can attest there are managers at Wal*Mart who treat their employees and other poorly. How do I know? The deli manager was pouring grease down the drains and stopping the plumbing up. This in turn would flood our kitchen and dining room. It's amazing that waste grease we dumped was vacuumed into a holding cylinder. The deli manage bucked up to me and was physically going to take me on. I took my tie off and told him to meet me out back. My manager held me back.

Needless to say, I don't shop at Wal*Mart like I used to. Without Sam, it's not the same.

Let me tell u a litte bit about walmart...I have worked there for 12yrs. Believe me they are not the company they seem from the inside. 2yrs ago my wife had a massive srtoke, and for a while they were ok with me working a different schedule.Until it wasnt conveint for "them" and they "told" me to change my scheduleand basically do something with my wife or they would FIRE me. All they care about is there bottom line. Not me , Not you ,just there bottom line and thats it BEEEEEEEEEELEIVE ME

When I was a junior in college I worked for Wal*Mart doing store setup in Tulsa on Memorial Drive. I had worked the overnight shift and was getting ready to go home for the day. I was taking a break in the snack bar when a gentleman approached and asked if I minded if he sat with me. I replied, "not at all Mr. Walton, this is your store." He laughed and we sat and talked for about 30 minutes. I enjoyed working there then and I realized the person that Mr. Sam was. It was sad to see this all change after his death.

Years later I managed a McDonald's within a Wal*Mart Super Center. I can attest there are managers at Wal*Mart who treat their employees and other poorly. How do I know? The deli manager was pouring grease down the drains and stopping the plumbing up. This in turn would flood our kitchen and dining room. It's amazing that waste grease we dumped was vacuumed into a holding cylinder. The deli manage bucked up to me and was physically going to take me on. I took my tie off and told him to meet me out back. My manager held me back.

Needless to say, I don't shop at Wal*Mart like I used to. Without Sam, it's not the same.

well,Kason,If they were evil do you really think they'd let you see it?they do...appear to be getting better,I LIKE IT,if they keep this up,who knows,maybe some day they'll lauded as heros,but I doubt it.by the way vickie remember part of america is the freedom to whine about stupid things,unfortunetly

Wal-Mart is losing the battle in the market place with the deceptive, simple changes and caving in to the Liberal parasites. These parasites believe their aggenda of "Me- My" is the only valid reason for change. Obama is a good example of "change". Change for change sake. They do not have a better idea agreeable
for the majority of customers. Self seeking exactly as the homosexuals did at AT&T.

ffhso;hdog

I believe that Wal-Mart is pushing it's customers away. Because of their support of the homosexual/gay agenda, I have veen forced to purchase more and more things from K-Mart and Target as well as COSTCO. I don't approve of Martha, so I had quit buying from K-Mart, but they are the lesser of 2 evils, where I am concerned. Yes, Martha messed up, BUT, the homosexual/gay agenda goes completely against the believs from the Bible! And you are aiding/approving it!!!! What, are some of you changing? Switching sides? Becoming a part of the homosexual/gay agenda????

Quit Editorializing!

Give us the news without sensational headlines and teasers.

You lose my respect every time you insult my intelligence.

I am a baby-boomer generation reader, I have a full education, so I know bad reporting when I see it (Unlike the Generation X and Generation Whiner readers, who think Fox is a real news network!!!)

Truth, like the Chinese junk that Walmart imports, is neither liberal nor conserative.

Get back to journalism!