Looks like I almost have to start shopping at Wal-mart again. It's a sad day when-and let's face it, this is exactly what they are-a convenience store outperforms the U.S. Government by leaps and bounds during a national emergency of catastrophic proportions. 20 million dollars in aid, 1500 trucks moving supplies to those in need and I still haven't heard Bush thank them once.
So, yeah, although they forced a few (O.K., tons of) local mom-and-pop businesses to close, created local gridlock, and refuse to provide decent benefits to insane employees who somehow still find praise for the wonders of Wal-mart, they certainly kick-ass as a disaster relief agency. Walmart, it turns out, is a true American patriot. Who would of guessed it?
And speaking of patriots, I'm throwing down the gauntlet at the feet of Bill Gates, the number one man at Microsoft. Bill, you have so much money, you could single-handedly rebuild all of New Orleans by yourself; your place in history would be carved in stone (literally, in highly polished granite, somewhere in the town itself should you rise to the occasion) as the man who rebuilt America's Cajun Headquarters and as the PC Emperor of the planet. For the record, I am fully aware the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a philothropic powerhouse. I just though I'd throw this out there 'cause giving feels so good.
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