Sieg Walmart!

This article shows what life is like in the US right now. The quick summary: reporter goes to film Walmart opening in Lovejoy, Georgia. Police detain her in keeping with the US PATRIOT Act because a friend does plastic armor to Star Wars costumes. I don't know what fact this emphasizes more: police are stupid; Walmart is evil; or America is possessed by the devil.

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Unknown said…
OMFG. That is scary.

I like that one of the comments suggested he contact the Daily Show. We'll have to watch for that. :) Maybe time to go back to boycotting the evil W-Mart.
1/30/2005 06:48:00 PM
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