Ward Churchill, Move to Iraq

The University of Colorado at Boulder sent me, an alumnus, a letter from the Chancellor releasing the preliminary findings of the investigation done on Ward Churchill yesterday. For those of you who haven't updated your screensavers with the latest, greatest anti-American activists this month, Senor Churchill is a non-PhD'd professor at the school in their Dept. of Ethnic Studies that specializes in Native American Studies; Fine (classic that the report is showing that he lied about his ethnicity: fitting) . He wrote the 9/11 article that told Americans it was our fault, and that we should all drink the KoolAid and kill ourselves because of our transgressions (basically, and yes I did read the article) The Chancellor spouted some Boulderite non-sense about freedom of speech (as the Kamakazies don't hold a candle in terms of sacrifice compared with Boulderites supporting a cause, so he didn't feel like being attacked by a herd of uneducated socialists in a VW Bus), but swore to further the investigation. The report page will bring you up to speed on the happenings and allow you access Churchill's full essay on the 9/11 attack. Sadly, he's a shining example of the type of people we let educate our children, because the media ranks schools with teachers like this well and because these people don't have anything to contribute to society and couldn't hold a dishwashing job in the un-utopic real world outside the campus safehaven, the same one that protects these "thinkers" (not doers) and funds their effort to be more-and-more anti towards the country that affords them the liberties to do so.

The War on Wal-Mart

Now I'm not going to sit here and sell you on the pros behind W-M's strategic avenue for success, their shocking business practices, and surprising community service, because for those of you who care to know www.walmartfacts.com gives an undisputed brag sheet that may just enlighten you (or add fuel to your fire, depending on your view of Bowling for Columbine).
As politicing continues to lean more and more towards the aggression levels of a good sectarian soccer game in Northern Ireland, one thing is for sure, when the silent majority of America speaks, no one wants to listen. It's not just the "rednecks" in the "ignorant South" keeping W-M alive, becuase if it was then we'd all be spitin chew with our rebel flag wife-beaters. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what you think of the big bad boys from Bentonville because you buy what they sell, end of story. Americans must not care (which after the events of 9/11 that seems more difficult to swallow), or are actually starting to not buy-into the media-blitz that defames W-M on a daily basis. The vocal minority will always rule as long as it has a media ready and willing to voice it's opinion as majority fact.
What brings this thought to my blog today (a long overdue blog and I promise to do more) is the fact that there are so few vocal proponents to W-M, yet over 80% of America shops there (yes 80%). The spark to my mild flame came from another slanderous post by a Fast Company blogger...A Fast Company Blogger. I think that's what bothers me most, that it's ok for anyone to bash the big boy on any forum, and not just once to get there point across, but over-and-over again because it seems liberal to do so, and acting liberal is apparently "in". I didn't mind the anti-W-M rhetoric the first time (as I can appreciate one's point of view on any forum, even on a company blog that would probably like to stay more nuetral on societal issues), but to continue to use this forum as a potitical soapbox made Fast Company lose a customer. I posted a comment to Kevin Ohannessian's post so feel free to catch a glimpse of my educated remark to Mr. Ohannessian's post on our terrible society that doesn't push for grocery baggers and cart pushers to unionize and make $24 a hour with more smoke breaks than you can put in your pipe and, well, smoke.