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/p> p> WAL-MART SPECIAL br> Re: K. Andrew Jackson's Retail Politics : /p>

Thank you, Mr. Jackson for another opportunity to laugh at the spectacle that is California. Two points jump out at me: Nothing like the left's displeasure with Wal-Mart's. The fact that Wal-Mart's put the Mom and Pop retailer out of business is a favorite whine. Yeah, 'cause I want to pay more and have less selection when I shop. Amazing the lefties pine for "the good old days" when it involves creating a more inefficient shopping experience, yet when an institution like marriage is on its last legs and the social costs we bear because of that are through the roof, any attempt to shore up that institution is viewed as a roadblock toward "progress."

Secondly, how about the fallout from banning the building of electric plants for a decade leading up to the electricity crisis in June of '02? Once again those brilliant decision-makers bowed to the gods of political correctness, forbade the building of power plants, then when Californians had to import power from other states, had the gall to blame the market prices they were paying on the "price-gougers."

p>The majority of the Golden State is affected by a disease that causes them to defer to the "cultural reasons" and "aesthetic vibes" of a particular decision rather than weighing the pros and cons like a rational person would. When one enters into the decision-making process with the given variables being "Wal-Mart = bad" or "power plants = bad" without a second counter-intuitive thought, it's no wonder the state's such a mess. br> -- William H. Stewart br> Boston, Massachusetts /p>

Jackson seems to have learned his journalism from liberals. Whenever a liberal has to mention a fact he doesn't like, he puts it in quotes, as if to say, "this is only what others are claiming." Wal-Mart does pay "low wages" and offer "paltry benefits." They don't even deny that fact, they simply claim they're necessary to keep their prices low.

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