Wal-Mart Nixes Stewart's "America"

[NMDemDist2]

Despite being the bestselling book in the country, Jon Stewart's America doesn't appeal to the average Wal-Mart customer.

At least that's what the minds behind the retail behemoth have chosen to believe.

http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15184,00.html?tnews

if this isn't a "real news" story I apologize to the mods in advance

[lightbulb]

1. Wal-Mart does not appeal to the average thinking customer - eom

[sister moon]

2. why would it?

Stewart, his show, and his book appeal to THINKING people. This excludes the majority of wal-mart shoppers. ever been in one of those places? Another good reason to continue my family's boycott of wallymart. Sweatshop labor, blight on our suburban landscape,killed off mom&pop stores, outsourcing, forced workers into unpaid overtime, gender bias in hiring and promotion--now this. Who's surprised?

[Cobalt Violet]

5. All that and despite what they would like us to believe..

lower prices can often be found elsewhere if one looks around.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Mom and pop stores often undersell WM

That's the case here in AR, home of the behemoth. And if Mom & Pop are a little higher, I still shop them. If I go to a discount chain, its Fred's or Family Dollar, not WM.

[GainesT1958]

9. That's okay if Mal-Wart doesn't want to carry it...

I'm sure Target has it!:eyes:

And I KNOW that our local bookstore, Bristol Books, has it!:D

B-)

[flyingfysh]

46. I got mine at Costco

[frankly_fedup2]

55. Well, our mom and pop shops tried to take advantage of its

customers during an ice storm we had back in the 90's. So when Wal-Mart was wanting to come into our town, those mom and pop stores fought like hell; however, the people of the town got the town council to back us, the majority of the town, and we FINALLY got a Wal-Mart. Now those mom and pop stores are out of business and I will not shed a tear for any of them.

Their greed during hard times brought their downfall 10 years later.

[BrotherBuzz]

7. Sister, correct on all accounts!

Welcome to DU. :)

[sister moon]

10. Thanks, bro

I feel welcome here among the reality based community!

[TwentyFive]

47. I could have not said it better myself!

[gatlingforme]

57. your take on what comprises a WalMart shopper is not very nice

I do not believe it's the "dumb" (in your opinion) WalMart shoppers fault that WalMart banned the book. Saying Stewart's book appeals to "thinking" people is an ignorant and sardonic statement. I would assume you would also like everybody to take IQ tests before they are deemed "vote" worthy too.

[nine30]

3. WM: Of the Rednecks, By the Rednecks, For the Rednecks

[Technowitch]

4. That's a shame

We just got the book yesterday and it is friggin' HILARIOUS!

[VegasWolf]

6. Probably a good business decision for their clientele, I'm sure

that they will stock up on bush coloring books though.

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[MODemocrat]

40. At last, Bush is being seen for what he is

:kick: :shrug:

[Philostopher]

11. I guess the purpored average WalMart customer ...

and no offense intended to those DUers who have no alternative either due to finances or geography (believe me, I don't have to shop at WalMart, but some people's choices are more limited than mine) ... probably wouldn't get the subtle humor of naked Supreme Court justices. Their loss.

[JitterbugPerfume]

16. Thank you for realising that

some of us , and for various reasons , are forced by circumstances to shop at wal mart

I hate that place and every time I go through those doors it mkes me ill , but due to lack of money and lack of a choice I still go there


I hate it as much as anybody else does

maybe more

[Philostopher]

19. My mom's insurance used to 'recommend' the cheapest pharmacy.

They pretty much gave her no choice about going to WalMart. My dad was a union man all his life, he absolutely hated that they did that, but my brother was diabetic and buying his meds 'on the economy' was pretty much out of the question. I have geographical and economic choices -- I live in the 'burbs, and we buy the bulk of our stuff at Trader Joe's and Target -- but I didn't always, and I had no choice but do business wherever I could afford it, when I lived on my own. I hate WalMart, but I know the very reasons I hate the place are the reasons some people have no other choice -- the way they've driven down wages, the fact that they run out smaller retailers. I don't like 'blaming the victim' for that, however. It's sad to see how often people do it. It's a privilege to have choices, but not everybody does.

[VegasWolf]

26. We compeltly understand. I did a lot of WalMart shopping in

my student days. A world of good luck to you.

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[Skip Intro]

12. they carried the swiftboatliars trash

Oh well, I guess it is about time for wal mart to start making reading and viewing choices for its throngs.

[Mr E McSquare]

43. How to talk to a liberal

Yup was at Wally world last week and sure enough Anne Coulter new book!
Lots of them! Did the only thing I could......Found Clintons new book and completely covered her entire display.

[Enraged_Ape]

13. Has anyone actually read this book?

Because I'm reading it right now, and I swear it's the funniest book I've ever read. There is literally something laugh-out-loud funny on every single page, and usually at least two or three. It's an homage to the best days of National Lampoon.

I could see, however, how this book could be a lot funnier if you really know your American Government / History cold. But the beauty of this is that I can imagine a lot of high school students actually going back to their "real" texts to "get" jokes they wouldn't otherwise. Even I found myself looking up the Dred Scott case, just to refresh myself on all the little details.

I think this book does an enormous public service. It is, in some ways, the "truest" book about America I've read since Zinn's "People's History...", and it's a lot more fun.

[proReality]

15. Bought it for my husband

We read a few pages every night and haven't stopped laughing. Love the SCOTUS page!

[LizW]

18. I'm reading it, too.

It's absolutely hilarious.

[progressivebydesign]

22. It's laugh-out-loud, read it to whomever is in the room, Funny! nt

[Laelth]

27. No surprize.

Jon Stewart is a genius and a noble, American patriot.

:smoke:

-Laelth

[llmart]

33. The library where I work.....

bought it and a couple of us were reading it and it is HILARIOUS! But I guess RWingers wouldn't think so because they have no humor. I intend to buy it this weekend just to piss off the fundies. And the picture of the Supremes sans clothes was the funniest of all.

Screw Wal-Mart. I've never bought a thing in there and never will.

[KAZ]

14. Contact info.

FWIW http://www.walmartstores.com/wmstore/wmstores/HomePage.jsp?template=OnlineForm.jsp

[Steelangel]

17. screw you, Wal-Mart. I never buy anything from you anyway.

[NMDemDist2]

23. yup I started boycotting them when some teenager with an attitude

told me to take my 3 pound yorkie/chihuahua girl out of the store

she was in hubbys arms and wasn't bothering anybody

i had shopped all the malls and everywhere else you can think of with her that Xmas season, Walmart was the only place that said anything except "OMG!! SHE"s ADORABLE!!)

I've never been back

[progressivebydesign]

20. I'd boycott them, but I don't shop there already!!!

I hate those places!! You should see the shit they DO sell!

[LizW]

21. How could they possibly find the space, anyway?

What with all the Bibles and Left Behind books they carry.

[Dover]

24. Well I have nixed Wal Mart........

so there!

[Laelth]

25. I've Always Hated Wal-Mart, Anyway

Nazis! Driving good local people out of business and then hiring them for minimum wage. Revolting.

I go there only as a last resort (and I haven't been in over a year). Hit 'em where it'll hurt. Boycott!

:mad:

-Laelth

[Voltaire99]

28. They didn't mind selling the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, though

...until they were caught.

Bushism is the theory. Wal-Mart is the theory applied. Unemployment and Iraq are the fruit.

[kikiek]

29. Just getting even with him for the comments he has made. Shows

how dangerous this country has become. Need to continue WalMart boycott. They are feeling it! Keep it up.

[brentspeak]

30. They'd sell it if it was "made in Korea" n/t

[JetCityLiberal]

31. gee...what a surprise....

I count on Jon Stewart for my 'fake' real news. Try to never miss his show. He is loved in our house.

I will buy his book at Costco.

Haven't been inside a Wal Mart in over 10 years. Sorry I ever went in one and spent money in the first place.


JetCityLiberal

[shooga]

32. I used to work for them

they are big right wing supporters ... big corporate gangsters ... just like everyone else ... don't let the fuzzy commercials fool you.

http://www.fudgereport.net

[gatlingforme]

34. doesn't Wal-Mart lock people in their stores? I could be wrong

[jmowreader]

45. A lot of Wal-Marts can't do that anymore

Because the 24-hour Wal-Mart is now a reality in much of the country.

It is very difficult to lock someone into a store that's open.

OTOH, I am fairly certain that the "go clock out then clean up your department before you leave" thing is still going on, and so is the "you must wear your vest all the way out to your car" thing (this so that customers know to approach you for help while you're trying to get out of the building).

I wonder...part of my employer's lore is that an associate in Missouri got pissed off at the company and decided to get us back, so he loaned his apron to one of his buddies. The buddy owned a rollback truck--one of those flatbed tow trucks they haul wrecks off with. The guy showed up with the rollback, went to the bathroom, put on the apron, got another associate to spot him, pulled two bunks of lumber down with a forklift, loaded the lumber on the rollback, and went back in the store. He then went to the bathroom, threw the apron away, walked out to his truck (taking a different route), flashed an old receipt at a different lot attendant, and drove off. And now we can't take aprons home. I wonder if that happens much at Wal-Mart, where they're required to take their vests home and wash them.

[gatlingforme]

53. hmm, very interesting, I thought there was a story wherein the

workers were locked in for the night to work.... maybe that was K-Mart... don't know, but Wal Mart is just as goofy with treating their employees like garbage. just my opinion.. thanks for your reply

[jmowreader]

54. No, it was Wal-Mart

You got the story right. Wal-Mart stocks its shelves mostly at night for obvious reasons--fewer if any customers around. When most Wal-Marts closed at 10 PM or so, they would lock all of the doors to cut down on employee theft.

Now that many Wal-Marts are open 24 hours, they can't lock the employees in.

[tsuki]

35. I don't shop

WM, but everytime I pass the store, the parking lot is full. What are those people buying?

[RPM]

36. Another reason...

... I am thrilled to have joined Costco yesterday!

Wal Mart / Sam's Club sucks.

[dddem]

37. Love the book...

Hate Wal-Mart.

No problem.

My husband has received a couple of gift cards from walmart. My kids were thrilled, because I won't allow them to shop there. I let them spend his gift card - cause it wasn't my money, and just for the record, my little girl picked out a cute little skirt that fell apart after 2 washings - I kid you not.

[Catfight]

38. Wall-Mart, building walls to divide our country! Anti American as it gets.

[9119495]

39. This just in....

Walmart to stop selling "R" rated DVDs and video games!

Okay, I made it up...but that is a bit hypocritical. Apparently Walmart would hate to have people READ offensive material when they should be able to SEE it.

[Aiptasia]

41. yeah but they'll carry the swift boat book

In our nazi-mart, they have a free standing book display between the different banks of registers at either end of the store. The last time I was there (last week) they had three or four of the controversial anti-kerry books and not a one with a different point of view.

I think I'm going to have words with their store manager the next time I'm there and explain why I won't be shopping at nazi-mart any more.

If you're a dem or otherwise progressive thinker, boycott wally world!

[LeftHander]

42. Average Walmartians....

Can't read beyond a 4 grade level....

[NVMojo]

44. it will become a best seller now! Thanks Walmart!!!

You Bushsucking idiots!!!

They got 3 copies of Fahrenheit 9-11 and about 30 copies of Fahrenhype 9-11 in our local walmart and won't order more of Moore's dvd even when people are asking. Assholes.

[TwentyFive]

48. Walmart - pushing overconsumption of useless trinkets - ends up in dump

Landfills of America are filled with useless 'talking fishes' and other worthless trinkets that are made in China with slave labor.

[IceOwl]

49. Fuck shit up at the local WalMart

Bring a pad of stickies loaded with short, subversive messages, and plant them on right-wing books, like those of Ann Coulter and David Frum. If the neo-cons can drive out opposing voices, it's only fair that we do something to make people think twice about buying neo-con books. Do this at your local Chapters/Indigo/Borders, etc bookstores too.

[Chicago Democrat]

50. I just wrote Wal-Mart, cause they piss me off!

And in America its our duty to tell them!

Dear Wal-Mart,

Thanks for driving every single business within miles out of business since you came here. Thanks for driving down wages. Thanks for giving our Grocery Chains the idea of breaking their unions. Thanks for hiring illegal aliens. Thanks for locking in your underpaid workers at night. Thanks for not providing a living wage or any benefits. Thanks for encouraging your starving, underpaid employees to go on Medicaid since they qualify for it due to your slave wages you pay. Thanks for supporting slave wages in China. Thanks for supporting George Bush and tax breaks for Sam Walton's family. Thanks for hoarding so much wealth for your selfish owners. What good is all your profit, multi-billionaire Walton? Name one good thing you have done for working America other than create a giant race to the bottom. Thanks for totally ruining America. You suck....


That felt really good.
Show Wal-Mart some love, write them today!!

http://www.walmart.com/

[BUSHOUT]

51. Thanks Walmart. You just did Jon Stewart a big favor n/t

[takumi]

52. I understand that the book will still be avalable on their website

[JPZenger]

56. "This Book is so funny, they had to ban it in Wal-Marts"

This could be a new slogan to sell the book:

"This book is so funny, they had to ban it in Wal-Marts"

5 of the richest 10 Americans are the owners of Walmart. I'm sure that politics had nothing to do with it.