Why, because it’s censoring the single largest channel of media distribution in the country?

New York Times Link (Reg Required)

“The growing clout of Wal-Mart and the other big discount chains ? they now often account for more than 50 percent of the sales of a best-selling album, more than 40 percent for a best-selling book, and more than 60 percent for a best-selling DVD — has bent American popular culture toward the tastes of their relatively traditionalist customers…But with the chains’ power has come criticism from authors, musicians and civil liberties groups who argue that the stores are in effect censoring and homogenizing popular culture. The discounters and price clubs typically carry an assortment of fewer than a thousand books, videos and albums, and they are far more ruthless than specialized stores about returning goods if they fail to meet a minimum threshold of weekly sales.”

actually because walmart is about the only place i can think of where you can buy a gallon of milk, an air matress, a tatu cd, a big mac w/ small fries, then browse shotguns and wood chippers… all at the same store…

and still look like a yuppy as you sip on your extra-hot quad grande decaf no foam soy quad pump hazlenut latte… in a venti cup.

Walmart _is_ cool. I didn’t step into one until a couple years ago.

However at the same time, it is EVIL. I know the inner workings of their business org, and it’s pretty insane.