I keep telling you hippies Wal-mart is good for America, now will you believe me? From The Oregonian:

In cases of extreme weather and natural disasters, some of the nation’s largest retailers now behave like municipalities — sometimes better.

Spurred by the Sept. 11 terror attacks and rough hurricane seasons in 2004 and 2005, more retailers have created specialized divisions — or hired outside firms — to gird for emergencies. The goal: to speed recovery for customers, employees and ultimately sales.

It’s a measure of the times.

Mega-retailers going global with huge distribution networks face more frequent and varied disasters. Yet as leaders in the business of moving goods and information — Wal-Mart’s famous for daily crack-of-dawn conference calls detailing real-time sales — some have found they can react more quickly than local governments. For them, disasters have become just another cost of doing business.

Stakes are even higher around the holidays, when retailers can take in more than half of annual sales.

Last week’s storm did not damage either chain’s stores on the Oregon coast. Wal-Mart’s store in Aberdeen, Wash., lost power only temporarily and closed until generators arrived Tuesday.

But both Wal-Mart and Home Depot dispatched cleanup teams to Chehalis, Wash., on Monday, hours after the Chehalis river flooded the stores and overtook I-5.

Yeah, you read that right. Big evil Wal-Mart dispatched clean up teams to disaster areas while the Wal-Mart hating hippies laughed at the damage and smoked a joint. Who’s evil now?

If you’re still a Wal-Mart hater after that you’re either misinformed or a Communist. If you’re the former I’ve got some videos for you to watch:

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Part II

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Part III (NSFW)

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Wal-Mart also has Playboy quality clerks (NSFW)

h/t Dissecting Leftism

John Stossel Proves it. This clip was part of the 20/20 series promoting his book Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity and was unsurprisingly the most controversial portion. Pay close attention to what the violent felons interviewed in prison have to say regarding their preference for victims:

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I think of this sometimes because in my cyber travels I’ve come across many a like minded individual from England or parts of Europe and worry for their safety. For myself, a gun owner, the occasional death threat from White supremacists or Lefty trolls can be easily dismissed because I have protection close at hand.

Not so bloggers like Lionheart (who is doing a magnificent series on the McCann case) who are denied the right to defend themselves by the feckless politicians who’ve allowed once great England to degenerate into near Balkanization. Nor the counter Jihad activists who were beaten near death during a rally in Sweden.

They and many like them are in danger every day of their lives because they live in countries that think it is more important to control the populace than allow free men and women to control their own destinies.

Like delicious apple pie baked by the world’s cutest chef? No my friends, Capitalism tastes better than that. It tastes something like this:

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The “boys” at Slashfood think 2:46 of Rachael ray saying “Mmm” is annoying, I personally find it alluring, but I am a fan.

So what’s with the Rachael Ray you say? I happen to love Rachel Ray because she embodies my two passions in life. Good food and taking advantage of our freedom driven Capitalist system.

Rachael Ray makes money just being Rachael Ray, a cute, bubbly bad tipper (I think I saw her leave 10% on an episode of $40 a day) who you trust when she says something tastes good. Capitalism at it’s best.

I was thinking about her as I wrote my own review of the world’s greatest hamburger on the new site Fiendish Delights where I’ve been guest blogging. I guess this was all kind of a long lead in, but I’ve waited months to post that photo.

Most people treat Capitalism as a dirty word. We’ve been taught to picture Capitalists as greedy tuxedo wearing oil barons raping the earth and the third world for their own amusement. As a result many people who are thriving in our Capitalist system are ashamed of the opportunity and prosperity they enjoy, and argue for socialism in the guise of the “common good.”

But is Capitalism really that bad? What exactly do people mean when they say Capitalism? Are you a Capitalist?

If you believe in the right of an individual to own private property, if you believe in the principal of Freedom of Contract you are indeed a Capitalist. If you believe that individuals competing for profit in a free market is the true basis for innovation and leads to a higher standard of living you are a Capitalist. If you believe that people should be free to buy and sell legal goods and services without government interference you’re a Capitalist.

Here’s a great old kind of hokey video that serves as a good primer for anyone you know on how Capitalism really works. It should be required viewing for anyone you know who has ever yelled “smash Capitalism” while wearing a Che t-shirt he or she purchased at a big box:

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Share this video with your children before they read the copy of the Communist Manifesto in college.