Thank You Wallmart for Saving Me & the US Economy ;-)

Published Sunday, November 30, 2008 by Dan Gainsford | E-mail this post

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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Location: Taos, New Mexico

Words I never thought I'd utter.

Here I am in Taos, NM, my alternator belt is loose and my battery isn't charging properly. I usually sleep up in the National Forests or on BLM land close to where I'm working, but it's not a good idea to head out into no mans land with a faulty charging system.

When I first realized the problem I drove around in circles for a while wondering where I could sleep downtown without the cops hassling me. Then I saw Wallmart.

Wallmart; a beacon for van-dwellers and campers everywhere. A place where you can sleep in the parking lot without any problems. A place to use the bathroom. A place to buy copious amounts of useless junk if you feel so inclined. I tend to only use the bathroom, but have been guilty of a few cheap quarts of oil, widgets, and thingymadoodals.

It's amazing to me that as the US economy grinds into a slowdown Wallmart is raking in the cash! There's something wrong with our system if whenever we fall on hard times instead of feeding our dollars into our local community we send them overseas through the Wallmart Machine. I think it's all part of the plan of global business... we vote with our dollars... we'll have no right to complain when The Future* arrives. (*The Future is wholly owned, operated and registered under Wallmart Inc.)

Anyways, so until tomorrow when I tighten my belts, Wally World it is. The view actually isn't half bad ;-) And wireless internet to boot of the coffee shop across the street.

peace,
d

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