Sustainability, Wal-Mart Style

what could possibly be wrong with cyanide environmental destruction and killing people and walmart supporting a supplier to provide high end jewelry for my psychiatrist to wear?you walmart haters dont know what is best for you like i do so shut your pie holes you hypocrites.

A GREAT WAY TO SAVE MONEY.

About half of the Wal-Mart’s in the south and Midwest have Murphy gas station on the premises.  In this area the Murphy gas station is anywhere from $.10 to $.15 cheaper than the other stations in the area.  More than half of those stations sell Diesel, which typically has even a larger discount. Survey’s of the Murphy station have shown that the gasoline, they sell is identical to that sold a Sonoco, Texaco and the other name brands.  This is your opportunity to hit back at big oil.

When driving on the Interstate, many of the exits show the gas stations at that exit.  Just look for the Murphy sign.  Not only have you found a gas station with less expensive gas, but you can find even further savings at the Wal-Mart.  Also, Wal-Mart sells Rand McNally road atlases for $5.97.  These road atlases have a listing of all Wal-Mart’s in the US and Canada and identifies those that sell gasoline, including Diesel.

I am not a propaganda troll and commercial internet fart for Wal-Mart, just a regular person on the internet informing people where they should spend their money at Wal-Mart and help destroy their own economic lives. If only Wal-Mart could sell you a grave and bury you under the interstate at taxpayers expense. Wal-Mart will sell you more of a road to hell, if you will only let them.

Johnny: Would you care to explain why WalMart and Murphy Oil found it necessary to legally partition the land leases between Murphy Oil and WalMart? Maybe to avoid legal liablity for oil spills or pollution from Murphy gas pumps located in WalMart parikng lots?

Like I had mentioned before. About half of the Wal-Mart’s in the south and Midwest have Murphy gas station on the premises. This brings us to the ignorant southerner who likes to smoke Camels while filling up with cheap gas. Wal-Mart was careful enough to realize this could pose a problem for their inventory of cheap Chinese crap that would be even more toxic if it caught fire.

Johnny: How about that oil spill of over a million barrels of crude from a Murphy Oil refinery into a nearby residential community after Hurricane Katrina , a few years back?

You can safely disregard the phoney Johnnies and ddrb.  They are paid SEIU shills. 

As regards ddrb’s comments about the Murphy Oil and the Katrina oil spill.  Keep this in mind.  This was the Hurricane Katrina that decimated New Orleans.  If you actually read the news reports on the event, you will find that Murphy oil acted very responsibly. 

As regards the leases between Wal-Mart and Murphy gasoline stations.  If I had a gasoline station located on my property, I would want a provision in the lease covering oil spills.

Even if you take ddrb’s remarks seriously, you can still save at Murphy.  You can also save money using the Murphy sign on the freeway.  If you get off at an exchange that advertises Murphy oil, you will generally find the other stations on that exchange to be less expensive than nearby exchanges.  I just visited a Wal-Mart with a Murphy gas station.  The other stations near the Murphy were within a few cents of the Murphy price.  As I drove further away, the prices kept getting more expensive.  I live over twenty miles from the Wal-Mart/Murphy station.  The prices at my Texaco station was twenty-one cents higher than Murphy.

Johnny:Firstly,I’m not a shill----paid or otherwise. Secondly, Murphy Oil was found liable in the Meraux refinery incident because it was determined that Murphy had not filled the tanks with water to weigh them down,which is standard procedure, prior to the storm.Hence, they were lighter in weight,and that’s why they floated adrift,spilling one million barrels into the homes and soil of the nearby neighborhoods. This was well documented and on many news reports.

Background
A 250,000 barrel above ground storage tank (tank # 250-2) was dislodged, lifted and damaged in flooding associated with Hurricane Katrina. At the time, the tank contained 65,000 barrels of mixed crude oil, and released approximately 25,110 barrels (1,050,000 gallons). The released oil has impacted approximately 1700 homes in an adjacent residential neighborhood; an area of about one square mile.  Several canals have also been impacted: the 20 Arpent; the 40 Arpent; the Meraux; the Corinnes; the Delarond; and, various unnamed interceptor canals.

As part of the Hurricane Katrina Response, and pursuant to FEMA Mission Assignment, US EPA and the US Coast Guard (USCG) have responded to an oil spill from the Murphy Oil facility. US EPA and the USCG have agreed to divide responsibility for overseeing Murphy’s cleanup of the spill. The USCG is overseeing Murphy’s removal of free oil in the canals, tank farm containment area, neighborhood streets and storm drains. To date, approximately 18,000 barrels of oil have been recovered. US EPA is working closely with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) in overseeing Murphy’s cleanup of oil in residential areas accessible to the public (e.g., parks, school yards, roads, highway median strips, sidewalks).

US EPA is also overseeing Murphy’s ongoing sampling activities of residential and other properties. Ten percent of the samples Murphy collects are split, and US EPA sends the split samples for independent analysis. Thus far, Murphy has collected 8808 sediment samples from 5440 properties. Of the 8808 sediment samples collected, US EPA has sent 909 split samples for separate analyses. US EPA has received, evaluated and is posting the results of the first 881 samples.~~~~~~~~

Data Evaluation - Initial Sampling
The primary contaminants detected in sediments were polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), diesel and oil range organic chemicals, and arsenic. A screening level risk evaluation was performed by comparing the results of samples to LDEQ’s Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action (RECAP) Screening Standards for Soil (PDF) (5 pp, 42 K, About PDF). The RECAP screening standards are intended to be protective levels based on long-term (i.e., 30-year) exposures to children and adults in a residential setting.
View results | Download data

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
PAHs, such as benzo(a)pyrene, are commonly found in fuel oils and crude oil, and were detected above LDEQ screening levels for residential soil in approximately 2.5% of the sediment samples split with Murphy. The oily nature of some of the samples resulted in elevated detection limits. Thus, while some of the other samples may be reported as non-detect, the actual levels of PAHs may also be ABOVE the screening levels.

Diesel and Oil Range Organic Chemicals
Levels of diesel range organic chemicals exceeded the LDEQ screening levels for residential soil in approximately 29% of the samples; whereas, levels of oil range organic chemicals exceeded the residential screening levels in approximately 21% of the samples.

Arsenic
The results of inorganic analyses are available for a limited number of the sediment samples collected. Two samples exceeded LDEQ’s screening level of 12 mg/kg for arsenic. One sample contained 12.5 mg/kg arsenic, and the other contained 13.1 mg/kg arsenic.~~~~~~~~~~EPA

BTW:According to one blogger online,(as recently as June,2008),there is CURRENT concern by citizens of this area ,that Murphy is violating the AIR emissions permit.Issues regarding air quality and lack of clarity in Murphy Oil’s response ,may require federal redress ,speculates the opinion.

“You can safely disregard the phoney Johnnies and ddrb.  They are paid SEIU shills.”
Johnny in OKC the WalMart ass wipe troll and internet lackey
Saturday, July 19 at 03:43 PM

“Did you know that the White House drug test is multiple choice?”
Rush Limbaugh the oxycotin oxymoron

SDV: Rush Limbo---"Mr.OxyINCONTINENT"----------

I would submit that much of the data for carbon footprints will be used as a defense in future global warming litigation cases. Shareholders may be given more latitude to sue companies over management’s failure to curb emissions in pursuit of short term profit,and failing to adequately disclose the likely consequences of its business methods to not curb emissions , could prompt securities fraud class action suits by investors. An example is a case Comer vs.Murphy Oil re:Katrina.For more info,go to www.dailyreportonline.com ,September 19,2007 ~~~~~~(I posted this last fall.)

I am not a propaganda troll...

Do tell, SVD…

Johnny:Firstly,I’m not a shill----paid or otherwise.

Could’ve fooled me!!

Hang in there, Johnny in OKC—you’re doing great…

About half of the Wal-Mart’s in the south and Midwest have Murphy gas station on the premises.

And it should be noted that the WM stations in the West are owned/operated by Tesoro, while those stations in the Northeast are run by Sunoco.

The stations out west are branded as “Mirastar”, while the ones up north are branded “Optima”.

As for pricing and discounts, they go the same way as Murphy…

Johnny in OKC the WalMart ass wipe troll and internet lackey

Hardly what one would expect from a self-procliamed “Christian”, like yourself, SVD…

If I were you, SVD, I’d duck when those lightning bolts start falling…

shill (shl) Slang
n.
One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle.
v. shilled, shill·ing, shills
v.intr.
To act as a shill.
v.tr.
1. To act as a shill for (a deceitful enterprise).
2. To lure (a person) into a swindle.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Seems like all the Pro-crowd are satisfied customers,especially,Johnny.

BTW: All this talk about the word “shill” ,reminds me of a fella here a while back , Bill the Shill. Turns out ,he eventually admitted he was a market researcher-or so he said.You know,bb, sometime your comments remind me so much of him.

Let’s see...to date, I’ve been said to be…

1.  Someone in USA
2.  A Edelman-manufactured character
3.  “Bill the Shill”

And so far, no go…

Give it up, already, lady—as Mr. Screwed once said, no one cares!

bbrd: Get over yourself! I didn’t say I thought you WERE Bill. (And anyway,you would’nt admit it anyhow. ) BTW,"fooling others” seems YOUR game,not mine.Case in point:YOUR lies about having been married to me.Incidentally, instead of lecturing SDV ,it might behoove YOU to keep an eye out for those lightning bolts,TOO.

bbrd,

Isn’t ddrb’s definition of a ‘shill’, exactly fitting of her and the others?

First, they pose as satisfied union propaganda backers, in order to ‘dupe’ people into believing that Wal-Mart needs a union!!  By posting here on a ‘union’ site constantly against Wal-Mart, aren’t they shilling for s deceitful enterprise (the union) who is pretending to be concerned about reforming Wal-Mart, but, really seeking representation of Wal-Mart’s employees!!  And, aren’t they trying to ‘lure’ people into helping the union reach the goal of Wal-Mart unionization (the swindle)?

BTW:  From the length of her posts, ddrb, must get paid by the word!!

ddrb,

“Firstly,I’m not a shill----paid or otherwise.”

Prove it!!

RDS: The definition sounds exactly like the fake couple that traveled the country in an RV stopping at WalMarts alomg the way.Or the Working Families For WalMart. Or reporters inserting Edelman talking points in newspaper article.Deception,deception,deception.That’s your world, Bob.But not everyone and everything in this world has a pricetag attached.Maybe in your world,but not in everyone’s world.And most assuredly,not in mine.

ddrb.  In spite of the length of your comments, there is little in there that indicated Murphy did anything wrong.  As described in Wikepedia “Employees of oil refineries in the disaster area have stated on online forums that their refineries filled tanks with water in order to prevent them from floating away. However, typical pre-Katrina industry standards on the Gulf Coast were based on a heavy rain event, and did not anticipate a full inundation of water around the storage tanks.”

The Murphy oil spill and the recovery has been described by some as one of the few bright spots in New Orleans and Hurricane Katriana. 

If you can find any oil company who has not had an oil spill, by all means buy their gasoline.  In the meantime, I will continue to save money at Murphy whenever possible.

Walmart fakes everything on the internet. Who would waste their time promoting Walmart unless they were paid? Walmart has to have a serious toxic effect on people and communities with all the massive junk they sell that must be recalled or thrown into the dump. This is a waste of resources including land, time, money and the health of people. Some people will do anything for money and promoting Walmart is not a healthy thing to do anyway.

Nate

Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) completely dumped by Lotsoff Capital Management

LONG BEACH (Mffais.com) - Lotsoff Capital Management completely dumped all -5,600 shares they owned of MUR as shown by filings made public on 2008-07-18.

Ken V: “The Murphy oil spill and the recovery has been described by some as one of the few bright spots in New Orleans and Hurricane Katriana. “-"Johnny “.........I doubt if the homeowners vainly attempting to clean their yards and homes saturated with arsenic laden crude oil sludge EVER considered this a “bright spot”.

“Murphy Oil has refused to release a copy of their disaster mitigation plans and refuses to comment on the level of the oil in the tank at the time of the flood or whether or not the tank was filled with water at the time of the storm. “
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Environmental_effects_of_Hurricane_Katrina (574 words) ~~~~~~~~~~~~Now what is interesting,is when you now go to Wikipedia,the above information no longer appears to be there.

And PRIOR to 2005 Hurricane Katrina :~~~~~~~~~~UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DOJ
January 23, 2001 EPA
WWW.USDOJ.GOV

Myra J. Longfield, U.S. Attorney’s Office

MURPHY OIL REQUIRED TO SPEND OVER $12 MILLION TO REDUCE POLLUTION AND PAY $5.5 MILLION IN CIVIL PENALTIES

Madison, Wisconsin—The Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Madison, Wisconsin, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Wisconsin Department of Justice today announced a proposed settlement with Murphy Oil USA, Inc., which will dramatically cut sulfur dioxide (“SO2”) emissions from the company’s Superior, W.I. refinery, and will also improve Murphy Oil’s programs to monitor and repair leaks of volatile organic compounds and to prevent oil spills. Murphy will also pay a $5.5 million civil penalty, the largest ever leveled in Wisconsin in an environmental enforcement case; the State of Wisconsin will receive $750,000.
In Orders issued on May 18, 2001, and on August 1, 2001 after a ten-day trial, Chief United States District Judge Barbara B. Crabb found Murphy Oil liable for substantial violations of Clean Air Act emission limits and permitting requirements as well as water permit, oil spill containment and waste handling requirements. Most importantly, Judge Crabb ruled that Murphy Oil violated the Clean Air Act when it made major modifications at its refinery without obtaining the required Prevention of Significant Deterioration ("PSD") permits, part of EPA’s New Source Review program. She specifically found that, when Murphy Oil obtained a PSD permit exemption from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, it had “withheld information knowingly and intentionally and that if it had submitted the withheld materials, they would have been material to the [WDNR’s] decision making process.”

Murphy Oil obtained a PSD permit exemption by withholding necessary information from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources when it submitted a permit application. Specifically, Judge Crabb found that Murphy Oil “withheld information knowingly and intentionally and that if it had submitted the withheld materials, they would have been material to the (WDNR’s) decision making process.”

“The impressive outcome of this case is the direct result of a successful, cooperative effort by State and federal officials,” said Tom Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. “Companies that knowingly withhold information from regulators should be prepared to face the consequences of their misconduct.”

I commend the State of Wisconsin for partnering with the federal government to bring this important case to closure, and for working to make the air cleaner for its citizens and neighboring states,” said Christie Todd Whitman, EPA Administrator. “EPA will take all actions necessary to enforce our environmental laws against companies that put the public at risk by not complying with the law.”

The settlement requires the company to:

install and operate a tail gas treatment unit to substantially reduce SO2 emissions from the sulfur recovery unit at the refinery;
apply for and obtain a Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit;
comply with stringent SO2 emission limitations until the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources determines what the “best available control technology”(“BACT”) is for the sulfur recovery unit;
implement a comprehensive and improved refinery-wide program to minimize the emission of volatile organic compounds (“VOCs”) from the refinery’s pumps and valves for five years;
undertake measures to bring certain oil storage tanks into compliance, including measuring certain containment areas and increasing their capacity, if necessary; and
undertake two environmentally beneficial projects at a cost of approximately $7.5 million over a five-year period to further reduce SO2 emissions from other refinery process units.

The consent decree only resolves Clean Air Act New Source Review violations at the sulfur recovery unit—it does not preclude EPA or the State of Wisconsin from investigating and bringing enforcement actions for violations of New Source Review requirements at other units at the refinery, if any.

The new control technologies and programs to be implemented by Murphy Oil at its refinery will reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and volatile organic compounds, both which can cause serious health problems for the young and elderly.

“As a consequence of Murphy Oil’s violations, the company has been emitting SO2 from its sulfur recovery unit up to 20 times the level that would have been allowed if it had applied BACT or complied with New Source Performance Standards,” said U.S. Attorney Grant Johnson. “This agreement requires the company to comply with stringent pollution control standards, just as its competitors do.”

Wisconsin Attorney General Jim Doyle said, “The State continued to work closely with the federal government in the prosecution of this case. We are pleased this consent decree will significantly reduce the SO2 emissions from the refinery and improve the air quality for the citizens of Superior.”~~~

ddrb, your whole argument is absurd.  There were 44 oil spills during Katrina for a total of 7 million gallons.  The largest was four times the size of the Murphy spill. 

Pick any oil company and you will find a record similar to Murphy.  If you apply the same standards to all oil companies before you buy fuel, you will not be able to buy any fuel.  If you do not believe this, Google “XX Oil Spill” and “XX Environmental Violations” for whatever oil company you choose for XX and you will get thousands of responses.

This is a typical tactic of the SEIU as applied to Wal-Mart and it confirms my suspicions that you are a paid SEIU shill.

Johnny: The information is from the EPA website, Should anyone want to review Murphy Oil for themselves type in EPA vs. Murphy Oil ,Guidry vs.Murphy Oil, Murphy Oil vs. Corps of Engineers. The records speak for themselves,far more accurately than you do.Your posts are no more than spam ,that I would delete,or commercials on TV that I would mute.After all, weren’t you the one to say,here’s your opportunity to hit back at big oil?

Johnny,

You might as well give it up with ddrb, she isn’t listening anyhow!!  She is fixated on Murphy, because it is tied to Wal-Mart and that is the only reason!!  If Wal-Mart had the contract with any other company, that would be the one she would be talking about and you wouldn’t see a word about Murphy!!

ddrb,

I still find it strange, that in your world, anyone who is pro Wal-Mart MUST be getting paid to post, but everyone who is anti Wal-Mart is posting out of the ‘goodness’ of their heart!!

Nate,

“Who would waste their time promoting Walmart unless they were paid?”

And, who would waste their time posting against Wal-Mart unless ‘they’ were paid?  What is in it for you, unless the union is paying you to post?  Do you really believe that if Wal-Mart were gone or unionized, everything would be A-Okay and the world would be wonderful again?

The people spending their time posting comments here against WalMart are considerable and most likely unpaid. The SEIU has a paid staff that already brings out the extensive materials in article form here at this site and they hardly need to contribute fake comments to their own blog as they survey the media wires for information on WalMart as well as university studies and institute white papers and even WalMart’s own press releases and the huge history of WalMart faux pas etc.

However, sociologists, preachers, environmentalists, basic union members from many professions, citizens and neighbors sick of WalMart’s presence and the problems caused by WalMart to a local community, economists, ex-employees etc etc etc and the general public at large will pass upon these pages as unpaid commentators to the dismay and embarrassment of WalMart and its cultural engineers.

WE KNOW from WalMart’s own admissions that they pay fakes, shills, trolls, and frauds to patrol the internet attempting to defend WalMart business theology and anti-social, anti-family practices and sing the worship hymns of psychopathic indifferent deceptive commercialism.

U.S.: A New Weapon for Wal-Mart: A War Room

by Michael Barbaro, The New York Times
November 1st, 2005

Wal-Mart’s aggressive new posture is a departure from its tradition of relying on an internal staff to manage the company’s image. The war room, which is part of a larger Wal-Mart effort to portray itself as more worker-friendly and environmentally conscious, runs counter to the philosophy of the chain’s founder, Sam Walton. Believing that public relations was a waste of time and money, the penny-pinching Mr. Walton would not likely have hired a public relations firm like Edelman, Wal-Mart’s choice to operate its war room.

The contract went to Edelman, which assigned its top two Washington operatives to the account. Wal-Mart would not say what it is paying Edelman, nor would it allow interviews with the war room staff.

As Abraham Lincoln put it- “What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.”

WE KNOW from the Edelman people that they and WalMart have repeatedly conspired to defraud the American public through the internet.

Wal-Mart / Edelman, Part Two: Will the Real Bloggers Please Stand Up?

O’Dwyer’s has more revelations about the multifaceted fakery engaged in by Wal-Mart and its PR firm, Edelman. Edelman staffers have been posing as “grassroots” bloggers on two Wal-Mart websites, for the Working Families for Wal-Mart front group and paidcritics....

The paid bloggers are Edelman’s Miranda Gill, Brian McNeill and Kate Marshall.
http://www.prwatch.org/node/5317

WE KNOW from the self-evident aggregate total bullshit posted here by WalMart/Edelman paid internet fakes that WalMart knows its reputation is severely damaged by its own business practices. From the WSJ-

Behind the Scenes, PR Firm Remakes Wal-Mart’s Image
By Kris Hudson

If Mr. Scott, the chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., seems like he’s running for office, it’s no accident. For the last 15 months, the Edelman public-relations firm, led by seasoned political operatives, has been directing a campaign it calls “Candidate Wal-Mart.” The goal: Rescue the battered image of the world’s largest retailer.

“In terms of PR strategies, Rubel last year told BusinessWeek that the first job for companies is to monitor the blogs to see what people are saying about them. The next step is to think of damage-control strategies. And when blogs attack, he says companies have to learn to track what blogs are talking about, pinpoint influential bloggers, and figure out how to buttonhole them, privately and publicly (see BusinessWeek.com, 5/2/05, “Blogs Will Change Your Business"). Edelman’s Web site states that, as senior vice-president in Edelman’s me2revolution practice, “Rubel is widely viewed as an expert on conversational marketing."”

“When engaging the audience in dialogue, credibility and transparency is key, as Rubel noted with his own case study from Edleman PR’s blogging campaign for Wal-Mart.
Rubel told the audience that Edelman ran a blogging war-room for Wal-Mart where they identified the most pro- and anti-Wal-Mart bloggers and engaged them on a daily basis with information.”

http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3606591

The length we pro-WalMart shills go to defending WalMart are truly ridiculous, always without substance and yet meaningful to us personally as trolls and frauds for the WalMart public relations squad. Lying is all we have left for WalMart. The anti-WalMart crowd troubles us so much we must post here daily as fakes pretending that we don’t work for WalMart. It is all paid bullshit from Bentonville, we only sometimes admit it without really admitting it.

continues-

WE KNOW the SEIU or others report upon WalMart operations and WE KNOW the basic problem WalMart has is its own attitude and business philosophy that make it the unwelcome quasi-criminal organization it is today.

Even Sam Walton in the exploitation and manipulation of people and labor KNEW the risk of bringing trouble to your own door through your own business behavior-

“A lot of what goes on these days with high-flying companies and these overpaid CEO’s who’re really just looting from the top and aren’t watching out for anybody but themselves really upsets me.” (p. 9)

“On the other hand, let me say this: anytime we have had real trouble, or the serious possibility of a union coming into the company, it has been because management has failed, because we have not listened to our associates, or because we have mistreated them.” (p. 130)

“All quotes are taken from the book Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story by Sam Walton with John Huey, published by Doubleday in 1992.”( Thanks again Screwed )

Since RDS, Johnny in OKC, bbrd, mary, Someone and even vantress claim that ‘none’ of you are paid, I feel just terrible that all of you are being cheated out of life as fervent, dedicated, strange and random members of the WalMart business model defense and propaganda cult. You each can get help here-
Mental Health Council of Arkansas | 501 South Woodlane, Suite 104 | Little Rock, AR 72201 | Phone: (501) 372-7062 Fax: (501) 372-8039

WalMart- When we say “jump”, our ‘war room’ internet frauds say “how high?” And somebody find out if propaganda slobs, shills, fakes and twits can be procured cheaper in India or Nigeria than these $10 million Edelman ‘war room’ fees.

JUST A REMINDER.  A GREAT WAY TO SAVE MONEY.

About half of the Wal-Mart’s in the south and Midwest have Murphy gas station on the premises.  In this area the Murphy gas station is anywhere from $.10 to $.15 cheaper than the other stations in the area.  More than half of those stations sell Diesel, which typically has even a larger discount. Survey’s of the Murphy station have shown that the gasoline, they sell is identical to that sold a Sonoco, Texaco and the other name brands.  This is your opportunity to hit back at big oil.

When driving on the Interstate, many of the exits show the gas stations at that exit.  Just look for the Murphy sign.  Not only have you found a gas station with less expensive gas, but you can find even further savings at the Wal-Mart.  Also, Wal-Mart sells Rand McNally road atlases for $5.97.  These road atlases have a listing of all Wal-Mart’s in the US and Canada and identifies those that sell gasoline, including Diesel.

Pick any oil company and you will find a record similar to Murphy.

So why were we supposed to go out of our way to patronize Murphy?

I can’t speak for other parts of the country but here in Texas in towns with a Wal-Mart, the gas will be lower than the majors but frequently there will be at least one other independent with a competitive price.

I recommend you seek them out and avoid Murphy and Wal-Mart all together.

Wal-Mart: “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” ~ Obi-wan Kenobi

I am not a propaganda troll and commercial internet fart for Wal-Mart, just a regular person on the internet informing people where they should spend their money at Wal-Mart and help destroy their own economic lives. If only Wal-Mart could sell you a grave and bury you under the interstate at taxpayers expense. Wal-Mart will sell you more of a road to hell, if you will only let them.

“According to a marketing executive, an Edelman executive providing media training to his firm said:

Sometimes, you just have to stand up there and lie. Make the audience or the reporter believe that everything is ok. How many times have you heard a CEO stand up and say “No, I’m not leaving the company” and then - days later - he’s gone. Reporters understand that you “had” to do it and they won’t hold it against you in your next job when you deal with them again. “~~~~~~Sourcewatch~~~~~~~

“or the serious possibility of a union coming into the company,”

As far as I know, there is NO serious possibility of a union coming into Wal-Mart!!  All I see, is a union ‘FISHING’ for another company to represent!!  And, after over 2 years of trying, the record is Wal-Mart - 2, The unions - 0!!

Since SDV, Ken V., Screwedby, ddrb, and even Alex claim that ‘none’ of them are paid, I feel just terrible that all of them are being cheated out of life as fervent, dedicated, strange and random members of the union and Anti Wal-Mart defense and propaganda cult!! You each can get help here-
Mental Health Council of Arkansas | 501 South Woodlane, Suite 104 | Little Rock, AR 72201 | Phone: (501) 372-7062 Fax: (501) 372-8039!!  But, I fear, that it may be too late for SDV, he may be beyond help!!

The Anti Wal-Mart writers are so much better than we are that I plagiarized from SDV!! But stealing from other people is the Wal-Mart way!! Sam Walton was brain dead when he was talking about unions!! Help me Johnny Wishbone!!, help me!! Please bbrd save me!! Somebody pull me out of the conundrum Wal-Mart public relations toilet before I go down the drain!!

good bye rds you cesspool stink.who cares about your stupid shitty little pro walmart bs anyway?mine was bigger than yours.all you walmart haters have really got it together.the truth finally got to me.i am thinking about joining a union again for better wages and benefits with full time work and because walmart is a bunch of lame hypocrites.i have learned my lesson that walmart is anti people and i finally woke up to that.now that i have a clear head life starts to look good.i am no longer the angry pro walmart asshole that you knew me as.thank you for praying for me.i will never shop at a walmart or sams club again.anybody posting here after me using my name is a phoney.

Please bbrd save me!!

There is absolutely zero hope for you, SVD, man of a hundred identities…

If I were you, bb, I’d bask in a call for assistence even if it is pure sarcasm. I mean, come on, who in their right mind would turn to you for help of any kind?

**Hurry and reply, bb, before they shut this blog down!

Bwha-ha-ha-ha!

hey sdv got anything to say on your favorite ufcw unions across america dumping so many workers on welfare, food stamps and govt assistance programs?i notice when this happens we dont hear shit from you but if wm does it you bitch.ufcw unions have more on welfare and food stamps than wm does sdv.i noticed sdv you cant refute it when i say that can you nor can you answer why your slob bastard buddies at costco are too cheap and lazy to give everyone full time work.they have to charge people to shop there and thats bs.got an answer on that?

Bwha-ha-ha-ha!

Bwha-ha-ha-ha, yourself—at least I didn’t get jilted by my former employer…

Ken V: Here’s hoping that Hurricane Dolly has not had any adverse effect upon you or members of your family. It IS that time of the season.

former employer…

When you wildly stab in the dark like that, bb, you only prove one thing. You’re just some, poor, independent snook, hoping to suck up to Bentonville.

If you had any connection with Wal-Mart you would know I have never been in their employ. Wal-Mart’s relationship with me has always been more....um...adversarial.

What’s good for Wal-Mart is BAD for America!

P.S. Aren’t those cyanide lakes a beautiful shade of blue?

Ken: Pretty poison......Pretty poisonous.

i think it’s funny how all of you hate on Wal-Mart, yet probably do most of you shopping there.  deep down you all know that the same “junk made in China” is the same as that at any other retail outlet.  Wal-Mart just gets more publicity because it is the largest retailer out there.  Just look at the made in sticker on anything you have purchased elsewhere.  Those stickers are no different than the ones at Wally World.  I’ll be honest, I work there.  Do I think it’s the greatest place in the world?  No.  But6 it is a job like any other.  I get paid well, competitive for the area of the US I live.  And no, I am not a manager, I work third shift slaving away like everyone else.  I do more and get paid crap...oh wait that’s right, I work in RETAIL!  Retail is the worst paid profession out there.  For people who complain about it, get another job.  Some of us are smart enough to realize that the crappier the job may seem, the smaller the pay.  As for benefits, I am able to by meds that I need for myslef and my family of 5(including myself) at a reasonable price.  Most of the meds are $4!  Hello...you can’t do that, your list is only about 400 or so, mine is about 3000.  I can take my kids to the doctor for the same amount of co-pay that others do.  People who bash other jobs just have no idea.  If you don’t like it, really, don’t go there.  You won’t be hurting anyone’s feelings.  You’ll just be another angry customer with hatred on the heart and brain that I and my co-workers don’t have to deal with.