Shoppers of the World, Unite!

Chris Byrd posted a .pdf version of the mailer that many Amherst residents received from Wal-Mart in recent days.

Regardless of my personal view of Wal-Mart, it looks like a piece of Cuban propaganda. So, comrades - please check out the images!

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The happy couple joyfully shopping the glorious people’s emporium

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…the schoolteacher happily teaching the happy students, thanks to that $350k in annual property taxes Wal-Mart would pay to Amherst

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…the happy, white family of four standing in front of their white Chrysler minivan - waiting with joy to quickly go and save more with every dollar they spend on Chinese crap

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….the workers toiling with smiles and love for the Dear Leader whilst wearing their grey smocks and earning their average $10.00/hour.

Long Live the Glorious Wal-Mart Revolution!

(Now someone photoshop a smiley face wearing a Mao cap into a communist propaganda poster).

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