[Congressman Billybob]

This is a new twist on an old story. I think you'll find it interesting.

John / Billybob

[mtbopfuyn]

It’s not been reported because that would put a positive twist on the ugly image the msm has painted on Walmart. Not to mention they wouldn’t want to distract from Bush causing Katrina in the first place.

[Marysecretary]

Thanks, Billybob. If the masses knew that, they’d actually shop there more. Can’t have that, you know.

[Tax-chick]

But the real fight over Wal-Mart concerns unions. It is a non-union business. And unions are on the liberal, Democratic side of the political spectrum, as are about 80 percent of all reporters and editors. Now, it becomes clearer why this extraordinary story of the freedom to act that Wal-Mart gave its people, and how they used that, has not been widely reported.

Bingo.

[Balding_Eagle]

It isn’t just the Liberals, this article will throw a lot of Freepers into a rant mode too.

[Wombat Ark]

Thanks for the posting, Congressman Billybob. I don’t shop at Wal-Mart often, but I believe Mr. Sam Walton had true genius in leadership and marketing, and hardwired both traits into his company.

Wish they would carry more “made in USA” products, though.

[Popman]

Thankfully, Hillary Clinton was on their board of directors to make sure they did the right thing. < / sar >

[Zechariah11]

Thanks for an inspirational piece.

Of course, the mainstram media is full of professional cynics who deliberately overlook anything positive about Walmart or any of the other named corporations. Their hate big business mentality dominates/edits over all -- which is why we can celebrate their demise.

[darbymcgill]

As the president of the brutalized Jefferson Parish put it in a Sept. 4 Meet the Press interview, speaking at the height of nationwide despair over FEMA's confused response: ‘If [the U.S.] government would have responded like Wal-Mart has responded, we wouldn't be in this crisis.’ ”

Had the N.O. residents, Jefferson Parish president, Nagin, Blanco and countless other "locals" been as prepared and responded like Wal-Mart, the FEMA psychos the Coast Guard wouldn't have been as necessary.

[bmwcyle]

The American people work and Exxon-Mobil, Walmart, Target, or any other business. When given the chance they rise to the needs of others. My family gives more in charity then the major DEM elites after we see their tax returns. Our incomes are not a large as theirs. Every time one of these elites points a finger at these companies, they point it at giving Americans. The elites are hypocrites.

[Non-Sequitur]

It is a non-union business.

Only in the U.S. Overseas it is unionized in many countries. In China, where the purpose of the unions is more to keep the workers in line, Wal-Mart has actually embraced them.

[Wonder Warthog]

Great article. Wal-Mart is not the “fount of evil” that all leftists (and a lot of conservatives on this forum) paint them to be.

[dead]

I like Wal-Mart. Cheap crap, appropriately priced.

I know it's all made in China. That's because the unions have made it impossible to make cheap crap appropriately priced in America.

If war breaks out, and China stops providing their goods, I have every confidence that the American people will be able to get our paper-drink umbrella, refrigerator magnet, and disposable razor factories up and running in a heartbeat.

[Madame Dufarge]

Uh oh, the Wal-Mart bashers on FR won't like this.

Gabz, thought you might be interested.

[MitchellC]

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[beckysueb]

Not to be cynical but, crashed into the pharmacy to get drugs for the hospital? Riiiiight.

[maica]

I have one, large question about this story. Why hasn’t it been reported before? Why didn’t it make the cover of Time magazine, or a story on “60 Minutes”?

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Because it doesn’t fit the pre-approved narrative.
Movies could/should be made about the forward-thinking and generosity of these businesses and the fantastic work of the Coast Guard.

The Live Threads on FR during the week after the storm are a fantastic resource for the most accurate, realtime timeline of events for anyone who wants to do research on the true story.

DNC media lie to the American public every day. Somehow this kind of “journalism” is not what the Founding Fathers had in mind.

[SouthTexas]

It’s amazing how the truth eventually comes out regardless of how the left tries to restrict it.

[SE Mom]

I’ve mixed thoughts and feelings about Walmart in general- but I can live with them;) Still- I shop there regularly.

I was immediately struck by the “military model” comparison. Completely apt and SHOULD be a model for all large organizations. All soldiers are taught and expected- to think on their feet when the situation goes FUBAR.

An old friend of mine was in charge of all VA hospitals in the southeast at the time of Katrina. Hospitals and clinics had to be evac’d in at a moments notice, from Mobile to NOLA...hundreds and hundreds of patients. He accomplished it without one injury or death- BEFORE Katrina hit. It was quite remarkable. How did he do it? The “military model”...

[MitchellC]

Great article, John.

The Katrina situation, taken as a whole, is probably one of the best examples of the superiority of free market choice over government planning that exists in recent times.

[GBA]

Another one of your well written, informative posts. Thanks for telling this story. If you hadn't, I would never have known. It's a nice counterpoint to the industry standard, anti-Walmart reporting that we usually see.