Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Wal-mart and Columbus Day

Leftist unions (walmartworkers@ufcw.ca) have declared that it is their intent to save Columbus Day, yet their ideological fellow-travelers are the ones who put his legacy in jeopardy in the first place.

What's interesting about this isn't how bold and brazen the breach from leftist orthodoxy, but that it is used so shamelessly to punish a perceived enemy (wal-mart) and do so to the benefit of union members. Unions are one membership association, to quote political science interest group theory, that well understands maximizing and ensuring material benefits for their members. Unions would welcome a day off to celebrate "right to work" legislation if they could get it. The Air Traffic Controllers Union would vacation during a Reagan fires Traffic Controllers holiday if they could get it.

Columbus Day Cancelled!

It’s official: Walmart, the world’s largest corporation, is cancelling Columbus Day. It’s nothing personal, of course, but the day commemorating the world’s most famous explorer and his faith in the circumference of the globe just doesn’t jibe with the Walmart monopolization of all circular objects.

That’s right folks, that old circle-grinch Walmart is throwing cold water on all those Columbus Day traditions that you and yours look forward to every year. And, yes, if you’re a federal employee then your boss will be expecting you at work bright and early on October 12.

BUT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE TO SAVE COLUMBUS DAY!

Rally your Facebook friends. Tell them to stand up for global circumference by joining the new Facebook Cause: Save Columbus Day for Free Speech! http://apps.facebook.com/causes/366224/75716640?m=c20bb5a8

Together we stop Walmart and SAVE COLUMBUS DAY!

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