There is a huge amount of anger, and potential boycotting of Whole Foods. This is ever since their CEP wrote this editorial in the Wall Street Journal:
I've read it, and some of his points are valid. Others are utter bullshit. He - and his ghostwriter, the hateful Clintonite/FAUXNews troll Lanny Davis - swear it isn't attack on the President. I beg to differ.
Here is a three-step example of how to attack the President on health care reform:
1. Write it in the Wall Street Journal. They don't even pretend to be "fair and balanced". They are pro-business and anti-everything-that-isn't, all the time.
2. Have your article headlined using the word "ObamaCare", which is GOP speak for "we will never vote for anything having the tacit blessing of a black President".
3. Begin your article with an anti-socialism quote by Margaret Thatcher.
Still think I believe you were planning a well-meaning, middle-of-the-road sensible argument? You must think I'm a teabagging deather/birther/healther/incest-loving Republican.
In the article, he ties his company to his wingnut views by basically stating that we don't need health care reform because all we need to do is buy and eat from Whole Foods.
Wow.
This is bizarre seeing as he recently stated that his stores sell a lot of junk. Hmm, isn't that an odd admission from a supposed healthy food merchant?
The LA Times covers the brouhaha and The American Prospect provides some background on why Whole Foods isn't as darling of an operation as you might have thought. We used to have some Wild Oats out here so I kind of knew some of this stuff.
Slate has an old article that I remember reading concerning the false "good" of our big organic food stores.
To their credit? Whole Foods now hosts a forum section dedicated to the editorial. Granted, they apparently deleted a multitude of threads prior to this move, so give that all the grains of salt you need to.
My favorite so far is this one created by an illiterate neo-con who now plans to shop at Whole Foods and supposedly makes 300k a year. Good luck with that buddy.
At DailyKos, a roundup of various opinions on the matter. Granted, most of them echo each other.
Here's my personal thing. I don't shop at Wal-Mart for a variety of reasons. I don't shop at Home Depot since their CEO wanted anyone who backed a union to be "shot dead".
Basically, I don't buy stuff at places that adamantly are against me and mine and the things we support. Granted, mass media demands companies to advertise as many places as possible so I get that there is a bit of impossibility in the task.
That said, I used to grab lunch at Whole Foods and sit outside and read a book. (The one closest to us is across the way from a Borders.) Well, that's done.
There may be a need to go to the damned place now and then (they have excellent cheeses) but I'll be doing my damnedest to avoid giving this twit my hard earned cash whenever possible.
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