We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:03:07 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Kat] News Week reports that Wal-Mart has opened its first Arab-American store in Dearborn, MI [Link fixed - the Armorer] Let the howling commence. [Continued in flash traffic]... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:54:55 -0600 Which would explain why all the Wal-Marts down here are marketing with more Mexican ethnic food and all the signage and announcements are in spanish. Since I'm not their target demographic any more, I don't shop there. I assume their niche markets make up for the loss of the more general demographic shoppers. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70286 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70286 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:43:40 -0600 My only quibble is: In the Walmarts in the predominantly jewish neigborhoods around the nation, how prominent is the pork? I just want to remind each new wave of American immigrants that American is not a race, but a state of mind. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70276 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70276 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:17:10 -0600 Dolmatas here in Eastern Penna.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70267 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70267 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:46:35 -0600 Me, too, Sanger. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70260 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70260 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:34:59 -0600 And now a note from the cognitive dissonance department: I love it. I like ethnic food of all kinds, and I like 'Jewish' food especially.. Wal-Mart has for years had more or less of the stuff I like depending on where we lived, and I am sure it had everything to do with $$$. Basically, the more Jewish food that gets sold, the more of the stuff Wal-Mart puts on the shelves, simple sales' cause-and-effect. As for an Arab fo-cused Wal-Mart, I'm more than ok with that, I think it's pretty cool. I mean, they are living in the U.S., and while a few Arabs may be 'bad guys' the rest are surely no different than my immigrant grandparents, just looking for little slice of the old country to ease the pangs of be-ing in a new one, far from the land they grew up in. Also, it'll give the non-Arab locals a little more exposure to new things, and as far as I'm concerned that's one of America's greatest strengths, that we have all learned from and benefited from the exposure to the things that show 'the other' to be human too. Really, I think this is just grand, and I hope Wal-Mart expands that model around the country! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70249 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70249 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:58:50 -0600 Kat, the link you gave is wrong. It goes to a story about rebuilding the Iraqi economy. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70241 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/walmart_opens_f.html#comment-70241 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:18:09 -0600