{"id":31281,"date":"2012-11-08T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T18:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/08\/look-another-reason-to-avoid-walmart.html"},"modified":"2012-11-08T11:11:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T18:11:15","slug":"look-another-reason-to-avoid-walmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/08\/look-another-reason-to-avoid-walmart.html","title":{"rendered":"Look &#8212; another reason to avoid WalMart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because WalMart is all about American values &#8212; like making its employees work a shift on Thanksgiving night, instead of being home with their families. \u00a0Classy!<\/p>\n<p>I would not shop at WalMart if they were selling $50 bills for $14.99.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-509ba701\/turbine\/chi-walmart-moves-black-friday-earlier-on-thanksgiving-night-20121108\/400\/16x9&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/breaking\/chi-walmart-moves-black-friday-earlier-on-thanksgiving-night-20121108,0,3594145.story'>Walmart moves &#8216;Black Friday&#8217; to 8 p.m. Thanksgiving night<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWalmart will kick off its holiday sales rush at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving , its earliest start ever, and will guarantee that those who line up can buy a trio of gadgets as it places a big bet that shop&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/WkhwcA6PasD' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because WalMart is all about American values &#8212; like making its employees work a shift on Thanksgiving night, instead of being home with their families. \u00a0Classy! I would not shop at WalMart if they were selling $50 bills for $14.99. 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