Signs of the Apocalypse #587: Wal-Mart Protects the Environment AGAIN

This goes out to everyone who wasn't sure whether it really made any difference at all to boycott retail stores because of their procurement practices. IT WORKS. Wal-Mart is tightening its environmental standards. They're even going to start selling organic cotton products.

I don't know how thorough this will actually be, we'll have to see if their money goes anywhere near their mouths. If there's one thing we've learned from six years of the Shrub, it's that people can say anything the hell they want, but if their track record is untrustworthy, it's worthwhile to maintain a healthy skepticism.

No doubt about it, Wal-Mart still has a long way to go. They still have a nasty habit of not taking particularly good care of their employees, of ravaging local economies, and all sorts of other socially ignorant practices. But progress is progress, and if you want them to keep moving in this direction, you gotta offer positive reinforcement.

So way to go Wal-Mart! (what the hell surreal parallel universe have I slipped into where I can say these words without a trace of sarcasm?!)

Way to go us, too. Keep making political statements with your money, because for now it's still the only language that you can be sure will be heard.