Sunday, February 13, 2011

Fail Quote: Walmart turns young people into criminals!

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ANC 4B commissioner Brenda Speaks
Brenda Speaks
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There are many legitimate criticisms to be made of corporate super-giant Walmart. This profoundly bizarre argument, made at a small anti-Walmart rally in downtown Washington, DC, is not one of them:

Brenda Speaks, a Ward 4 ANC commissioner, actually urged blocking construction of the planned store in her ward at Georgia and Missouri avenues NW partly because of that risk. Addressing a small, anti-Wal-Mart rally at City Hall on Monday, Speaks said young people would get criminal records when they couldn't resist the temptation to steal.

Walmart: Corrupting Your Kids Since 1962!

(via The Agitator)