Is Walmart under attack?

I have mixed reactions to this new partnership... In Israel, they take a proactive approach and everyone is taught to watch and report. On one hand, I think that's the kind of approach we need to be implementing in the U.S., but on the other hand, is this Walmart/HS infomercial the way to go? I don't think so. And if I were designing, developing a campaign, I don't think I'd use Napolitano as the spokesperson. But the American public, whether we like it or not, is going to have to become more and more aware. Terrorism isn't going away...

You know, I usually defend Wal-Mart against those who claim it is an evil corporation that treats its employees ill. Every time I have been there, I see happy, helpful employees. I like good bargains, too. But this Homeland Security hook-up is not going to fly with me. It's a little bit big-brotherish, it's a little secret police, it's a suggestion that we become an informant society. People actually do call the police if they see something suspicious, even if it's not in Walmart. They found that 12 year old girl who was missing after her mother's murder because a shopper spotted her in a store with the mother's fugitive boyfriend and told a store employee to call the police. But other than spotting missing children or shoplifting, what sort of crimes do we think shoppers will see in Walmart? I doubt I could spot the terrorist, even if he's buying the cell phone he needs to detonate explosives right in front of me. Seems to me that store clerks would be the ones who would be in a better position to note the customer who is asking for 10 large bags of fertilizer, nails, a pre-paid cell phone and those rolls of electrical wire.... Maybe Janet Napolitano can team up with Andy Griffith on the next gov't infomercial and tell us how to rat out possible medicare fraud being committed by doctors who are plotting to blow up Walmart.

I really don't need another reason not to shop at Walmart! Their commercials where they try to make themselves out to be the greatest place on earth to work were bad enough, now this silly sh1t. Sure, there4 are some good buys there but you literally can't find a single thing made in the USA there. Annie