Wal-Martian Invasion

I read the article Wal-Martian Invasion. I then found out that it was originally published in the New York Times. On that same day there was another article published called THE LOOKING GLASS; Delegates Lean Left And Oppose the War. This article talks about a group of ten democratic delegates who met together in Boston; nine out of the ten of them thought that the United States should not have gone to war against Iraq. At one point the article says, "The war, Iraq and terrorism are not seen by the delegates as the most important issues in their states, the poll shows. Only one in six cited them as most important. Half of the delegates, on the other hand, said the most important issues were the economy and jobs, and one-third of all voters agree."


This indicates to me that one of the most important issues at this time, which was close to the 2004 election, was having good jobs available to many people. It makes sense that Barbara Ehrenreich wrote about Wal-Mart at this time because when jobs in our country are discussed, they talk about the right minimum wage and benefits for workers. Barbara found problems with the amount of payment Wal-Mart employees receive. These issues were at a kiarotic point. There was a lot of infomation being given to try to sway audiences one way or another. Because of this, her article was allowed to be very straightforward because it was a time of making decisions.