Even so, I'm shocked I missed this American Thinker article from February 18. It involves my far-left Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Wal-Mart.
Late last year, a line of t-shirts with an obscure but real Nazi death emblem, the Totenkopf. A keen-eyed blogger, Bent Corner, discovered the shirt on display in a Maryland Wal-Mart, and blogged about it.
Wal-Mart quickly pulled the shirts--the right thing to do--and plausibly explained that that they had no clue, the phrase below the shirt stated "Since 1978," that the skull-and-crossbones Totenkopfe was a Nazi symbol.
Paul Miller of AT found these Chicago Tribune quotes from Schakowsky:
"Everyone agreed that these shirts have to go, including Wal-Mart; it's just that they didn't do anything about it."
The congresswoman added,
"Either at the time they really weren't serious, or their capacity to do that is limited, which makes one wonder about recalls of potentially dangerous products."
Either Schakowsky or her staffers are lying or are terribly misinformed. The shirts were immediately removed from almost all Wal-Marts. A few left them out on display, but Miller wrote, "about three dozen of their 3300 stores (had) not successfully removed all shirts."
Miller goes on...
However, during a time in history when the President of Iran is threatening to cause a second Holocaust and hatred toward Jews is growing in epidemic proportions, why is Congresswoman Schakowsky, who is Jewish and represents a large Jewish constituency, only fighting Wal-Mart? Why is it that whenever anti-Semitism shows it's ugly face amongst her political allies within the Democratic Party or Progressive movement, her voice is silent?
As a far-left Democrat, Wal-Mart is the perfect target for Schakowsky. She despises the fact that the retail chain is the largest employer in America and is non-union. Wal-Mart stores are cherished by the less affluent due to lower prices granting better buying power for the financially challenged, as well as for providing the entry-level jobs for poor communities. Progressive Democrats, such as Schakowsky, apparently do not believe in the free market and feel Wal-Mart exploits the poor with the wages and benefits they offer. Any opportunity to label Wal-Mart as anti-Semitic, or at minimum insensitive to the Jewish community, is a golden opportunity for a politician with an agenda such as hers.
Disdain for Wal-Mart is part of the Progressive movement. Unfortunately, combating the anti-Semitism of the left is not as high a priority and no one is guiltier than congressperson Schakowsky. In March 2003 fellow Democratic representative Jim Moran of Virginia used the old stereotype of Jewish control when he said,"If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this."
Schakowsky was silent on Moran's anti-semitic tirade. Worse, Miller writes, "it was revealed that he was receiving political contributions from three Muslim men who were later accused of funneling money to terrorist groups such as Hamas."
She's quiet about Jimmy "Apartheid" Carter too.
Jan's a frequent Wal-Mart critic. She took part in the Wal-Mart Watch's Bus Rally when it came to Chicago last summer. Most of Jan's PAC money comes from organized labor.
As a resident of Jan's fiefdom, I'm aware that there is a stereotype of this being a well-to-do district. In parts it is, but there are some serious pockets of poverty, such as Uptown and some areas of Rogers Park in Chicago, as well as Evanston's West Side--not to far from Jan's lovely Ridge Avenue home--that could well benefit from a big-box store.
Thanks to Cal Skinner of the McHenry County Blog for sending the American Thinker story my way.
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Chicago Tribune's John Kass on Schakowsky and Creamer
Anti Wal-Mart bus tour in Chicago Saturday with Cong. Jan Schakowsky
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