Wal-Mart won't carry the most popular CD in the land

Corporate power = censorship.

Just as sure as Big Business has been a major defender of discriminatory policies, it's also a threat to the free exchange of ideas and art. (Fusion fascism!)

This is now being illustrated again, this time by Wal-Mart's attempt to decide for us what lyrics we should find acceptable in music.

The most popular album in the country according to the latest Billboard 200 chart is '21st Century Breakdown', the newest offering by Green Day. But if the only store in your town is Wal-Mart, forget about being able to buy this work.

Wal-Mart demanded that Green Day censor lyrics on its latest album. But the band refused. So the retail giant opted not to sell it at all.

I'm not saying a store is legally obliged to sell a CD it hates. But I have a right to object to Wal-Mart's belief that it's qualified to make decisions for me about what lyrics are "appropriate" (even if Wal-Mart is within its legal rights not to sell the album).

See how that works, Wal-Fart? It's a two-way street, you know.

What I object to even more is perks and handouts by cities and towns that have enabled Wal-Mart to establish a monopoly. So folks in these towns can't even buy the music they love!

America has become a Wal-Mart fiefdom.

(Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gI3tEiSlpfDVROEVdLGRF8-zxrRwD98AJOEG0)