Then you should be able to cite at least one reference, right?

Moe did.

The verbatim EO....

https://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness

Now the analysis of what it means....well, thats been debated over and over....depending on which right or left leaning website you look at.

lol... actually, it's an extension of a clinton EO... he made it broader and more confusing, but it says that the government can take over a farmers land, a companies property, or anything they deem "useful" at the governments discretion...

Well, we'll see wont we lol. If those closed Walmarts are taken over as detention camps, instead of just being updated, Ill be the first one here to say, "Damn, yall were right". But...dont hold your breath

Dued, don't you have a survival kit and plan?

Sorry I can't get into all the conspiracy stuff but if the local Walmart they built is any indication of the quality of construction of their stores it is no wonder they are having "plumbing' problems. They are constructed sloppily, with the cheapest materials, fixtures, and the worst display and traffic patterns possible. The stores are open less than a five years look so shabby you would think they have been around for generations. I would never be inside a store in any kind of inclement weather and wonder how or if I could get out if there were a fire or other disaster because the exits are clearly blocked or locked.

And the management is even worse. If they cleaned up their stores and got a little more selective about how they let customers conduct themselves, including destroying or shop lifting more merchandise than they buy, and showing out like they have totally lost their minds not only would they have more in store customers but significantly higher profits.

I would say about 40% of the merchandise I buy from them is in poor condition one way or another. Often the cheapest poorest version of whatever they can find. Selections stink.

I also fear for my personal safety in and around the entrances to the stores which has become a mecca for low life's from impoverished aggressive panhandling homeless to out right criminals openly selling black market goods, drugs, and pimping. What they seem to fail to grasp is there are bad customers that run off the good paying customers.

When their own help does not want to shop the store it tells you something. Many of them look like they could use a good "scrubbing" too with shabby Walmart shirts and dirty pants and shoes. Many are poorly groomed and have serious body odor; maybe related to split shifting and working multiple positions where they get sweaty/dirty stocking and cleaning but still must interact closely with customers whom many seem to fear. Some for good reason. I seriously doubt they have any facility to make themselves presentable or take breaks because I see exhausted employees setting in other businesses waiting for transportation or waiting in hot cars to return to the second half of their shift rather than waste the minimal pay commuting twice.

Truly sad because at one time the stores were clean, friendly, and had a nice hometown feel where people liked to work and considered it a career move where hard work was appreciated and rewarded. A portable career in a growing company that seems to have stagnated and does minimal training in retail skills.

Sorry I can't get into all the conspiracy stuff but if the local Walmart they built is any indication of the quality of construction of their stores it is no wonder they are having "plumbing' problems. They are constructed sloppily, with the cheapest materials, fixtures, and the worst display and traffic patterns possible. The stores are open less than a five years look so shabby you would think they have been around for generations. I would never be inside a store in any kind of inclement weather and wonder how or if I could get out if there were a fire or other disaster because the exits are clearly blocked or locked.

And the management is even worse. If they cleaned up their stores and got a little more selective about how they let customers conduct themselves, including destroying or shop lifting more merchandise than they buy, and showing out like they have totally lost their minds not only would they have more in store customers but significantly higher profits.

I would say about 40% of the merchandise I buy from them is in poor condition one way or another. Often the cheapest poorest version of whatever they can find. Selections stink.

I also fear for my personal safety in and around the entrances to the stores which has become a mecca for low life's from impoverished aggressive panhandling homeless to out right criminals openly selling black market goods, drugs, and pimping. What they seem to fail to grasp is there are bad customers that run off the good paying customers.

When their own help does not want to shop the store it tells you something. Many of them look like they could use a good "scrubbing" too with shabby Walmart shirts and dirty pants and shoes. Many are poorly groomed and have serious body odor; maybe related to split shifting and working multiple positions where they get sweaty/dirty stocking and cleaning but still must interact closely with customers whom many seem to fear. Some for good reason. I seriously doubt they have any facility to make themselves presentable or take breaks because I see exhausted employees setting in other businesses waiting for transportation or waiting in hot cars to return to the second half of their shift rather than waste the minimal pay commuting twice.

Truly sad because at one time the stores were clean, friendly, and had a nice hometown feel where people liked to work and considered it a career move where hard work was appreciated and rewarded. A portable career in a growing company that seems to have stagnated and does minimal training in retail skills.

walmarts and sams club really went downhill when sam walton died...

You have no idea. The kids ran the company into the ground.

whatever....retail centers have always come and gone based on the longer term market. Wlamart's secretiveness is reflective of their usual treatment of their work force. Why anyone is even remotely surprised would be my question.

I agree w/ devildog that .com sales are bound to be a factor although I am not one to .com. I still go out and shop, personally.

(side note: it's Martial Law, not Marshall....Marshall is someone's name)

Yes.. my friend Marshall is not as deceptive as the powers that be. But he sure was flattered when I told him it was too late to edit.