sam's and costco are evil

i've been watching the today show this morning while waiting for king biscuit to awaken. they did a little blurp about the crazy (enter gnarls barkley) astronaut lady who attacked her lover's lover. astronut is what she is. they also did a segment on how costco runs. for those who don't know, it's like sam's wholesale. you can buy large amounts of mayo, toilet tissue, plasma tvs, grand pianos, rotisserie chickens, twizzlers, etc. they can cut the cost quite a bit when you buy in bulk like this. maybe almost half of what you would pay at a normal grocery.

you'd think that it would be great for organic farmers to be commissioned by one of the wholesale clubs to sell organic produce at their stores, but does that sacrifice the quality of the organic product? i mean, to grow anything in the bulk quantities that they would ask for, wouldn't that make the product fauxrganic? i guess organic standards aren't that high anyways.

don't these places exploit our consumerist society? who cares if the employees are offered fair wages. the people who are producing some of the shit that people buy probably aren't getting payed fairly at all.

so, even though it's tempting to shop at these places (good, cheap alcohol for one), i want to encourage us to forego that temptation and shop locally. yes, it's more expensive. but, why in the hell do we "need" half of the stuff in that store anyways? we're suckers for a deal.

p.s. i shop at target sometimes and love chick-fil-a. i don't always eat organic or locally. and frankly, sometimes i don't care. but, i want to do better.