WaPo: "...The blog Firedoglake, run by Jane Hamsher in Oregon, posted news of the combination yesterday afternoon under the heading "So Wrong." The in
January 5, 2006

WaPo: "...The blog Firedoglake, run by Jane Hamsher in Oregon, posted news of the combination yesterday afternoon under the heading "So Wrong." The incident illustrated how quickly a firestorm can build on the Internet. Two minutes after the post appeared on Hamsher's blog, it was up on the Crooks and Liars site. Within hours, more than 100 comments were posted to that site, questioning such things as Wal-Mart's agenda and the technicalities of mapping--

As Jane says: Boy that "mapping" program sure does have a low-rent cracker sense of humor.

Steve Gilliard: " I don't agree with John{Aravosis}, and here's why. This is no mistake. The programmer did this on purpose. Wal-Mart has a bad record on race as is. When I watched Planet of the Apes, it was sci-fi to me, and not marketed to blacks specifically....read on"

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