[centurion316]

My family first came to Bentonville in 1835. I was an Army brat, so I didn't grow up there, but did return for vacations and would invariably head to Sam Walton's store on the square for licorice and the like. Back then, Bentonville was a dusty little town that had seen its best days in the Twenties when my dad was growing up. Sam didn't show up until after the war, but the place hasn't been the same since. The remarkable economic boom that has transformed Northwest Arkansas can be largely attributed to the economic activity that Walmart brought to bear.

[streetpreacher]

I agree. But what's good for Northwest Arkansas hasn't necessarily been good for America.

Of course, now that we are being overrun with illegal aliens who even took part in the May Day protests here in sleepy little Northwest Arkansas, I would argue about how better we are doing.

According to the Rogers police department, Rogers, AR now has 27 different gangs including the M13 gang from El Salvador. I saw a car load of them the other day wearing bandannas with the El Salvadoran flag on their trunk.

Right after that, I saw a pickup with the word "Mexican" emblazoned on the back window.

Isn't multiculturalism wonderful?

Between Tyson and Wal-Mart, I believe that I "live where Satan has his throne" (Revelation 2:13).