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"Even our brave men and women in uniform have had their needs and their families needs met by the Salvation Army."

And even target has gone out of there way to help our brave men and women in uniform. Just by doing a simple search I found this:

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http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/vet_support.jhtml

Our company has supported many charitable causes throughout our history, including veterans' organizations. For years, Target has donated funds and volunteer hours to local and national veteran and military organizations around the country.

National Charitable Giving Examples:
World War II Memorial
“The Wall that Heals” 2003 National Tour, a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund outreach initiative that honors our veterans and has a strong educational component for schools. For more information, please visit the Web site at http://www.vvmf.org/index.cfm?SectionID=3.
American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services
In addition to supporting veteran and military organizations on a national scale, we also support local organizations.

Local Charitable Giving Examples
Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan
Hays County Veterans in San Marcos, Texas
Kenny Nickelson Memorial Foundation for Homeless Veterans in Manhattan Beach, California
Reservist Benefits:
Target Corporation is proud to count many veterans and military reservists among its more than 300,000 team members nationwide. To help support these team members, Target Corporation provides benefits for activated reservists, including pay differential, that surpass the benefits required by law. The Reserve Officers Association has recognized our company for these benefits, and the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve also lists Target on their Web site at http://www.esgr.org/employers/outstandingEmployers.asp. Target team members who are activated for military service and were participating in optional dependent coverage at the time of their deployment are eligible to continue these benefits if they choose. Target Corporation also allows any Target team member to continue benefits as provided by the 1986 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).

Heck, target does tons of things to help charity, including veterans AND the salvation army. It gives 2 MILLION DOLLARS a week to charitable causes.

But because they're now ending the exemption for the SA (actually done months and months ago, giving the SA advanced notice) target is an EVIL corporation that can do nothing right.

Some people here are pathetic. If it's not done exactly the way they want it to be done, then it's time for a boycott - facts be damned.

The Target home site goes into some deail about their charitable giving. The $2,000,000 a week is there but so is the statement..."The Target Foundation charitable giving is limited to organizations in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area." The list they give of these does not include the Salvation Army. They are not on the corporations national list either. Other local charities can apply for grants if they meet the guidelines. "Currently grants focus on three areas: arts, family violence prevention, and reading." Perhaps this could include the Salvation Army, but it's not specified.
So other then some vague references to giving "including the Salvation Army" you posted, I fail to see where Target is as big a supporter of the Salvation Army as you implied.
I frankly don't care what charities Target chooses to support; they do give quite alot to St. Jude's. But I think that consumers have a right to support or boycott stores as they choose. A previous article stated that the Salvation Army stood to lose nearly $8,000,000 by not having kettles at Target. Hopefully other retailers will make up this difference. Oh, and I am a volunteer bell ringer since 1987.