tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post4189453541267645574..comments2024-03-10T10:05:51.113-07:00Comments on misswhistle: The Maharishi Is Not Happy with Whole FoodsMiss Whistlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103831095827005334noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-92173392093840893902009-09-07T23:26:38.549-07:002009-09-07T23:26:38.549-07:00Of course, this is the same Whole Foods CEO who &q...Of course, this is the same Whole Foods CEO who "wrote anonymous online attacks against a smaller rival and questioned why anyone would buy its stock, before Whole Foods announced an offer to buy the other company."<br /><br />Read the AP's story on it <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19718742/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Wzzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895951249191280192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-46887592007226180832009-09-07T12:44:22.604-07:002009-09-07T12:44:22.604-07:00Bravo to the Bearded One. He always writes the bes...Bravo to the Bearded One. He always writes the best letters of complaint and it's so nice to see people are putting up a fight against that whack job.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10166266215223259420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-150148544840869762009-09-07T11:12:18.270-07:002009-09-07T11:12:18.270-07:00I think this is great, I really do, but people jus...I think this is great, I really do, but people just now catching on that Whole Foods is a right-wing Texas-based corporation with a right-wing libertarian CEO haven’t exactly been tuned in. I’ve watched as they moved into Berkeley CA and took over the old Co-op, moved into DC and cannibalized Fresh Fields, lured in the middle-to-upper-middle-class liberals with their gleaming stores, fresh natural produce, gleaming brand, etc. <br /><br />But: they are virulently anti-labor, they have a near cult-like “team” approach to goad productivity from their workers, who skew toward the young, short-term type collegy-hipsters who don’t need to feed a family on their paycheck (no unionized grocery lifers for them) or health care because they're still on their parents' plan, and they do support all kinds of right-wing causes. So I don't really think there was anything remotely progressive about shopping there in the first instance. Thank goodness for gardens and CSAs.<br /><br />Ditto the iPhone, which has an exclusivity agreement with AT&T until at least 2010, which was one of the largest corporate contributors to both Bush/Cheney campaigns and then to McCain/Palin. I would venture a guess and say that most Apple/iPhone users lean more left than right, and this would seem somewhat material information to them.<br /><br />Sometimes it feels like Americans live with the wool over their eyes about the corporate oligarchy they live in, and for liberals, the joke's on them.Jessienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-67769106835818977592009-09-07T11:07:47.375-07:002009-09-07T11:07:47.375-07:00I concur completely. My only caveat would be to sa...I concur completely. My only caveat would be to say 6 months of not shopping there is not enough! In fact, I am sworn off Wholefoods altogether. Very good Maharishi!CampusLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841487268300932722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-49515563184364665682009-09-07T11:01:15.540-07:002009-09-07T11:01:15.540-07:00Oh I do love it when The M gets a bee in his bonne...Oh I do love it when The M gets a bee in his bonnet! And he's darn right. xxSo Lovelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090206663800207951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-84015950162662681492009-09-07T10:31:22.237-07:002009-09-07T10:31:22.237-07:00Yay! Go Maharishi go! LLGxxYay! Go Maharishi go! LLGxxLiberty London Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07990085860723818996noreply@blogger.com