and it begins ...

So you know how there's about a thousand movies that depict some kind of bleak world future where corporations run everything, and its just soooo crazy because that would never happen, right? Besides, everyone knows that aside from lobbyists, special interest groups and huge private "gifts" given to politicians; corporations don't involve themselves with the government! They just get politicians to sign bills that favor their industry, hand out cute logo-emblazoned golf balls, and control the government from behind the scenes. Big business would never outright tell people how or who to vote for ...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it has held meetings with U.S. store managers warning them of issues that could arise if Democrats win power and pass a law that would make it easier for workers to unionize, but stressed it was not telling workers how to vote.

Now, call me paranoid, but when a company that has a larger economic presence than a small-to-medium country starts "suggesting" to its employees on how to vote ... well ... shoots ... I guess I'll just wait in line for my soylent green like everyone else ...