This all is making me laugh. I read all 8 pages of this post.

I was telling my 80 year old neighbor about this post, he just laughed too. He said, "Heck, that's what everybody complained about back when Sears, Montgomery Wards, and K-Mart came into town. They didn't knock out the mom and pop stores and neither will Wal-mart."

I like to listen and believe my elders and this time is no different.