this is a pretty good column

on whole foods mackey coming out in the wall street journal with his (in my opinion, most beng asinine) thoughts on health care. he has a right to his opinions as i do to mine. my first thought was BOYCOTT. but for the time being i'm not going to do so. the employees (i've spoken to) working at whole foods ENJOY working there. they actually LIKE their jobs. they feel they are treated well. that gets points from me. as i said, FOR THE TIME BEING i'll continue to shop there (AND farmer's markets AND stop n' shop. i wish hartford had a food co-op. if they do, i'm unaware of it). do i think mackey is a dick? sure do. especially that deal with him anonymously commenting about whole foods and their competetors. HE GOT CAUGHT. that's just downright NOT COOL. do i think he was a idiot for alienating his customer base? sure do BUT as i said, the man has the right to express his own dang self. we all have a right to spend our money where we see fit.

Whole Foods Fight

By Eric Etheridge

Of all the sideshows to the Great 2009 Health Care Debate, the Whole Foods boycott may take the prize as the most unexpected.

Last Wednesday, John Mackey, the chief executive of Whole Foods, took to the pages of The Wall Street Journal to opine that “we clearly need health care reform,” but arguing against the solutions being put forward by the administration: “The last thing our country needs is a massive new health care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us much closer to a government takeover of our health care system.” ...............