Think, dammit.

Huzzah! It's easy to get all worked up about my conservative hometown in the central valley, but I forget that California voters are actually fairly on the ball (with one Terminator of an exception, as well as anti-Latino measures and the anti-gay Prop. 22 a few years back.

But anyway, back to Inglewood wiping their asses with corporate America, here's what happened:

WALMART says, "Hello Inglewood, we want to enslave your community."

INGLEWOOD REPRESENTATIVES: What?!

WALMART: Uh, we mean, we wish to build a Walmart in Inglewood.

INGLEWOOD: Hmm...let's think about this...kill small businesses (since any one Walmart can undersell any local business for however long it takes for them to die, because that local Walmart does not have to make a profit for years, because it's already a giant corporation), provide plenty of minimum wage jobs with crappy benefits and no upward mobility, and a giant freaking eyesore that helps Inglewood turn into Everytown, USA.

INGLEWOOD: How about, NO, Walmart.

WALMART: Please?

INGLEWOOD: Let me put this another way: F*** OFF AND DIE. NO. NO, NO, NO NO NO.

WALMART: Hmm.

WALMART: Hey, voters! Pass this proposition to stimulate the local economy, create jobs for hundreds, and force every small business in town into bankruptcy!

INGLEWOOD VOTERS: What?!

WALMART: We mean, we wish to build a Walmart in your community, and your representatives won't allow it. So please sign here (we'll pay you if you do!) [and they did!], and remember to vote for us! :) :) :) :) :)!!!

INGLEWOOD VOTERS: (SMACK DOWN)

WALMART: ...(sniffle)...

OBIETOM: ALL RIGHT! WAY TO GO!!!

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So there you have it. Like a dream, isn't it? Congratulations, Inglewood.