On Thursday Walmart kicked off a new advertising campaign announcing their pledge to invest $250 billion in products that support American jobs over the next 10 years. One of the television commercials used in the campaign features Rush's "Working Man". Check it out here. - Thanks to Tim Murphy for the headsup!
This commercial is ridiculous for a couple of reasons:
ReplyDelete1. Rush is Canadian - American jobs being rallied by a band from Canada and a corporation that...
2. (Wal-Mart) was the main spear-header of retailers that forced so many manufacturers out of this country and overseas in the first place. Now they are using the crisis that this country has felt internally for decades as a method for advertising!
Filthy and greedy.
Cool ad however, might have used Grand Funk Railroad's We're an American Band.
DeleteIt's nice to see Rush get a high profile endorsement, but I see your point. At least Rush is associated with a program to boost American production.
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