Give Walmart the Nobel Peace Prize!

Give Walmart the Nobel Peace Prize! | Foundation for Economic Education
"From The Times-Picayune article “Louisiana floods, but Wal-Mart, UPS keep trucks running“:
Wal-Mart trucks were among the first to deliver much needed supplies after Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast in 2005. 
As many Katrina survivors still note, Wal-Mart trucks arrived well before the Federal Emergency Management Agency did.
Over the weekend, Wal-Mart was again among the large companies in Louisiana able to keep supply lines open and operations going despite catastrophe — this time historic flooding that devastated whole communities and shut down major roadways.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Erica Jones said the corporation’s emergency operations center in Bentonville, Ark., kicked into high gear late last week as forecast warnings of record rainfall started to roll in. Wal-Mart has about 30 locations in the affected area, including stores in the heavily flooded communities of Denham Springs and Baker..."