tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528423413013026620.post7571364391127254040..comments2011-11-08T11:41:17.421-05:00Matt Bradleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111195286752843970noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528423413013026620.post-27382911362075511112009-01-30T23:37:00.000-05:002009-01-30T23:37:00.000-05:00http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12176684Al D.http://twitter.com/CatoTNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528423413013026620.post-76542940982526085112008-12-12T00:53:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:53:00.000-05:00I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ruth<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.infrared-sauna-spot.info" REL="nofollow">http://www.infrared-sauna-spot.info</A>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17341419543431091495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528423413013026620.post-81725488303240353032008-05-18T17:16:00.000-04:002008-05-18T17:16:00.000-04:00Matthew,<BR/><BR/>You raise some good points about Wal-Mart. As a professional philanthropist (of sorts) I know all too well Exxon's view towards corporate responsibility (or lack thereof). I am not especially fond of Wal-Mart namely for environmental reasons (catagory busting big box development is wildly destructive), I will say that they have a good program called "Acres for America" that is an attempt to offset their massive footprint (their smallest store takes up 5 acres, without the parking lot). If a Wal-Mart were to move out of an area, what could possible take up that much retail space? <BR/><BR/>What I think you missed out upon, and maybe it is out of the scope of this blog, but, do we want to use economics solely as a measure of what is good? Your criticism of Exxon is duly noted, but expand your view a little bit, how interrelated is low density automobile dependent business and development and Exxon's profit margin? Perhaps not on the same level, but the success of both organizations is due in many ways to government subsidies and tax benefits.<BR/><BR/>I think that you did a good job with this post, it's always good to keep the smug in check and for your topic you presented an interesting and important argument about economic success and corporate reponsibility.C. Paxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227588150125301095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528423413013026620.post-55725794453830615362008-04-21T22:09:00.000-04:002008-04-21T22:09:00.000-04:00Having lived the four years prior to this one as a "token conservative" of sorts, I often got tied in as a presumed Wal-Mart supporter regardless of my actual beliefs. What I learned from that experience is that evenhanded dealings with subjects that are controversial within a limited environment (i.e., Wal-Mart in college discussions) are important and I think you did that well here. You stuck to your assignment (evaluating the behavioral-predictive marketing of Wal-Mart) and the results were insightful.<BR/><BR/>For contrast, in a future post I'd be interested to see your evaluation of an upstart company with relatively small market powers. For example: http://leoindustries.books.officelive.com/default.aspxAl D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528423413013026620.post-3683001178964638882008-04-21T08:05:00.000-04:002008-04-21T08:05:00.000-04:00Shalom Dave,<BR/><BR/>You'd have a difficult time tagging <A HREF="http://thewritingonthewal.net/?p=2207" REL="nofollow"><B>Rep. Paul Gillmore</B></A> (R-Ohio) as a source of hyper-liberal criticism.<BR/><BR/>B'shalom,<BR/><BR/>Jeff HessJeff Hesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677908746808365739noreply@blogger.com