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8 comments so far

1. 

   Scott Womack

   October 3rd, 2006 at 10:09 am

   The “common ground” I’d like to see you find is to realize you are a consumer, and you wouldn’t like being manipulated into or away from buying decisions in your personal life or to ignore very REAL wrongs by goliath corporations or their hired PR firms any more than you are paid to do so to other consumers by Wal-Mart. And admitting you really are a PR person, not an arbitrator.

   I’d settle for that. I don’t really expect you to come out against your employer and their employer. That would require an unusual appluadable sense of personal ethics and courage…I know you need to pay the bills, I hope one day you won’t sell your soul and other consumers down the river to do that.

   Have a nice day.

   Scott

2. 

   Krempasky

   October 3rd, 2006 at 10:18 am

   Scott,

   Of course I’m a consumer. I’m also interested in the *whole* story being told. And, frankly, I’m quite interested in how blogs can affect the world around them beyond the simple pitchfork-wielding mob that we’ve seen to date. (and to be fair, that I’ve participated in as well)

3. 

   Scott Womack

   October 4th, 2006 at 11:23 am

   Well – maybe the mob is a wee bit tired of Wal-Mart ignoring or suing them and moving into their small towns over their (taxpayer) objections and deleting their local shopping alternatives and their small town economic futures (yes, that’s right, American manufacturing workers in their town and other small towns laid off in droves by Rubbermaid, and any number of other American companies because “I’m sorry, Wal-Mart doesn’t want things made in the USA anymore – they want Chinese workers – you’re out. Bye.”…and the mob is tired of seeing their cousin or sister finding no alternative but to work late night to feed her family unable to do so because Lee and the Waltons won’t pay her enough, charge her more than they know she can afford for health insurance, and make sure she’ll never make it into management. Not to mention being padlocked in the store so she can’t get out in the case of fires or injuries (does happen in the real world). I wonder if she, the exploited American worker is aware of how her counterpart in China or in Mexico is beaten within inches of their lives without mercy by Wal-Mart paid factory supervisors just following Wal-Mart factory production rules and specifications, for not meeting Wal-Mart mega-multi-tasking production quotas, all while JIm Bill Lynn gets fired for reporting this real-world reality to Bentonville, not to mention how all the workers are told to lie when the inspectors show up “or else”.

   Well, Mike, the evidence of every bit of the above is all out there, it is NOT made-up, and Wal-Mart’s only response is to hire you and other Edelman folks to say otherwise, to make the abuses worse, to attack and slander detractors and to hire you to try to approach Ben and “shut him up”. No conscience, no remorse, no respect for consumers, workers and taxpayers, just more assault on the American economy and future so Lee and the Walton’s can be filthy rich and our country can keep declining into economic hell…They don’t HAVE to run a business that way. COSTCO doesn’t. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet don’t.

   I’d like to challenge you to spend one week with Paul Blank of Wake-Up-WalMart.com, or Laura Jack of Wal-Mart Watch.com. Go to the rallies, get the facts, get educated, verify what I’ve said above, and see how you then feel about defending these practices. And bring Lee Scott and the Walton’s with you (yeah right, ha ha.)

   Well, you’ll do what you will, but don’t expect people like me and Ben not to object, loud, long and hard to these things Wal-Mart is continuing to do. They are BAD and we’re going to fight them. It’s not about the money, or image, it’s about what’s right – social and economic justice for people. And not letting Big-Box-Bullies run our lives.

   “Those who won’t stand for something will fall for anything”.

   Scott

4. 

   Krempasky

   October 4th, 2006 at 12:02 pm

   Scott,

   Again, thanks for the comment – you’ve got strong opinions, that’s ok. However, despite assertions elsewhere, while they’re a client of Edelman – I’m not a spokesperson for WMT. If you’d ever like to have a personal conversation, I’m more than up to it.

5. 

   Horse Mouth

   October 4th, 2006 at 11:32 pm

   Respect and courtesy? I can’t think of a greater lack of either than a PR rep asking a consumer advocate what can be to get him to stop writing negative things about a client. That violates the very tenets of respect and courtesy. 1) You know exactly what needs to be done and it starts internally. 2) You must have an incredibly low opinion for Ben P. Consumerist to even make the suggestion.

   This is incomprehensible and another black eye on the bear-mauled face of PR. Your constipated thought process is clearly a result of not possessing an ounce of moral fiber.

6. 

   Happy Jack

   October 5th, 2006 at 1:31 am

   “Horse Mouth” or “High Horse”?

7. 

   Arthur St Mark

   October 5th, 2006 at 3:32 am

   Your yellow-text on white-background hurts my eyes. ;_;

   I’m sure it can’t be a good colour scheme for those who are partially sighted.

8. 

   Horse Mouth

   October 5th, 2006 at 7:19 am

   Excuse me Oranges to Apples Jack, in a world of irresponsible corporate giants with huge, expensive PR teams, I believe in rewarding the consumer advocates – the People’s PR, if you will – with my highest commendation. If this means I straddle a steed atop Mount Olympus, then I will sit proudly and avoid any urge to ride towards the sun.