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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
The immigration bill is dead and perhaps it should be since it was so riddled with compromises that it wouldn’t have worked. I doubt we will see the issue again in that form until after the elections in 2008. In the meantime our border problem won’t be fixed and we will continue to ignore the existing laws in many parts of the country. I think this is a sad state of affairs. What do you think?
Not copying Wal-mart pays off for grocery chains
By Gary McWilliams
The Wall Street Journal
 “They can’t put cookie-cutter stores out there anymore”Sandra J. Skrovan, senior vice president at TNS Retail Forward. After years of decline brought on by fighting Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on price, the nation’s grocery chains are on the mend. The supermarkets are winning back shoppers by sharpening their differences with Wal-Mart’s supercenters, stressing less-hectic stores with exotic or difficult-to-match products, and greater convenience. Last year, sales at supermarkets open at least a year rose 4 percent, the biggest increase in five years, according to retail consultants TNS Retail Forward. While the gains are modest, the supermarkets got more good news recently when Wal-Mart announced it would cut back on new supercenter openings for the next several years.
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Source: KansasCity.com
  Harold Thinks! There is no substitute for giving the customer what they want. Wal-Mart goes after their customers with pricing, and if you’re not going to fight them in that arena the you had better have something else to offer. Judging from this article, the grocery industry is awake and changing with the times. Now we will have to wait and see if these changes will help them fight off the Tesco invasion.
Poll:U.S. Support for Iraq Invasion Inches Up
American support for the initial invasion of Iraq has risen somewhat as the White House has continued to ask the public to reserve judgment about the war until General David Petraeus files his report in the fall. In a New York Times/CBS News poll conducted over the weekend, 42 percent of Americans said that taking military action in Iraq was the right thing to do, while 51 percent said the United States should have stayed out of Iraq.
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Source: The New York Times
Harold Thinks! I enjoy polls though I do realize they can be manipulated by the way you ask questions. Still, it is fun to see the results. Should I put a poll spot on my web site? Would you, my loyal readers, vote and provide suggestions for the poll’s content? If I get a favorable response I will add it to the web site.