It took two NY Times reporters to write this story – The Times is moderately surprised to learn that Wal-Mart supports pro-business think tanks to the tune of thousands of dollars a year. Daniel Drenzer sums up in “The NYT blows the lid off of pissant think tank contributions”: “These sums of money buy a B.A.-level RA and some cockatil shrimp at a reception. After reading the article, I'm not amazed that Wal-Mart is giving money to these think tanks -- I'm amazed they’re giving so little.” Regretfully, Viking Pundit has received no Walmart payoffs.