Earlier this week, we ran a blog entry noting how Lowe's has called on some "hired guns" to take care of the company blog. Not everyone is enamored with the idea -- certainly not John DeHaven of the Home and Garden Showplace in Lima and Findlay, Ohio. Here's his take on Lowe's' blogging plan:

What a bunch of BS!  This to me follows the saying by Google "do no evil."  I find it very disturbing that Lowe's has to pay people to blog nice things about their store. If that is the case then I will blog about how their stores are terrible.  As for the "professional" garden bloggers working for Lowe's I have some questions for  them. What makes them so fantastic that they have all the answers? Has it come to the point where businesses must now hire people to write nice things about one's store? Does Lowe's think people will be duped into thinking this "blog" is just a bunch of garden "gurus" who decided this "blog" was where they could relay information on gardening? 

I for one am not impressed. Lowe's has forgotten the basis of bogs. Hopefully people will see throught this charade."

To paraphrase the great Sundance Kid, don't sugar-coat it, John. Tell us us what you really think. Were I to wear a hat, I would tip it to him for this quick and passionate response. It's kinda like what you'd find on, well, a blog.