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13 Jun 2005
Subject: FeelingBlueSeeingRed launches boycott blog
Hi, I wanted to let you know about a new political boycott site called
FeelingBlueSeeingRed. Our concept is simple. We've chosen 5 corporations
to boycott. Each of these corporations makes large contributions to the
Bush administration. These corporations also behave in specific ways that
are detrimental to the world in some way, such as damaging the environment,
working with sweat shops, adamently preventing unionization, or supporting
state terrorism, etc. Each corporation has a specific target behavior
they must engage in for the boycott to be withdrawn. Every time an additional
10,000 individuals sign up on our website, the corporations are notified
as are each of the individuals that have signed up. Whenever a corporation
complies by modifying their behavior, they are dropped from the list and
another corporation is added.
Visitors begin by submitting (on the register
page) their name, email address, and the email address of the person that
referred them. You can type in the email address of the person that referred
you to confirm that they are in the system. (Once you supply us your email
adress, it will not be shared with any other organization. Other members
cannot see your email address unless they already know it.) Start referring
people you know to this site, making sure they know your email address.
Then, at any time, you can return to this site, log in, and view how many
people have registered as a direct result of your referrels. This includes
indirect referrals which might include 6 degrees of separation or more,
meaning if you referred 10 people, and they referrered 10 people, and
they referred 10 people, you'd have over 1000 people noted as having signed
up for this boycott as a result of your efforts.
The sooner you start the process, the more fun
this adventure becomes. This site was created to give the opportunity
for individuals to feel that their efforts can have an effect on the political/cultural/capitalist
environment that we live in. View how your actions result in registration
of people you don't even know. Prepare for corporations to amend their
behavior based on what you and your FBSR associates choose not to buy.
To learn more about FeelingBlueSeeingRed, visit:
http://www.feelingblueseeingred.org.
Want to voice your opinion? Visit our blog at: http://www.feelingblueseeingred.org/blog/
1 Jun 2005
Subject: About BoycottBush
Hi, I had a question about the criteria for your
BoycottBush list. Many of the corporations on your list gave equal amounts
to Republicans and Democrats, or even more to Democrats, so I was wondering
whether you had taken that into account. Wouldn't it make more sense to
target only those companies that gave Republicans and Bush a significant
fundraising advantage?
Thanks
10 Feb 2005
Subject: Why Shop Blue?
Did you notice anything odd about the states where GwB went barnstorming
to promote privatization of Social Security: Nebraska, North Dakota, Michigan,
Florida? Each state has a Democratic Senator up for re-election in 2006.
GwB sent this message: either vote for my plan to wreck SS, or we'll vaporize
you. While pretending to be "saving" Social Security, GwB used
YOUR tax dollars to launch his political threats. This is the kind of
corrupt politics GwB believes in.
So what can you, Mr and Ms TrueBlue Citizen, do to
combat such blatant Red abuse of power? You can begin to fight back, in
simple, ordinary, daily ways. For starters, you can change your pattern
of spending.
If each of us 50 million TrueBlue voters shift $100
per month of personal spending from Reds to Blues, we'll cause the greatest
transfer of wealth the world has ever known. Oh really, you say? Well,
do the math: 50 million x $100 = $5 Billion. Per month. Times 20 months
'til the 2006 elections = $100 Billion. You think that won't make a difference?
If you put this into savings instead of spending, it'll
slow down GwB's economy and make a difference. If you use this to pay
off credit card debt, it'll reduce banker's profits, making less to contribute
to Reds. If you spend this with local producers and merchants instead
of at Walmart, it'll make a big difference in in your home town's economy.
Got a birthday gift to shop for? Look up a local artist or craftsperson!
If you buy American-made instead of increasing our
debt to China, Japan, etc., it'll make a huge difference. And if you'll
send $20 a month to support a TrueBlue Senator or Representative, we can
take back BOTH Houses of Congress. GwB started his campaign, so it's not
too early for us to begin. Election control is in the purse strings. And
the purse strings are in your hands.
Conserving and spending less matters a lot. But simply
re-directing where and how you spend matters even more. It's like going
on a diet. You start reading labels and counting calories, and paying
attention to where the healthy Blue purchases are.
In this case, it's the political calories we're going
for: the healthy, sustainable calories. TrueBlue Americans are putting
our Nation on a strict diet: we must loose a hefty amount of ugly Red
blubber before the 2006 election. This means a shift of only 6 Senators
and 18 House members. That's our goal for good health.
How to do it? It's just like any other diet. Set a
goal. Retrain your brain. Cut back. Exchange bad habits for good ones.
And celebrate with your Blue friends while doing it! Diminish Reds by
promoting Blues.
We have 20 months to turn a bloated, fat, stupid, boastful
Red America into a slim, trim, beautiful TrueBlue America once again.
You remember how good we looked when we were healthier, younger, smarter
and Bluer? Well, it's time to get smart again. Think smart. Buy smart.
Live smart.
When next you go shopping, make a list. And stick to
it. No impulse buying!
Look at your list and ask these 5 questions:
1) Do I really need this?
2) Can I use something less expensive?
3) Is it made in China? Or in America?
4) Can I buy closer to home?
a) from a local merchant?
b) made by a local producer?
c) who am I supporting with my $$?
5) Is this a Red, or a Blue merchant?
See how simple it is? Just imagine! 50 million TrueBlue
shoppers
taking back their America . . .
Now that's a Mission worth accomplishing!
Yes, Bush is a Nazi. Just read the paragraph opening
my website at http://www.lulu.com/nazibush/
" Back before World War II, George Walker Bush,
W's grandfather, worked for a major Wall Street investment firm, Sullivan
& Cromwell. He was the vice president in charge of investments in
Nazi Germany. (All of this, as reported in "The Secret War Against
the Jews" a NY Times best seller.) The U.S. was in the Great Depression,
while Germany was booming under the leadership of the Nazi's. So, at a
time when America needed every penny people could pinch, Grampa Bush and
his clients sent tens of billions of dollars to Nazi Germany. The Nazi's
in the early 1930's were on the brink of destruction from lack of funding.
The money from America made the difference between failure and success,
so George Walker Bush was not only an ardent Nazi supporter, he was instrumental
in their success... "
Regards,
WH Clark
20 Jan 2005
Subject: Poem
Hi there, I wondered if this might be of use on your website.
Yours sincerely
Daniel North
Thank you
Thank you for everything
Thanks for conning Al Gore
Thanks to family connections and FOX
The American people had a new president to adore.
Thanks for all you did
Thank you Mr. Bush
For all the sons and daughters the war maimed
Forcing poorer states into the military with a firm push.
So they could feel a sense of worth
And pride, saluting the glorious flags
But thank you for cutting the media
From showing the star and striped body bags.
Thank you for everything
Thank you for cutting the veterans wage
Keeping the price of their medication high
Thank you for appreciating their old age.
Thank you for all the time you spent on holiday
Whilst terrorists were able to get a country by the throat
Maybe you should have read the notes you received on 9/11
Instead of playing substitute teacher reading "My pet goat".
But I bet you were saying thank you
For the money made from weapons and oil
Keeping good friends with the Saudi's, but conveniently forgetting
That they were the one's that put blood on the soil.
Thanks for showing us who the true tyrant was Dubya
The Iraqi's were innocent; Sadam, Afghanistan was just an excuse
And now you have won over John Kerry - legitimately or not
Maybe it's time to put the weapons of mass peace to good use.
By: D. N
07 Jan 2005
Subject: Good News For Boycotts From The US
I thought I would share this bit of good news to start
off the new year.
‘Overseas Consumers Increasingly Shunning U.S.
Brand Name Products - U.S. Businesses Overseas Threatened by Rising Anti-Americanism’
Visit: http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/shunning123004.cfm
for the full article.
Yours in peace,
Dilys Pierson
Vermont Boycott for Peace, USA
05 Jan 2005
Subject: Hello from Clothing of the American Mind
I was turned onto Ethical Consumer by one of our overseas
customers, a professor at the University of Kent. Clothing of the American
Mind is the premier purveyor of politically-charged clothing geared toward
promoting and supporting progressive change. We were instrumental in the
recent presidential election, raising nearly $15,000 for progressive political
groups, including MoveOn.org, Progressive Majority, Amnesty International
and most recently, Black Box Voting. We also registered thousands of new
Democratic voters in 13 swing states across the US.
We’ve just launched our new post-election Spring
line, which you can view at http://www.clothingoftheamericanmind.com/jerseys.html.
It would be great if you could link us on your sites “ Ethical Consumer
and Boycott Bush “ and raise awareness for Clothing of the American
Mind in the UK. Perhaps you’d even be interested in doing some coverage
for your magazine? Our clothing is all sweatshop-free and manufactured
in downtown Los Angeles and a percentage of the proceeds the company makes
go to progressive causes.
Best,
Carly
4 Jan 2005
Subject: Wal Mart's Dirty Secrets
As a non-Catholic, I have recently been fighting a
strange urge to go to confession to purge my sin. All right! I admit it!
My "sin" is that my wife and I have been consistent Wal-Mart
shoppers for the last several years. There, I said it. I feel better.
Awareness is the first step to recovery!
Monica and I have decided that starting today, we are
going to boycott Wal-Mart. After spending $90 to $200.00 per week there
for the last four years, we have decided that we can no longer patronize
their stores with clean consciences. Wal-Mart is a detriment to Americans
at many different levels, and we no longer want to contribute to the growth
of their profit, and hence to the perpetuation of their predatory business
practices. I am writing to ask you to join us in boycotting the world's
largest company.
I admit it; their stores are alluring. One quick trip
each weak to the super Wal-Mart in our area, and we were able to get virtually
all of the grocery items, health and hygiene products, clothes, toys,
gifts, electronics, movies, or music that we needed, or imagined we needed,
for ourselves and for our sons. Between Wal-Mart's low prices, and their
price matching policy, we were able to save at least $100.00 per month.
Now, we will need to work much harder to get even close to that savings
by going to multiple stores and shopping much more resourcefully. However,
given my new found knowledge of Wal-Mart's business practices, and their
impact on our economy and society, boycotting the "Bentonville Behemoth"
will be well worth the extra time and effort.
I will condense what I have learned about Wal-Mart's
unsavory practices into three short summaries:
1. Wal-Mart is one of the largest employers in the
world, with over one million employees. Their contention is that they
provide a benefit to the economy by providing jobs. However, many of their
employees receive near poverty level wages, have access to limited/poor
health and retirement benefits, and work less than 40 hours per week (overtime
is virtually unheard of at Walmart). Wal Mart has been quite successful
at keeping their employees from unionizing, thus preventing the people
upon whom their retail empire is built from gaining the power to obtain
a bigger share of the $260 billion per year pie. ($260 billion represents
Wal Mart's approximate gross revenues last year). Wal-Mart does benefit
the economy to an extent with their low prices, but at the same time,
it does greater damage to the economy by lowering the buying power of
many Americans by lowering wages. They are creating a new paradigm for
employers in America to follow: fatten your bottom line by minimizing
your labour costs and throttling employee attempts to organize in labour
unions, with deep disregard for the welfare of your employee. By shopping
at Wal-Mart, and thus supporting the company, we are allowing them to
set this new standard for employers. Wal Mart holds more than just the
fate of their one million employees in their profit hungry hands.
2. Wal-Mart's size, and the technological advantage that they derive from
Retail Link, their inventory/supply chain management system, give them
undue power over their suppliers. One reason that Wal Mart is so powerful
is that the volume of goods they typically purchase from a supplier enables
their buyers to demand to look at a supplier's operation from the inside,
determine the exact cost that the supplier has in manufacturing an item,
and demand that the supplier sell it to Walmart at the price that Wal-Mart
is willing to pay. This typically leaves the supplier with a very slim
profit margin. If the supplier rejects Wal-Marts demands, Wal-Mart finds
a new supplier who will meet their demands. Often, the newly found Wal
Mart partners are found in a country like China, which still has a very
cheap labour pool. Wal-Mart imported billions of dollars worth of goods
from China last year. American suppliers who accept Wal-Mart's draconian
terms and slash their profits are then faced with a need to cut their
costs. This often leaves them with few choices beyond cutting their employees'
wages, moving their manufacturing facilities overseas, or going out of
business. Wal-Mart's obscene power and wealth have perverted the traditional
business model to the extent that their suppliers are virtually at the
mercy of this retail titan, and have little or no power to negotiate.
3. In the short term, Wal-Mart's low prices are great
for the individual consumers, like my wife and I. However, the health
of our capitalist economy depends upon competition. Wal-Mart prices their
merchandise so low that it is virtually impossible for other retailers
(even giant retailers like K-Mart) to compete with them on price. Individually
owned (so called "Mom and Pop" stores) have little chance of
survival in the face of the power of Wal-Mart's tempting low prices, expansive
inventory, and ability to dominate their suppliers. Once Wal-Mart has
driven virtually all of their competitors to their knees or out of business,
what will be their motivation to keep prices low, and what shopping options
will Americans have? If Wal Mart continues to expand unchecked, someday
in the not too distant future, we will be talking about "Wal Mart-ing"
instead of "shopping". If we leave matters in the hands of the
Bentonville Brain Trust, "to Wal Mart" will become a verb in
the English language. They are quite effective at what they do.
I gleaned much of my knowledge from a very enlightening
transcript/article from PBS
Frontline
Please join Monica and I in our boycott. Since Walmart
donated over $1 million to the Republican party and almost $200,000.00
to Republican Senatorial candidates in 2004, and maintains a powerful
lobbying presence in Washington, it is unlikely that our government will
act to rein them in anytime soon. However, a grass roots consumer movement
could have a very powerful effect. Please give it some serious thought
before you shop at Wal-Mart again. Remember, each dollar you spend at
Wal Mart is furthering the detriment of the American economy at the hands
of a corporate juggernaut that hungers for more profit, regardless of
the human cost.
Jason Miller
4 Jan 2005
Subject: Not One Damn
Dime Day
Not One Damn Dime Day - Jan 20, 2005
Since our religious leaders will not speak out against the war in Iraq,
since our political leaders don't have the moral courage to oppose it,
Inauguration Day, Thursday, January 20th, 2005 is "Not One Damn Dime
Day" in America.
On "Not One Damn Dime Day" those who oppose
what is happening in our name in Iraq can speak up with a 24-hour national
boycott of all forms of consumer spending.
During "Not One! Damn Dime Day" please don't
spend money. Not one damn dime for gasoline. Not one damn dime for necessities
or for impulse purchases. Not one damn dime for nothing for 24 hours.
On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott
Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target... Please don't go to the mall or the local convenience
store. Please don't buy any fast food (or any groceries at all for that
matter). For 24 hours, please do what you can to shut the retail economy
down.
The object is simple. Remind the people in power that
the war in Iraq is immoral and illegal; that they are responsible for
starting it and that it is their responsibility to stop it.
"Not One Damn Dime Day" is to remind
them, too, that they work for the people of the United States of America,
not for the international corporations and K Street lobbyists who represent
the corporations and funnel cash into American politics.
"Not One Damn Dime Day" is about supporting
the troops. The politicians put the troops in harm's way. Now 1,200 brave
young Americans and (some estimate) 100,000 Iraqis have died. The politicians
owe our troops a plan - a way to come home.
There's no rally to attend. No marching to do. No left
or right wing agenda to rant about. On "Not One Damn Dime Day"
you take action by doing nothing. You open your mouth by keeping your
wallet closed. For 24 hours, nothing gets spent, not one damn dime, to
remind our religious leaders and our politicians of their moral responsibility
to end the war in Iraq and give America back to the people.
30 Dec 2004
Subject: You Rule!
Hey there!
I just wanted to say thanks for such an awesome website,
i have been looking for sites with lists of companies to boycott, and
this was really comprehensive- now i can search the individual companies
in more detail! Its great to know there are people out there like you
who think like me and are sick of corporations and companies (as well
as countries) exploiting their power... thanks again,
Regards,
Cilla
21 Dec 2004
Subject: Microsoft Alternatives
C'mon guys, put down an alternative to Microsoft that the majority of
people can handle: Apple Computers. CEO Steve Jobs is an acknowledged
supporter of the Democratic Party, too. I know they're not perfect in
some ethical areas, but they're far from the worst.
P.S. you should at least include a recommended PC manufacturer
to run Linux, otherwise people will buy who knows what!
Thanks for a great site, otherwise.
Scott Anderson
19 Dec 2004
Subject: Thank YOU!
I am one citizen here in the states who hates what Bush and his crony
mouthpieces stand for. I do not understand how my countrymen (women too)
can totally be so stupid and so accepting of all the fear and bull that
dubya has been shoving down our throats.
I do not understand how my courntypeople can be so
short-sighted, and so entrenched in self-interest to re-elect him.
Thank you for your work, I only hope that the citizens
of the United States of America, someday soon choose to be Citizens of
the World.
Sincerely,
Anastasia Birosh
13 Dec 2004
Subject: Mecca-Cola.
A French firm now is marketing Mecca-Cola., as many people worldwide hate
the U.S. and any brand(s) that come from our shores. What need to be understood
is our elected leader's represent each and every American, not by choice
but by allegiance to our country. We are not blind to what and asshole
Bush is, but he is our elected president and we must support the ass-wipe.
Don't bomb me because you don't care for him, please think 49 percent
of American's wish him a long afterlife in a very hot climate.
Marty
10 Dec 2004
Subject: Anheuser-Busch alternatives
RateBeer lists thousands of alternatives to products made by the Bush-supporting
Miller Brewing Company and Anheuser-Busch. The great thing is that these
beers are vastly superior in aroma and flavour. Some are entirely organic
products. We also provide geographical data in order to provide some advice
as to what’s local to you whether you’re in the UK, America
or anywhere else!
I’d appreciate if you listed our resource on your
site!
www.ratebeer.com
- Find better beer alternatives that are local to you.
Cheers,
Joe
1 Dec 2004
Subject: Oh my
I've just discovered your website. Since the last election, I too have
been very interested in going after the red companies. I've started an
organization called "Buy Blue." Rather than boycott all American
Companies , we want to spend our money with blue companies and companies
who are "a" political. It's the only way we can wrest or country
away from cynical companies and regressive ideology.
Hugh Magbie
Founder, Buy Blue
19 Nov 2004
Subject: Have been passing out your website link to all and sundry!
I especially appreciate your printable
list of specific products to boycott. Thanks so much for creating this
website! It will reach the Neocons in the only place they'll "listen
to"- their diminishing bank
balance.
Sincerely,
H.K.
19 Nov 2004
Subject: US consumer voting
Hello,
I just recently created this website with a friend
and thought that you might have a use for it. Its called Everyday Voter.
Everyday Voter is a very simple cartoon to help explain
how shopping habits are regularly helping average people in the USA vote
for the people they don't like. Its designed to speak to the uninformed
and we've gotten some really good feedback.
I linked to BoycottBush.net on the website because
you had an excellent listing of Republican corporate donors. I wanted
to let you know this and was interested in finding out if I could use
some of your information in a future version of the website.
Check it out at http://www.everydayvoter.com
Thanks!
Ron Whitman
www.everydayvoter.com
Mon. 24 May 2004
Subject: American Boycott
Bush is one of the greatest president we've had in years. To boycott
him is to say you are anti american or believe in communisum or socialism.
Boycotting Bush is boycotting America. You commies are ruining the greatest
form of government ever invented.
Ken
Mon. 24 May 2004
Subject: Americans HATE Shrub
Thank you! As an American, I completly support the rest of the world
boycotting our goods, our services and our president (we call him shrub.)
Please, keep it up and keep it strong. Our country won't listen to us,
but hopefully, the strength hold of the world will eventually slap this
moron in the face!
Terri
Sun. 16 May 2004
Subject: Impeach Bush
I think the time has come when Americans should consider impeaching
George W. Bush.
He let 9/11 happen. He started a war with Iraq justifying it using faulty
intelligence. More americans in Iraq have been killed since the war "ended"
than were killed in the war itself, and democracy in Iraq seems further
away, not nearer. He has made enemies of former allies. He has authorized
torture of suspects around the world in violation of international and
american law. He is not just incompetent, he is evil.
Only with an independent investigation can these charges be proven, and
impeachment is the right way for such an independent investigation to
take place.
Tom Trottier
Mon. 10th May 2004
Subject: Boycotts are healthy
I applaud your website and am interested in an American counterparts.
For over a year now, I have been consuming ethically in the U.S.. I purchase
brands from companies who support the environment, human rights, unions,
and animal rights. I avoid purchasing products from anyone who gives cash
to the Bush campaign. For example, I switched from AT and T to working
assest for my phone service, to green mountain energy from reliant for
my power,and from buying most name brands to buying organic brands at
wholefoods. I feel that what drives the Republican machine is money, so
lets make sure they get less of ours.
Kathy Minch
Mon. 8 March 2004
Subject: Website
Dear Supreme Motherland,
There's a reason why we broke from you and boycottbush.net just perpetuates
that reason. Get ready for 4 more years of Bush-at least it will give
you and your website purpose for existence. You liberal wankers are too
funny. My naked white fanny (means bottom in US English- EC) to
the Queenie,
Susanne Brydenbaugh
Wed. 3 March 2004
Subject: Interesting...
interesting,
1 global warming is not occurring
2 you can label the war in iraq however you want, i know of no other country
willing to start the task to destroy that regime
3 thank you for showing exactly which companies to support and i'm sure
the multiplied millions will show you exactly where we stand.
communist/socialist/liberal/etc.. you're all the same godless people that
has never produced a country as great as the United States which only
stands because of God, freedom and capitalism.
Eric Philips
Thur. 12 Feb. 2004
Subject: A vote for Bush is a sane vote!
Look, love, pacifism and peace jumped out of windows of the Twin Towers
on a dreadful morning Sept. 11th 2001 and was sent to a woeful grave.
Our heart was shattered on the street below, and smeared across an empty
field and skidded to a stop in the Pentagon. Our Country has been served
well by a leader who has been weighed and measured by fire, and NOT been
found wanting. He has had to endure a series of attacks by morally challenged
leftist media as well as attacks from Congressman and Senators that at
the very least can be regarded as slander... even treason. But in all
of these cases, too numerous to mention, He has endured and will endure
through another term of office. WHY? Because the American people believe
in this President, he has restored the national pride and our sense of
worth.
I realize that this probably won't get printed in the forum, but someone
will read it and gain and insight to why so many Democratic voters will
be voting Republican in the next election. The elections of 2002 sent
a prophetic message to the Country that, quite frankly, the left refused
to listen to and history will repeat itself in 2004. As a 24 year old
Democrat I have to admit that my party has demeaned itself so badly that
there is no recovery in the near future. My Grandfather tells me of a
Democratic party that stood up to Tyrannical oppressive dictators and
formed an impressive fighting force that would not be denied, and the
Republicans were there with support and help in general. Sadly we've become
the whiners and complainers and we keep ignoring the will of the people
in the majority and focusing on the will of the minority using class warfare
and Marxist dialectics.
Ladies and Gentleman the top issue on the table is national security and
the sooner that the left realizes this the better. Every thing else is
just a temporary political pawn. The people will use their voices by means
of the voters booth and all the backlash and scare tactics won't help
us in 2006 either. Wake up people before there is a 3/4 majority in congress
or our liberal ideals will be a page in the
history books. In short, the people are about to revolt against the revolutionary
left and everybody will say "Where did this come from?" again.
William B. McBeal
Thur. 5 Feb. 2004
Subject: America
To who ever this concerns i am emailing you regarding your boycott
of companies who support Bush i think this is a brillant idea but it might
be a good idea to go one further by compiling a list of all American companies
and the products they sell this would make America sit up and listen regarding
their foriegn policy you could also maybe suggest alternatives ( such
as mecca cola instead of coca cola for example ) best wishes
John
Tue. 13 Jan. 2004
Subject: Bush donors
Dear Ethical Consumer Magazine, I am so glad to now know about your magazine,
my partner purchased a year's subscription for my mother's xmas present
and so I get to read it too. Aswell as reading your very informative magazine
and your website I also visit the Boycott Bush website. As a result of
looking at this site I contacted Bristol Myers Squibb to tell them that
as they're sponsors of the Republican Party and therefore Bush I will
no longer purchase any 'Aussie' products. They e-mailed me back to say
that as from 2001 they no longer own the 'Aussie' brand as this was sold
to Procter and Gamble. I am pleased to know this as this is another company
whose products I avoid like the plague ! I thought you might like to know
!
P.S. My partner and I will not be renewing our membership with AOL in
June and will be informing AOL as to why this is, we all have to do our
bit, however small or insignificant it may seem.
Best Wishes,
Lynda Hammond.
Sun. 11 Jan. 2004
Subject: Love the site
only have 2 suggestions: A section with successful boycott/demonstrations
for encouragement of others (kinda a how-we- did- it and here is the results
section) Also, please offer two posting options: A section for people
supporting the boycott and a section for those who believe Mr. Bush is
the best thing since sliced bread. Thanks and please do KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK.
If you become more activist and organize demonstrations in front of...say,
WALMART STORES, please put my email id on your list.
Constance Bevitt
Wed. 3 Dec. 2003
Subject: Bush and the Fourth Reich
"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob
on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out
of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people
don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter
in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the
country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag
the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship,
or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people
can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All
you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the
peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
It works the same in any country." Hermann Goering - (1893-1946)
Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe,President of the Reichstag, Prime
Minister of Prussia and, as Hitler's designated successor, the second
man in the Third Reich
Prescott Bush & the Third Reich
http://www.tarpley.net/bush2.htm
George Bush & the Fourth Reich - Chapter 322 of the Nazi Bavarian
Illuminati, Order of Skull and Bones http://www.tarpley.net/bush7.htm
http://www.pa56.org/skullandbones.htm
http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/story.asp?ID=4136
http://www.parascope.com/articles/0997/whitepaper.htm
http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NWO/Skull_Bones_1.htm
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/archive_skull_and_bones.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/02/60minutes/main576332.shtml
http://davidicke.www.50megs.com/icke/magazine/vol8/articles/bushskull.html
Anonymous
Mon. 1 Dec. 2003
Subject: Hello- Gandhi 'We must become the change we want to see in
the world."
Hello. If you truly care about the world then you will read this whole
email before making your judgment. You speak of boycotting Bush. Instead
of boycotting someone trying to make a difference, no matter how misguided
he may be. Why don't you protest Terrorists. I tried for 13 years to get
Saddam Hussein to listen to my ideas but he refused. He refused because
he is a sick and twisted person. You are proud to quote Michael Moore
on your website but I don't see him doing anything to change the way things
are. I sent him an email with my ideas for getting peace in the Middle
East. I didn't ask him much, just to help me get my word out. He didn't
even have the decency to respond. I've written a lot of people in my time.
I started at 6 and I'm 38 now. A lot of those people were more busy than
Mr Moore but they had the decency to respond. The only people who haven't
responded were people who only benefit by conflict and would lose with
peace. George Bush may be misguided but he isn't hiding behind a child
waiting to blow someone up. He isn't using pregnant women to kill people.
If you really want world peace, then protest the Terrorists. If you complain
about one group of people but not about another, then you support the
people you don't protest against. If you are protesting about George Bush
(United States) then you are supporting Terrorists and you are no better
then they are.
If you truly care about world peace, then you will help by protesting
terrorism.
Gandhi 'We must become the change we want to see in the world.'
Kevin Dondrea
Fri. 28 Nov. 2003
Subject: Anti-Bush march
Had a good time in London on the Anti-Bush march recently. I proudly
held aloft my placard listing the top 10 companies to boycott as given
on the www.boycottbush.net website.
Nathan Catt
Sat. 22 Nov. 2003
Subject: You Anti-Bush people should get some facts straight
George Bush should be praised and congratulated for eradicating most of
the terrorism in Afghanistan & ousting the brutal repressive Taliban
fundamentalist regime that routinely abuse women, bar them from education
and work and forced them to cover up completely. The Taliban also harboured
Al Qaeda & Osama bin Laden terrorists and provided them with sanctuary.
Bush destroyed Bin Laden's terrorist training camps with full US military
might and making Osama bin Laden run for his life when ex US
President Bill Clinton was too much of a whimp to do it. I was watching
the news and in one footage they showed these British protestors and one
of them said Bill Clinton is was a much more deserving
US President and would have been welcomed in Britain.
Bill Clinton's track record as US President & his
anti terrorism campaign.
- Gets repeated oral sex from Monica Lewinsky while serving as US president
in the US Oval office and publicly lying to the public about it. He also
fingered Monica's genitilia with his cigar. Absolutely
scandalous. At least George Bush has got more morals and hasn't commited
any sexual impropreities while in office.
- He was US President when the World Trade Center was first bombed by
islamic terrorists killing 6 people in 1993.
- He was US President when a muslim terrorist gunned down 2 CIA employees
outside CIA HQ in Virginia in 1993 in a terrorist act and fled the country.
- He was US President when the US Embassies in Kenya & Tanzania were
bombed killing over 200 people in 1998 by Al Qaeda & Osama bin Laden.
Bill Clinton retaliates by firing 75 $1 million missiles hitting empty
tents in Afghanistan & drug warehouse in Sudan.
- Bill Clinton was US President when islamic terrorists bombed the US
military barracks in Saudi Arabia killing 19 US servicemen in Saudi Arabia
in 1996.
- He was US President when the USS Cole warship was bombed off the port
of Yemen killing 17 sailors. Bill Clinton did nothing as a response so
OBL by this stage figured America must be a paper tiger. Yeah it sure
was under that whimp Clinton.
- He was US President when islamic terrorists murdered 65 Western tourists
in Luxor, Egypt in 1997. (I only point this out as some stupid people
blame today's worldwide terrorism on George Bush and he's got nothing
to do with it.)
- He was US President when Chechen terrorists bombed apartment buildings
in Russia killing 300 people in 1999. (I only point this out as some stupid
people blame today's worldwide terrorism on George Bush and he's got nothing
to do with it.)
- He was US President when there was a terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City
killing over 150 people in 1995.
- He was US President when Saddam Hussein KICKED OUT the UN weapons inspectors
in 1998 and resumed developing weapons of mass destruction. As soon as
tough hardliner Republican Bush is elected president, Saddam Hussein knew
he better comply with the UN resolutions so he readmitted all
the UN weapons inspectors and even allowed his palaces to be intrusively
inspected.
So when George Bush was elected US President in November 2000 he inherited
the problem of Osama's bin Laden's thriving and flourishing terrorist
Al Qaeda network from Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton was responsible for 9/11
for being too soft in his 8 years with dealing with OBL and allowing Al
Qaeda to blossom and making bin Laden brazen. There was one point being
made by the leftist liberal British protestors marching in London that
supporting USA's war on terrorism would bring terrorism on your nation.
France has been a strong vocal opponent of the USA's policy on Iraq &
war on terrorism and yet 20 of it's engineers were murdered in Karachik,Pakistan
last year in a bus bombing by Al Qaeda terrorists. A French oil tanker
was bombed off Yemen last year by Al Qaeda terrorists. 19 Germans were
killed by Al Qaeda terrorist bombing in Tunisia last year. Germany is
anti US, Anti George Bush like France.
SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DICTATORSHIP
He executed scores of his political opponents to come to power as Iraq's
dictator in 1979.
He invaded Iran which led to the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 - 1988 and caused
the deaths of 1 million on both sides.
He had nuclear facilities up and running to produce nuclear bombs by the
early 1980s with French help. Fortunately the Israelis bombed these facilities
in 1981.
He invaded Kuwait in 1990 and his troops ruthlessly raped & killed
10s of thousands of Kuwaitis. USA liberated Kuwait.
Saddam Hussein kills 10s of thousands of Iraqi shit'es and Kurds who rose
up against him after the end of the Persian Gulf War. Mass graves dug
up recently have revealed thousands of remains of Iraqis bound with bullet
holes in their skulls.
He used chemical weapons on Kurdish civilians killing thousands throughout
his dictatorship.
He lives in luxurious palaces while his people suffer under his brutal
dictatorship.
He murdered his own sons in law when they defected and returned to Iraq
in 1996. He had promised them forgiveness. They were promptly executed
the next day.
George Bush was right in invading Iraq and overthrowing this brutal dictator.
It's better to take him out and overthrow him while he doens't have a
nuclear bomb than allowing him to develop nuclear bombs that would have
made him untouchable. If a softy Democrat President got elected, Saddam
Hussein would have gotten back to his old games of kicking out the UN
weapons Inspectors and resume making nuclear bombs. It's not about oil!
If it was about oil than the US could have pressured the UN to lift sanctions
on Iraq and the oil price would have fallen around the world anyway. Only
about 2% of USA's oil consumption comes from Iraq. Largest exporter of
oil to America is Canada (9%) contrary to public belief.
North Korea cannot be dealt with militarily by the USA as it's already
got half a dozen nukes and is making more. It's got what is called a nuclear
deterrent. If Saddam Hussein gets nuclear bombs like he almost did in
1981, America cannot militarily attack him to overthrow him. Prevention
is the best cure. And what happens if he passes these nuclear bomb material
to Al Qaeda terrorists in the form of nuclear suitcase bombs to target
Western cities? Each nuclear bomb can oblierate a city killing millions.
Not believable? Before September 11th if someone told you hijacked Boeing
commercial airliners were going to be used to fly straight into the World
Trade Center skyscrapers would you have believed it? No, you would have
laughed it off and dismissed it as it sounded too unreal. If America had
invaded Afghanistan before 9/11 and wiped out Osama bin Laden & Al
Qaeda, Sept 11th would never have happened and 3000 civilians in New York
City wouldn't have lost their lives, been crushed to death or jump to
their deaths from 100 stories. Than all the Anti Bush morons & idiots
would have predictably been rioting in Europe & Britain. But at least
George Bush would have prevented this from happening again. http://www.twin-towers.net/jumpers.htm.
Prevention would and should have been the best cure.
Also thanks to the Patriot Act passed by Republican John Ashcroft there
has not been a single Al Qaeda terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11
when the Act was passed. Democrats would never do this. The common sense
act allows terrorists to be tracked as soon as they enter the USA.
The Iraq and the Al Qaeda connection. http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/10/27/inv.czech.iraq/index.html
Why should the United States be dictated to by the United Nations. The
United Nations is not a world government. Right now,the head of the United
Nations Human Rights Commission is Muammar Gaddaffi's Libya. The same
brutal repressive dictatorial regime that executes political opponents,
tortures dissidents in torture chambers & sponsers terrorism like
Libya's self-confessed Pam Am Flight 103 bombing that killed 270 innocent
people. Apparently the world's nations should now follow Libya's set of
human rights guidelines.
So should Tony Blair & George Bush round up their political opponents
and anybody whose plotting against them and summarily execute them like
Libya does? I mean Libya is the head of the UN Human Rights Commisions
so shouldn't we follow the UN blindly? Read the execution cases by firing
squad of senior Libyan military officials in 1996 who were found to have
plotted against Gadaffi. At the same time, the head of the Security Council
at the United Nations now is Syria, the same nation that sponsers terrorism
e.g. providing support & sanctuary to Hamas & Islamic Jihad terrorists.
Why should that USA & George Bush listen to that mob?
You people in Britain & Europe are so leftist, liberal and ill informed
including your media and your leftist biased newsreaders. I support the
USA & the US President George Bush all the way.
John Smith
Fri. 21 Nov. 2003
Subject: Swiss donors
Checked your list re donors for GWBs re election campaign am proud to
inform you that i dont use any of them. As I live in Switzerland could
you tell me of any swiss companies that donate to GWBs party.
Regards
Brendan Stafford
Wed. 19 Nov 2003
Subject: MBNA
Thanks for informing me that MBNA, my credit card company since leaving
university, is funding this psychopath.
Are you aware that they have stands at Universities dishing out cards
to graduates at their actual graduation ceremonies? Mine has an attractive
picture of my University, The University of Greenwich on the front. Now
I can't look at that picture without it being obscured by a vision of
a starving Iraqi child with his limbs blown off.
Are the educational institutions aware of this?
Please recommend an alternative CC company with comparable rates so that
I can ease my conscience. Once again. Thankyou for this information and
keep up the good work.
Regards
Stephen Campbell
Wed. 19 Nov. 2003
Subject: Standard link letter not working
Great campaign... but when i went to the website and tried to click
on the standard letter link, it seems not to be working?
Caroline Molloy
Its fixed now!
Wed. 19 Nov. 2003
Subject: Printer -friendly page
Many thanks for the Boycott Bush site. I have forwarded the address
on to a number of friends, and emailed one of the companies on the list
to tell them I am boycotting them. I just have one point on the site design.
The pages are very wide on my browser, and so quite difficult to read.
And when I try to print off the home page to remind me who to boycott,
the list of comapnies on the right hand side disappears! Would it be possible
to have a 'printer-friendly' page? But keep up the good work!
Neill Schofield
We have a printer-friendly page now!
Tue. 11 Nov. 2003
Subject: Thank you
Thank you for publishing companies that support President Bush. It
is a useful, easy to access list of companies that I will make an effort
to patronize to reward them for supporting an ethical and common sense
president.
Kevin Miller
Tue. 30th Sept. 2003
Subject: Sainsbury's not ethical alternative to Asda
Having just read through your list of ethical alternatives to corporate
"b*****ds", I realised that I had information with regards to
the Sainsburys Group, headed by Lord Sainsbury.
Lord Sainsbury is the owner of a key element in the
manufacturing of Genetically modified food. His donations to Labour Party
funds were rewarded with Tony Blair allowing him control over policy decisions
regarding the selling of GM foods.
So he gets to decide if he wants to make any money
(that will take a while I'm sure), then impliments policy that does just
that. Not very ethical consumerism.
I hope you get to use this.
Keep up the struggle
Simon Parnell
Thur. 14 Aug. 2003
Subject: StopEsso
In Canada and around the world we are witnessing the impacts of climate
change- from heat waves to flash floods to forest fires brought on by
periods of drought. While many governments around the world are taking
steps toward tackling climate change by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol,
Esso, the world's biggest oil company, is working to undermine this effort.
While Esso denies that climate change is even happening we are left to
face the consequences like the spread of West Nile disease.
Dave Fields
Fri. 8 Aug. 2003
Subject: Independent Thinking, anyone?
I didn't vote for Bush in 2000, probably won't this time, either.
But it's equal parts scary and entertaining to see the blinding, searing
hatred of George Bush by the left. He's a Nazi, he's far right, he's a
liar. All of these claims are at the very least utterly indefensible,
and border on outright slander. In terms of policy, he's closer to Bill
Clinton (no, he'd never attack Iraq unless there was an imminent threat)
than he is to Newt Gingrich, and without acknowledging this the left itself
is marginalized to the extremes of American politics. I think that Bush
can be opposed vigorously and successfully on policy, but to simply forsake
reason for hyperbole and repetition, hoping that the rest of America will
eventually buy the mantras if they're repeated often enough, is to become
what one himself loathes.
Eric Winter
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