This is new...and SICK!

[MNDude]

Recently I did business with MetLife.

As with many large businesses, I had to send them a W-9 and to fill out a vendor questionnaire. The questionnaire contained typical questions like: "Type of commodity/Services the vendor is providing. "Whether MetLife employee/ Ex MetLife employee, etc."

Then at the bottom, the questionnaire says "Whether Minority Owned / Women Owned / Disabled Veterans / LGB-LGBT Owned." Yes, LGB, LGBT, which I'm pretty sure is referring to LESBIAN, GAY, BI, TRANSEXUAL"

I've always been annoyed about having special rights going to the Minority and Women Owned businesses, but from my understanding, these are "disadvantaged businesses" that need extra assistance.

I have a couple of questions I really need answered:

1. I have never heard of any government law(s) federal state making this any criteria for doing business (unlike the minority thing). Does anyone know if there is any laws on the books, or is this something MetLife is doing on their own? If so, I intend to boycott them forever more (although I'll take their money for this or any other sales)

2. It's no secret that the gay community is much more economically prosperous than the average American, so what is the reasoning for giving special advantages to LGBT?

3. When I mentioned we were a small business, we got a response asking to show proof of this. How does one prove themselves to be Gay or Bi?

4. Would one have to physically participate in sexual acts of members of the same sex qualify for these special rights, or would staring at a dude in spandex for ten seconds be enough for their terms?

All I know, is that many times I've been in a rest stop along the highway, I've found writing on the walls that says "be here at 12:30 am at such and such date for (sick sexual act). When I was younger, I thought it was just some pervert joking around. Now I'm pretty sure those bathroom proposals are indeed sincere. It just amazes me these bathroom writers should get any special treatment.

Your thoughts?

[Lancey Howard]

That reminds me of ‘F Troop’.

(From Wiki):

The Hekawi tribe supposedly derived their name from an incident in which the tribe became lost, exclaiming “Where the heck are we?”, which then became “We’re the Hekawi” The original name for the tribe, ‘Fugawi’, was to be changed after the censors discovered the sentence “Where the Fugawi?”

[CSM]

Some people are more equal than others.

[CSM]

“got a question I’d never gotten before..... They are not used to the new “openness”.”

Just in time for the coming implementation of the federal database of medical records. If we think this data is safe or private, think again....

On a good note, that legislating away of privacy has overridden Roe.

[Grizzled Bear]

Have a BLT for lunch. Since you are what you eat, you can identify yourself as “BLT.” If they ask you what it means, roll your eyes and mumble that they are “so clueless.” If they press, threaten them with hate crime charges.

[Fightin Whitey]

Use the write-in ballot to provide: “Hung Like A Horse.”

That oughta whinny them over.

[Fightin Whitey]

Meant that for MNDude

my bad

[wxgesr]

I know this is still anecdotal, but I used to date a white woman who received a scholarship to a predominantly black university. She said it was a business program and the university wanted some other than blacks (OTBs) in there. Full ride, minority scholarship.

[So Cal Rocket]

Here is another “fun” site at Avis. Interestingly, you can not really find it from their home page, but other homosexual sites will redirect you to it. Maybe we need to let the world know what these companies are doing:

http://redirect.avis.com/prouder/?ICID=Redirect&IID=avis.com_prouder&mpch=ads&MID=932-24909-7684-0

And I see that Avis is offering a 10% discount on gay porn on their website!

[RobRoy]

>>And I see that Avis is offering a 10% discount on gay porn on their website!<<

Missed that one. On a side note, I didn’t know anybody paid for internet pr)n any more, except in viruses. ;-)