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AP NewsBreak: Pastor calls for boycott of Microsoft, HP for backing gay rights bill
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| 1/16/06
| Rachel La Corte - ap
Posted on 01/16/2006 7:26:24 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Hope he knows Linux...
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:29:36 PM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: NormsRevenge
The hard truth of the matter is that on culture war issues the multinational corporation is the enemy.
Something for the free market at all costs types on this board to consider.
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:29:50 PM PST
by
Sam the Sham
(A conservative party tough on illegal immigration could carry California in 2008)
To: NormsRevenge
I think you have to pick and choose your battles wisely. I don't think this is a very good choice, although I appreciate the Pastor's point of view.
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:34:55 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(01/11/06: Ted Kennedy becomes the designated driver and moral spokesperson for the Democrat party.)
To: DoughtyOne
Agreed. This is a heckuva David vs. Goliath match-up.
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:36:52 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
The problem is, people can't do without computers. Is Microsoft to the left of Apple? Is Hewlett Packard worse than its competitors?
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:38:41 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: darkwing104
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:39:52 PM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
To: darkwing104
I don't know what you'll use for a computer. I don't know of any major computer companies that aren't seriously left-wing. Apple, M$, H-P, you name it. There isn't anyone out there that makes computers that wouldn't back this bill.
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:42:21 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(Look, Daddy! Teacher says every time a Kennedy talks, a Republican gets a house seat!)
To: Sam the Sham
They obviously fear the gay lobby more than the religious lobby...
As soon as that is reversed, I'm sure they'll reverse their position as well, or at least be neutral.
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:43:59 PM PST
by
aquila48
To: Cicero
"The problem is, people can't do without computers. Is Microsoft to the left of Apple?"
Actually, Apple leans to the left. But there is an alternative as in post #2, Linux. No one controls Linux and anyone can start up a distribution. There once was a Christian version of Red Hat, if I remember right.
I use Ubuntu Linux. I paid them nothing, it's free. And it works. If the Ubuntu people came out with a pro-left statement, all Christians would have to do is fork Ubuntu.
To: Richard Kimball
Seems crazy, but big companies don't exactly support laizzes faire - corporatism suits them better!!
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:51:06 PM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
To: NormsRevenge
Who is the Republican Senator backstabber? Way to go Hutch, Rush Limbaugh's friend.
All we can do is not buy products by these companies and tell your friends as well
To: Sam the Sham
Only because like much of the rest of organized life, liberals have pressured them into it. What corporation wants to be tainted as a racist, sexist, bigoted, homophobic entity?
Meanwhile they have little discomfort for employing those in the PR offices who are quite willing to lash out at conservative customers who call to complain. ABC, Target, and others have had to distance themselves from comments made in response to complaints.
The truth of the matter is that corporations have been co-opted from within by those who dislike corporations and capitalists ANYWAY.
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:51:48 PM PST
by
weegee
(Jan 16, 2006 - Happy holiday.)
To: darkwing104
"Hope he knows Linux..."
Hutcherson sound about as nutty as Fred Phelps or Louis Sheldon.
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:51:54 PM PST
by
punster
To: NormsRevenge
The Pastor's efforts would be felt more strongly against the politicians who support the bill IMO.
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:52:43 PM PST
by
jwh_Denver
(Don't be near Ted Kennedy when his liver explodes.)
To: PastorBooks
However, most people don't have the computer smarts to use a free system like Linux, so I'll stick with everyone else and use MS Windows.
The fringe element is getting nuttier every day. I hope they enjoy living like the Amish.
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:53:46 PM PST
by
Accygirl
To: Accygirl
You don't really need much smarts any more. If you just want a desktop, there are many distributions that you can just install and start using.
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/16/2006 7:57:59 PM PST
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: Richard Kimball
I don't know what you'll use for a computer. I assemble my own computers and I am way right of M$. I can setup a computer that runs linux and have it do anything windows can do for free. Sad though, I really can't make a living doing that. Just about everyone wants to use Windows.
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:01:30 PM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Sam the Sham
I'm generally a free-market kind of guy, but on this point, you're quite right. The large corporations are almost all actively undermining traditional values.
There is little reason now why someone can't do without Microsoft, if they really want to. Obviously, if you work for someone, and that's what they use, you can't help that. But at home, you can switch.
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:15:56 PM PST
by
B Knotts
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