Posted on 01/24/2007 5:37:16 PM PST by Flavius
(In fact, I have worked for their Japanese competition - but I DO care about the truth, unlike many people here)
That can't happen unless they crack their union wage scales, and sluff off their accrued health care liabilities to the Feds. The company is a very sick and near terminal puppy, if BOTH of those don't happen.
What does the word UPDATE suggest to you?
There is a library of collected material represented by that website. It has been collected since BEFORE the boycott was launched. (That's what UPDATE should suggest to you.)
Show me item for item the matching offense from each other manufacturer.
You need to calm down.
Someone asked if you were an employee of Ford or had some other similar connection to them. Do You?
How did auto economics get conflated with religion?
The airlines have forced a series of wage and benefit cuts.
Their argument is simple: You can have your $100 and hour package turn to $0 an hour when we go out of business,
OR
You can have a lower $50 and hour package, which is still a great wage in American, and a job.
Zero or Fifty....which is it?
We will soon find out. But Ford without exciting products also needs out of its health care benefit problem. Toyota has better cars dollar for dollar, with much younger workers, earning lower wages in the South, that are not unionized. That is a horrific beast for Detroit with which to cope.
That was cold.
Now that's very cold....
If you have any accusations about my history, bring them.
Until then, shut your trap.
What you've provided is just a few ads. AFA is targeting an entire range of activity by Ford. You have just begun to scratch the surface.
You want to know why Ford was the one chosen. AFA says that over the years, their support of the gay AGENDA is most egregious.
Show where others are as egregious as the compilation provided by AFA. We have a Ford plant in our area. I would like to be able to support them.
In the past I've owned Falcon, Pinto, Fairmont, Mustang.
But, not until they relent.
Tough.
My personal boycott began with this clown. It strengthened with the gay friendly crap. I have owned a Ford before and it was a good product. But now, screw 'em.
I've provided you with links to Toyota's support of gay organizations. I've provided you with links to ads every bit as egregious as Ford's. If you did a simple google search you'll find DaimlerChrysler and GM supporting the same organizations that you're accusing Ford of supporting. I could do it for you, but why? It is clear you won't pay attention.
AFA chose Ford not because they are the most egregious. They chose Ford because they needed a weak target after failing miserably. Their past boycotts on Disney and P&G sure worked, huh? That one on Walmart certainly had little effect (the NGLCC is still thanking Walmart for support as a "corporate visionary").
I don't see that there's any point in digging up more evidence for you, as you've ignored all that has been given, deciding to believe Wildmon instead. Do some research yourself. Believe me, you'll be better off for it. You may choose to continue to boycott Ford, and it is your right. But you won't be believing they are any more "egregious" in their support. You should ALWAYS question what people are telling you and verify things before jumping on a bandwagon.
(BTW, if you've owned a Falcon, Pinto, Fairmont, and Mustang in the past, odds are your joining the boycott is making VERY little difference to Ford, as the Mustang is the only one of your list that has even been built in the past quarter century)
Umm... Nasser was fired awhile back....
Ford is the Edsel of car companies.
Buick isthe biggest selling brand in China.
Illogical. It demonstrates I'm a past and relatively recent customer.
You cannot match the data of AFA item for item. That means you have lost the exchange, and AFA's analysis for why Ford has been boycotted has not been refuted.
Good reason. That's racist.
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