Posted on 11/16/2007 7:29:50 AM PST by ddtorquee
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that OfficeMax, a leading office products retailer, has joined a growing list of companies that have stopped advertising on Michael Savage's nationally-syndicated radio program because of the host's anti-Muslim views. CAIR recently reported that Savage, whose "The Savage Nation" airs on more than 300 radio stations nationwide, screamed attacks on Muslims, Islam and the Quran, Islam's revealed text, during his October 29, 2007, program. To listen to Savage's bigoted statements, go to: http://www.cair.com/audio/savage_102907.asp SEE: National Radio Host Goes on Anti-Muslim Tirade http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=23608&;&name=n&&currPage=1&&A ctive=1 The Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group called on radio listeners of all faiths to contact companies that advertise on Savage's program to express their concerns about the host's anti-Muslim bigotry. Companies that have dropped ads from Savage's program include Citrix Systems Inc., a global leader in application delivery infrastructure.
(Excerpt) Read more at earthtimes.org ...
I was just going to use their general inquiry form:
http://www.officemax.com/omax/customerservice/generalInquiry.jsp
Not much of a MS fan myself - but CAIR is a front group for terrorists, plain and simple.
We have to get over this politically correctness BS...
Thanks for Alert.. We will cancel corporate account. Survey OFFICE MAX here: http://eval.bizrate.com/survey/exit.xpml
I wrote Office Max and will no longer do business there. Long live the mighty Savage Nation.
The guy I spoke to, Bob, claims the ads were dropped but not because of any complaints. It was a marketing decision (riiight).
Anybody know where this list is?
I used to work at corporate. It was lame.
Eventually it got bought and moved to Chicago.
Apparently it is still run by idiots.
I was appalled that your company has joined with CAIR and Islamic radical front group to attempt to censor the opinions of talk host Michael Savage.
I don't agree with Savage a lot of the time but I find him entertaining. It's too bad that a small but very loud group can intimidate your company in its advertising policies. You have every right to advertise where ever you want, but since you have offended me, I won't be shopping at your stores in the future if this decision stands.
Moreover I'm going to go into my place of employment and collect all the Office Max catalogs and toss them in the trash and instruct the mail room to do so in the future. I will also direct the IT department to do a global search for any bookmarks or links to Office Max and delete them from the system and all the machines running on it.
There are far more average Americans who are concerned by the kind of hollow intimidation that your company caved in to, than there are members of the noisy front group CAIR.
It was a bad business decision, it's not too late to undo it.
Good letter.
What wrong with Savage lately? He’s sounds like he is on Prozac and just reading scripted questions to a pre-recorded interview.
Here is cut/paste from CAIR’s WEBsite bemoaning Dr. Savage’s remarks:
Savage’s shouted anti-Muslim attacks included:
“I’m not gonna put my wife in a hijab. And I’m not gonna put my daughter in a burqa. And I’m not gettin on my all-fours and braying to Mecca. And you could drop dead if you don’t like it. You can shove it up your pipe. I don’t wanna hear anymore about Islam. I don’t wanna hear one more word about Islam. Take your religion and shove it up your behind. I’m sick of you.”
“What kind of religion is this? What kind of world are you living in when you let them in here with that throwback document in their hand, which is a book of hate. Don’t tell me I need reeducation. They need deportation. I don’t need reeducation. Deportation, not reeducation. You can take C-A-I-R and throw ‘em out of my country. I’d raise the American flag and I’d get out my trumpet if you did it. Without due process. You can take your due process and shove it.”
“What sane nation that worships the U.S. constitution, which is the greatest document of freedom ever written, would bring in people who worship a book that tells them the exact opposite. Make no mistake about it, the Quran is not a document of freedom. The Quran is a document of slavery and chattel. It teaches you that you are a slave.”
http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=23608&;
Savage makes sense to me.
Same here. I would even go as far as saying I Hate his show, but this assault on free speech won’t go unpunished. Goodbye Office Max.
Thanks for the info. I’m going to make my voice heard to OfficeMax. Let’s let them know that we still have a bigger voice in America than the soft terrorists among us.
He is doing pre-recorded interviews now - I enjoy them, they’re quite informative.
Can’t comment on the Prozac...
Office Max just lost my business. I’m not the biggest Savage listener (sometimes his rants and yelling drive me nuts), but to bow to CAIR is intolerable. There are many other places selling office products.
I just emailed them that they have lost my business because they caved to an extreme group that has no interest in American-Islamic relations and is an unindicted co-conspirator in a terrorism case, and that I will do everything in my power to convince others to stop shopping at OfficeMax.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.