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1 posted on 02/04/2008 7:29:17 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

Liberals sure do love McCain.


2 posted on 02/04/2008 7:31:51 PM PST by inkling (exurbanleague.com)
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To: Perdogg

M<ore like ‘Unamerican aging hippie Rags’


4 posted on 02/04/2008 7:34:17 PM PST by DGHoodini (Happy Leap Month!)
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To: Perdogg
Um, isn't this a corporate contribution in violation of the Tillman Act of 1907, the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, the Bi-Partisan Campaign Reform Act (aka McLame-Feingold), etc?

AKA THEY CAN'T DO THIS!!!

5 posted on 02/04/2008 7:34:24 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Perdogg

What’s the matter, don’t they think they can afford to make their American aparrel without cheap Mexican labor?


6 posted on 02/04/2008 7:34:41 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Perdogg
Isn't this just one endorsement?

They want Obama to be POTUS and voting for McCain can help make that happen.
7 posted on 02/04/2008 7:35:00 PM PST by elizabetty (John McCain Hates Michael Reagan...........John McCain Hates Me, too. The feeling is mutual.)
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To: Perdogg

Do you have a link?


8 posted on 02/04/2008 7:36:57 PM PST by trumandogz
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To: Perdogg

Who needs American apparel?


9 posted on 02/04/2008 7:38:32 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Perdogg

No surprise.
Because I’m qualified to buy wholesale from them, I get sent catalogs now & then. Dumpy, slutty and stoned looking female models are not going to help me sell their products.
Which I wouldn’t anyway. Their sizing and quality is very inconsistent. I have other suppliers that do much better work.


15 posted on 02/04/2008 7:46:55 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: Perdogg

So, they basically want a pro-amnesty President so they can get cheap labor and not get fined.

Screw them.


16 posted on 02/04/2008 7:47:56 PM PST by ConservativeMind
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To: Perdogg
love (not) the graphics: america blinked and it was the sixties all over again!
17 posted on 02/04/2008 7:50:12 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (it's not called the Church Militant for nothing.)
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To: Perdogg
The company is used to publicity, some of it unwelcome. Mr. (Dov) Charney has been sued on accusations of sexual harassment by several employees, who said he had created an uncomfortable work environment. The company denies the accusations and is fighting a case in Los Angeles, where the company designs and manufactures all of its clothing.
From this link to the company's website.
18 posted on 02/04/2008 7:54:32 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze
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To: Perdogg

Senator McCain’s Liberal Record

1. Amnesty = McCain / Kennedy (D)
2. Censorship = McCain / Feingold (D)
3. Gas Tax Increase = McCain / Lieberman (D)
4. McCain’s Proposed Democrat Ticket = Kerry / McCain (D)
5. Turncoats Who Asked to Switch Parties: McCain / Jeffords (D)
6. McCain’s American Conservative Union Rank= 47th / 100 = RINO
7. New York Times (D) Endorsed: McCain
8. Opposed Bush Tax Cuts = McCain + (All Ds)
9. McCain wants to keep the Death Tax
10. McCain wants to raise Social Security Taxes
11. McCain / ACLU (D) is Pro-Terrorist Rights
12. McCain/Kennedy(D)/Edwards(D) Tobacco=Trial Lawyers Dream Act

Why vote Democrat when you can have a real liberal:

John McCain?

Top Ten Reasons to Vote For McCain

1. Amnistía Si! Vota Para McCain!
2. Shut Up and Vote McCain / Feingold!
3. $4.00 Gasoline, here we come!
4. Clinton / McCain: The NY Times’ Ticket!
5. RINOs 4 McCain!
6. More Payroll & Death Taxes!
7. Gitmo Detainees Agree: Vote McCain!
8. Kill Conservatism: Vote Liberal, Vote McCain!
9. He Can’t Possibly Stab You in the Back Next!
10. He’ll find out who really stole the strawberries! – Vote Captain Queeg McCain!


20 posted on 02/04/2008 8:15:00 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Amnesty! Taxes! Censorship! Jihadi Rights! Gay Marriage! NY Times Endorsed! McCain!)
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To: Perdogg

Gotta insure cheap labor so we can keep making a profit...


21 posted on 02/04/2008 8:15:08 PM PST by Tall_Texan (No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
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To: Perdogg

Dear McCain supporters—the “open borders” supporters love your candidate!


23 posted on 02/04/2008 8:26:41 PM PST by I'm ALL Right! (R.I.P . Conservatism 1790 - 2008)
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To: Perdogg

so it seems like American Apparel likes cheap uneducated labor. Or maybe they’re just mindless haters who enjoy being invaded, conquered and colonized.


25 posted on 02/04/2008 8:41:29 PM PST by isrul
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To: Perdogg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dov_Charney

Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969 in Montreal, Canada) is the founder and CEO of American Apparel ("AA"), a clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer.

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Charney has taken a personal interest in his company's sexually-charged advertising campaigns. Many of the models are recruited by Charney and his colleagues on the street, or company stores; others are selected after sending their photos directly to Charney via the company website.[3] Many of the intimate ad photos have been shot in Charney's own apartment. A handful feature him in suggestive poses with the models.[citation needed] Rob Walker of The New York Times Magazine describes a "raw and vaguely decadent style" of the ads,[14] which are placed on blogs and other non-mainstream outlets such as free weekly newspapers, art and fashion journals, and other non-mainstream media such as Vice Magazine.[3]

Charney has also emphasized sexuality in his public persona and within the company. For a profile in The New Yorker magazine, he took the writer to a local strip club to conduct T-shirt fittings using the dancers.[10] In a video posted on the company website, Charney walked across his factory floor modeling a pair of men's briefs for his employees[15]. In the context of an ongoing series of conversations about sexuality with Jane Magazine, Charney masturbated on a number of occasions in front of the writer and staged a sexual encounter with an American Apparel employee.[16][17][18].

The New York Times Magazine suggests that Charney is the contemporary equivalent of Hugh Hefner in the 1950s, in pushing against cultural norms to promote a kind of popular hedonism that sexualizes "the girl next door".[3][19] Charney claims the sexual openness is appropriate to the company's Generation Y demographic,[20][21] which he calls "Young Metropolitan Adults",[3] and the fashion business.[22] Charney's advertisements have been praised within the fashion and advertising industries[23][24] Adult entertainment trade magazine Adult Video News cited the American Apparel website[25] as "one of the finer softcore websites going."[26]

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The Jane Magazine story set off a small firestorm of criticism, particularly in the blogosphere.[27] There were three subsequent lawsuits from former employees charging Charney with sexual harassment. [28]Two of the suits were settled out of court in 2005; the complaint of Mary Nelson, a former employee in American Apparel's sales department, remains pending as of 2007.[2] Charney is also accused of conducting job interviews in his underwear and giving employees vibrators. [29] In response to allegations of sexual harassment, American Apparel now requires all employees to sign a disclaimer acknowledging, among other things, the sexually-charged nature of its products and advertisements.[3]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dov_Charney
26 posted on 02/04/2008 10:02:44 PM PST by TheMole
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To: Perdogg

They can’t even get history right. In the early 50’s, over 5 decades ago, President Eisenhower’s defense secretary nominee, “Engine” Charlie Wilson from GM said: “What’s good for the country is good for GM, and vise versa”.


27 posted on 02/05/2008 7:34:19 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
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