Frito-Lay steps in it: Anti-gun activist featured on Doritos® bag

(the snack foods section of your nearest grocery store) | 4/22/08 | Skibane

[Skibane]

A fellow shooting enthusiast over on the GunsNet forums stumbled on this bag of Doritos® in his local supermarket:

Several of us have contacted Frito-Lay with inquiries as to why their company is promoting incursions on civil liberties as a example of "doing something positive" - Here's a typical reply:

(Images courtesy of GunsNet member Zygomatic)

[Skibane]

Milonopoulos' "Vox Populi" website lists his "accomplishments", along with the usual assortment of anti-violence propaganda and cliches.

[Seaplaner]

...not necessarily endorsing their views...

I do not believe you, Ms. Dial.

[nothingnew]

Nutz!

FMCDH(BITS)

[Wiseghy]

The Hollywood shootout happened because PC, anti-gun politos kept high-power weapons away from the cops. The cops had to borrow the weapons needed from a local gun shop.

Ironic that that incident would inspire this guy to found and anti-gun organization.

[dragnet2]

That’ll be my last bag of Fritos

I’ll send my message by discontinuing my purchases of their products. Starting now.

[hotshu]

Interesting that he got the “Brick” award. If left up to him, bricks will be all anyone has to defend ourselves.

Foolish ba$tard.

[garyhope]

OK, so no more Absolut vodka, no more Doritos (just DAMN!), no more Sean Penn, George Clooney, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Oliver Stone, Michael Moore and God knows how many other “actors”, producers, writers, singers, bands, etc. movies, albums, etc.

I'm gonna be all culturally bereft unless we get some right thinking people into the entertainment industry.

And by the way,...why do we need “entertainment”. Aren't there enough real things to do in this life? Especially now with the leftists and Islamofascists breathing down our collective necks?

[Question Liberal Authority]

I wonder if they’d feature some activist who advocates a ban on junk food.

[wastedyears]

I like Doritos

No more Doritos for me.

Want to combat violence? SHOOT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

[Inyo-Mono]

That’ll be my last bag of Fritos

I’ll send my message by discontinuing my purchases of their products. Starting now.

Same here, and I've been buying and eating them for 50 years.

[BenLurkin]

Wait until they start giving out “Brick” awards for kids taking a stand against free speech.

Maybe they already have.

[wastedyears]

Hey...

Jon Voight, Gary Sinise, Bruce Willis, Leanne Rimes.

How could you ask for more than Leanne Rimes?

[Clive]

That would make a good bumper sticker or T shirt:

Combat violence! Shoot back!

[aruanan]

Well, Cathy Dialtone, I’m “not necessarily” ceasing to buy your product because of your promotion of this particular BR!CK, but simply letting you wonder about it.

[aruanan]

The NRA does more to combat violence than his anti-gun group does.

[Centurion2000]

The Hollywood shootout happened because PC, anti-gun politos kept high-power weapons away from the cops. The cops had to borrow the weapons needed from a local gun shop.

What's worse is the fact that the shop owner had to almost sue to get the guns back.

[Skibane]

I do not believe you, Ms. Dial.

Well, I for one am absolutely certain that Frito-Lay would be equally impartial about publicizing the exploits of an industrious student who - for example - started a movement to reinstate slavery, or developed an innovative new marketing model for selling kiddie porn over the internet, or worked tirelessly to promote euthanasia for people born with birth defects...

[/sarc]

[trumandogz]

Does anyone above the age of 15 or anyone older than 15 that cares about their own health eat Doritos®?

[ForGod'sSake]

"Bread and circuses" (panem et circenses) is an ancient Roman metaphor for people choosing food and fun over freedom. It often appears in commentary that accuses people of giving up their of civic duty and following whichever political leader offers to satisfy their decadent desires.

[Doctor Raoul]

I like Doritos.

You're NOT normal. Those are the hardest thing to sell in the snack aisle.

[goodnesswins]

Someone ought to send Frito Lay the homicide stats from LA....and ask if they have any armed Security at their offices in Dallas, and if so, why?

[dayglored]

> How could you ask for more than Leanne Rimes?

YA GOT ME THERE, PAL.....

[redstateconfidential]

[ONEBYEONE]

Frito layed a big egg on the PR scene.

[stainlessbanner]

They guy in that pic looks 40 years old, not 20.

[wastedyears]

Wow... I think I’m in love.

Shame she’s an inch taller. =/

Maybe she can see passed that. Metaphorically speaking

[LibFreeOrDie]

Frito Bandito (from Wikipedia):

In 1967, the company introduced a cartoon spokesman, the Frito Bandito, which was criticized as a Mexican stereotype. The Frito Bandito wore a sombrero and bandoliers, had a handlebar moustache and brandished pistols. Protests from advocacy groups such as The National Mexican-American Anti-Defamation Committee (NMAADC) prompted some initial concessions, such as the removal of the pistols and a thinning of the accent. In January 1971, however, the NMAADC, in conjunction with other advocacy groups, launched a $610 million lawsuit ($100 for each American of Mexican descent) for “malicious defamation” of their ethnicity.[3] The Frito Bandito was replaced that year by The Muncha Bunch, and then again by a new cartoon called W.C. Frito (based on W.C. Fields).

From the Pepsico web site (Pepsico owns Frito-Lay): http://www.pepsico.com/PEP_Citizenship/Contributions/FoundationGiving/index.cfm

Foundation giving (2007): National Council of La Raza - Over $100,000

[Hyzenthlay]

Ah, well, sometimes you just need a break from life... so far, my friends and I share an entertainment 'blacklist' that goes something like "Tom Cruise is scary so let's not watch his movies, and Michael Moore is too obnoxious to watch for long, and so-and-so is just an intolerably bad actor/director, and did we mention Tom Cruise is SCARY?"

Fortunately, it's getting close to summer movie season, and summer movies usually have little if anything to do with politics or 'serious' acting/writing and everything to do with explosions and special effects - Transformers is a perfect example of that. It's the 'serious' movies you find in the late fall/early winter that are released so they'll get optimal publicity for the Oscars that tend to make up the majority of the liberal BS that goes through theaters.

Oh, and a new Narnia movie is coming out in theaters in about 3-4 weeks... you'd probably find that worth seeing, if you can accept that the child actors aren't the best sometimes.

[wastedyears]

I do, I do!

[epow]

This kind of thing is maddening, corporations should stay out of the political scene if they want to do business with people on all levels of the political spectrum. As of tonight Frito Lay will get no more business from me or my family until it stops honoring anti-gun nutjobs on it's packaging.

I cut out most junk food when I went on a doctor-ordered diet to reduce my cholesterol and my weight. I'm a few points below my target cholesterol level of 160 now, and if and when I ever reach my target weight of 175 lbs I won't go back to eating junk food made by Frito-Lay.

There are probably many other snack food makers out there who would appreciate my business enough to not try shoving some kind of liberal antigun claptrap down my throat. And if not I can live a much healthier life without their junk food anyway.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It appears as though Theo has found a way to make a living without having to work. There’s a lot of that going around America these days and it’s starting to show.

[dayglored]

> Wow... I think I’m in love. Shame she’s an inch taller. =/ Maybe she can see passed that. Metaphorically speaking...

How's this?

 

(Yeah, I know this isn't the Frito Bandito, but she's a lot more pleasant on the eyes, and she's on OUR SIDE!)

[I'm ALL Right!]

So...would they recognize...say...a suicide bomber for DOING SOMETHING to enact change in the world? I mean, they don’t have to agree with them.

[Still Thinking]

Are you series? A private citizen helps out (as required by law in fact), and the city thanks him by trying to steal his inventory? That’s incomprehensibly shameful. I think I’d give them the guns bullets first the next time they asked.

[wastedyears]

Pepsico, huh? I drink Coke with my Captain Morgan.

Other than that, I like Sprite/7Up.

[wastedyears]

She looks so angelic.

[river rat]

Oh NO!

This will force me to give up ANOTHER vice — Fritos.

[dayglored]

> In 1967, the company introduced a cartoon spokesman, the Frito Bandito, which was criticized as a Mexican stereotype. [No kidding? So what???] The Frito Bandito wore a sombrero and bandoliers, had a handlebar moustache and brandished pistols. Protests from advocacy groups such as The National Mexican-American Anti-Defamation Committee (NMAADC) prompted some initial concessions, such as the removal of the pistols [He's a bandit, you idiots!!!] and a thinning of the accent. In January 1971, however, the NMAADC, in conjunction with other advocacy groups, launched a $610 million lawsuit ($100 for each American of Mexican descent) for “malicious defamation” of their ethnicity.[3] The Frito Bandito was replaced that year by The Muncha Bunch, and then again by a new cartoon called W.C. Frito (based on W.C. Fields).

It's all gone to politically-correct hell.

I say that as an American of Italian ancestry who doesn't give a sh!t if Italians are stereotyped as pizza bakers or Mafia or whatever. We have the opera singers, and Sophia Loren, so there!

[myprecious]

Aye yi yi yi.
I am the Frito Bandito.
I love Frito’s corn chips I love them, I do.
I love Frito’s corn chips, I’ll take them from you.

Wow. I should sue just to get that jingle removed from my head. I remember hanging off the merry-go-round singing this at the top of my lungs.

[dayglored]

> She looks so angelic.

Hmmm, guess I have to post this one then, eh...

Somewhat less angelic... depending on how you like your angels, of course.

[wastedyears]

With a little piece of the halo missing.

;)

Man, I’d love a girlfriend like her.

[trumandogz]

Okay, I admit it. I have been know to eat a Tostito once in a while when outside of Texas are there where no genuine Texas corn chips and a hot sauce made by some former Austin hippies that are now billionaires.

[SiVisPacemParaBellum]

Well Frito Lay is owned by the long time anti gun Pepsico.

Doesn’t surprise me in the least, but it is a good reminder to all to check into who you spend your $$$ with.

[JRandomFreeper]

Man, I’d love a girlfriend like her.

Girlfriends are over-rated. After having spent the day with my elderly mom, my youngest daughter, and the newest grandbaby.... coming home to a QUIET house, with no TV was a real blessing.

I just can't see a girl like the one pictured understanding me when I say "Of course I love you, please be very quiet". She'd probably want to have a party or buy a TV or something.

/johnny

[wastedyears]

From a guy that’s never had one yet, I want to experience it.

[NDNBill]

This is a second-hand story because I never watch any MSMs.

Katie Couric interviewed a U.S. Marine Sniper a couple days ago....
Couric to Sniper: “What do you feel when you shoot a terrorist?”

Marine Sniper to Couric: “A slight recoil”.

[wastedyears]

I still want to experience all the speed bumps, sharp turns, short stops, and whatever else associated with it.

[JRandomFreeper]

I want to experience it.

All it costs is money. And your precious time. My first million went to a liberal government, my first wife and then the post-wife exotic dancer girlfriend.

I would have been better off working on projects in the garage. ;)

But everyone ought to get a chance to screw their lives up.

/johnny/

[JSteff]

“I’ll send my message by discontinuing my purchases of their products. Starting now.”

Buick too.

[wastedyears]

I won’t let it get screwed.