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As we enter the eighth month of our punk presidency, the left’s desperation to enact the slow but sure evolution to statist health care favored in reality by Barack Obama has reached a fever pitch. Not coincidentally, boycott fever seems to be sweeping the nation. Two of them, assisted heavily by establishment media coverage, are quite visible. One that is perhaps as effective is largely unrecognized in elite circles. Finally, the most effective one may be a totally unorganized refusal to buy largely lurking behind the scenes. First, there is the situation with Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI). In an...

-snip- Embassy Suites, part of the Hilton Hotels Corp., pulled advertising on CBS' site because of complaints, company spokeswoman Kendra Walker told TVGuide.com. The company was not an advertiser on Letterman's show. "We received lots of e-mails from concerned guests and we assessed that the statement that he made was offensive enough to our guests and prospective guests that we elected to take the ads down," Walker said. She declined to release the cost of the ads. CBS declined to comment Tuesday. -snip

With overwhelming majorities of Americans telling pollsters they oppose government bailouts and takeovers of private corporations, it is time for the citizens to put their money where their mouth is. It is time to boycott 'Government Motors' by simply refusing to buy any product made by GM or Chrysler.

June 29th to July 5th, 2009 It's time to show the looting moochers who actually produces the wealth that they so glibly distribute. I have chosen that week for a couple of reasons: 1) your kids should be out of school and 2) Saturday is July 4th. If you are working, take your vacation during that week but do NOT spend money in any blue county. If you can't take vacation, call in sick for that week (we'll call it the "red flu"). If you have to work, work no harder than the biggest loafer in your company. If you...

The Obozo list. It should be revised and published to make freepers aware of the movie/tv/music choices. Here's the scum crowd from 800+ hits 1. Stephen Spielberg 2. David Geffen 3. Jeffrey Katzenberg 4. Barbra Streisand 5. Tom Hanks 6. Anne Hathaway 7. Demi Moore 8. Ashton Kutcher 9. Leonard DiCaprio 10. Matt Damon 11. Sean Puff Daddy Combs 12. Beyonce 13. Jennifer Aniston 14. Robert Redford 15. Whoopi Goldberg 16. Kate Winslet 17. Emma Thompson 18. Dustin Hoffman 19. Adam Sandler 20. Sean Penn 21. Madonna 22. Will Smith 23. Brad Pitt 24. Michael Moore 25. Chevy Chase 26....

Lost amid news about rising fuel costs, falling stock prices, mortgage foreclosures, and one African-American’s nutty surgical wish are stories of push backs by communities fed up with illegal immigration. Out in Thousand Oaks, Calif., earlier this month, some residence scored a small victory by effectively closing down for a day a city-sponsored day-labor center. Last year Judicial Watch wrote the mayor about the organization’s concerns that the city was violating federal immigration laws by spending more than $133,000 of public funds between 2001 and 2007 to subsidize what amounts to city-sanctioned criminal activity, since mostly illegal aliens hang out...

(IsraelNN.com) Iranian Jewish leader Siamal Morsadegh, slated to become a member of the Iranian parliament, said he is calling on the Jewish community not to celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary as a modern state because of the killing of "innocent" Arabs. The approximately 25,000 Jews in Iran largely enjoy religious freedom and economic prosperity and often distance themselves from pro-Israel stands. "We are in complete disagreement with the behavior of Israel," Morsadegh told Reuters News Agency. "We are Iranians. We have no relations with Israel."

Should advertisers stand by Rush Limbaugh? Yes No Not Sure

...a boycott called to protest proposed restrictions on illegal immigrants in Prince William County appears to be having minimal impact on the national chain stores that are its chief targets... But the week-long boycott has sharpened the contradictory emotions and opinions among county residents, highlighting the complexity of a fast-changing region that has experienced the burdens and benefits of immigration. Some established Latino immigrants, for example, say they sympathize with illegal newcomers but fear the boycott will provoke hostility... In a hardware store, the non-Hispanic co-owner said he had a "strictly neutral" position on the boycott and the county resolution...

TELLURIDE — A backlash quickly emerged after the Telluride Town Council adopted a resolution last week calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. “It’s huge, unbelievable,” said Telluride Mayor John Pryor. “Ski groups are canceling for the winter. Hundreds of people are bailing. The (town) Web site is flooded with people saying they’re canceling their vacations here.” Pryor called it a “silly initiative.” The council, he told The Telluride Watch, is too busy to weigh in on national global politics. If this was a silly initiative, why did he vote for it? The...

The British University and College Union describes itself as the largest national association of lecturers and academic related staff. And of all the burning education issues - budgets, standards and more - discussed at its recent conference, I am astounded to see which one has been assigned as the 'top story' on the union's website. The answer: An academic boycott of Israel, due to continuing violation of Palestinian rights. As an economics lecturer might say, assume that Israel is a pariah state and that Palestinians had not bombed the Hebrew University in Jerusalem nor the Sapir campus near Ashkelon. And...

A northern Swedish bishop is heading a campaign to boycott Scandic Hotels following the group's decision to remove copies of the Bible from its rooms. Bishop Tony Guldbrandzén has decided to cancel all reservations made by the diocese of Härnösand with the Swedish-owned hotel chain. The bishop's office has so far made around one hundred cancellations for the month of May, which is the time of year when the diocesan council is due to meet.

N Korea boycotts talks session Kenichiro Sasae says the North wants to see its money Six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programme hit a snag after Pyongyang's negotiators refused to attend a meeting of chief delegates. Japanese envoy Kenichiro Sasae said the North had refused to participate until it was able to access $25m of its money that was frozen in a Macau bank. The US announced on Monday that the North Korean money would be transferred from Macau to a bank in China. Unblocking its assets was a key demand for the North in a recent nuclear...

A radical Hispanic group is promoting a boycott of the Walt Disney Company because, contends the Mexica Movement, the entertainment giant "has made a habit of hiring talk show hosts who spread the Minutemen white supremacist racist agenda." The boycott announcement specifically cites radio legend and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Paul Harvey, as well as popular talker Doug McIntyre. Both Harvey and McIntyre are nationally syndicated by ABC, which is owned by Disney. McIntyre was instrumental in exposing a taxpayer-funded Los Angeles school backed by radical groups that lay claim to the Southwestern U.S. As WND reported, the principal...

Nationwide Rally to Stop Illegal Immigration on Saturday, July 1st, at noon, at every City HallOn May 1st - Million of Illegal Aliens Marched in our StreetsTwelve million illegal aliens demonstrated their political power, and declared May 1st to be A Day Without Undocumented Workers ( illegal aliens ). They boycotted the USA, all US businesses and institutions. Millions of them marched in our streets, carried Mexican flags, shouted "Si se puede!", and demanded new laws from our Congress. On July 1st - U.S. Citizens Nationwide Rally and BoycottRally to stop the invasion by millions of illegal aliens. 1-Day boycott...

USA Citizens Day - July 1st Immigration Control Rally Nationwide Rally on Saturday, July 1st, at noon, at your City HallMay 1st - Million of Illegal Aliens Marched in our StreetsTwelve million illegal aliens demonstrated their political power, and declared May 1st to be A Day Without Undocumented Workers ( illegal aliens ). They boycotted the USA, all US businesses and institutions. Millions of them marched in our streets, carried Mexican flags, shouted "Si se puede!", and demanded new laws from our Congress. July 1st - U.S. Citizens Nationwide Rally for Immigration ControlRally to stop our continuous invasion by...

Retailers agree to bring back Christmas themes this season Posted: December 9, 20055:00 p.m. Eastern By Alyssa Farah © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com In a mid-season turnabout, Target stores have pledged to re-introduce Christmas themes into marketing efforts, prompting the American Family Association to officially drop its boycott. "We are pleased to learn that Target has heard our concerns and decided to use Christmas in their advertising and marketing efforts," said AFA Chairman Donald E. Wildmon. "Since the company has responded positively, we see no need to continue the boycott." AFA also called off a boycott on Sears after the chain decided to include...

Corporations operating in America seem to be stagnating when it comes to improving racial diversity, the NAACP said Monday as it released report cards that measured 55 companies on their efforts. Most companies' rankings were virtually the same as last year, an indication that some businesses are not making much effort to improve, said Dennis C. Hayes, interim president of the NAACP. "The opportunities for African-Americans to participate in this American dream depends on all of us being included," Hayes said. The report cards were released during the annual convention of the Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored...

Spurred on by a biblical injunction evangelicals call “The Great Commission,” and emboldened by George W. Bush’s re-election, which is perceived as a “mandate from God,” the Christian right has launched a series of boycotts and pressure campaigns aimed at corporate America — and at its sponsorship of entertainment, programs and activities the Christers don’t like. And it’s working. Just three weeks ago, the Rev. Donald Wildmon’s American Family Association (AFA) announced it was ending its boycott of corporate giant Procter & Gamble — maker of household staples like Tide and Crest — for being pro-gay. Why? Because the AFA’s...

Some subjects are hard to talk about, and wise men or women avoid discussing them at all. Well let me tackle one difficult subject, since I feel brave this evening. Boycotts I have never been a fan of boycotts, and see no merit to them. They hardly ever work. When a companies public stance on an issue, aggravates me, I don’t stomp my feet and swear that “none of my hard earned money will be spent on that product.” No I just rely on that little voice inside me to guide me while shopping. Not too long ago, I was...

Liberal organizations and bloggers are in overdrive, after nationally syndicated, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck was said to have threatened Michael Moore's life. It's sparked a write-in and telephone campaign to get Beck off the air, via his syndicator, complaints to the FCC and calls for his arrest. Don't these lefties have a very selective sense of outrage? Here's what Media Matters, a leftist site, claims Beck said on May 17:

David Livingstone, 41, of Hazel Park, shows the home page to his Web site on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 8, 2005, in Detroit. Livingstone is trying to spread the word about an economic boycott he'll participate in during the presidential inauguration on Thursday, Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza By ADRIENNE SCHWISOW DETROIT (AP) - David Livingstone says the idea behind the economic boycott he's organizing is simple: If people don't show up at work or buy things, companies lose money. As he sees it, that's money the Bush administration can't tax, and can't use to run the war in Iraq,...

BUY BLUE? I DON'T THINK SO. Now here is an interesting website for you to take a look at. The title says "Choose the Blue." By searching the various categories through this website you can discover which political party PACs are supported by various corporations and corporate employees in several fields of business. The object of the website is to get loyal Democrats to stop spending their money with companies that lend the greater support to the Republican party. Some examples: In the auto insurance category, Progressive Insurance shows a 91% support for Democrats while State Farm shows an 81%...

A list from DU--- Cuts both ways, I'd say

P&G ACTIVELY RECRUITS THOSE WHO PRACTICE HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR TO BECOME EMPLOYEES Procter & Gamble actively seeks out individuals who practice the abnormal and destructive homosexual lifestyle to come to work for the company. It is the only group P&G seeks to employ based on their behavior. P&G recruits from this group because they practice the homosexual lifestyle. The company is currently running a promotion on the homosexual website GAYWORK.COM seeking employees whose sole distinguishing characteristic is sex with same-sex partners. In addition, P&G is a major sponsor of Out & Equal, an organization that bills itself as one that "offers...

State denies redistricting map drawn to harm minority blocs AUSTIN (AP) — Attorneys for the state defended a congressional district map in a federal courtroom Thursday, attempting to disprove plaintiffs' arguments that the new lines were drawn with racially discriminatory intent, violating the Voting Rights Act. Attorney Andy Taylor questioned a map drawer about the intent with which each of the 32 districts was created by the Texas Legislature. "I'm not aware of splits made to break up minority blocks," said Bill Davis, a former Republican state legislator and lobbyist who testified as the state began its case in the...

If you go into your local shopping mall, you'll find something missing from the counter at Abercrombie & Fitch, the clothing store that uses porn to sell clothing to kids. The Christmas edition of its quarterly magazine is gone. Although the company won't admit it, economic pressure from thousands of citizens is almost certainly the reason it pulled the "Christmas Field Guide" from all 651 stores. The issue featured pictures of naked male and female models in sexual poses, including group sex. And advice from a so-called "sexpert" urges kids to get as much sexual experience as they can in...

Clifton Kirkpatrick, the stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (USA), has coaxed his allies in the National Council of Churches to join the PCUSA's boycott of Taco Bell. "Any time a Christian community comes together and seeks to exercise economic justice in this way, it is because there is a very serious injustice that cannot be resolved in any other way," said the Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, one of leaders of the social-activist ecumenical body which held its annual assembly in Jackson, Miss., on Nov. 6-8. Kirkpatrick introduced the resolution calling on the NCC to join a tomato-picker's labor union in...

As many of you know, CBS recently ran a two part series on homeschooling that was outrageously bias and misleading. Today, it has been reported that they are planning a TV movie that will smear Ronald Reagan. We have put up with Rather for so long but enough is enough. CBS needs to be held accountable to the truth. We need to do something. Free Republic is about grass-roots conservatism. Therefore, I propose we create a website at www.boycottcbs.org. The domain is available and could be live in 24 hours. I am willing to put up the money for domain...

I am hoping to get folks to quit shopping at Target because they sell these awful, dirty, FCUK EWE products at Marshall Field's here in Mpls. For any retailer here in the Heartland to spit on the morals and standards that most of us live by is just unbelievable. Target refuses to follow Federated who dropped this line of Degenerate cosmetics and tee shirts and other clothing after a week of protests from God fearing Christians all over the Midwest. Target says No, we will sell what we want. Well, we consumers who don't want our teen age grandchildren wearing...

Hollywood and the supposed boycotts that have pundits all up in arms By Lisa Sarrach – President  There have been scores of columns written in the past month or so by pundits and activists showing their collective disgust and outrage over the treatment of the Dixie Chicks and more recently Danny Glover, harkening back to the time of the McCarthy Era and blacklisting. Just last Thursday, the Detroit News’ own Laura Berman displayed her outrage at the new supposed Hollywood blacklist being compiled by “high-tech bullies” who want to “drum up ratings and drown out dissent”. Let’s take a walk back to...

I understand the League's problems with the NAACP, due to the opposition by the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) of the public display of the Confederate flags. Of course, like many anti-Southern groups, they view the Confederate flag as "a symbol of slavery". They hold this view, despite the fact that leading Confederate Generals voiced their own condemnation of slavery. General Robert E Lee considered slavery to be "evil" and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson educated his own slaves, despite laws in Virginia which prohibited such activity. Also, there were anti-slavery societies in the South, including the Manumission...

As an economist working at a mid-size food processing corporation in the South, I want to offer a suggestion to Freepers that may help Bush's tax cut plan intended to revive the economy to succeed. Our firm does a lot of business with European Union (EU) nations such as Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, etc. But next month, we are giving pink slips to 17 workers, because orders from EU nations have reduced sharply. America is the leading exporting nation in the world. The European Union is America's largest trading partner. America exports more to the EU nations, than it does...

France's diplomatic stare-down with the United States over Iraq continues to hurt French businesses on American turf - especially those in New York City. On Thursday came the announcement that one of New York City's premier French restaurants is closing down. Lespinasse, which is located in the St. Regis Hotel, announced it would close next week because of the economic and political climate. "We carried it as long as we could. Any reopening will be determined by the pace of the economic recovery,'' said Guenter Richter, managing director of the hotel. He declined to specifically address a boycott of French...

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030412/RVWEBB/TPEntertainment/TopStories Hollywood halfwits v. the lynch mob Mad as hell at antiwar celebrities, Americans who support the attack on Iraq are using the Internet to call for boycotts. Some are seeing shades of McCarthyism, SIMON HOUPT writes By SIMON HOUPT Saturday, April 12, 2003 - NEW YORK -- Jon Alvarez is feeling rather pleased with himself these days. Alvarez, 37, is a self-described "average Joe," a Syracuse, N.Y. computer salesman who works hard for every penny, supports his family, and thinks he just may have slain the beast of Janeane Garofalo. You see, Alvarez is mighty upset with what he...

Congressional fight over Sodexho pact raises concern for area jobs By DOUGLAS TURNER News Washington Bureau Chief 4/2/2003 WASHINGTON - Republican congressional anger at France has spilled over from renaming chopped deep-fried potatoes to an attempt to cancel government contracts with French-owned firms - including one employing 2,130 in Western New York. Last month, angry GOP loyalists forced the House Dining Room to change the menu listing french fries to "freedom fries" in response to France's threat to veto at the United Nations a U.S.-British resolution permitting an attack on Iraq. The menu on President Bush's Air Force One offers...

Following negative comments made in London about U.S. President George W. Bush by the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines, country radio stations have shunned the group's "Travelin' Soldier" enough to force it completely off of Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks roundup, where it was No. 1 just two weeks ago. On the other hand, the pro-war balled "Have You Forgotten?" from Darryl Worley has taken over as No. 1 on the tally.

Excerpts: "Artists such as the Dixie Chicks and Courtney Love are going to court and questioning labels' accounting practices—while actively seeking to reform the way the music industry does business. 'Is this a matter of the artists biting the hands that feed them?' manager Simon Renshaw of The Firm, which represents the Dixie Chicks, asks rhetorically. 'It's more like them slapping the hands that are reaching into their back pockets.'" "This Tuesday (2/20), The Firm hosted a political fundraiser titled 'Winning Back the House and Winning Back Artists' Rights' for House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri and ranking Democrat...

Iraq Conflict Causes Problems for Chicks, Celine Dion, Joan Rivers, Saddam March 20, 2003 War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing... Except for Edwin Starr, who had a hit with the song, it hasn’t been very good for anyone. As the bombs drop over Baghdad, the pop music world might seem like a hill of beans, but war fever has been catching several innocent bystanders in its wake. Music superstars the Dixie Chicks have been hit with a nearly 30% drop in country music airplay after Natalie Maines told a concert audience in London the group was "ashamed the...

Putting up with the inane comments from the Hollywood left may seem overwhelming at times. After all, we are told by the likes of Martin Sheen, Janeane Garofalo, and Mike Farrell that Saddam Hussein is not a threat to us or his neighbors. We are told that inspections can work. From their gas-guzzling limos, we are told that this is a war for oil. Now, Nashville has stepped in, through the mouth of Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, to lend its "influence" to the "debate," and many Americans are left wondering, "What's next?" Overwhelming? Yes. Hopeless? No. For the...

NEW YORK -- Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network said an economic boycott of Pepsi would start next week unless the company runs an ad featuring the rapper Ludacris that was pulled last year. "Falling out of favor in the hip-hop community could be very damaging," Simmons said Wednesday. He also wants Pepsi to issue an apology and donate $5 million to his charity organization. Pepsi yanked the Ludacris ad in August, a day after Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly ran a segment criticizing the company for using the rapper. O'Reilly questioned Ludacris' appropriateness as a...

MESSAGE TO FRANCE, GERMANY, & EVERY NATION SUPPORTING IRAQ & TERRORISM. Much of Western Europe, Russia, China and Canada has aligned with Iraq and with Islamic fundamentalism against Christians and Jews in America, against the Jews of Israel and Europe, against the Hindus of India, and against the Christians of Africa and the Far-east. Desiring to counter this support for our enemies by our putative "allies," I and fellow Americans do pledge: To buy no products made whole or in part in nations not standing with the U.S; To downgrade, boycott and completely eliminate any involvement with businesses based in...

<p>Besieged by Jewish protesters, San Francisco's Rainbow Grocery backed away from a partial boycott of Israeli-made goods Sunday, ending the dispute but leaving many of the demonstrators still seething.</p> <p>The worker-owned supermarket caused an uproar when two of its largest departments, packaged foods and bulk foods, banned certain Israeli-made goods to protest Israel's treatment of Palestinians.</p>

Confederate-heritage boosters say they would win a flag referendum in Georgia, despite potential boycotts. The defeat of Governor Barnes was among several recent indications of voter support for Southern Independence symbols: 1) South Carolina Gov. David Beasley was defeated in 1998, two years after he pushed a measure to remove the Confederate banner from atop the Statehouse in Columbia. 2) In April 2001, Mississippi held a referendum in which 66 percent voted to retain that state's Confederate-themed flag. 3) On Tuesday, 58 percent of voters in Harrison County, Miss., elected to keep a Confederate flag display at the beach in...

NAACP Delegate Calls for Boycott of Country Music! Rev. Mohammed X. Bagheera, delegate at large to the recent NAACP convention, called for a boycott of Country and Western Music. Rev. Bagheera was known as Leroy T. Washington before his conversion to Islam and once lived in Albany, Georgia. Asked about his call for a boycott, Rev. Bagheera offered this insight into his past: "I remember being chased down a dirt road by two good old white boys in a pickup truck. They had Honky Hank Williams blaring on the radio as they was chasing me. He was moanin'some kind of...

British supermarkets have been instructed to clearly identify imports from the West Bank and Gaza as not being "produce of Israel." A University of Manchester professor dismissed two colleagues because they were Israeli citizens. But despite its ongoing arms embargo against Israel, Britain's Ministry of Defense plans to sell F-16 components to Israel through intermediaries in the United States. Click here for more

Article discusses the April, 2002 black race riot that occurred in Cincinnati, and which enjoyed a media white-out. The author puts the newest race riot in the context of its April, 2001 predecessor, and discusses how such riots have been institutionalized as a regular feature of urban life.