Lost Cause
It's a wrap!
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I boycott products and companies that offend my intelligence with repackaged communist dogma with pretty ribbons. This is why I have a personal boycott with these morons.
Do you have a product you boycott for your own personal reasons?
Do you think your boycott does any good, or is it personal satisfaction at taking a stand?
In an ironic and hauntingly prophetic Internet column dated Sept. 4, 2001, Ben Cohen (Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream) posted an "enemy wanted" ad, hoping that a worthy adversary would soon make itself known to justify President Bush's defense budget:
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You may know some despicable characters, but are they mean enough to apply for this job posting?
ENEMY WANTED. Serious enemy needed to justify Pentagon budget increase. Defense contractors desperate. Interested enemies send letter and photo or video (threatening, OK) to Enemy Search Committee, Priorities Campaign, 1350 Broadway, NY, NY, 10018. ...
I am distributing a job description as widely as possible to help our politicians find the enemy they seek. Even with the help of defense contractors – who spend $50 million on lobbyists annually – our politicians do not possess the creativity to find the right adversary. It's clear that the old concept of enemy doesn't work anymore.
The trouble is the Defense Department needs to find an enemy in a hurry. The Bush Administration has proposed to increase Pentagon spending by $33 billion, the largest defense increase since the Cold War. ...
Over 40 million Americans, including about 10 million children, have no health insurance.
My enemy search – if successful – would go a long way toward easing the consciences of our politicians who support the fat Pentagon budget, which diverts money from poor children, the environment, and other good things.
As of today, however, my search is not going well. So, I am open to any and all suggestions or leads that you might have. I am, of course on the lookout for the right headhunter, but none has materialized.
If you've got any killer ideas, please let me know.
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The Vermont anti-war activist is the head of an advocacy group called TrueMajority, which has created a set of television commercials featuring Hollywood's Susan Sarandon and Janeane Garofalo opposing a military conflict with Saddam Hussein.
Cohen's group reportedly spent $200,000 to place the anti-war commercial on broadcast and cable networks in New York and the nation's capital, but an advertising source told the Washington Times it was rejected by the networks on a national level because it constituted "political advocacy."
On the TrueMajority website, Cohen claims to have the backing of some 500 corporate leaders "including the current or former chairpersons or CEOs of Eastman Kodak, Goldman Sachs, Visa International, Phillips Van Heusen, Hasbro, Stride Rite and [AOL] Time Warner."
www.truemajority.com
Do you have a product you boycott for your own personal reasons?
Do you think your boycott does any good, or is it personal satisfaction at taking a stand?
In an ironic and hauntingly prophetic Internet column dated Sept. 4, 2001, Ben Cohen (Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream) posted an "enemy wanted" ad, hoping that a worthy adversary would soon make itself known to justify President Bush's defense budget:
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You may know some despicable characters, but are they mean enough to apply for this job posting?
ENEMY WANTED. Serious enemy needed to justify Pentagon budget increase. Defense contractors desperate. Interested enemies send letter and photo or video (threatening, OK) to Enemy Search Committee, Priorities Campaign, 1350 Broadway, NY, NY, 10018. ...
I am distributing a job description as widely as possible to help our politicians find the enemy they seek. Even with the help of defense contractors – who spend $50 million on lobbyists annually – our politicians do not possess the creativity to find the right adversary. It's clear that the old concept of enemy doesn't work anymore.
The trouble is the Defense Department needs to find an enemy in a hurry. The Bush Administration has proposed to increase Pentagon spending by $33 billion, the largest defense increase since the Cold War. ...
Over 40 million Americans, including about 10 million children, have no health insurance.
My enemy search – if successful – would go a long way toward easing the consciences of our politicians who support the fat Pentagon budget, which diverts money from poor children, the environment, and other good things.
As of today, however, my search is not going well. So, I am open to any and all suggestions or leads that you might have. I am, of course on the lookout for the right headhunter, but none has materialized.
If you've got any killer ideas, please let me know.
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The Vermont anti-war activist is the head of an advocacy group called TrueMajority, which has created a set of television commercials featuring Hollywood's Susan Sarandon and Janeane Garofalo opposing a military conflict with Saddam Hussein.
Cohen's group reportedly spent $200,000 to place the anti-war commercial on broadcast and cable networks in New York and the nation's capital, but an advertising source told the Washington Times it was rejected by the networks on a national level because it constituted "political advocacy."
On the TrueMajority website, Cohen claims to have the backing of some 500 corporate leaders "including the current or former chairpersons or CEOs of Eastman Kodak, Goldman Sachs, Visa International, Phillips Van Heusen, Hasbro, Stride Rite and [AOL] Time Warner."
www.truemajority.com
