tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1979778383766381272..comments2024-03-29T10:30:32.188-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Progressive Big Brother has corporate sponsorsPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15286391134271222432018-02-15T21:47:02.317-06:002018-02-15T21:47:02.317-06:00Our wallet is the only 'vote' the average ...Our wallet is the only 'vote' the average person has that is actually listened to. <br />But it only works if we tell the subject of that 'vote' why we are taking our dollars<br />to another vendor. And we must make that statement clear and unequivocal. So when a<br />company offend you take your money elsewhere.but more importantly TELL them why.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38026176431653812692018-02-13T21:37:15.113-06:002018-02-13T21:37:15.113-06:00Ah, yes. "Fake news" being defined as, &...Ah, yes. "Fake news" being defined as, "Any report that throws doubt on my ideology-driven programme" (in a hat-tip to Mr. Blair, UK spelling deliberate). "Hate speech" being defined as, "Any statement that disagrees with my ideologically-driven worldview." "Divisive content" being defined as, "Any facts that contradict my ideologically-driven narrative."<br /><br />Mr. Weed needs a dose of Agent Orange, so to speak. I shall try to avoid UniLever products, but, as Anonymous at 3:26 PM points out, it may do little good by itself. Perhaps some pressure on stockholders in combination with a boycott...?Mike Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644313489266335793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-44184745321492146562018-02-13T18:08:21.237-06:002018-02-13T18:08:21.237-06:00Unilever should contact the NFL and ask them how t...Unilever should contact the NFL and ask them how that whole crapping-on-your-customer's-heads policy is working out for them...Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39417976475235133832018-02-13T15:26:44.347-06:002018-02-13T15:26:44.347-06:00You can "vote with your wallet" all day ...You can "vote with your wallet" all day long, but your picayune purchases have zero effect upon leviathan sized companies.<br /><br />Once they achieve a certain size, they have an inertia that is resilient to small market fluctuations, and BTW, look around, your influence is small.<br /><br />When the most powerful office in the world (POTUS) is in a knife fight mutiny in his own administration, with the aid and comfort of subordinate departments, your detergent and deodorant purchases amount to nothing.<br /><br />Communism, socialism (communism in the slow lane), and muslims are encroaching on all sides. "Conservatives" have willingly abdicated their responsibility and sent their children directly into government schools for collectivist indoctrination for generations. ( out of 10 colleges/universities are de facto FOB's in every community.<br /><br />"Yeah, but I don't buy brand X toothpaste".<br /><br />Please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13808450081874943962018-02-13T13:11:53.444-06:002018-02-13T13:11:53.444-06:00I don't do Facebook, Twitter, or any other soc...I don't do Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-3697823115242516712018-02-13T09:35:25.413-06:002018-02-13T09:35:25.413-06:00I want free speech - I should be able to say what ...I want free speech - I should be able to say what I want as a private citizen without worry that I will lose my career. It is also agreed by all sides that I don't get to use the resources of my place of work to spread my private views.<br /><br />Respect for private property and free speech, in my opinion, demands that we extend that same right to Mr. Keith Weed (just like Rockefeller, Ford, Gates, or the Koch brothers). They can do whatever they want with their personal income to promote their personal views.<br /><br />But when a CEO uses the resources of a corporation to spread their personal views, especially at the potential cost of the shareholders ("get woke, go broke"), that is wrong. I will vote with my wallet.<br /><br />PS: Radicals will not like the precedent they are setting by trying to make all things political. They tried to bankrupt Chick-fil-a and were surprised at the result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24873936426790119082018-02-13T07:08:27.941-06:002018-02-13T07:08:27.941-06:00Unilever - one big stick to beat you with. With a...Unilever - one big stick to beat you with. With a big enough Unilever, they can move the world.<br /><br />Unilever is headquartered in London, with their US operations in New York. These people have probably never met someone who didn't share their Oxford/Harvard viewpoints.McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-28212738086777250042018-02-13T07:08:10.274-06:002018-02-13T07:08:10.274-06:00No dear Weed... you do not decide for me at all......No dear Weed... you do not decide for me at all...RobChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07495024548913451231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54419092042250648812018-02-13T07:03:49.199-06:002018-02-13T07:03:49.199-06:00Why are Conservatives never “carryin’ on” about li...Why are Conservatives never “carryin’ on” about liberal blabbering? We just avoid / stay away because we <br />are intelligent and don’t throw violent tantrums. Damage and expense would not occur if the other side followed <br />our example. <br /><br />I also refuse to buy many of my favorite products because they don’t respect my opinions. It may not hurt them, <br />but it’s all I can do other than speak out, like this. Like acorns become oaks; trillion$ begin as pennies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53221654087610316552018-02-13T05:50:56.641-06:002018-02-13T05:50:56.641-06:00the fifth column was active in the 30's and ha...the fifth column was active in the 30's and has spread like the cancer it is since then.<br />i just pray, because only God can bring victory and cleansing out of this morass of evil.<br />it is not humanly possible to know the locations, people, and systems involved.<br />the police state is close but God can remove it.<br />the industry officers who want to control us like puppets can be removed in one fell swoop by almighty God.<br />it is up to us to watch and pray. deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42022992588994639872018-02-13T05:37:16.332-06:002018-02-13T05:37:16.332-06:00Anonymous, you are so right about the monopolies a...Anonymous, you are so right about the monopolies and conglomerates these days. start dismantling them.<br /> <br />Then where will you get a television? A cell phone? A car battery, because a company called Johnson Controls makes most of the batteries sold in the United States?<br /> <br />The mom and pop business model is dead. Get used to it.urbane legendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699110758399432397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43056265552281344752018-02-12T21:15:31.839-06:002018-02-12T21:15:31.839-06:00
This is off topic Peter but I thought you might l...<br />This is off topic Peter but I thought you might like to hear about lions helping to solve the poaching problem.<br />https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/poacher-lion-attack-maul-south-africa-spd/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-17385376279253963742018-02-12T20:54:26.080-06:002018-02-12T20:54:26.080-06:00Sounds like we really need to start busting up the...Sounds like we really need to start busting up these huge monopolies and multinational conglomerates. Dust off and update the anti-trust laws and start dismantling the corporate beasts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91641096193610886222018-02-12T20:16:22.135-06:002018-02-12T20:16:22.135-06:00President Eisenhower warned us in 1960 about the &...President Eisenhower warned us in 1960 about the "military industrial complex". That group has changed and grown in the last 58 years. All the main stream media today is corporate owned and by darn few corporations at that.<br />The media, the corporations, the multinational businesses have changed what's "normal". <br /><br />The US Supreme Court has given corporations civil rights, they have allowed law enforcement to become highwaymen via "civil forfeiture". The government reads all your electronic mail & access to your elected leaders, real access, is limited to those who have the money.<br />"Normal" is very different today than it was 60 years ago.<br /><br />Vote with your pocketbook as long as you can.<br /><br />Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34890999926610505482018-02-12T19:05:56.722-06:002018-02-12T19:05:56.722-06:00I’m a bit shocked by the comments and I see them a...I’m a bit shocked by the comments and I see them as unbelievably short sighted...Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67224657041048590182018-02-12T18:24:56.365-06:002018-02-12T18:24:56.365-06:00I, too, vote with my wallet, but it can mean a bit...I, too, vote with my wallet, but it can mean a bit more work to get things you want.<br />I no longer go to Outback, for instance. That isn't too onerous; I liked the Bloomin' Onion, but I can either live without them or learn to make them at home.<br />I don't do business with Mall-Wart. Lots of folks would be stumped right there--an amazing number of people actually would not know where else to get cleaning supplies & such things. I don't deal with K-Mart or Target, which came later, but limited my options further. There are a few other companies, but you get the idea. It just means I have to look further afiels.<br />Oh, and online shopping only helps so much. I won't do business with Amazon; that's a big segment of the online selection right there.<br />It comes down to what you consider important enough to stand for, & that's an individual decision.<br />--Tennessee BuddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com