Lowe’s drops advertising on O’Reilly.
By on Jul 28th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Lowe’s drops advertising on O’Reilly.
Earlier this month, Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films released “Fox Attacks: The Environment.” The short film documented Fox News’ assault on global warming science and called for one of Fox’s major advertisers, Home Depot, to stop supporting the network’s lies. Home Depot claims to support eco-friendly policies but still gives advertising dollars to Fox.
Watch it:
While Home Depot is still sticking with Fox, its major competitor — Lowe’s — announced “the company’s advertising will no longer appear” on the The O’Reilly Factor. Keep the heat on Home Depot. Sign the Sierra Club’s petition.
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Ah, Capitalism the way the Capitalists hate it, when the advertisers reject the eyeballs of the viewers of an idiot.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:05 pmHome Depot is not in the business of silencing critics and doing political analysis, lefties. It’s not contradictory for a business to advertise in a prominent medium. Fox doesn’t exactly enjoy low ratings, so it’s a go-getter for advertisers.
Lowe’s is moronic for their decision.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:13 pmBOYCOTT LOWE’S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(It kinda sucks, anyway. Whatever happened to Hechinger?)
July 28th, 2007 at 1:14 pmIf the Sierra Club would put a privacy notice on that page that says we will not share your information with anybody nor will we hound you to join, I’d sign it.
But petitions like these have the added benefit for organizations to pester people, because they gather personal information.
I can’t tell you how much online and mail spam I now receive because of these partitions.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:14 pmIt’s working!!
Woo hoo!!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:15 pmSpoken like a fellow Washingtonian! Too bad they’re gone.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:16 pmI really like this pushing of anti-FOX products. People who boycott FOX deserve free pub. No doubt about it.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:17 pmAs the comments on the Kos story point out, Lowe’s ceased advertising on the O’Reilly Factor on January 25, 2007, six months ago.
http://www.newshounds.us/2007/01/30/lowes_drops_advertising_from_the_oreilly_factor.php
July 28th, 2007 at 1:18 pmBusinesses shouldn’t be forced into the position of making political decisions. They will (and should) seek to draw a customer base in the finest mediums. Fox has a prominent viewership, so it’s one of those places.
Lefties, you have no brain.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:19 pmLet’s all boycott Home Depot BIG TIME! We can hit them where it hurts most – in their pocket book. Besides, Lowe’s is every bit as good and in some areas even better than Home Depot.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:20 pmAh yes. Yet another wonderful show of how business friendly the libturds are. “If you don’t agree with our high and mighty ideals, you don’t deserve to do business and earn money and we’ll make sure of that by sending in our brainwashed activist hordes. They’ll pester you with letters and calls until you give up.”
Get a life people.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:20 pmOh, and get a well paying job, too. You’ll see that having a lot of money isn’t that bad an idea.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:22 pmCT scan: It’s clear that the rads have fried your brain, that’s what’s obvious to all of us. You’ve been not wearing your “Rad-0-Meter” as you should have been.
Businesses KNOW that their choosing sides in politics nets them nothing but failure. Home Depot has chosen to fail and fail it will. Just like it’s counterpart, Foch Snooze, which, incidentally, no one watches any longer.
As I’ve said, Rads to the brain, dude.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:22 pmI thought Rethugs liked a free market. What happened – capitalist principles got you down?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:23 pmActivism by the consumers isn’t free market.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:23 pmIn my state, Lowe’s trumps Home Depot by a long shot. They are even considering closing one nearby because it’s always empty.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:23 pmHome despot is fixin to find out how life is when you have less money. I love a free market!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:24 pmActivism by the consumer IS free market. Who are trying to kid, Tom Terriffic (NOT!).
July 28th, 2007 at 1:24 pmAtta boy, Marcus. Spear those trolls every time! March on, Aurelius.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:25 pmYou liberals are a pathetic lot! When you can’t carry on an intelligent debate or when you encounter someone who disagrees with your points of view, what do you do? Censor!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:26 pmLet’s send out this thread and encourage everyone we know to immediately begin a boycott of Home Depot and then we’ll see who controls our market, shall we?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:26 pmveritas: No it isn’t. Free market means free, unhindered competition between corporations – it doesn’t mean that consumers screw up the operation of corporations by embarking on silly boycotts and pressure campaigns. That harms our economy.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:26 pmHome Depot cannot thrive without consumers. That IS the name of the game.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:26 pmYou must be smokin’ some really good weed! Are you advocating forced consumerism, or maybe a single source market? How Soviet of you!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:27 pm” begin a boycott of Home Depot
Comment by veritas — July 28, 2007″
Why? Afraid to debate the issues?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:27 pmAs long as you back me up, bro.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pmTerrific Jones: One thing is certain: You definitely did not major in Economics! Boycotting a company for one reason or another is the perogative of the consumer, whether you like it or not.
I hear there’s a mailorder degree program at Phoenix University in Economics. I suggest that you enroll before making a total asshat of yourself.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pmComment by veritas — July 28, 2007 @ 1:22 pm
You’re interfering with business’ regularly scheduled advertising. Why are you lefties determined to make such a fuss about it, when it’s a fundamental marketing practice? There’s nothing contradictory. It’s a simple advertisement.
It’s not really that tough to understand, yet you leftoids need to continue your inane protests.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pmHow about you make a cogent point, and we’ll debate it?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pmHas anyone made a list of all the advertiser’s on Fox? If so, that would certainly simplify decisions on where to shop and what products to buy. For those of us who don’t watch, such a list would be a very nice thing to have.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pmGosh TomTom and Mikey – seems you don’t know that the boycott is a favorite tool of the right, just ask Dobson.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pm#23: No. My point is exactly the opposite. I’m saying that people should decide themselves where to shop. What’s going on here is nothing but an organized campaign to harm our economy. These people aren’t thinking for themselves, but are agitated by libturds who still think that communism is a good idea.
I’ll make it simple: individuals deciding where to buy = good, some libturd clique telling people where buying stuff is OK and where it’s not = bad.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:29 pmForced consumerism is communism the last time I looked, weed-smokin’, piss-soaked troll, Michael (aka Coultergeist!). Hah!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:29 pm“Are you advocating forced consumerism, or maybe a single source market? How Soviet of you!
Comment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007″
No, that’s not what he/she was advocating. I think they were advocating intelligent debate which you liberals are incapable of!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:29 pmterrific jones: Clearly, you are scrambling your own brain here. What is it that you’re really trying to say because it’s definitely sounding like speaking with forked tongue to me.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:30 pmIf you were being censored, I wouldn’t have to type this. Maybe another bong hit will help.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:30 pmIt’s just the same thing as it’s with unions. I’ve got no problem with individuals negotiating and twisting the arm of an employer, but when they gang up into unions, that’s harmful.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:30 pm†begin a boycott of Home Depot
Comment by veritas — July 28, 2007″
Why? Afraid to debate the issues?
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 1:27 pm
You mean the issue that Fox denies the existence and reasons for global warming? That debate has been over for some time michael.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:31 pmTerrific: I see that clear articulation of thought is definitely not your forte. Ever think of seeing someone for that case of “hoof ‘n mouth disease” which you clearly show signs of being infected with?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:31 pmspeak for yourself, piss soaked michael. Besides, no one with half a brain would debate with a moronic, village idiot like yourself.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:31 pmWould you still shop there if they advertised that we should beat your ass?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:31 pm“How about you make a cogent point, and we’ll debate it?
Comment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007″
CO2 does not impact warming! Your turn?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:32 pmLefties, you have no brain.
Comment by CT Scan
Umm, any comments about Dild O’Reilly urging righties to boycott JetBlue over the whole YearlyKos stupidity???
July 28th, 2007 at 1:33 pmveritas: Oh, that’s two ad hominems in a couple of posts. It must have hit you hard to realize that I’m right.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:33 pmIf Michael is speaking of debating global warming, then he’d better join the ranks of the uninformed, uninitiated, and totally unconscious trolls like CT Scan. Then again….he probably IS CT Scan…..beeeeep! Thanks for playing Michael and CT!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:33 pmCO2 does not impact warming! Your turn?
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
Wow. Good debating skills michael. You win /sarcasm off
July 28th, 2007 at 1:33 pm“You mean the issue that Fox denies the existence and reasons for global warming? That debate has been over for some time michael.
Comment by Yikes — July 28, 2007″
Sure it has with you blinded liberals but the debate hasn’t even begun for people with open minds!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:33 pmHome Depot has always supported republicans and Lowe’s has primarily been a supporter of Democrats. It was news to me that Lowes had any advertising on Bill O’s show.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:34 pmComment by veritas — July 28, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
Forced consumerism?
Nobody’s threatning anybody into a shopping spree. That’s the lefties’ same crazy contention when it comes to military recruiting.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:34 pmare agitated by libturds who still think that communism is a good idea.
I’ll make it simple: individuals deciding where to buy = good, some libturd clique telling people where buying stuff is OK and where it’s not = bad.
Comment by Terrific Jones
“libturds”??? WTF??? How about a “definition”, please?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:34 pmtwo ad hominems for two trolls in the same body! hahaha! We know who you are.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:34 pmComment by veritas — July 28, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
Not a response from this libetroll, just a runaway attempt to cut off debate.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:35 pmIt’s absurd to talk about Fox in terms of marketing. Fox uses the public airways, so they’re all socialists from the get-go. The rest is just right-wing rhetoric.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:35 pmTime to freeze out the idiotic trolls functioning on less brain power than most slugs.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:35 pmNevermind what I posted before – put the bong down. A neocon/conservative/republican/right-winger telling progressives that they have been manipulated into something. Ha! How’s that war workin’ for ya’? How’s that budget surplus workin out?
Dude! You are so funny!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:35 pm“Good debating skills michael. You win /sarcasm off
Comment by Yikes — July 28, 2007″
It was a pretty simple and powerful statement that is at the heart of your global warming alarmist rhetoric! Can’t counter it?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:35 pm#50: Oh? Well, look at that several “you”s in your post and elsewhere on this page. Stop postnig under multiple nicks, will you?
Geez, you’ve got some trouble with logical thinking and the idea of proof.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:35 pm“you have no brain.”
Comment by CT Scan
…said the radiologist to CT following his scan….
July 28th, 2007 at 1:36 pmGosh TomTom and Mikey – seems you don’t know that the boycott is a favorite tool of the right, just ask Dobson.
Comment by Quadrajet — July 28, 2007 @ 1:28 pm
Don’t confuse the issue with facts. :D
July 28th, 2007 at 1:36 pm“… what do you do? Censor!”
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007
Then why are you allowed to post here, endlessly, pointlessly, annoyingly???
July 28th, 2007 at 1:36 pm“The rest is just right-wing rhetoric.
Comment by Perry Logan — July 28, 2007″
Give us an example?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:36 pmAs long as you back me up, bro.
Comment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007 @ 1:28 pm
———————-
um… that’s not a dude.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:36 pmProve it. Statement is opinion – lacks factual basis. I said cogent. Try again.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:37 pmWould you still shop there if they advertised that we should beat your ass?
Comment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007 @ 1:31 pm
Typical brainless anarchist lefty.
(Reminder: Don’t forget to report to prison. You’re due very soon. Nice rap sheet!)
July 28th, 2007 at 1:37 pm…said the radiologist to CT following his scan….
Comment by Quadrajet
Actually, it was the psychoproctologist who said that…
July 28th, 2007 at 1:38 pm“Time to freeze out the idiotic trolls functioning on less brain power than most slugs.
Comment by veritas — July 28, 2007″
A perfect example of how liberals react in the arena of debate, censorship!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:38 pm…said the radiologist to CT following his scan….
Comment by Quadrajet — July 28, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
I see you’ve already lost the debate. All typical lefty signs intact.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:38 pmGosh it’s so nice to see last night’s truce is off!!!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:39 pm“Then why are you allowed to post here, endlessly, pointlessly, annoyingly???
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007″
Because I know I annoy the crap out of you dopes!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:40 pm“the debate hasn’t even begun for people with open minds!”
Comment by michael
Hmmm… this could be taken as a tacit admission of being really, really far behind on the learning curve. Just pointing that out…
July 28th, 2007 at 1:40 pmUnions built the middle class. I’m fairly certain you are middle class. Free association, power in numbers, and using that power to make everyone’s lot in life much better. Sound economic principles.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:41 pm“You mean the issue that Fox denies the existence and reasons for global warming? That debate has been over for some time michael.
Comment by Yikes — July 28, 2007″
Sure it has with you blinded liberals but the debate hasn’t even begun for people with open minds!
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
You sure are confused. Open minded people take the information given and make a determination based on that information. Science tells us that global warming IS caused by CO2 and greatly affected by humans. Not sure how you claim to have an open mind yet ignore the mountains of information stacked against you. Not sure what you personally have to gain from ignoring facts.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:41 pmA perfect example of how liberals react in the arena of debate, censorship!
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
Wasting bandwidth is not debate. Eliminating noise is not censorship.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:41 pm.
ALREADY, THE TROLLS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:42 pmBecause I know I annoy the crap out of you dopes!
Comment by michael
Wrong answer. Yu said lefties resort to censorship, yet you get to post here all you want, no matter how pointless. You just admitted to that much – “because I annoy the crap out of you dopes…”
The question was, IF lefties resort to censorship, WHy are you allowed to post here? Try again…
July 28th, 2007 at 1:42 pmGood one!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:42 pmBecause I know I annoy the crap out of you dopes!
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
Because we’re all Treasonous and Slanderous and Gorgeous! Right, Ann?
(Okay, you haven’t written that last one yet, but I’m sure it’s coming soon to a remaindered bin near you!)
And the topic is Lowe’s and O’Reilly, not global warming.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:43 pmOkay – sister.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:43 pmBoy the trolls don’t like it “when the makret decides” when it come to their shows, but when companies pull advertising from Air America, the trolls scream “the market decided it didn’t want to be part of your polotics.” Well guess what trollies. THe market just fu*king decided and you lost and you will keep losing, because business wants the money from the masses and right now, you are the minority and you money doesn’t matter.
Live learn it, learn it, love it.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:44 pmIt’s just the same thing as it’s with unions. I’ve got no problem with individuals negotiating and twisting the arm of an employer, but when they gang up into unions, that’s harmful.
Comment by Terrific Jones
I believe it’s in the Constitution – the right to free assembly.
Is a union any different than a corporation? Oh, that’s right “corporations” have the same rights as human beings…
July 28th, 2007 at 1:44 pm“You mean the issue that Fox denies the existence and reasons for global warming? That debate has been over for some time michael.
Comment by Yikes — July 28, 2007″
Sure it has with you blinded liberals but the debate hasn’t even begun for people with open minds!
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
Even Rupert Murdoch has abandoned you, moron.
“I have to admit that, until recently, I was somewhat wary of the warming debate. I believe it is now our responsibility to take the lead on this issue,” Murdoch told a conference in Tokyo.
“Some of the presumptions about extreme weather, whether it be hurricanes or drought, may seem far-fetched. What is certain is that temperatures have been rising and that we are not entirely sure of the consequences,” he said.
“The planet deserves the benefit of the doubt.”
July 28th, 2007 at 1:44 pm.
It was a pretty simple and powerful statement that is at the heart of your global warming alarmist rhetoric! Can’t counter it?
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
LOL
Let’s see your statement – “CO2 does not impact warming! Your turn?”
Well, it’s simple, I’ll give you that.
I’ll counter it – let’s see – Humans have released so much CO2 in the last 150 years that the current global stability of our planet’s climate is at risk.
There you go. Not quite as simple as yours and based on facts to boot.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:45 pmHere’s hoping you’re my cell mate. I got top bunk. Got it?
And, might i add, you’ve got a real pretty mouth.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:47 pm“the debate hasn’t even begun for people with open minds!â€
Comment by michael
Hmmm… this could be taken as a tacit admission of being really, really far behind on the learning curve. Just pointing that out…
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
I know. It’s like Homer Simpson watching the pre-game shows to see which football team to bet on. One guy says “Cincinnati is my Shoe-In of the Week” (and puts a giant show on the desk). The other says “Detroit is my Lock of the Week” (and puts a giant lock on the desk.)
And Homer says, “Hmmm, they both make a good point.”
Environmentalists and liberals, backed by scientific study, put forth an indisputable argument that the climate is changing, that it is starting to get just a little bit warmer overall each year, and that human activity is contributing to the problem (which is as far as the scientists take it).
And then some people out there say, ”Hmmm, but I’m interested in what the people paid to attack and denounce these scientists have to say.” That’s not an “open mind”; that’s an “empty mind”.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:48 pmMichael – you seem to be getting hammered – - again. I think you need me to rescue you.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:49 pmYou libs piss me off. You can’t go around and boycott our facsist companies. If you keep doing this, I’m going to go tell my mommy and boy will you be in trouble then!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:49 pmCensor!!! i thought liberals supported free speech
July 28th, 2007 at 1:49 pmHe’s motivated by being annoying and incoherent.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:49 pmThat’s not an “open mindâ€; that’s an “empty mindâ€.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — July 28, 2007
I’ve seen that episode. Good one!
But you know what the trolls say, don’t you?
“An empty mind gathers no facts!”
July 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pmCensor!!! i thought liberals supported free speech
Comment by crimedog — July 28, 2007
Censor what???
July 28th, 2007 at 1:51 pmComment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
Nobody will be your cell mate. You’re in confinement. An anarchist lefty doesn’t deserve bunks and oatmeal and those other luxuries afforded to nutcases of a lower degree.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:51 pmThere is no debate about climate change. It’s happening and we know it. The only ones going around and denying it are shills for the oil companies. And a few people who are pissed at the scopes trial 80 years ago. I mean, even President Bush admitted GW and you righties wouldnt want to call him a liar would you?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:52 pmHe’s motivated by being annoying and incoherent.
Comment by Marcus Aruelius
I have to admit, such candor from a troll is unusual.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:52 pmThe hypocrisy of the trolls is astonishing. Suddenly, boycotts based on a political view are anti-American! When did they object so loudly to O’Reilly himself, who has been the queen of boycotts. Boycott France! Boycott Canada! Boycott Best Buy! Boycott Crate & Barrel!
Are their memories really only two hours long?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:53 pmOkay by me – I’ll just catch your sweet lil’ ass in the cafeteria.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:54 pmNobody will be your cell mate. You’re in confinement.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007
And you? No doubt, you will request being in the same cell w/ “Bruno, the Booty Bandit”.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:54 pmJeebus, somebody send over a fresh batch of trolls. I’ve seen scarier stuff than this in my stool.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:55 pmCensor!!! i thought liberals supported free speech
Comment by crimedog — July 28, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
Market trends have nothing to do with fre speech. THis is just advertising, nobody’s free speech rights are being violated.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:55 pmHa! Bruno is a Republican!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:55 pm“I see you’ve already lost the debate.”
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
Gosh CT, I thought that you had when you were unable to counter the point the RoS and I made about the right wings extensive use o the boycott as a tool, tool.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:55 pmBoycott France! Boycott Canada! Boycott Best Buy! Boycott Crate & Barrel!
Are their memories really only two hours long?
Comment by gummitch
While you’re at it, Boycott Facts! Boycott Intelligence! Boycott Free Speech! Oops… that a little too, uh, candid… Boycott Michael Moore!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:56 pmNobody will be your cell mate. You’re in confinement. An anarchist lefty doesn’t deserve bunks and oatmeal and those other luxuries afforded to nutcases of a lower degree.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
Got fascist?
July 28th, 2007 at 1:56 pmOkay by me – I’ll just catch your sweet lil’ ass in the cafeteria.
Comment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007
Rump roast??? Accck… enough to make me go vegan.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:57 pmComment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
Only lefties belong in jail.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:58 pmHere it is, over on HuffPo. I like this.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:58 pmComment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007
There will be no cafeteria. You are a terrorist.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:58 pmGood point! This comment helps us take you seriously.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:59 pmRump roast??? Accck… enough to make me go vegan.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity
Oh, let’s not be ridiculous. I’d sleep with Ann Coulter before I’d go Vegan.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:00 pmComment by Spudge_Boy — July 28, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
Your boy advocates prison rape. May want to turn the other direction.
Marcus must be a raging minority.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:00 pmOnly lefties belong in jail.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007
There will be no cafeteria. You are a terrorist.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007
When this is the best you can do for “political commentary”, it’s easy to laugh at you. You don’t convince anyone straddling the line which way they should go. These sorts of comments are just silly. Try harder!!!
July 28th, 2007 at 2:01 pmNo matter what you call me, you’ll still be my queen. BTW: You won’t be needing your dinner – so I’ll just take it.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:01 pmIt seems to me that most of the degenerate child molesters getting busted now days are almost all Republicans. In fact, almost all the crimes commited are done by Republicans. Crime is just another day in the life for them.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:01 pm“you have no brain.â€
Comment by CT Scan
…said the radiologist to CT following his scan….
Comment by Quadrajet — July 28, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
Good one!
Comment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
Thanks Marcus, but I stand corrected. As RoS pointed out, it was a psychoproctologist.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:02 pmI’d sleep with Ann Coulter before I’d go Vegan.
Comment by gummitch — July 28, 2007
Why do “libruls’ hate those of us who “insist on keeping our breakfast down” so much?
July 28th, 2007 at 2:03 pmYou can’t rape the willing. Define “minority”.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:03 pmLefties are simply reeling from their much-needed losses.
Vent all you want, America won’t take you seriously.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:04 pmAs RoS pointed out, it was a psychoproctologist.
Comment by Quadrajet
Ahem, none other than the pre-eminent Dr. Horatio Jellyfinger, a man dedicated to “probing” the mysteries of the human, er “mind”…
July 28th, 2007 at 2:05 pmWhy do “libruls’ hate those of us who “insist on keeping our breakfast down†so much?
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity
I’m passionate about food and will go to any length to avoid Veganism, even that. I do apologize for triggering your gag reflex, though. Hopefully, you had a nice big serving of fatty bacon.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:05 pmYou can’t rape the willing. Define “minorityâ€.
Uhhh….come again?
Marcus is indeed a raging minority.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:05 pmVent all you want, America won’t take you seriously.
Comment by CT Scan
Sweet tap-dancin’ Jeebus, CT now imagines he, or she, represents all of America!
July 28th, 2007 at 2:06 pmVent all you want, America won’t take you seriously.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 2:04 pm
Sorry fascist, WE ARE AMERICA. Eat it b!tch.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:06 pmUh…
Can’t respond – it’s just too stupid.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:06 pmAnother day, another loss for leftyland.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:06 pmAnother day, another loss for leftyland.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
Is this troll really that stupid that he thinks US getting Lowe’s to pull advertising from O’Rielly is a loss for our side?
Fu*king crazy moonbat.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:08 pmAre their memories really only two hours long?
Comment by gummitch — July 28, 2007 @ 1:53 pm
That long? Hmmmm, they can’t even keep it straight within the same thread!
July 28th, 2007 at 2:08 pmMarcus is a raging minority.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:08 pmAh yes. Yet another wonderful show of how business friendly the libturds are. “If you don’t agree with our high and mighty ideals, you don’t deserve to do business and earn money and we’ll make sure of that by sending in our brainwashed activist hordes. They’ll pester you with letters and calls until you give up.â€
Get a life people.
Comment by Terrific Jones — July 28, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
It’s just the same thing as it’s with unions. I’ve got no problem with individuals negotiating and twisting the arm of an employer, but when they gang up into unions, that’s harmful.
Comment by Terrific Jones — July 28, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
Ohhhhhh, so it’s alright if CAPITAL organizes, and uses that organization to garner additional support mechanisms, to control the flow of money, to have its voice heard, and to otherwise maintain its interests. That is what a corporation is, by the way, is a Capital Union. But if LABOR tries to organize in the same manner, for the same reasons, that is EVIL AND BAD. That, by the way, is all that a Labor Union is.
I see. So you are a hypocrite. Gotcha. Now that you’ve made your position so clear, we can see just how hypocritical you are. And now that you know you are a hypocrite, I’ll let you in on a little secret. Some of us despise hypocrites. More than just about anything else, in fact. Because hypocrites invariably are also bald-faced liars as well. Therefore, you cannot trust a hypocrite.
As for your first post, you do know that a free market works by allowing the consumers to influence the market via their market choices, right? Lowes would not have pulled their advertising from O’Rielly’s show had the not received sufficient feedback to warrant such an action. Had they received enough support for their advertising to counter the arguments coming from those who wish to boycott, Lowes would have kept their advertising dollar where it was. They didn’t. Thus, the market has spoken.
You so-called conservatives are not conservative at all. Your idea of a “free market” is a series of monopolies and oligopolies. You want Capital to have tremendous resources, and the ability to stave off any attack, and to insulate individual members from repercussions it brings upon itself with its own actions. You do not want Labor to have equal representation. You want, therefore, to return to the days of indentured servitude, to the days of serfdom and nobility, to the deepest depths of class warfare. Allowing Capital to organize, but not Labor always leads to MONEY having more power than PEOPLE, to a handful of people having power OVER all of the individual pieces of Labor that make their Capital Union function in the first place. It always leads to one form or another of slavery.
Lowes backing out is because of MARKET PRESSURE. If there wasn’t enough pressure from the MARKET to back out, a corporation like Lowes simply…wouldn’t.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:09 pmI try to support the local businesses first in my community before I go to any of these large corporate stores. We’ve had a Lowes built here in the past year and I haven’t stepped foot in it and don’t plan to. Capitalism of this kind is crap and I think it horribly changes the scenery of our community, yuck! I think anyone who believes that they need to buy crap, that these people make you think you need, should kill themselves…
July 28th, 2007 at 2:09 pmComment by Spudge_Boy — July 28, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
Lowe’s made a poor decision that will cost them. The loss is in the long-term, not a short-lived lefty adrenaline rush.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:10 pmCan’t remember the last time I shopped at Home Depot. 2002 maybe?
July 28th, 2007 at 2:11 pmI do apologize for triggering your gag reflex, though. Hopefully, you had a nice big serving of fatty bacon.
Comment by gummitch
Gag reflex… hmmm… perhaps we could ask the trolls how they overcame that. they seem to be capable of swallowing ANYTHING stuck in their mouths and keeping it down afterwards.
(Though I still eat some meat, I quit bacon a couple of decades ago…)
July 28th, 2007 at 2:11 pmComment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
I’m not the one producing shoddy, debunked reports of a “progressive majority.”
July 28th, 2007 at 2:11 pm“Ahem, none other than the pre-eminent Dr. Horatio Jellyfinger, a man dedicated to “probing†the mysteries of the human, er “mindâ€â€¦
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007 @ 2:05 pm
Bwahahahahaha RoS! Thanks to you and Marcus for the laughs – these clowns really do make it a little too easy don’t they?
“Another day, another loss for leftyland.”
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
You’re too funny CT! So you consider your work here today as a victory eh? Bwahahahaha, and I thought RoS and Marcus had a good sense of humor! Then again, your’s is more of a sense of delusion…..
July 28th, 2007 at 2:12 pmCT Scan is a raging dickhead!
July 28th, 2007 at 2:13 pmI’m not the one producing shoddy, debunked reports of a “progressive majority.â€
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007
You mean like the 70% who now think we should get out of Iraq?
July 28th, 2007 at 2:13 pmIgnore the trolls…
July 28th, 2007 at 2:15 pmThen again, your’s is more of a sense of delusion…..
Comment by Quadrajet — July 28, 2007
Humor is lost on trolls, Quadra. They just don’t get it. it’s one of mysteries Dr. Jellyfinger is working on.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:15 pmThink Progress: You need to do what Crooks and Liars does, and start monitoring your blog. The reich-wing war-against-Americans sector spread the word to destroy progressive blogs.
THIS is how they do it.
We can’t have a dialog here with all the crap now.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:17 pmComment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
Mucus Airhead is a raging minority.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:18 pmLowe’s made a poor decision that will cost them. The loss is in the long-term, not a short-lived lefty adrenaline rush.
Comment by CT Scan
They’re definitely going to lose their piece of the booming market of global warming deniers. That will definitely hurt.
Bwaahaahaaa
July 28th, 2007 at 2:19 pmWe can’t have a dialog here with all the crap now.
Comment by G Whiz — July 28, 2007 @ 2:17 pm
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Crooks and Liars would delete your post because you used too much bold!
C & L are a bunch of FASCISTS!!!!!!!!!!!
July 28th, 2007 at 2:21 pmIs that all you’ve got, boy? You’re going to need more than that.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:22 pmit’s one of mysteries Dr. Jellyfinger is working on.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007 @ 2:15 pm
….maybe while he’s got CT in the scanner it would be a good time to see if we can answer the questions about what happened to Hoffa, Earhart and the missing WMD….
July 28th, 2007 at 2:23 pmComment by gummitch — July 28, 2007 @ 2:19 pm
You know not a single principle of business.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:29 pmSays Mr. International Industrial Tycoon.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:31 pmYou know not a single principle of business.
Comment by CT Scan
You make this assumption based on . . . oh, yeah. Nothing.
O’Reilly’s audience probably can’t even afford Lowe’s. It’s amazing he kept the account as long as he did.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:32 pmThey’re definitely going to lose their piece of the booming market of global warming deniers. That will definitely hurt.
Bwaahaahaaa
Comment by gummitch — July 28, 2007 @ 2:19 pm
There’s going to be a Lowes built just across the border in Washington, I think I’ll shop there for my condo updating needs.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:33 pmALREADY, THE TROLLS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
I bet you’re just bustin’ your britches CT. Such a major milestone in your life… and everyone always said that you wouldn’t amount to a lump of shit. Well, there’ll be two extra lumps of shit on your plate at tonight’s merit badge awards dinner. Enjoy!
July 28th, 2007 at 2:33 pmWe can’t have a dialog here with all the crap now.
Comment by G Whiz — July 28, 2007
Free speech may be free, but it aint always pretty. You actually can have a dialog here if ya work at it, and trust me, it is work.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:34 pmYou know not a single principle of business.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
Oh, and you are a shining paragon of economic studiousness. Except in the multitudes of ways in which you are not. Repeat this with me, “If Lowes had not received enough pressure from the market to pull their advertising, they would not have pulled it. If Lowes had received enough market pressure to pull their advertising, they would have.”
Are you saying that Lowes caved in to something other than economic pressure?
You know not a single principle of business.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:34 pmidiots like terrific jonesy think it’s perfectly OK to LIE and slam advertisers for KOS, but have a wimpy crybaby fit if the same is done to their lying scumbag pal Olielly’s advertisers. LOL
July 28th, 2007 at 2:37 pmRethugs are such incredible WIMPS. They fall for all the fear mongering Bushie does and they piss and moan if people exercise the SAME techniques as OLielly does.
Grow some backbone you wimps.
Lowe’s is smart, they KNOW that the MAJORITY of Americans are NOT NEOCON IDIOTS. They know damn well who pays their profits. Im glad people are getting smart and are refusing to give their money to these right wing jerks. Their corporations will fail because of it, yippee.
Gotta love a FREE MARKET.
Lowe’s is better anyway, Hole Depot SUCKS and has NO customer service, besides they hire imcompetent morons who have no training.
I spend all my money ONLY with companies who do NOT support the neocon/theocon agenda in ANY WAY. right winger christian nutballs don’t deserve ONE DIME of any true American’s money. Any supporter of this administration or this illegal war is UNAMERICAN.
I received a personal letter from Kodak when I wrote complaining of their adverts for that disgusting woman Ann Coulter. They wrote saying they had pulled ALL ad’s for her or for ANYTHING she is involved in! They thanked me for my patronage and thanked me for writing them. They said they had received thousands of complaints and were writing to let me know they listened.
So add Kodak to the list of NON RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA supporters and buy their products.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pmSo add Kodak to the list of NON RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA supporters and buy their products.
Comment by Justice — July 28, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Do they still crimp their film canisters do they can not be reused? Have they taken real steps to address the resource waste involved with their disposables? I too was once involved in dialogue with this company. It may be that they have come up to spend since then. They do offer many opportunities to the many college kids around Rochester atleast when I was one
July 28th, 2007 at 3:04 pmBusinesses shouldn’t be forced into the position of making political decisions. They will (and should) seek to draw a customer base in the finest mediums. Fox has a prominent viewership, so it’s one of those places.
Lefties, you have no brain.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 1:19 pm
Tell that to O’rally and his ‘Boycott France’ Campaign, you effing tool.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:05 pmComment by Moderation — July 28, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
A few protesting hippies shall not dominate a successful industry. They are business haters and are in the minority.
Why can’t you go find another tree to hug?
July 28th, 2007 at 3:05 pmComment by Overtroll 7 — July 28, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
Typical lefty expert at saying absolutely nothing.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:06 pmComment by JoeySoCal — July 28, 2007 @ 3:05 pm
France is not an apolitical, private industry. It is an entity subject to political challenge.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:08 pmO’Reilly runs ads on Countdown, MSNBC is glad to take his money…..OReilly has balls as big as wattermelons…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
July 28th, 2007 at 3:08 pmWhy can’t you go find another tree to hug?
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 3:05 pm
Sort of primitive or stupid by intent? Why all the fluffy campaigns by big biz to show their greenness if the power of environmental awareness is so out of the main? Dinosaur?
July 28th, 2007 at 3:10 pmWhy can’t you find another blog to pollute with your intellectual feces?
July 28th, 2007 at 3:12 pmFrance is not an apolitical, private industry. It is an entity subject to political challenge.
Comment by CT Scan
Best Buy. Crate & Barrel.
Both private companies that Bill O’Lielly urged customers to boycott because they weren’t doing “Merry Christmas” in a way that he approved.
Hypocrisy much? I mean, along with your lame excuse for why boycotting French products from private companies who happen to be French, is OK.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:14 pmSo is the military-industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about. You goes into business, you takes your chances. Support a political party, and you’re politial – private or not. Damn, you’re stupid.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:14 pmA few protesting hippies shall not dominate a successful industry. They are business haters and are in the minority.
Comment by CT Scan
Tell that to Subaru, who touts their environmental policies and standards in TV ads.
Do you consider them stupid?
July 28th, 2007 at 3:15 pmFrance is not an apolitical, private industry. It is an entity subject to political challenge.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
“Apolitical entity blah blah blah…” Oh please spare me your fraudulent articulation of the hallucinations in your mind, you little trick. A corporation is a *legal person*, a legal person is a political entity. A *corporate citizen* is inextricable from politics. Maybe you could ask the lobbyists on K-street to explain that to you in baby terms. God, where do they manufacture you cavemen?
July 28th, 2007 at 3:21 pmComment by JoeySoCal — July 28, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
The same place they manufacture slime ball libecrats.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:30 pmComment by barfly — July 28, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
In this case, they shape their products around gas prices in order to keep their customer base. It has nothing to do libecrat propaganda.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:32 pmThey will (and should) seek to draw a customer base in the finest mediums. Fox has a prominent viewership, so it’s one of those places.
Lefties, you have no brain.
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 1:19 pm
And yet I find it ironic that the customer base Fox seeks to draw are the people who have no brain. So why would they be looking for acerebralists aong the Left? They aren’t the ones watching Fox for their news. Maybe just to laugh at the things they say, but not for news.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:33 pmNow I don’t feel so bad about the balance on my Lowes card.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:33 pmComment by JoeySoCal — July 28, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
Somebody has to take on big government’s interference in business. I suppose that’s K-street’s job.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:34 pmGood for Lowes.
Home depot, on the other hand, has taken the opposite approach:
Home Depot wants you to shut up
http://www.americablog.com/2007/07/home-depot-wants-you-to-shut-up.html
It’s no secret why. Home Depot has long been major contributors to Bush and the Republican party.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:37 pmComment by gummitch — July 28, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
I’m not defending Bill O’Reilly. I’m defending the advertisers from unjust criticism to flaunt their business in high-rated areas. FOX network is not exempt.
You don’t like Fox’s take on the news, so why take it out on the advertiser?
Hypocrisy much?
July 28th, 2007 at 3:38 pmI’m not defending Bill O’Reilly. I’m defending the advertisers from unjust criticism to flaunt their business in high-rated areas. FOX network is not exempt.
You don’t like Fox’s take on the news, so why take it out on the advertiser?
Hypocrisy much?
Comment by CT Scan
What hypocrisy? Putting economic pressure on a company to ask them not to support a propaganda network is scarcely hypocrisy.
And where were you when O’Reilly was urging boycotts of companies he didn’t approve of? You still haven’t responded to that question.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:44 pmComment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Um, then why was it OK for Faux News take it out on Jet Blue for sponsoring Yearly Kos?
O’Lielly started it.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:45 pmUm, then why was it OK for Faux News take it out on Jet Blue for sponsoring Yearly Kos?
O’Lielly started it.
Comment by Bill W — July 28, 2007
I asked one of these friggin’ trolls that same exact question probably a hundred posts ago and never got an answer. Don’t hold your breath, Bill.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:51 pmYou don’t like Fox’s take on the news, so why take it out on the advertiser?
Hypocrisy much?
Comment by CT Scan
Hmmm… the trolls here keep telling us we’re just a delusional fringe minority in this country… if THAT’s true, then how do us few irrational nuts have the power and the clout to bring big, interstate corporations to their knees? Just asking…
July 28th, 2007 at 3:56 pmALREADY, THE TROLLS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by CT Scan — July 28, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
That was more than 100 posts ago, and you’re still hanging out here getting punked… Another ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment…
July 28th, 2007 at 4:00 pm“Prove it. Statement is opinion – lacks factual basis. I said cogent. Try again.
Comment by Marcus Aruelius — July 28, 2007″
Try reading this?
http://www.predictweather.com/global_warming/index.asp
July 28th, 2007 at 4:07 pm“how do us few irrational nuts have the power and the clout to bring big, interstate corporations to their knees? Just asking…
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007″
Which ones have you brought to their knees?
July 28th, 2007 at 4:08 pm“I asked one of these friggin’ trolls that same exact question probably a hundred posts ago and never got an answer. Don’t hold your breath, Bill.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007″
Who said it was ok? Most of us on the right have enough intelligence to pick our battles without having to consult with TV personalities. I can’t say the same for you knee jerk liberals!
July 28th, 2007 at 4:14 pmThink about this: You are trying to censor media, because you don’t like the message. The very act of censoring signals that you don’t trust individuals to be presented with a viewpoint and then be allowed to make up their own mind.
What is it that you are afraid of? Isn’t your ideology so strong that it wouldn’t need censorship. Like Stalin, Hilter, Chavez, etc…
July 28th, 2007 at 4:14 pm“Woo hoo!!
Comment by Zooey — July 28, 2007″
Your brain?
July 28th, 2007 at 4:17 pm“That long? Hmmmm, they can’t even keep it straight within the same thread!
Comment by Zooey — July 28, 2007″
Want to provide an example?
July 28th, 2007 at 4:18 pm“Isn’t your ideology so strong that it wouldn’t need censorship.
Comment by paul — July 28, 2007″
Obviously not! They are afraid of opposing views because they can’t explain the ones they’ve chosen!
July 28th, 2007 at 4:21 pmGlobal warming may be occuring. May be caused by human activity. And it may be as significant a problem as Al Gore says it is (or even worse).
But, here are a couple of reasons why you should understand why there are those with a healthy skeptism of the issue.
First, it has been proven that our earth has gone thru many alternating cycles of warming and cooling. If is has happened throughout the history of the planet, obviously not do to man made causes in the past; how can global warming advocates be so certain the latest warming trend is man made? Or can be managed by man. Or is necessarily a bad thing.
Secondly, in the past half century, environmentalists have cried wolf on issues of population explosions that would lead to worldwide famine and catastrophe. Polluting of our enviroment with chemicals (Silent Spring) that would lead to similar results. Global cooling in the 70’s that was manmade and would lead to a new ice age. And many other doomsday scenerios that prophesized calamity. With a miserable track record.
I don’t think that we should bury our heads in the sand and pretend that climate change is not a possibility, but there are good reasons to let free debate on the matter continue to ferret out the truth and make reasonable responses. Not censor debate for political expedience.
P.S. If you don’t believe there are significant motivations from environmentalists/socialists that have nothing to do with the environment, you are as naive as someone who believes that oil companys don’t have a stake in dispelling climate change.
July 28th, 2007 at 4:34 pmWhat is it that you are afraid of? Isn’t your ideology so strong that it wouldn’t need censorship. Like Stalin, Hilter, Chavez, etc…
Comment by paul — July 28, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
Who wants to censor anything?
All we want is to make it clear that we will not support those who support reich-wing hate. That’s not censorship in any way whatsoever. O’Lielly can say whatever he wants to, it’s just that we will not support those who support his hate, the exact same way he first called for Jet Blue to stop its sponsorship of Yearly Kos..
By the same extention (per anonymous comments to their site) that Bill O’Leilly uses to label Daily Kos over and over on his Faux News show as being just like “David Duke” “Al Capone” “Benito Mussolini” “Nazis” and the “KKK”, the hypocrite Bill O’Leilly on his website has called to “to burn down the capitol building like Hitler did with the Reichstag building.”, and has repeatedly threatened Hillary’s life, , among other things.
O’Lielly can continue to spew all the hate he wants to, and any advertiser that wants to sponsor him doing so deserves to be fully and publicly associated with his hate so consumers can decide whether they too want to support. That’s not censorship, that’s the power of consumerism.
July 28th, 2007 at 4:37 pmObviously not! They are afraid of opposing views because they can’t explain the ones they’ve chosen!
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007
(from the Islamic school thread, Thursday night…)
Ha, ha, ha! stuped? I guess we now know who is stupid!
Comment by michael — July 27, 2007 @ 1:21 am
Hey, Michael… pretty F-ing hilarious post, seeing as you knew I wasn’t anywhere near this thread at that point the other night. Run off and talk to yourself, Michael? WHAT… A… WEINIE!!!!
July 28th, 2007 at 4:41 pmHome Despot just lost a $5,000+ a yr customer over this. And that’s just me.
July 28th, 2007 at 4:44 pmFox has a prominent viewership, so it’s one of those places.
Comment by CT Scan
Now HERE is the funniest thing I have seen posted by the trolls in a LOOONG time!
The only thing ‘prominent’ about the Faux NoNooz audience, is the low IQ, mouth-breathers who worship Mann Coultergeist and find watching Roid-Rage Wrestling to be the highlight of their week.
July 28th, 2007 at 4:45 pmWhen I talk with progressives about there views, I don’t feel that they are stupid, or moronic, or have a low IQ, or have sex with their siblings. I just believe they have a different viewpoint than I have; that I disagree with. I am curious as to why progressives feel compelled to belittle those that have views that are different than their own. To me, it betrays the opposite of the enlightment that progressives seem to wish to pride themselves on.
July 28th, 2007 at 4:58 pm“Home Despot just lost a $5,000+ a yr customer over this. And that’s just me.
Comment by Bill W — July 28, 2007″
As if they care about you!
July 28th, 2007 at 5:03 pmIf boycotts are good enough for O’Reilly to call for, they’re good enough for Billyboi to have rammed down his throat
If Billyboi doesn’t like boycotts aimed at him, his show or his advertisers. then he shouldn’t be so quick to call for them in the first place
I know, I know, sheeple/trolls/W lackeys, consistency sure does suck when it’s applied to your icons
Too bad, deal with it like adults for a change, instead of the whiney, petulant brats you so often are
July 28th, 2007 at 5:03 pm“Hey, Michael… pretty F-ing hilarious post,
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007″
And if you go back and read that post again you will see that I am making fun of one of you lefties!
July 28th, 2007 at 5:04 pm“The only thing ‘prominent’ about the Faux NoNooz audience, is the low IQ, mouth-breathers who worship Mann Coultergeist
Comment by upside00 — July 28, 2007″
Try reading some of your liberal buddie’s posts on this blog. Talk about low IQ’s!
July 28th, 2007 at 5:06 pmre: paul — July 28, 2007 @ 4:58 pm
Reich-wing nutjobs like Loofah O’Lielly and mAnn Coulter (to name but a few) repeatedly spew even more hateful insults to a much larger audience, so don’t be so surprised Paul when we reciprocate in the comments of a liberal blog, where anyone who reads them who is not like-minded is most likely a troll.
It’s not like we went on national TV to call republicans names and then expected advertisers to support us for doing so.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:06 pmAnd if you go back and read that post again you will see that I am making fun of one of you lefties!
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
Having to explain your own jokes is so sorry.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:13 pmAll I’m asking is: Does there have to be so much hate?
July 28th, 2007 at 5:13 pmComment by Bill W
Exactly!!, you spew your vile to the audience you have…. not to the audience you wish you had.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:14 pm#193 All I’m asking is: Does there have to be so much hate?
Comment by paul
Good point, but when you have seen the shit we have seen and had to endure at the hands of the BushCo Chickenhawks and their blind supporters, their destruction of our country, the environment, the Constitution, the Rule of Law, Iraq, the economy and our military, it makes you a bit crazy.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:18 pm“spew even more hateful insults
Comment by Bill W — July 28, 2007″
How does Ann Coulter spew hateful insults?
July 28th, 2007 at 5:18 pm“their destruction of our country, the environment, the Constitution, the Rule of Law, Iraq, the economy and our military, it makes you a bit crazy.
Comment by upside00 — July 28, 2007″
Try backing some of your rhetoric up?
July 28th, 2007 at 5:20 pmHow does Ann Coulter spew hateful insults?
By speaking. I’m neither for nor against her as I think she is as unreal as Rush is. It is a simple marketing schtick which is not intended to be taken seriously but still this comment is innane. If you missed it that is the basis of the schtick
July 28th, 2007 at 5:24 pmHow does Ann Coulter spew hateful insults?
Comment by michael
Um… how about saying someone should put poison in a judge’s creme brulee?
Video: FOX NEWS FLASH
FOX News Election Coverage
Coulter Jokes About Poisoning Supreme Court Justice
Friday, January 27, 2006
E-MAIL STORY
PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, speaking at a traditionally black college, joked that Justice John Paul Stevens should be poisoned.
Coulter had told the Philander Smith College audience Thursday that more conservative justices were needed on the Supreme Court to change the current law on abortion. Stevens is one of the court’s most liberal members.
“We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens’ creme brulee,” Coulter said. “That’s just a joke, for you in the media.”
July 28th, 2007 at 5:25 pm“Hey, Michael… pretty F-ing hilarious post,
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007″
And if you go back and read that post again you will see that I am making fun of one of you lefties!
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007
Michael, you replied to a comment I had made, over an hour earlier. At the time you posted your razor-sharp retort, you were on that thread, all alone. You knew I wasn’t there. In effect, you were talking to yourself.
Pretty F-ing hilarious in my book.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:27 pm“If you missed it that is the basis of the schtick
Comment by dbadass — July 28, 2007″
Missed it? I don’t think so as I have read and own every book she has written and although she has an unusual way of taking liberals to task she hardly is a hate monger as you lefties try to paint her.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:28 pm““We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens’ creme brulee,†Coulter said. “That’s just a joke, for you in the media.â€
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007″
I admit she has an unusual way of dealing with liberals but to take any of her controversial comments literally is pretty childish!
July 28th, 2007 at 5:30 pm“You knew I wasn’t there.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 28, 2007″
I did? How’s that?
July 28th, 2007 at 5:32 pmHow does Ann Coulter spew hateful insults?
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
Bravo Mikey! Some said you’d never show your puss here again after that spanking Zooey gave you in that ‘debate’ you had so long ago. But hey, a few bottles of Cabernet courage and you’re back on the job.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:34 pmBetween the stupid statements and inane questions, you’ve got ‘em coming and going. Keep it up!
“Some said you’d never show your puss here again after that spanking Zooey gave you in that ‘debate’ you had so long ago.
Comment by Overtroll 7 — July 28, 2007″
In case some of the others missed that debate, tell us about it?
July 28th, 2007 at 5:39 pmIn case some of the others missed that debate, tell us about it?
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
Oh, a bit too much wine today, eh… Maybe you should switch to goat piss. Let’s bring the subject up again when she’s around. Meanwhile, go get ‘em tiger!
July 28th, 2007 at 6:01 pm“What is it that you are afraid of? Isn’t your ideology so strong that it wouldn’t need censorship. Like Stalin, Hilter, Chavez, etc…”
Comment by paul
What are you conservative afraid of? Whenever someone mentions re-enacting the Fairness Doctrine, “conservatives” squeal like stuck hogs. If your ideology “was so strong” it could stand up in open debate. Too often, conservatives don’t even know what they do believe in – just what they don’t believe in – and when challenged, they fall back on cliche’d talking points.
July 28th, 2007 at 6:01 pmIf someone tries to infringe on your right to free speech, you should speak up. If someone disagrees with you, and you’re ideas are strong, you shouldn’t have to shut them down by boycotts, your strong ideas will naturally win out. Like many disagreements between conservatives and progressives, it may come down to whether you believe in competition or not.
July 28th, 2007 at 6:09 pmAnd the trolls like Michael show why the word “idiot” is so often preceded by the word “blithering”
Doesn’t it just bite you trolls that none of your easily-debunked, shrill, whiney blather will either rally the public around the GOP and its media whores like O’Reilly or put you in the mainstream in terms of politics, religion or society?
You neocon lunatics are now the wild-eyed radical extremists you claim to see everywhere else, wingnuts without peer or equal or logic or abstract thinking ability
How sad a troll’s life must be when the highlight of its day is getting repeatedly smacked around on lib sites
But don’t worry Michael, your career as Rhetorical Human Punching Bag is definitely free from any real competition, as you so capably show here on a regular basis
In that respect, you’re the REAL king here
July 28th, 2007 at 6:22 pmHow does Ann Coulter spew hateful insults?
Comment by michael — July 28, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
From The National Review, no someone else paraphrasing it.
July 28th, 2007 at 6:45 pmThanks, Wayne. I’m beginning to appreciate Ms. Coulter more and more everyday!
July 28th, 2007 at 6:47 pmIf someone tries to infringe on your right to free speech, you should speak up. If someone disagrees with you, and you’re ideas are strong, you shouldn’t have to shut them down by boycotts, your strong ideas will naturally win out. Like many disagreements between conservatives and progressives, it may come down to whether you believe in competition or not.
Comment by paul — July 28, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
You don’t think, perhaps, that this mode of attack has become so apparent because right now money is equated with free speech? Nahhhh, that couldn’t possibly be it.
The meme that corporations and lobbies have every right to “free speech” with their money however they want has been pushed by the right as a near-whole (because they are predominantly in favor of corporate rights over individual rights), and by the more corporatist on the left for decades. Decades.
The corporatists also do not want free competition. If they did, they wouldn’t support anti-trust moves like the media consolidation, the energy oligopolies that exist, and so on. Much of the stuff that was DE-regulated away prevented oligopolies from forming in the first place. The break-up of Ma Bell was FORCING competition back in to the marketplace. Now, the telecom companies have all-but restored Ma Bell, and the other industries have slowly but surely followed suit.
Boycotting a company, and making it aware of WHY you are boycotting it, is a tried and true means of allowing a business to determine if it is on the right course. They have statisticians able to determine if the feedback being received warrants a change of action, or is merely the opinion of a vocal minority.
Corporations like Lowes also have lawyers to determine if they are following the company’s written policy. If a show they advertise on goes against the advertising policy of that company, their lawyers will advise the company to stop advertising with that show.
If Lowes stopped advertising with Bill O’Reilly, that is because either their lawyers told them the transcripts they’ve received go against the advertising policy of Lowes, or their market folks told them they’ve received far too much feedback on this issue suggesting that they pull their advertising.
The progressives have just as much a right to allow their money to speak as conservatives do, or corporations do. I dare say, boycotting is a far more legitimate means of influencing the market than bribery…err, lobbying is. Or price-fixing oligopoly situations. Or monolithic monopolies are.
July 28th, 2007 at 7:07 pmIf someone disagrees with you, and you’re ideas are strong, you shouldn’t have to shut them down by boycotts, your strong ideas will naturally win out.
Comment by paul — July 28, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
Oh, by the way, paul? The strong ideas win out, because they overwhelm the influence of the bad ideas. Can you guess how that happens? Here’s a hint, it’s not by still spending money with that company, or by boycotting them privately, without letting that company know why you are no longer spending money with them. Corporations actually appreciate that kind of feedback, so they can know why they’ve begun to lose shares of the market.
July 28th, 2007 at 7:16 pmI guess my point is this. You could personally choose to not watch Bill O’Reilly. That makes sense to me. What I don’t understand, is you are trying to make that decision for everyone else. That’s not free speech. That’s you imposing you views on others.
If O’Reilly’s message is not valid, people will tune out. Why do you feel obligated to make that decision for me?
July 28th, 2007 at 7:19 pmAgain, Lowes would NOT HAVE PULLED THEIR ADVERTISING UNLESS THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD LOSE ENOUGH MARKET SHARES.
All the callers have to do is say, “I am boycotting your company because you advertise on Bill O’Reilly”
Nothing more, nothing less. If Lowes gets enough of this feedback, they’ll stop advertising on O’Reilly. Even if ZERO people said, “I want you to stop advertising with O’Reilly”, the result would be the same. EVEN IF EVERY SINGLE CALLER STATED, “This doesn’t mean I want you to stop advertising, I just want you to know why you are losing my business.” THE END RESULT WOULD BE THE SAME.
If you’d rather Lowes simply lost that percentage of its business without knowing why, then you advocate their failure without giving them resource to regain that percentage of its business.
July 28th, 2007 at 7:26 pmIf O’Reilly’s message is not valid, people will tune out. Why do you feel obligated to make that decision for me?
Comment by paul — July 28, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
What do you think of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in reaction to Rosa Parks arrest?
July 28th, 2007 at 7:31 pmPaul,
Was it ok in your lone brain cell that O’Leilly went after Jet Blue for sponsoring Yearly Kos and attacked DailyKos? If so, why do you have a problem with others employing a similar tactic, going after Faux News’ sponsors, in response?
O’Lielly started it. Why is it wrong to give Faux News a dose of their own medicine?
July 28th, 2007 at 8:24 pmIf O’Reilly’s message is not valid, people will tune out. Why do you feel obligated to make that decision for me?
Comment by paul
And what are your thoughts on billo wanting to drop Jet Blue from any connection with the Annual Kos Convention? Or Dobson wanting to boycott anything that he feels doesn’t follow the beliefs that he wants?
Sounds a bit hypocritical to me.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:27 pmi cannot figure it out….i watched fox news tonight in order to catch the people that support through ads.
they are reporting all night on a crash in which news reporters died. yet, they do not take time to cover the deaths of our soldiers that are said to be fighting for our freedom.
i guess it is a more noble cause to be a news man than a soldier so they prefer to morn the death of news men over that of soldiers?
July 29th, 2007 at 12:15 amI’ve never had a problem donating to Sierra Club and having unsolicited mail ect. Sierra Club does not share your info. On the environmental front we do need to involve corporation’s such as Lowe, and it is nice to see Lowe’s is taking some responsibility where the environment is concerned–Lowe’s has the most to benefit from strong environmental policy–it will ensure their product (wood) is produced with an eye to the future. We have to hit media mongrels such as O-Reilly where it counts, the pocketbook.
July 29th, 2007 at 3:13 amThanks for covering a story of somewhat success with activism and thanks Sierra Club, you all work hard–thanks much!!
July 29th, 2007 at 3:15 amWe should all write to Home Depot about advertising with O-Lye-lly
July 29th, 2007 at 3:16 amyou know, after all of this noise from o’reilly, I find it interesting that a right wing blogger who claims to work for Duncan Hunter’s campaign is actually encouraging his readers to spew forth the hate,(–discuss the worst things about america–) and the commenters waste no time in answering the call. I mean some of the comments are quite deranged. So if it is a big deal the the dem candidates attend yearly kos, why isn’t bill enraged by the fact that a repub candidate employs someone actually fishing for hate speech. the address to the site is http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/07/suggest_the_worst_people_place.php?comments=show#comments
July 29th, 2007 at 12:36 pm…one example of the comments–”unappreciative victims of natural disasters” as “worst people in america”.
Please don’t give him more traffic unless you really have to (0ne of you big blogger people listening?)
Home Depot just became my favorite home improvement store. I like Lowe’s better. If Lowe’s can make this political, so can I. I thought that censorship was a thing of the past. We have fought too many wars over freedom. We are fighting for everyone else’s freedom while ours slowly slips away. Liberalists get over it. We have one little bitty channel among your hundreds. Do too many people watch our little bitty channel, is that the problem?!?! Poor babies.
July 29th, 2007 at 11:34 pmBoy with this backfire.
Up with Home Depot, Down with Lowes. FOX has the most viewers for a reason. “We like the real news”.
ROTFL
Make sure you call Lowes and tell them why you are not going to shop there!
ROTFL
July 30th, 2007 at 8:18 amFunny..I remember right wing idiots boycotting Disney over movies and benefits to its employees and no right wing idiots thought that was wrong. Typical hypocrites!
July 30th, 2007 at 4:36 pmAs a “right wing idiot’ I found it counter productive and foolish to boycott Disney.
I have no problem if you don’t want to buy at Home Depot anymore. More power to you. I quit going to Movies 10 years ago because I grew tired of the pontificating of the “Hollywood elite”. It has done nothing to them but has made me happier and I read decidedly more to this date.
I don’t watch O’Reilly anymore, mostly because I grew tired of his pontificating and his insuferable self worship (not unlike those self important demagogues of the left).
As far as global warming is concerned, there is no doubt that it is occuring. What is debatable is the significance of the contribution of man’s activities and whether there is something that can be done to slow or stop the process. This subject deserve enlightened debate, something that the left is not particularly adept at. The left tends to brand anyone who disagrees with them as either stupid or corrupt. Since they have the answer there is no other reason possible for disagreeing with them. This ironically puts them in the same position of those that they loathe, namely ones who hold a belief based on emotion and prejudice and refuse to hear any evidence to the contrary.
I don’t dispute that mans activities may have an impact on global warming, but the signifcance of that impact is as yet unknown. The earth has been warming since the last Ice Age. Man’s activity that could concievably influence global warming has been ongoing principally since the 1800’s, a very short time indeed.
A better question is “what can we do about it” Some of the “Greens” would claim we need to eliminate man’s impact altogather. That of course requires we return to the 18th Century, which I would guess most of you, no matter how passionate, would not agree. What standard of living are you willing to sacrifice in order to try to stop global warming and would it be beneficial. Are you willing to give up your TV’s, computers, i-pods, air conditioners, motorized transportation, global travel, or even having light in the evening after the sun goes down?
There is nothing wrong with trying to preserve the earth as we now see it, but there is no evidence as yet that living a middle ages lifestyle will accomplish that. Until then we should try to do what is economically feasible and look for better answers while we also decide what we are going to do to alleviate the more severe consequences of global warming as they seem to be all more real than our ability to influence global warming itself.
We have demonstrated full well that we can destroy the earth to a degree that it is uninhabitable for humans. We have also demonstrated that with good stewardship the earth has a remarkable capacity to recover. If we ever reach a point where man no longer can live here, the earth will be fine without us.
One other point: You should never adjust your actions to satisfy a professional advocate of any position. They cannot be satisfied, or they loose their reason for advocacy. You should decide for yourself how far you should go to remedy the problem addressed by the professional advocate, and how far it is reasonable to force another individual to live by your standards, knowing full well you are infringing on their freedom when you do so.
July 30th, 2007 at 10:03 pm