Comments on: Hey DCUSA Shoppers, Have You Considered Boycotting Target and Best Buy?

By: BJ

BJ — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:04:09 +0000

Here's why the Target / Best Buy boycott isn't going to die or fade away... The most interesting part, I think is in paragraph 12... Best Buy's published "Code of Business Ethics"... really?

http://retailindustry.about.com/b/2010/08/24/best-buy-and-target-risk-losing-759-billion-in-lgbt-consumer-spending-from-gay-rights-boycotts-tgt-bby....htm

By: US Archery Supplies

US Archery Supplies — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:15:27 +0000

Wheeled Archery Target Stand - Archery...

I found your entry interesting thus I've added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)...

By: Heretical1

Heretical1 — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:43:55 +0000

This isn't about contributing to a political party, so don't obfuscate the issue. It's about donating to the campaign of a certain MN Republican gubernatorial candidate, Tom Emmer, whose affiliations and associations, if not his platform, are hostile (to say the least) to more than just gay interests. Check out his position on the minimum wage for tipped service workers. Oh sure, Tommy Boy can walk back a controversial position once the s**t storm flies, just like the best of them. Regardless, he's sent his message to the bigots and the overcompensated corporate gluttons who have jumped on his rhetorical jackwagon; i.e., he's "one of them", and he's going to do their enemies dirt. Tom Emmer is the incarnation of every backward, myopic and ruinously regressive policy position that embodies our worst impulses; i.e., to mobilize fear and insecurity during times of uncertainty, and to scapegoat, marginalize and demonize those who fail to kowtow to our parochial viewpoints. Tom Emmer does more than merely express and promote a socially and fiscally conservative policy platform. He propagates hate that drips with venom. And those who support him are accessories to the same despicable agenda. To say that you make campaign donations because you agree with only certain policy postiions, or because you find that certain planks of a candidate's platform tend to favor your narrowly defined interests, is both cynical and disingenuous. Think about it. Do you only elect 25%, 33% or even 50% of a candidate to office? You may say that my argument is absurd because no candidate will articulate only what any given voter wants to hear, and that therefore, no campaign would be funded if everyone thought like me. That's the false choice. The obvious solution is public campaign financing only, and to put an end to private donations where the policy positions of the wealthy and powerful are disproportionately overrepresented. And as far as Barack Obama goes, every candidate plays the polls and the focus groups in order to garner the biggest slice of the electoral pie. So far, Obama was and still is the least worst candidate choice (although that will likely change). Can you say the same about Tom Emmer?

By: Rick Mangus

Rick Mangus — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:06:27 +0000

*NEWS FLASH* 08-05-10 21:06 HRS. BUYBLUE.ORG is still off line!

By: Rick Mangus

Rick Mangus — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:43:49 +0000

'Andrew', you are a ASSHOLE!, not kind of but the genuine article!

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:02:23 +0000

Rick, you are kind of a jerk.

By: Rick Mangus

Rick Mangus — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:21:38 +0000

Hey!, guess what buyblue.org is STILL OFF LINE!

By: Rick Mangus

Rick Mangus — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:27:39 +0000

'Corey' you are just like 'SHamill' a mindless drone!

By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:43:32 +0000

Real simple: I will NEVER buy another thing from Target or Best Buy. End of debate, at least for me.

By: T C in Pa

T C in Pa — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:22:14 +0000

I support Target for contributing to causes that aim to keep our nation the best in the world.
The only way to save our country is to forget party affiliations and vote for a conservative candidate that commits to serving the US Constitution as it is written.