Posted on 08/17/2009 5:51:28 PM PDT by anonsquared
As anyone who listens to or watches the Glenn Beck radio and television show can attest, Glenn Beck says what he thinks. The constitutional watchdog, talk show host, and entertainer is a firm believer in the American people, our Republic and the principles on which our country was founded.
About two weeks ago, in an impassioned statement designed to educate Americans about influences that may have shaped current healthcare reform legislation, the broadcaster connected the dots to make a bigger picture. His argument is if not strong, at least worth serious consideration and thought.
Spurred by two proposed offices of health within the Healthcare reform package (Office of Health and Office of Minority Health) and a multitude of Affirmative action inclusions that mandate most all business taking part in the newly proposed health system, Mr. Beck provides a compelling argument.
Upon review of such things as; the President’s long-time affiliations with leaders such as Reverend Jeremiah Wright, statements in his own book describing 350 years of slavery and segregation in the US, his recent treatment of the British Prime Minister and his wife, and even his ill-thought-through response in the recent “Beer-Gate” debacle, many including leaders in Jerusalem and reporters here in the United States see a connection clearly.
Since he aired his thoughts, hysterical progressives have launched a vicious Internet campaign led by Color of Change, a far left-leaning urban community organizing group, created to express that white racism was behind how we as a country prepared for and responded to Hurricane Katrina.
As the Glenn Beck program is growing exponentially in its’ viewer/listener ratings, and has effectively taken on educating Americans on the danger of enacting the hastily crafted health care reform bill, anger from the far left is reaching an all-time high and the broadcaster is their focus.
To a degree their campaign has been successful, with four large advertisers pulling sponsorship of the program, but it’s really not that simple. You see, the way ad-space is sold on cable television is in bulk and shuffled in time slots to satisfy demographic purposes. As a result ads may well have ended up on his program by mistake, violating some advertisers’ apolitical posturing guidelines.
Some of the advertiser explained that this was not due to anything Mr. Beck said, but the campaign brought attention to the fact that their ads were not intended to air on politically charged programs to begin with. So attention to any potentially controversial programming, would have earned removal of ads for any program, be it right or left leaning in nature.
Color of Change has developed a 600,000-member electronic mailing list to urge members to sign a petition and forward it to Beck's sponsors. James Rucker, the group’s executive director, explained that this was the first time Color of Change had been involved in this kind of action. It is also worth noting that while seemingly accepted, many question Color of Change’s motives as it at first glance the group appears to be racist itself and only operates under the guise of anti-racism.
As we see more and more left leaning groups utilize the Saul Alinsky – Rules for Radicals deconstructionist playbook, we must be wary of the intent underlying their Astroturf reactions. And remember, like I said, Glenn Beck says what he thinks, and I thank the Gods of radio and television that his opinion and carefully researched information is protected by the same document that protects us all equally.
It's time to flex our muscle and show these corporations who is really in the boat and rowing.
Procter & Gamble,
I am writing to thank you for pulling your advertisement dollars from The Glenn Beck Show. If your company had not chosen to acquiesce to a racist, black nationalist group, I might never have realized how much money I could be saving by not buying P&G products. Your decision to pull your advertising dollars from a show that consistently speaks the truth and tries to inform the American people showed me the contempt that Procter & Gamble has for the Constitution of the United States, the First Amendment, and for the people who defend both. I will not do business with a company that has so little regard for the freedoms we enjoy in America.
Yesterday, while shopping at Target I substituted the P&G products on my shopping list with a notation of the savings. The results:
P&G Product-----------------Alternative---------------Savings
Cascade-75oz/3.99-------Up&Up-75oz/2.89-----------1.10
Dawn-24oz/2.49----------Up&Up-25oz/1.49-----------1.10
Bounce-120/4.99---------Up&Up-120/3.49------------1.50
Tide-64loads/13.99------All-64loads/8.99-------------5.00
Charmin-12rolls/7.59----Angel Soft-12rolls/5.99-----9.11 ***250.5 sq ft---vs---501sq ft (double the sq ft!)
Puffs-3box/5.39---------Kleenex-3box/4.49------------.90
Venus-3ct/6.59----------Noxema-4ct/2.69---------------6.10
Pantene-25.4oz/5.49-----Suave-22.5oz/1.34-----------3.98
Glide-54.7yd/3.54-------Reach-55yd/1.02-------------2.54
Iams-17.5lbs/18.79------Pedigree-20lbs/12.39--------9.08
TOTAL SAVINGS: $40.41
Ounce for ounce, pound for pound, yard for yard, and razor for razor, I saved $40.41 during one shopping trip alone!
I also just purchased a Swiffer like duster that can be laundered, so I will no longer have to pay $8.49 for a box of 10 Swiffer refills. After reading a review which rated Costco batteries as lasting longer than Duracell, I'll be purchasing those in the future for real savings. Costco also carries my new favorite paper towel, Brawny, at great savings over Bounty. Camay and Ivory soap are off my list, while Dove is on. I never realized how many Procter & Gamble products I was buying until now and how much of my family's income was being wasted.
Other shoppers couldn't help but notice as I was walking down the aisles with calculator and list of P&G products in hand and asked me what I was so excited about. I guess screams of joy over a $9.11 savings on toilet paper are seldom heard in Target. After explaining to them my savings, every one of them asked me to e-mail them with the P&G product list and the substitutions I would recommend. I now have a dozen new friends after they pulled the Tide and Charmin out of their carts and replaced them with All and Angel Soft. Most of us are so busy working hard trying to make a better life for our families that we just buy the products that our mothers bought without ever really scrutinizing the quantity and price. I guess that is what Procter & Gamble relies on. Maybe it is time to start rethinking your business model.
Former P&G customer
My DH is a P&G retiree and I worked there 15 years - I called them Friday and told them, as a former employee and a current shareholder, I am disappointed in their decision. I also told them I will no longer purchase any P&G products.
That’s proactive and sensible. May you reap many times the rewards of your wisdom.
I think you should send your list to Glen Beck.
Awesome!!!
Not likely many of the Leftwingtards buy soap or soap-like products anyway.
Good for you!!!!! :)
Darn.... I love Oil of Olay. Oh well.
Air Fresheners
Febreze Air Fresheners
Antiperspirants & Deodorants
Old Spice
Secret
Baby & Child Care
Charmin
Children’s Pepto
Clearblue Easy
Dreft
Luvs
Pampers
Pampers Kandoo
Pampers UnderJams
Puffs
Batteries
Duracell
Body Wash & Soap
Camay
Ivory
Olay
Old Spice
Safeguard
Zest
Colognes
Old Spice
P&G Professional
Cosmetics
CoverGirl
Max Factor
Dish Washing
Cascade
Dawn
Ivory
Joy
Feminine Care
Always
Tampax
Hair Care
Aussie
Head & Shoulders
Herbal Essences
Infusium 23
Pantene
Hair Color
Clairol
Health Care
Align
Braun
Clearblue Easy
Fibersure
Metamucil
Pepto-Bismol
Prilosec OTC
Vicks
Household Cleaners
Bounty
Febreze Air Fresheners
Mr. Clean
Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash
Swiffer
Laundry & Fabric Care
Bounce
Cheer
Downy
Dreft
Era
Febreze Air Fresheners
Gain
Ivory
Tide
Oral Care
Braun
Crest
Crest Glide
Crest Whitestrips
Fixodent
Gleem
Scope
Oral-B
Paper Products
Bounty
Charmin
Puffs
Pet Nutrition
Eukanuba
Iams
Prescription Drugs
Actonel
Asacol
Didronel
Enablex
Macrobid
Macrodantin
Prestige Fragrances
BALDESSARINI
BOSS
BOSS SKIN
bruno banani
ESCADA
Ghost
Giorgio Beverly Hills
HUGO
LACOSTE
NAOMI CAMPBELL
PUMA
Shaving
Braun
Gillette Fusion
Gillette M3Power
Gillette SatinCare
Gillette Venus
Skin Care
Braun
Gillette Complete Skincare
Olay
Small Appliances
Braun
Snacks
Pringles
I’m impressed!
Another reason why I love Freepers!
Great letter and thanks for the tips. You can save a lot of money.
Dear Mr. blam,
We appreciate your sharing your concerns about our advertising. Our organization remains true to its mid-western roots and values. Some would say that means we’re conservative. In the end, we hold true to our nation’s heritage that values free expression of varying political opinions. We advertise on Fox News, however, we felt Glen Beck went too far when he suggested poisoning someone with whom he disagrees. Rhetoric that reflects action that would result in death of someone is never acceptable to us. Therefore, we have advised our advertising agency that they should reallocate our Fox News buy among other Fox News programs.
Our wish overall is to move beyond the conversation about politics and focus on our primary mission to bring consumers great cheese products. We do not want to be associated with inflammatory speech used by either liberal or conservative talk show hosts. Again, thank you for taking the time to share your views with us.
Barbara Gannon
VP-Corporate Communications & Government Relations
Sargento Foods Inc.
920-892-3530 direct telephone
(I'll not be buying any more Sargento Products)
Excellent!! Thank You.
PING to the GLENN BECK TV THREAD.
Attagirl!
You wouldn’t happen to have the phone number and private extension of the CEO would you? :)
“May you reap many times the rewards of your wisdom.”
Well, I’m off to a good start - $40.41!
I just sent it off to Glenn, thanks!
Thank you for the link! I emailed it to P&G, but I always worry that the person who reads it will just delete it. Maybe I’ll Fedx it overnight to the CEO.
It is gratifying to read that other folks are recognizing more & more how many of our purchases fund our enemies’ efforts to destroy America.
My sincere prayer is that ‘the awakened giant’ does not relapse into somnambulism (sleepwalking) again.
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