Well, I just went to this site and under "submit news" sent this:
DAN RATHER AND CBS ARE ENGAGED IN MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD AND COLLUSION WITH THE DEMOCRAT PARTY. DEMAND A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATI0N AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION NOW!
(I didn't have to register or login for the link to work).
It's hard to be a "world leader in selection, service, innovation, and ambiance" when you are being a snotty 'Little Suppressor.'
I just freeped the customer service supervisor about .
She professed ignorance of the website, and said her computer wouldn't allow her to view the website.
She says she will let me know what happens.
Me, not holding my breath....
Just checked out the Borders Union site... I suggest we refer to it as BU, it seems to have something in common with that "other" political site we talk about here.
The borders union link no longer works.
Dear visitors from land of blog:
Thank you for your interest in the Borders Union web site. Please be aware that it is not the policy of Borders Books, or of any of the Unions that represent its employees, to "hide" or refuse to sell a book based on political content. Borders management can be expected to take appropriate disciplinary measures if they catch employees interfering with sales.
Some people who post on our bulletin board do not work at Borders. We do not verify employment. According to IP Address records, the person who posted the "let's hide the book" message was also posting under another name, responding to the messages he posted under his first name. Under his second ID, which identified him as a free market conservative, or "Classical Liberal", he said was shocked that Borders employees would not tolerate diversity of opinion, and that the messages (he) posted under his first pseudonym proved that there was a problem. This suggests to us that this was a troll who was trying to manufacture controversy. His account(s) have been deleted. He was a new user. Other, long time users told him his ideas were bad. We are temporarily ending user registration to prevent further incidents of trolling. Accounts created on September 15th have been deactivated.
We have temporarily blocked access to a portion of the site in order to protect our webserver from crashing due to high traffic. Please be patient. The site will return in full when traffic levels ebb.
Since Borders, like many corporations, refuses to pay a Living Wage, Borders local customers have the option of speaking to an underpaid manager if they feel an underpaid floor employee is pursuing an agenda different from the sales agenda of the corporation.
Have a nice day.
Update: 9/17
We're still getting a few thousand visitors a day looking for the thread, so this message will stay up a while longer.