Dang. One of the best winter coats I ever bought was a Columbia. Looks like I'll have to find a different brand.
Most of these companies sell cloths/equipment to rich, elitist types who climb mountains, ski, rappel, eco-tourist, etc. usually using their parent's money or inherited money. (not all, but that is the stereotype).
No big deal, I would never have bought anything from them anyways. I have my Cabelas and Bass Pro Shop catalogs. That's all any real sportsman or woman needs. :-)
I am an avid outdoorsman, hunter, fisherman, etc. I live in North Idaho. Take a look at the location of all of these companies. Every single one of them are in highly liberal areas of the country. Glad to see they posted their company names and locations so I can print them out and boycott their products. I recommend everyone do the same. We up here in the extreme nothwest are under a considerable greater threat to our way of life by liberal environmentalists than the Bush/Cheney administration.
The list read's like a Who's Who of liberal wannabe "outdoors men".
P.S. Anybody that would buy a pocket tool from Leatherman or knapsack from Eagle Creek, isn't really an outdoorsman. They're a yuppie with a hobby.
It struck me as odd that the "Outdoor Industry Association" would endorse ANY candidate, much less a democrat. Then I noticed the states where the majority of them are from. Still, why would they risk alienating RED STATES? Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!
If you notice, however, although the press release is posted on the OIA website, it is carefully worded - this is an endorsement by THESE 30 EXECUTIVES (out of a total of 4000 OIA members). At the bottom of the release, it even says that OIA does not endorse candidates or political parties!
I would imagine that there are a lot of OIA members that would be fuming if they knew that these 30 idiots had this posted on the OIA website.
Maybe we should each pick one of our favorite member companies who DID NOT sign the endorsement and let them know that their association has been hijacked by liberal wackos. And thank them for not following the 30 lemmings.
http://www.outdoorindustry.org/webnews.archive.php?date=2004-09-14
http://www.outdoorindustry.org/about.memberlist.php
p.s. - I think Gerber is owned by Fiskars, in Finland. Although I would rather buy American, after seeing that email above, I'll tell Leatherman where he can stick his multi-tool.
If you call Werner, they will xfer you to her (Kelly Stone) voicemail. Phone rep said he thought her endorsement did not represent a Corporate endorsement of a political candidate. They apparently didn't know anything about it at the phone desk...
Werner Paddles
General Sales and Service
info@wernerpaddles.com
800 275-3311
F 360 793-7343
Yeah. I can just see John and John discussing their campaign over a small fire at their campsite in the wilderness, far from the distractions of wealthy wives and ambulances.