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Posted on 11/25/2005 6:03:29 AM PST by StACase
We've made our list and checked it twice - Blue Christmas is here! Announcements | BuyBlue News Posted by Raven on November 21, 2005 - 3:08pm It seems like only yesterday, but it was one year ago that BuyBlue launched on December 1, 2004 with our Blue Christmas list of products and services, and the campaign contributions of the companies that make them.
If you are new to BuyBlue, you might be asking yourself what "Blue Christmas" is all about.
Retailers make a significant portion of their yearly sales during the Christmas season. At this time of the year, we have the greatest opportunity to vote for our values with our wallets and have retailers take notice. Last year, many of us did just that, and retailers and news organizations definitely took notice.
This year we have put together a list of the companies most deserving of our patronage, based on all the factors we track on our site. The result is the Blue Christmas 2005 list, a sort of "Editor's List" of products and services we recommend. You can also find information on nearly 500 companies, representing more than 1100 brands and products.
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To: StACase
BIG BOX STORES AND DISCOUNTERS (Just the thing for the homeless - a big box!)
Costco
BOOKSELLERS (Good prices on comics, alternate reality games and fantasy mags)
Barnes & Noble
Powell's
CHOCOLATE
Lindt's
COMMUNICATIONS (Failing clarity and ideas...)
Qualcomm
Working Assets
CLOTHING (Sturdy togs for the proletariat)
Burlington Coat Factory
Claire's Stores
Frederick's of Hollywood
Gap
Banana Republic, Old Navy
J. Crew
Levi Strauss
LL Bean
Men's Wearhouse, Inc.
Patagonia
Polo Ralph Lauren
REI
FOO-FOO COFFEE
Caribou Coffee
Green Mountain Coffee
Peet's
Starbucks
COMPUTER RESOURCES (For fantasy games and logging onto DUh.)
Apple
Fry's
Gateway
EYEWEAR (Seems to be a fair amount of blindness in the blue states)
Luxottica
Arnette, Killer Loop, Ray-Ban, Prada, Vogue, DKNY
FAST FOOD EATERIES (Brown paper bags used on request.)
Arby's
Panera Bread
Sonic
Subway
GROCERY STORES (Good buys on cake for all the little people on your list.)
Trader Joe's
GYMS (Bath houses must still be under compilation.)
Bally's Total Fitness
HOLIDAY SHOPPING AND GIFTS (Just in time for all those Wiccan holidays!)
Lillian Vernon
Yankee Candle
HOME AND GARDEN (Door beads, Che posters, etc.
Bed, Bath & Beyond
Crate & Barrel
IKEA
HOTELS (A short list Recommended by Cindy Sheehan.)
Best Western
Choice Hotels
Hyatt
Starwood
AIRLINES (These airlines embrace diversity and don't search tennis shoes.)
Aloha Airlines
Frontier
JetBlue
Southwest
United
BEAUTY AND GROOMING (Leftist hags and their eunuchs actually bath?)
BeneFit
Christian Dior
Estee Lauder
Sephora
The Body Shop
BEER, WINE AND SPIRITS (No mention of crack dealers - they must be on local boards at DUh.)
Boston Beer Co.
Sam Adams
Brown-Forman
Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort
E&J Gallo
New Belgium
LVMH
Hennessy, Moet & Chandon
Sierra Nevada
JEWLERY (Where all the best rappers shop.)
Signet
LEATHER GOODS (Where is PETA?)
Coach
LVMH
Fendi, Etc
SATELLITE RADIO (Poor Air America - no mention.)
XM
SHOES (Again, where is PETA?)
Foot Locker
Reebok
Timberland
TOYS AND GAMES (Diversion from harsh reality.)
Mattel
Nintendo
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:44:49 AM PST
by
WorkingClassFilth
(The problem with being a 'big tent' Party is that the clowns are seated with the paying customers.)
To: peyton randolph
Now I know who NOT to buy from...
I really don not see anyone on the list that I do business with anyway, but it is nice to know who is anti-American.
Thanks
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:46:05 AM PST
by
AlexW
(Reporting from Bratislava)
To: peyton randolph
I see Green Mountain Coffee on the list. Green Mountain Coffee Roaster is a small but growing company in Vermont. Fantastic coffees and you can purchase online at http://www.greenmountaincoffee.com
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:46:25 AM PST
by
politicalwit
(Due to the shortage of virgins, all suicide bombings have been cancelled.)
To: StACase
"I'll have a blue Christmas without you..."
Ernest Tubb, 1949
"It's going to be a blue Christmas..."
Larry Darnell, 1950
To: satchmodog9
Jack Daniels? I knew there had to be a reason I switched to Makers Mark.
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:49:02 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: SoFloFreeper
I just switched my banking to Bank of America. Now I'm even happier I did!
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:50:36 AM PST
by
golas1964
("He tasks me... He tasks me, and I shall have him!")
To: StACase
Is there any way we can switch the colors around? I've always thought the blue states should actually be red states and vice versa.
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:52:25 AM PST
by
golas1964
("He tasks me... He tasks me, and I shall have him!")
To: peyton randolph
Barnes and Noble is the most obvious Left-Winger.
Walk in a Barnes-Noble front door and you're visually attacked by several kiosks of left-wing, Progressive, Anti-American, Bush-hating and Conservative-trashing arrangement of HATE books. At first I felt the displays were reflective of the local store. After frequenting other B/N stores I realized that it is obviously a Barnes & Noble policy to send their hate propaganda prominently displayed to each and every location, nationwide.
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:53:07 AM PST
by
OrangeBlossomSpecial
(The RATS followed the lazy tune of the pied-piper's flute and were never seen again.)
To: peyton randolph
Damn. I'm gonna miss my Sam Adams.
To: peyton randolph
Levi Strauss & Co
$47,050 to Democrats
$0 to Republicans
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes ignornace is bliss, I feel all twisted now that I know this.
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:58:37 AM PST
by
GregoTX
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: golas1964
Dang...me too. It always confuses me.
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:59:28 AM PST
by
bonfire
(dwindler)
To: golas1964
Dang...me too. It always confuses me.
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posted on
11/25/2005 6:59:29 AM PST
by
bonfire
(dwindler)
To: peyton randolph
Dang!! Trader Joe's? Most of the stores I don't shop at anyway, but I must admit, I'm gonna continue shopping at TJ's they have MUCH better prices on some things I usually buy at Stop and Shop.
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posted on
11/25/2005 7:01:13 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: golas1964
Is there any way we can switch the colors around? I've always thought the blue states should actually be red states and vice versa.I believe someone in the media started this during the 2000 election returns. They didn't want to associate the Democrats with RED for the obvious reason, so they started calling the Bush states the Red States.
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posted on
11/25/2005 7:06:20 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Brilliant
Yay! FedEx is on the list. My family's bread and butter. :-)
To: peyton randolph
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posted on
11/25/2005 7:07:31 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
(.)
To: peyton randolph
There are some obvious leftists on the list (Starbucks) Yet I seem to recall that the CEO and founder was in trouble with the pinkos because he's a big supporter of Israel. That warms me toward Starbucks. The WOT kinda takes front seat for me.
This is complicated; boycotts need reasons that are proportionate. I think the point of that list is to make liberals feel special, not to accomplish anything toward liberal goals in the real world.
To: SamuraiScot
the CEO and founder was in trouble with the pinkos because he's a big supporter of Israel. Howard Schultz is in DU moonbat territory when it comes to domestic politics. However, it is nice to know that he is an American Jew that actually supports Israel instead of its enemies. Thanks for the info. BTW, his book (Pour Your Heart Into It) is a good read. Disagree with his politics in it but love the entrepreneurial capitalism.
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posted on
11/25/2005 7:17:36 AM PST
by
peyton randolph
(Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
To: SuziQ
As a Mac fanatic I am at a loss for an alternative. Maybe when Mac goes with Intel chips I will have some viable alternatives.
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posted on
11/25/2005 7:17:42 AM PST
by
Laserman
To: StACase
I have absolutely no problem with Fry's Electronics doing that...and can't see why any conservative should.
Sounds like a big plus to me. The more people in the world on the net, the more that can end-run the mainstream media and its propaganda.
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posted on
11/25/2005 7:18:59 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(If you read only one book this year, read "Stolen Valor".)
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