Posted on 08/24/2013 4:24:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
Contrary to what you hear from liberals, the biggest flaw conservatives have is being overly tolerant. Really? Seriously? We're "overly tolerant?"
Absolutely.
Conservatives will listen to a Hollywood star trash us as intolerant and then we'll go watch his movie anyway. Musicians will openly support Obama and call us racists; yet we'll still buy their albums. Corporations will bend over backwards to undermine everything we hold dear and then we'll turn right around and buy their products. Conservatives make up 40% of all Americans and if we start letting our values dictate where we spend our money, we can transform America's culture in a hurry. Our money spells the difference between a blockbuster and a flop, a hit single or a bust, and a corporate CEO ending up on the cover of Business Week or looking for a new job. You want to even the playing field in America? Then stop propping up corporations that want to destroy everything you hold dear. When a company does something you don't like, close your wallet until management gets the idea. When your money talks, corporations listen. Here are five easy ones to get you started.
1) Chrysler: It's bad enough that Obama spent billions of dollars of your money to prop up the fat cats at Chrysler, but after the crooked deal was done, United Auto Workers ended up owning 55% of the company. In other words, every time you buy a car from Chrysler, your money is helping to prop up a liberal union that works non-stop to elect as many liberal Democrats as possible. Chrysler isn't a corporation with a liberal union attached; it's a liberal union with a corporation attached to it.
2) Progressive Insurance: Peter Lewis is the Chairman of Progressive Insurance Companies and outside of George Soros, he may be the biggest liberal sugar daddy on the block. This former close friend of Ted Kennedy has poured tens of millions of dollars into the ACLU, America Coming Together, and MoveOn, among other liberal causes. So, why not get your auto insurance from a company that isn’t working to destroy the American way of life?
3) Capital One: Having someone like Alec Baldwin as your spokesman just screams, "We don't want conservative customers." This is the same Alec Baldwin who has said, "Gingrich is a cranky history professor. Romney is better suited for country club president. Obama sees what govt’s priorities should be. Obama...2012" and "Until Limbaugh gets real, weans himself off the big salary and runs for office, he will always be nothing more than a poorly educated, marginally talented buffoon who has developed a real talent for manipulating the G-spot of the neocon consciousness and massaging the hate gland of so many economically displaced white voters in America." Why give money to a company that holds you in such contempt that it would hire a man like this as its spokesman?
4) Starbucks: Do you really need overpriced coffee from a corporation that detests traditional marriage? Not only is Starbucks pro-gay marriage, but when a shareholder complained that boycotts over gay marriage were costing the company money, "Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz responded...by telling him that he could, ’sell your shares in Starbucks and buy shares in another company.’” If you're a Christian or just someone who believes in traditional marriage, the CEO of Starbucks is publicly saying he doesn't want your business. Can't you find your coffee somewhere else where you aren't forced to swallow Starbucks’ disdain for you along with your Java?
5) The AARP: Despite the fact that its membership opposed Obamacare because it would destroy our healthcare system, the AARP supported that abomination because it is going to make a killing marketing insurance under the bill. It’s also doing more than any other organization to block entitlement reform, which is making it practically impossible to keep America from sliding into bankruptcy. On top of all that, AARP is a left-wing organization that has backed gun control and Planned Parenthood while fighting against a Balanced Budget Amendment. You might as well just give your money directly to the Democrat Party as to the AARP.
If you or your parent is a military veteran then USAA is a great alternative.
Better yet, wrap up a brick and attach the envelope to it.
Good short list. Thanks for posting.
Between the murdering gang thug, and dog killer, players, combined with the appalling way Tim Tebow has been treated by the entire organization, because he's Christian- NFL Football has lost most of its appeal.
I don't, and won't, use/buy the other services/products listed here.
“Well, GEICO used to mean Government Employees’ Insurance COmpany”
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Yes, They may have intended to be that way when they went into business, but even back in the 60s, anyone could buy from them.
One of which is they buy coffee beans from Vietnam .... a country whose government takes prime coffee-growing land from private citizens for its own benefit and is ass-deep in human trafficking.
I have USAA and like them very much. One problem with USAA though-when I went to get insurance for my ATV they don't offer motorcycle insurance. They partner with Progressive, which I wanted to avoid just by principal. I actually had a good experience with Progressive a few years ago when I was t-boned by a Progressive-insured driver. But it wasn't a good enough experience to override my disgust of their political leanings.
, but you can only get this if you are active military, or retired military or a spouse.
USAA
Whenever I get an AARP letter offering membership, I cut the contents into small pieces and mail them back in their postage paid envelope.
Great Thread, Kaslin!
We should keep a list of businesses that are NOT FRIENDLY to conservatives, and boycott each and every one of them.
I try to do that in my day-to-day activities, but there are a lot of stealthy LIEberal companies out there that need to be sniffed out by intrepid conservative reporters and then avoided.
We should be able to do that, don’t you think?
When you see the word PROGRESSIVE read: LEFTIST.
Whenever you see the word PROGRESSIVE read: LEFTIST.
Wouldn’t hurt to SAY LEFTIST too.
Time to uncover the rot.
I already don't do business with any of those five companies, I also refuse to buy another GM product ever again, period.
I also don't have Cable or Satellite TV (dropped DirecTV last August) and instead have over-the-air TV. Occasionally rent a movie via my Roku device (gee, I hope I don't have to give THAT up...) from Vudu (I hope they're ok....)
In principle, I agree that we should be very careful where and how we spend our money. I'm a cheap bastard (seriously cheap....) so I hardly spend money anyway. My own vehicle is 11 years old, going on 12. I'll drive it until the wheels fall off.
Even then, there are times when alternatives to products and services that are not from some whack-job left-wing environmental whackjob are hard to find.
We should all do the best we can and recognize that sometimes, there are no suitable alternatives.
So do I! Difference is I include a very nasty letter also in their postage paid envelope. It's become one of my favorite "form letters" that I send back to them every few months or so when one of their mailings shows up in my mailbox.
My Brother in Law just signed with 21st Century too
I had Progressive for a year and then I got a quote from a local mom and pop insurance place that offered insurance through several companies. The quote they gave me was through Cincinnatti Casualty, and my premium was much less for very similar coverage. Afterwards I hear about Peter Lewins, and then felt even better about my decision to switch.
Liberals make me feel economic pain by voting me out of my income by pushing for higher taxes, and utility fees, so where I can push back by not buying their products, goods, or services.
“No problem avoiding any of them except Chrysler, because I like my Jeep and I don’t like the alternatives.”
HUMMER or Land Rover perhaps?
Love my HUMMER! I grew up with Jeeps in my family over the years, going all the way back to the Jeep Commando. Had to get out to lock the wheels by hand for 4-wheel drive!
Fond memories aside, Chrysler will never get another dime of my family’s money!
“I cut up the little plastic ID card, too. Sometimes I add in a little extra chopped up newspaper to make a really fat return.”
I now do this with all GOPe solicitations! I mark the back of the envelope with, “NO MORE RINOS!”
My wife thinks I’m nuts every time I do it.
Good post.
I am already boycotting every one of those scumbag companies.
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