Posted on 12/24/2003 2:30:51 PM PST by webber
ISSUE: According to a report from CNSNews.com, "General Electric, in response to Muslim complaints, has decided to pull its lighting advertisements from Paul Harvey's syndicated radio show, at least for the time being."
On Dec. 4, the 84-year-old Harvey was describing cockfighting in Iraq when he made the following comment on-air: "Add to the thirst for blood a religion which encourages killing, and it is entirely understandable if Americans came to this bloody party unprepared."
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim "civil rights group", objected to the phrase "a religion which encourages killing," and it demanded an apology. About a week later, Harvey issued an apologetic statement through a fill-in host.
And who is this CAIR? According to terrorism expert Daniel Pipes, CAIR "presents itself as just another civil-rights group... In reality, CAIR is something quite different. For starters, it's on the wrong side in the war on terrorism."
CAIR has said that depicting Osama bin Laden as "the sworn enemy" is "offensive to Muslims"; when President Bush closed the "Holy Land Foundation" for collecting money he said was "used to support the Hamas terror organization," CAIR decried his action as "unjust" and "disturbing"; and the FBI's former chief of counterterrorism, Steven Pomerantz, has even concluded that "CAIR, its leaders and its activities effectively give aid to international terrorist groups."
And it's THAT group that is now attacking Paul Harvey for a single on-air comment... and what's worse, General Electric is listening to them!
It's time for GE to listen to YOU instead.
ACTION ITEM: Paul Harvey is a true-blue, red-blooded American patriot, and a long-standing icon on American airwaves. Shouldn't hard-working, patriotic Americans like you and I stand up for him when he's attacked by radical groups like CAIR?
A GE spokesman was quoted as saying that the company hasn't yet decided whether to resume its advertising on Harvey's syndicated radio show, which has 24 million weekly listeners on some 1,600 radio stations in this country and around the world.
So, we've set up a quick and easy way for you to have your voice heard LOUD and CLEAR in defense of Paul Harvey. Go to our site below to send a message to GE, urging that company to ignore the complaints of radical groups like CAIR and keep supporting Harvey:
NOTE: If you prefer, you can also call GE's Public Affairs office at:
203-373-3476 to voice your opinion.
Be sure to forward this Alert to everyone you know who doesn't want to see patriotic Americans like Paul Harvey attacked by radical groups like CAIR.
Thank you!
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Lighten up Pubby. I bought two cases of Cornhuskers Lotion just for you. You sound a bit chapped.
Most GE appliances that I've purchased over the last few years would have probably made good boat anchors. They haven't been good for much else.
Paul Harvey was born in 1918. As I understand it, a controversy that has always followed him is that he somehow avoided military service in WWII. Perhaps someone here knows some more details about this.
So do I. I especially like his sign off: Paul Harvey [pause] good day?
Good evening Mr. Sheffer.
It is with great sadness that I have learned that you are pulling your advertising from Paul Harvey's show. Paul Harvey is a great American, and has proven it several times. CAIR, on the other hand, is nothing but a mouthpiece for extremist Muslims. The FBI's former chief of counterterrorism, Steven Pomerantz, has even concluded that "CAIR, its leaders and its activities effectively give aid to international terrorist groups.
If you prefer to advertise with them, it is your choice and I completely understand. However, I hope you will understand that when we remodel our kitchen this spring, it will not contain anything with a GE logo on it. I will further avoid any product with a GE logo when considering purchases.
I listen regularly to Paul, and support his advertisers. If you chose to join us again in the future, I will consider your products at that time.
Thank you. And Merry Christmas.
Becki
People who do not have money to burn would be wise to boycott GE appliances, regardless of their politics.
GE is the company that installed defective compressors in its Hotpoint refrigerators. Compressors normally have a seven year warrenty, but up to a 20 year life span (I have an ancient Frigidaire that predates computers). The compressors in the Hotpoint refrigerators quit after 8 years. The problem was so bad, GE offered to "help" with the replacement cost of a new compressor. Compressors cost $600.00, GE paid $200.00 of that.
That program has since been discontinued -- much like the Ford/Firestone Tire replacement scam -- and people who had the compressors replaced after 10 years were stuck for the entire cost of the unit.
Personally, I just replaced the entire refrigerator. But I would never buy another GE product, no matter what the price.
They're pretty big into the defense sector,iirc. Unless they've seperated those segments out I wouldn't be so sure.
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