Monday, June 30, 2008
Others watching Faux News so we don't have to...
First, I'd love to thank Ben Smith at Politico.com for doing this. The this in question is watching Fox News so that we don't have to. Unluckily for Ben, that meant he had to watch the following exchange this morning:
STEVE DOOCY: Did you know that Barack Obama's middle name is “Hussein?”
BRIAN KILMEADE: I have heard that.
STEVE DOOCY: Yeah. And of course, his father, born Muslim, died an atheist and gave him that middle name. And a lot of people have said, “Well, that's a political liability.” However, there is something interesting that is going on on Facebook where a lot of people are trying to diffuse it as a political liability.
GRETCHEN CARLSON: Yeah, a lot of young folks, Brian, taking “Hussein” as their own middle name now. I find this really interesting. It’s a movement, but it’s several hundred people, so I don’t know how big of a movement it really is. But they’re showing solidarity with Barack Obama. In other words, saying there is nothing wrong with having the middle name of Hussein. So people like Ashley Holmes of Indianapolis, here is her quote, “My name is such a vanilla white girl American name. To show how little meaning Hussein really has I’m choosing to make that my middle name.”
BRIAN KILMEADE: Thanks for the explanation.
GRETCHEN CARLSON: Well, you know, I think that points pretty clearly about how some young people feel about all this. I didn't know that there was anything wrong with having an American name but apparently some people believe that there is.
BRIAN KILMEADE: Yeah, it's vanilla. And what’s wrong with vanilla all of the sudden? Daily Kos, someone blogged on there “We are all Hussein” and wrote this article on Daily Kos, which I think is left wing.
STEVE DOOCY: Sure.
BRIAN KILMEADE: By the way, where did this all come from? Perhaps from a Greek name, “Spartacus.” Remember this?[Clips from movie Spartacus; many yelling “I am Spartacus”]
STEVE DOOCY: Wait a minute, that was [inaudible]. That wasn’t Spartacus.
BRIAN KILMEADE: That was – it shows a coming together of people, Steve.
STEVE DOOCY: Yeah.
BRIAN KILMEADE: That’s what it shows.
STEVE DOOCY: Alright. And what if you were Uncle Ed and you – that kid was named after you and suddenly, rather than being “Steven Edward Doocy” you were . . . Oh, well.
BRIAN KILMEADE: Steven Spartacus?
STEVE DOOCY: Spartacus.
Wasn't that insightful?
Isn't it amazing how Faux News is trying everything it can to not give us the news, but shape it as much as possible against one candidate. This is now the fourth time in the last month that their bias is showing so obviously. They have either hoped that Barack Obama was dead, tried tying him to terrorists either by name (in this case) or by innocuous action (fist bump.....sooo dangerous) or completely disrespected his wife by insinuating she had their children out of wedlock.
So, when will we, as Americans, not continue to support this organization or the sponsors of this organization. Namely, we must boycott those companies who see it fit to do business with this biased "journalistic" tool. It is obvious that they have no desire to be "fair and balanced."
Let's do it, let's boycott them. And here's the list to help you.
ADOBE
Adobe Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue San Jose, California 95110-2704
contact online
AMERICAN EXPRESS
World Financial Center 200 Vesey Street New York, NY 10285
contact online
ASTRA ZENECA
ASRA ZENECA LOS ANGELES BUSINESS CENTER
21700 Oxnard Street, Suite 300 Woodland Hills, CA 91367
contact online
AVAYA
Avaya Inc. Headquarters
211 Mt. Airy Road Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
email avaya
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE
1100 Town and Country Rd Rd Orange, CA 92868
contact online
AT & T
ATT: Bob Nersesian
AT & T 32 Avenue of the Americans New York, NY 10013-2412
contact online
BMW
THE BMW GROUP Munich, GERMANY
contact online
BAYERTHE BAYER GROUP
100 Bayer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741
contact online
BLACK & DECKER
CONSUMER SERVICE CENTER
BLACK & DECKER
626 Hanover Pike Hampstead, MD 21074 USA
contact online
BOEING
BOEING WORLD HEADQUARTERS
100 North Riverside Chicago, IL 60606
email boeing
BRISTOL-MEYERS
BRISTOL MEYERS HEADQUARTERS
345 Park Ave.New York, NY 10154-0037
email bristol-mayers
Burlington Coat Factory
BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY
1830 Route 130 Burlington,NJ 08016
contact online
CDW
200 North Milwaukee AvenueVernon Hills, IL 60061
contact online
Celebrity Cruises
CELEBRITY-CRUISES
1080 Caribbean Way Miami, FL 33132
contact online
CheapTickets.com
CHEAP TICKETS
7 Sylvan Way Parsippany, NJ 07054
contact online
CINGULAR
CINGULAR WIRELESS
Glenridge Highlands Two
5565 Glenridge Connector
Atlanta, GA 30342
email cingular
Circuit City
CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC.
9950 Maryland Drive Richmond, VA 23233
contact online
Dannon
DANNON CONSUMER RESPONSE CENTER
P.O. Box 90296 Allentown, PA 18109-0296
contact online
Direct TV
DIRECT TV, INC.
P.O. Box 92600 Los Angeles, CA 90009
contact online
Ditech.com
DITECH.COM
3200 Park Center Drive, Suite 150 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
contact online
Dodge
DODGE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER
P.O. Box 21-8004 Auburn Hills, MI 48321-8004
contact online
Earthlink
EARTHLINK, INC.
1375 Peachtree St., Level A Atlanta, GA 30309
email earthlink
Edward Jones Investments
EDWARD JONES
P.O. Box 66906 St. Louis, MO 63166-6909
contact online
Eloan.com
6230 Steonehenge Mall Road Pleasanton, CA 94588
contact online
Enova
ENOVA OILc/o ADM KAO LLC
4666 Faries Parkway Decatur, IL 62526
contact online
Fidelity Investments
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109-3614
contact online
Hula Networks
HULA NETWORKS
340 East Middlefield Rd. Mountain View, CA 94043
contact online
Hyatt Gold
HYATT CORPORATION
200 W Madison St, 30th Fl. Chicago, IL 60606-3413
contact online
Infiniti
INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS
P.O. Box 191 Gardena, CA 90248
contact online
Jeep
JEEP DAIMLER CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER
P.O. Box 21-8004 Auburn Hills, MI 48321-8004
contact online
Lending Tree
LENDING TREE INC. PMB 008
15105-D John J Delaney Drive Charlotte, NC 28277
contact online
Lexus
LEXUS P.O. Box 2991 Mail Drop L202 Torrance, CA 90509-2991
Lincoln-Mercury [Ford]
LINCOLN-MERCURY
P.O. Box 1304 Dearborn, MI 48121
contact online
Mercedes-Benz
MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC
Customer Assistance Center 3 Paragon Drive Montvale, N.J. 07645
Morgan Stanley
MORGAN STANLEY HQ
1585 Broadway, Floor 39 New York, NY 10036
contact online
Napster.com
NAPSTER.COMc/o ROXIO, INC.
455 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95050
contact online
Northwestern Mutual
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
720 East Wisconsin Avenue N08WC Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
contact online
Office Depot
OFFICE DEPOT, INC.
2200 Old Germantown Road Delray Beach, FL 33445
contact online
Progressive Insurance
THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION
6300 Wilson Mills Road Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143
contact online
Splenda
SPLENDAc/o JOHNSON & JOHNSON
One Johnson & Johnson Plaza New Brunswick, NJ 08933
contact online
Target
TARGET CORPORATION
1000 Nicollet Mall Mineapolis, MN 55403
contact online
Travelocity
TRAVELOCITY
3150 Sabre Dr. Southlake, TX 76092
email travelocity
Walmart
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Bentonville, Arkansas 72716-8611
contact online
Join me. Write these companies. Stop using their products and services. Hit Faux News where it hurts them the most...in the pocketbook.
STEVE DOOCY: Did you know that Barack Obama's middle name is “Hussein?”
BRIAN KILMEADE: I have heard that.
STEVE DOOCY: Yeah. And of course, his father, born Muslim, died an atheist and gave him that middle name. And a lot of people have said, “Well, that's a political liability.” However, there is something interesting that is going on on Facebook where a lot of people are trying to diffuse it as a political liability.
GRETCHEN CARLSON: Yeah, a lot of young folks, Brian, taking “Hussein” as their own middle name now. I find this really interesting. It’s a movement, but it’s several hundred people, so I don’t know how big of a movement it really is. But they’re showing solidarity with Barack Obama. In other words, saying there is nothing wrong with having the middle name of Hussein. So people like Ashley Holmes of Indianapolis, here is her quote, “My name is such a vanilla white girl American name. To show how little meaning Hussein really has I’m choosing to make that my middle name.”
BRIAN KILMEADE: Thanks for the explanation.
GRETCHEN CARLSON: Well, you know, I think that points pretty clearly about how some young people feel about all this. I didn't know that there was anything wrong with having an American name but apparently some people believe that there is.
BRIAN KILMEADE: Yeah, it's vanilla. And what’s wrong with vanilla all of the sudden? Daily Kos, someone blogged on there “We are all Hussein” and wrote this article on Daily Kos, which I think is left wing.
STEVE DOOCY: Sure.
BRIAN KILMEADE: By the way, where did this all come from? Perhaps from a Greek name, “Spartacus.” Remember this?[Clips from movie Spartacus; many yelling “I am Spartacus”]
STEVE DOOCY: Wait a minute, that was [inaudible]. That wasn’t Spartacus.
BRIAN KILMEADE: That was – it shows a coming together of people, Steve.
STEVE DOOCY: Yeah.
BRIAN KILMEADE: That’s what it shows.
STEVE DOOCY: Alright. And what if you were Uncle Ed and you – that kid was named after you and suddenly, rather than being “Steven Edward Doocy” you were . . . Oh, well.
BRIAN KILMEADE: Steven Spartacus?
STEVE DOOCY: Spartacus.
Wasn't that insightful?
Isn't it amazing how Faux News is trying everything it can to not give us the news, but shape it as much as possible against one candidate. This is now the fourth time in the last month that their bias is showing so obviously. They have either hoped that Barack Obama was dead, tried tying him to terrorists either by name (in this case) or by innocuous action (fist bump.....sooo dangerous) or completely disrespected his wife by insinuating she had their children out of wedlock.
So, when will we, as Americans, not continue to support this organization or the sponsors of this organization. Namely, we must boycott those companies who see it fit to do business with this biased "journalistic" tool. It is obvious that they have no desire to be "fair and balanced."
Let's do it, let's boycott them. And here's the list to help you.
ADOBE
Adobe Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue San Jose, California 95110-2704
contact online
AMERICAN EXPRESS
World Financial Center 200 Vesey Street New York, NY 10285
contact online
ASTRA ZENECA
ASRA ZENECA LOS ANGELES BUSINESS CENTER
21700 Oxnard Street, Suite 300 Woodland Hills, CA 91367
contact online
AVAYA
Avaya Inc. Headquarters
211 Mt. Airy Road Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
email avaya
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE
1100 Town and Country Rd Rd Orange, CA 92868
contact online
AT & T
ATT: Bob Nersesian
AT & T 32 Avenue of the Americans New York, NY 10013-2412
contact online
BMW
THE BMW GROUP Munich, GERMANY
contact online
BAYERTHE BAYER GROUP
100 Bayer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741
contact online
BLACK & DECKER
CONSUMER SERVICE CENTER
BLACK & DECKER
626 Hanover Pike Hampstead, MD 21074 USA
contact online
BOEING
BOEING WORLD HEADQUARTERS
100 North Riverside Chicago, IL 60606
email boeing
BRISTOL-MEYERS
BRISTOL MEYERS HEADQUARTERS
345 Park Ave.New York, NY 10154-0037
email bristol-mayers
Burlington Coat Factory
BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY
1830 Route 130 Burlington,NJ 08016
contact online
CDW
200 North Milwaukee AvenueVernon Hills, IL 60061
contact online
Celebrity Cruises
CELEBRITY-CRUISES
1080 Caribbean Way Miami, FL 33132
contact online
CheapTickets.com
CHEAP TICKETS
7 Sylvan Way Parsippany, NJ 07054
contact online
CINGULAR
CINGULAR WIRELESS
Glenridge Highlands Two
5565 Glenridge Connector
Atlanta, GA 30342
email cingular
Circuit City
CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC.
9950 Maryland Drive Richmond, VA 23233
contact online
Dannon
DANNON CONSUMER RESPONSE CENTER
P.O. Box 90296 Allentown, PA 18109-0296
contact online
Direct TV
DIRECT TV, INC.
P.O. Box 92600 Los Angeles, CA 90009
contact online
Ditech.com
DITECH.COM
3200 Park Center Drive, Suite 150 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
contact online
Dodge
DODGE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER
P.O. Box 21-8004 Auburn Hills, MI 48321-8004
contact online
Earthlink
EARTHLINK, INC.
1375 Peachtree St., Level A Atlanta, GA 30309
email earthlink
Edward Jones Investments
EDWARD JONES
P.O. Box 66906 St. Louis, MO 63166-6909
contact online
Eloan.com
6230 Steonehenge Mall Road Pleasanton, CA 94588
contact online
Enova
ENOVA OILc/o ADM KAO LLC
4666 Faries Parkway Decatur, IL 62526
contact online
Fidelity Investments
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109-3614
contact online
Hula Networks
HULA NETWORKS
340 East Middlefield Rd. Mountain View, CA 94043
contact online
Hyatt Gold
HYATT CORPORATION
200 W Madison St, 30th Fl. Chicago, IL 60606-3413
contact online
Infiniti
INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS
P.O. Box 191 Gardena, CA 90248
contact online
Jeep
JEEP DAIMLER CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER
P.O. Box 21-8004 Auburn Hills, MI 48321-8004
contact online
Lending Tree
LENDING TREE INC. PMB 008
15105-D John J Delaney Drive Charlotte, NC 28277
contact online
Lexus
LEXUS P.O. Box 2991 Mail Drop L202 Torrance, CA 90509-2991
Lincoln-Mercury [Ford]
LINCOLN-MERCURY
P.O. Box 1304 Dearborn, MI 48121
contact online
Mercedes-Benz
MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC
Customer Assistance Center 3 Paragon Drive Montvale, N.J. 07645
Morgan Stanley
MORGAN STANLEY HQ
1585 Broadway, Floor 39 New York, NY 10036
contact online
Napster.com
NAPSTER.COMc/o ROXIO, INC.
455 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95050
contact online
Northwestern Mutual
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
720 East Wisconsin Avenue N08WC Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
contact online
Office Depot
OFFICE DEPOT, INC.
2200 Old Germantown Road Delray Beach, FL 33445
contact online
Progressive Insurance
THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION
6300 Wilson Mills Road Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143
contact online
Splenda
SPLENDAc/o JOHNSON & JOHNSON
One Johnson & Johnson Plaza New Brunswick, NJ 08933
contact online
Target
TARGET CORPORATION
1000 Nicollet Mall Mineapolis, MN 55403
contact online
Travelocity
TRAVELOCITY
3150 Sabre Dr. Southlake, TX 76092
email travelocity
Walmart
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Bentonville, Arkansas 72716-8611
contact online
Join me. Write these companies. Stop using their products and services. Hit Faux News where it hurts them the most...in the pocketbook.
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