Boycott Brand America

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How do we – from Tokyo and Bombay to London and Los Angeles – take a stand against Rogue Nation USA? Here’s an idea: we hit the superpower with a boycott the whole world can see, and that American power can really feel. For most of us, the clear symbols of American culture gone wrong are the corporate logos that make up Brand America. So we empty the McDonald’s, the Niketowns and Hollywood cinemas. We clear out Disneyland. We turn off Fox, CNN and MTV. We shut down Esso and Texaco, Gap and Starbucks.

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Give it up, George

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You’ve probably all heard the story by now of how our esteemed elected officials decided to change the name of french fries and toast (“House cafeterias change names for ‘french’ fries and ‘french’ toast”) to “freedom fries” and “freedom toast” on the house menu because the French are opposed to us starting an unjustified war with Iraq and then profiteering from it.

Well, check out all the shit at the White House that was given to us by the French. I could use some of that stuff… hand it over, George. Come to think of it, they gave us the Statue of Liberty, too. Geez, I hope that since we’re no longer a free country, they don’t decide to ask for it back.

Washington Clock
Washington Clock Gift from France
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More proof of the dangers of the Patriot Act

The FBI seized and opened, without warrant or legal right, a package being exchange between two reporters containing unclassified information about terrorism. The exciting thing about it is that the government’s illegal seizure occurred right here in Indianapolis at the FedEx hub, and the jackass FBI guy who made the bonehead decision to snatch the package was our own local guy, Doug Garrison. Sure, our government isn’t out of control. And sure, we aren’t a bunch of rubes out here in Indy.

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Which political stereotype are you?

From a now-defunct quiz on Quizilla:
Which political stereotype are you?

Democrat – You believe that there should be a free market which is reigned in by a modest state bureaucracy. You think that capitalism has some good things, but that those it helps should be obliged to help out their fellow man a little. Your historical role model is Franklin Roosevelt.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2022-03-12 Update:
Edited to remove borked link to dysfunctional quiz. No duh on the Roosevelt thing.
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Neo-Nazis on MSNBC

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First read this article in Salon about the freak show that is Michael Savage, then visit and sign GLAAD’s online petition to take this guy off his new show on MSNBC. Then go buy this book on The myth of the liberal media, and read why public discourse is being held hostage to right-wing corporate interests.
Oh, yeah — don’t forget to fill out Bill Frist’s Opinion Poll about the war.

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