[Shadow_Group] Buy Nothing Day

[shadowgroup-l at lists.resist.ca]

The following is a forwarded email by me, IBB

 

Okay, there are times when you absolutely have to acquire something in order to get by.    Consider alternative sources:
-Thrift shops/ secondhand stores
-Freecycling.  There are multiple freecycling groups on yahoo.  Look for one for your city.  Here's how it works: members post descriptions of things they don't need, and whichever other member says they're interested in it first can have it.  For free.
-Farmer's market.
-And of course all the obvious things like garage sales, classified ads, etc.
-If you fix your own car, use recycled parts.  There available at places we used to call junk yards.

Okay, we all have to eat.  Aside from the aforementioned farmer's market, you can grow stuff.  Call it your Freedom Garden!  Even if you just have an apartment balcony, you can grow herbs and veggies in pots.  When you do buy food, try to get something untainted by your
corporate masters.  Buy local-or organic-or foreign.  The only food I've eaten this week that wasn't from France, Italy or the UK was some vegetarian steaklets.

Right.  I know.  There are times you have to get something new, off the shelf, from some store.  But you can still avoid tainting your soul here too, at least to some extent, by watching to whom you give your business.  I'm sure everyone already knows to avoid Wal-Mart, the
satanic incarnation of corporate fascism.  I've found some lists online showing which corporations are big contributors to the Rethuglican party.  You can do your own research, but I'll include some of what I
found here:
Companies whose political contributions went over 80% to Republicans:

Outback Steakhouse 98%
Wendy's, 91%
Pizza Hut Franchisees Assoc. 95%
Valero Energy, 85%. Note that Valero Energy is Diamond-Shamrock, Beacon, and Total gas stations.
ExxonMobil 88%
ChevronTexaco, 83%
Marathon Oil 81%
Pilot Corporation 100%
Safeway, 83%
Coors Brewing, 86% (worst of all major brewers)
Home Depot, 94%
Wal-Mart, 81%
Amway, 100%
Circuit City, 97%

Here's where to spend more money -
Big Dem donors (80% or more to Dems):
Hard Rock Cafe
Costco
Bashas
Brown & Cole Food Stores
Hyatt Corporation (hotels)
Random House (book publisher)
Chronicle Books
E&J Gallo Winery
Barnes & Noble
Bed, Bath, & Beyond


Oil companies - where to fill up? These are the only two. The best of a bad lot. Boycott ALL the others:
Shell Oil, 57% to Dems, 43% to pukes Citgo, donations not large enough to appear on the Open Secrets top 20
for its industry, owned by Venezuela's state owned oil company

If you smoke:
R.J. Reynolds, 91% to pukes.  R.J. Reynolds is also on the AFL-CIO boycott list and has been since the 1950s. If you smoke, don't smoke any RJR brands, and let them know why.

vs the others:
Altria Group 60% to pukes
Lorrilard 65% to pukes
Swisher, 37% to pukes
Liggett Vector Group, 91% to Dems, 9% to pukes (generic cigs, in case you^re wondering)



Financial services:

Good:
1 Goldman Sachs $4,894,151 56% 43%
11 Lehman Brothers $1,653,943 63% 37%

so-so

2 National Assn of Realtors $3,186,139 48% 52%
4 JP Morgan Chase & Co $2,637,868 51% 49%
5 Citigroup Inc $2,354,938 52% 48%
7 Bank of America $2,054,236 49% 51%
13 Credit Suisse First Boston $1,604,619 47% 53%
18 Bear Stearns $1,252,698 48% 51%

Bad:

3 Morgan Stanley $2,652,875 40% 60%
6 UBS Americas $2,070,718 40% 58%
8 Credit Union National Assn $1,994,097 42% 58%
9 Deloitte & Touche $1,870,019 28% 72%
10 Merrill Lynch $1,858,031 28% 72%
12 American Bankers Assn $1,630,313 37% 63%
14 PriceWaterhouseCoopers $1,578,205 21% 79%
15 Ernst & Young $1,457,114 33% 66%
16 MBNA Corp $1,413,247 27% 73%
17 AFLAC Inc $1,300,315 37% 63%
19 Wachovia Corp $1,230,976 29% 71%
20 KPMG LLP $1,189,064 29% 71%

Good:
Microsoft Corp
$2,593,532
61% Dem
39% Rep

eBay Inc
$253,780
56% Dem
44% Rep

Hewlett-Packard
$297,991
61% Dem
38% Rep

Costco Companies
$200,303
98% Dem
2% Rep


Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli helped bring in more than $3 million for Mr. Bush at a fund-raiser in Atlanta.


Gop friendly credit cards: Citibank, Bank One, and MBNA. Citibank is supposed to have a lot of Saudi money infused in it, too.

Mutual of America is NOW^s sole corporate sponsor.

More info online at:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/mojo_400/
and
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.phpaz=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2587076&mesg_id=2587076











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