Comments on: The Orchestrated Campaign to Shut Down Glenn Beck

By: misterh

misterh — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:09:56 +0000

So much for free speech!

Sounds to me like the Left is running scared and views Beck as a mortal threat.

Mr. H
http://www.allhands-ondeck.blogspot.com/

By: mschmitt

mschmitt — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:36:25 +0000

The thing to keep in mind is that these businesses have already calculated potential losses of revenue from their reduced exposure plus any possible counter-boycott. They’ve gambled that the crazies at Daily KoS, etc., are more organized and have more buying leverage than you do — it’s nothing personal.

Personally, I’d like to prove these companies wrong, but not necessarily by proving that we can hurt them (that is pride-worthy only to the Statists — and like I said, it’s nothing personal); but by SUPPORTING, vigorously, companies that advertise on the programs that we watch.

If both boycotts are highly successful, all that has happened is certain companies have been seriously damaged (do you really think Statists are running to Geico/Progressive or Walmart in droves because they stopped advertising on Beck?). The companies that are hurt are those that the Statists targeted for boycott in the first place — and, I’ll note — the companies that have been targeted so far seem to be the ones that traditionally advertise on conservative channels (eg., Geico) or are traditionally hated by Statists (eg., Walmart).

By: mom2oneson

mom2oneson — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:34:06 +0000

I never would have seen that without reading your post.

By: roguepolitics

roguepolitics — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:29:44 +0000

Is there a good conservative site that has boycott lists with fact checking?

By: roguepolitics

roguepolitics — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:29:00 +0000

Is there a good conservative site that has boycott lists with fact checking?

By: lwe6576

lwe6576 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:08:21 +0000

Try Travelers. I go through esurance.com to get prices on policies. USAA wanted $809 every 6 months and we’re paying $572 every 6 months with Travelers. For our bikes, we went through Harley-Davidson.

By: robertw

robertw — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:58:01 +0000

I wish I had Geico insurance. I would drop it. I will absolutely boycott all of these companies and let them know every chance I get.

By: scottbomb

scottbomb — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:04:21 +0000

I found this out when I applied on their website. Fine with me I guess, considering they’re buddies with the company I’m trying to get away from. Here’s the message I got:

“USAA auto insurance is not available due to membership eligibility requirements — but we can still help. USAA General Agency has a 20-year relationship with Progressive Insurance. Call the USAA General Agency’s dedicated number to Progressive listed below — it’s the number that has been created specifically for you.”

By: Steph C

Steph C — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:37:24 +0000

http://www.opensecrets.org/

You’ll find out a lot about who is in whose pocket, especially when it comes to big business. Then compare that to who is getting bailouts and kickbacks…

It’s enough to make you guffaw every time you hear a lefty spout off demonizing corporations and CEO pay.

By: penguin2

penguin2 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:27:35 +0000

I made that call too. And got a little more uncertainty from the customer service rep. As to your question above, of why they would be targeting that group, the Color of Change is a known leftist group and can apply pressure however they choose to. Those corporations will bend because they are on their side and don’t have any backbone to take a stand for freedom of speech.

Back to your above comment, maybe you aren’t very sincere in being here if in 9days you decided that this site could not be trusted. Why did you decide that the spin a corporation’s PR department may be putting out would have more credibility than the facts reported in the news? And yes, this does affect advertising for Fox News, so take a look there.

By: DavidS1787

DavidS1787 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:52:39 +0000

http://colorofchange.org/beck/release-conagra.html

By: DavidS1787

DavidS1787 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:35:43 +0000

the change of color……….

By: citizen1949

citizen1949 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:09:11 +0000

I don’t know about the others, but Men’s Wearhouse, Progressive, Geico stand cheek-by-jowl with George Soros in the line of liberals. Why would they be targeted?

By: citizen1949

citizen1949 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:05:09 +0000

I wrote to SC Johnson yesterday letting them know that I had advised all my friends, removed their products from my home and never intended to buy their stuff again. Julie very cordially replied that not only did they not withdraw advertising from Glenn Beck, they never advertised on his show in the first place. I sent an apology.
To be certain, this was my fault because I relied on you and failed to vet your information on my own. Nevertheless, I’m sure, Erick, that you’ll understand why I am removing my name from your mailing list. There’s already enough people out there that I can’t trust.

By: DavidS1787

DavidS1787 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:29:44 +0000

companies gave to last election cycle!

By: DavidS1787

DavidS1787 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:55:02 +0000

Color of Change is targeting the following :

ConAgra (maker of Healthy Choice products), Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, and RadioShack

Men’s Wearhouse, State Farm and Sargento LexisNexis-owned Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, SC Johnson and GEICO

By: DavidS1787

DavidS1787 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:49:18 +0000

Please follow the link to their targeted Sponsors

By: lewincolorado

lewincolorado — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:59:52 +0000

By the way, this appeared July 25, 2009 on American Thinker http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/obamas_a_racist.html It appears to me that Glen’s opinion is shared by more than one of us.

By: Menlo

Menlo — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:42:53 +0000

I’ve always been in good hands with them.

In Texas, I also hear a lot of local radio ads for insurancemakesmesick.com. I don’t know how good they are, but I am fairly certain they are not run by leftists.

By: DavidS1787

DavidS1787 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:15:49 +0000

Sargento Foods Inc.
One Persnickety Place
Plymouth, WI 53073

Barbara Gannon
Sargento Foods Inc.
Phone 920-892-3530
email: barbara.gannon@sargento.com