Category Archives: Corporate Greed

Finally, a Phone App that Will Hit Vulture Capitalists Where it Hurts

Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Buycott, a new phone app that can be used both to boycott and support companies, is available for IPhone now and coming soon to Android. [Hat-tip to blogenfreude at Stinque] Simply scan any product’s bar code and it will tell … Continue reading →

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“I’d Like to Buy the World” (says) KOCH

Posted on Sunday, April 21, 2013 by Annie Walker-Leonard

“Media bias has been a favorite theme of the Right for decades, of course.-”Thomas Frank The political activities of the Koch brothers have been influencing policy for decades.  The grand puppet masters sit atop their corporate throne pulling the strings … Continue reading →

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Looks Like Law Enforcement is Covering-Up for Big Oil, Again

Posted on Sunday, April 7, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

As a strong supporter of law enforcement, I’m always frustrated to hear stories like this. Earlier this week several reporters were turned away from the Exxon oil spill in Arkansas by local law enforcement, who allegedly threatened the reporters with … Continue reading →

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Boycott Facebook

Posted on Friday, February 15, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Anyone who knows me, knows I hate Facebook. The company’s CEO is as crooked as they come. Mark Zuckerberg, the current CEO and the guy who fraudulently calls himself the “founder” of Facebook, was hired as a contractor to create … Continue reading →

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Friends Don’t Let Friends Veto Equality

Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

From Garden State Equality: Mr. Zuckerberg and Facebook have made major strides in the past few years, turning the world’s largest social network into a more open and inclusive place for the LGBT community. We find it deeply disappointing that … Continue reading →

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Stop Funding the Radical Right’s Agenda – Boycott Businesses That Hate Democrats

Posted on Friday, January 25, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Why do we Democrats continue supporting businesses that hate Democrats? Right-wing business owners and CEOs routinely pronounce their hatred for our President and all things Democrat. Koch Industries, Papa John’s Pizza, Applebee’s, and even Facebook are among the outspoken darlings … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Speech vs. Wall Street’s Interests

Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”  –Henry David Thoreau You know that civil rights are in dire straits when Rage Against the Machine starts to seem eerily prescient. … Continue reading →

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Atlas Lost Market Share And Stock Value

Posted on Monday, December 10, 2012 by Ken

Marc’s post “Atlas whined” details how certain of the ultra wealthy in America have proven to be outspoken poor sports about recent political events.   Marc details how many of these companies have had to backtrack when he writes: Virtually all of the … Continue reading →

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Atlas Whined

Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession  with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, … Continue reading →

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