  Jhartmich Member Username: Jhartmich Post Number: 185 Registered: 04-2006 |
(copy and paste into an e-mail. send it to your contacts) Support American businesses that support good job and decent pay! Pass it on. GM retiree launches anti-Shelby Web site Detroit Free Press staff and wire reports • December 10, 2008 A retired engineer from General Motors Corp. has launched a new Web site, www.BoycottAlabamaNow.com, aimed at Republican Sen. Richard Shelby and the state he represents in Congress, Alabama. Shelby has been an outspoken critic of Detroit's automakers, who have been seeking as much as $34 billion in bridge loans to stay solvent until the economy recovers. Joe Babiasz, who launched the site, said he wanted to show Shelby what it's like "to turn your back on hardworking Americans." One page of the site truth-squads remarks made by Shelby about Detroit in Congress and on various news shows. "Mr. Shelby is hell-bent on shutting down the Big Three," Babiasz said. If Shelby is "not going to support America, we're not going to support Alabama." | ||
Townonenorth Member Username: Townonenorth Post Number: 469 Registered: 10-2007 |
May as well add Oklahoma to their list too. I hear both their Senate seat fillers are against it too. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5048 Registered: 04-2005 |
I sent my email to the good senator, and forwarded the link to everyone I could think of | ||
Otter Member Username: Otter Post Number: 453 Registered: 12-2007 |
While you're at it, why don't you (I mean, as usual, the generic you) boycott everything from every state whose senators don't vote for a bailout? Sounds like practically a full-time job in itself. Or maybe, if that is too much, you can just boycott everything from every state that has an auto plant belonging to other than Ford, GM and Chrysler. This will leave a long list of states to whom you can tell not to come crying to you in the future. | ||
Choquant Member Username: Choquant Post Number: 15 Registered: 09-2007 |
As if I needed another reason to avoid Alabama! | ||
Mashugruskie Member Username: Mashugruskie Post Number: 357 Registered: 09-2006 |
General Electric just received billions from the Wall Street bail-out monies. | ||
Mashugruskie Member Username: Mashugruskie Post Number: 358 Registered: 09-2006 |
I just made a list of all major manufacturing in Alabama. The majority are related to automotive and steel. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3164 Registered: 11-2007 |
Otter - Ford, GM and Chrysler, saved our ass in WWII, but I don't see Honda, Kia, or Mercedes helping us in the future. And from what I see on the news, Toyota and Isuzu sell to any third world country that has a few bucks for a cheap weapons platform, i.e. truck, that is mobile. Now it's not just S.U.V.'s that worry me, but our whole infrastructure in case of war. These southern politicos really have some kind of self proclaimed mandate. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 7016 Registered: 12-2005 |
Discuss Detroit » DISCUSS DETROIT! » Buy Michigan First | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3165 Registered: 11-2007 |
"President G.W. Bush the most divisive leader in American history." Just my quote - at least it's not the name of a thread ! And prove me wrong.  | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1851 Registered: 12-2003 |
Isn't it rich that the Republicans' motto during the presidential campaign was "Country First." Unless it comes to industrial infrastructure, then it's "Japan, Germany and South Korea First." | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 780 Registered: 05-2006 |
Nobody ever said they were consistent. Except maybe Bats. | ||
Flanders_field Member Username: Flanders_field Post Number: 1384 Registered: 01-2008 |
Sweet Home Big Three crashin' and burnin' Foreclosing our homes cuz we're jobless Listening to songs by Motown I miss the 60s once again And I think its a sin, yes Well I heard that Mr. Young sang about her Well I heard ole Neil said Detroit will never die Well, I hope Neil Young will remember That southern states don't want us around, anyhow Sweet hometown Detroit City Where the moods are so blue Save our jobs in Detroit and Michigan Lord, we're prayin' on our knees to you In Alabama they love their Senator Now he did for his state what he could do Now he will filibuster to stop the Big 3 bailout Tell us Senator Shelby Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth!! Sweet hometown Detroit City Where the moods are so blue Save our jobs in Detroit and Michigan Lord, we're on our knees prayin' to you Wherever we live in Michigan Now Congress claims they have the answers And they've been known to bailout a bank or two Lord they rip us off so much They spend billions bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Now how about you? Sweet hometown Detroit City Where the moods are so blue Save our jobs in Detroit and Michigan Lord, we're prayin' on our knees to you Sweet hometowns in Detroit and Michigan Oh sweet hometowns Where the moods are so blue And the Governor's looking for a handout To save our jobs in Detroit and Michigan Lord, we're prayin' on our knees to you Yea, sure DC's got the answer... | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2006 |
I got this email the other day, but thought to myself... "boycott alabama??!? they don't make a single product WORTH boycotting..." am i wrong? how would I even boycott them? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2005 |
Don't go there, and don't buy a Toyota | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 3 Registered: 04-2005 |
Here's the automated response I received from Sen. Shelby. Notice that you have to be an Alabama Constituent if you are to expect a reply. Thank you for your recent e-mail message to my office. I am glad you took the time to contact me. I am always interested in receiving the views of Alabamians, and responding to my constituents is a top priority of my office. Because of the high volume of e-mail I receive daily, everyone who sends me an e-mail message will be sent this automated response acknowledging receipt. This is not a final response to your email. If you are an Alabama constituent and you provided your full name and complete postal address (street number, street name, city, state and zip code), you will receive a response addressing your email as soon as possible. However, if you did not include your full name and complete postal address in your original e-mail to me and you are an Alabama constituent who wants a response, please e-mail your original comments from your previous email *and* your full name and complete postal address in the following format: Pat Doe 123 Anywhere Street Somewhere, AL 12345 (256) 555-1212 Again, thank you for contacting me. Sincerely, Richard C. Shelby United States Senator http://shelby.senate.gov/ P.S. - Please sign up to receive regular e-mail updates from me on issues of importance to you by logging on to: http://shelby.senate.gov/newsl etter/newslist.htm | ||
Wally Member Username: Wally Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2003 |
I don't know about you folks, but I've cancelled my two week vacation in Alabama next month. I've also decided to not renew my season tickets for the Birmingham Barons baseball season. I will not accept any Alabama state quarters in my change, and I will definitely refrain from all future purchases of any Skynyrd album with the song "Sweet Home Alabammy" on it. Heck why draw the line there, no Skynyrd albums period! | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4 Registered: 04-2005 |
Good of you to join the fight Wally. I knew we could count on you | ||
Wally Member Username: Wally Post Number: 7 Registered: 12-2003 |
 I drive American. I guess that's about as good as most of us can do. | ||
Bob Member Username: Bob Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2003 |
I am have thought, I have never wanted to vacation in Alabama in the first place, why would I want to now? | ||
20043_stotter Member Username: 20043_stotter Post Number: 2 Registered: 03-2007 |
I believe these repubs against the loan are acting as lobbyists for the transplants to bust the uaw. This will insure they will remain union free forever and save them many, many dollars | ||
Mashugruskie Member Username: Mashugruskie Post Number: 352 Registered: 09-2006 |
Made in Alabama - The majority have an automotive/parts/supplier base. M. C. Mieth Mfg. Inc. 3M Worldwide AstraZeneca International Coca Cola BellowsTech Inc. Cutting Edge Optronics Hydrapak MoorMan's Incorporated Esterline Advanced Input Systems 3Com Corporation AC Delco AGCO Abbott Laboratories Airgas Alcatel-Lucent Allegheny Technologies Amgen Anixter Applied Industrial Technologies Ashland Inc. Atmel Corporation BASF Group Beckman Coulter, Inc. Becton Dickinson and Company Biomet, Inc. Boise Cascade Corporation Bridgestone-Firestone Bristol-Myers Squibb Brown-Forman Corporation C&D Technologies, Inc. Cardinal Centex Corporation Dana Corporation Dexter Corporation Dow Chemical Company DuPont EMC Ecolab Exide Technologies Fisher Scientific General Electric Company (Just received billions in Wall Street bail-out monies) General Mills General Motors Genuine Parts Company Georgia Pacific Honeywell Ingersoll-Rand Company Intel International Paper - The company's world headquarters is located in the United States at Purchae, N.Y. KLA Tencor Kellogg's Kennametal Lanier Lear Litton Industries Northrop Grumman MSC Industrial Supply Co. Masco Corporation Maytag Corporation McCormick and Company, Inc Mead Corporation MicroAge, Inc., Microsoft Milacron Inc. Millipore's Monsanto Mylan NVR Inc Nalco Chemical Company National Beverage Corp. National Semiconductor Corporation Nestle Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Novell Nucor Corporation Owens Corning PPG Industries Pactiv Pennzoil-Quaker State Company PepsiCo, Inc. (Part of Frito-Lay. Buy Better-Made Potato Chips. Made in Detroit!) Perrigo Company Philip Morris U.S.A. Pulte Corporation QUALCOMM Ralston Purina Company Reynolds and Reynolds Rockwell Automation STERIS Corporation Safety-Kleen Corp. Schlumberger Seagate Technology, Inc. Sealed Air Shaw Industries, Inc. Siemens USA SmithKline Beecham Square D Company Products and Service Standard Register Stewart Title Corporate Tech Data Corporation Tecumseh Products Company Tennant Company Terra Industries Inc. Thomas & Betts Corporation Trinity Industries, Inc. United Technologies Carrier Watson Pharmaceuticals Wausau Paper Corporation Western Digital Corporation Weyerhaeuser YORK International Corporation i2 Flexware Innovation Industrial Vibrators Pall Corporation Procter & Gamble Tellabs, Inc. The SYSCO Corporation | ||
Ktkeller08 Member Username: Ktkeller08 Post Number: 12 Registered: 10-2008 |
So... You're boycotting all of these companies because they just happen to hold some sort of presence in the state of Alabama...? | ||
Retroit Member Username: Retroit Post Number: 568 Registered: 04-2008 |
Missing from Mashugruskie's list: Toyota Honda Hyundai Mercedes | ||
Suzieh1 Member Username: Suzieh1 Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2008 |
Everybody should boycott vacations to Alabama and if they can, boycott as many products made there as possible. If enough people get together maybe we won't have to listen to this crappy Senator anymore. The car companies have always helped out everyone else, these other states need to realize how important they are to the our country. | ||
Ktkeller08 Member Username: Ktkeller08 Post Number: 14 Registered: 10-2008 |
Ok... so we're suppose to boycott that huge list of companies because they have some sort of presence in Alabama. I'm sorry but that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2878 Registered: 01-2006 |
I'm gonna boycott Detroit businesses and their products. That Kilpatrick guy was a real asshole. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 4986 Registered: 06-2004 |
Just the ones headquartered in Alabama plus anything else that more directly benefits Alabama. No tourism, no Alabama centric products, no support of the Tide (their Sugar Bowl game would be perfect for a protest - maybe the UAW or some other group should buy airtime), etc. | ||
Mopardan Member Username: Mopardan Post Number: 29 Registered: 11-2008 |
Alabama is still one of the poorest states, despite all those companies having a presence. This article is from August 2007, but I doubt much progress has been made in that time. http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/ article/20070829/NEWS/70829034 0/1007 I'm not surprised Texas is in there as well. I'm on an island of blue in a redneck sea. | ||
Mashugruskie Member Username: Mashugruskie Post Number: 353 Registered: 09-2006 |
Ravine, isn't the south already boycotting our products? Start small. Don't buy Frito-Lay. Buy Better-Made. It's local. |
