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June 22, 2005
Buy Blue
I came across the most interesting website today. The website is called "Buy Blue" and this is their mission:
You may have voted blue, but every day you unknowingly help dump millions of dollars into the conservative war chest. By purchasing products and services from companies that donate heavily to conservatives, we have been compromising our own interests as liberals and progressives.
As a progressive I was immediately intrigued. So I looked up some of the companies that I buy products from on a regular basis and here are some of their ratings in blueness:
Starbucks = 100% Blue
Whole Foods = 50% Blue (this one surprised me a little bit, but since the Whole Foods originated in Texas, I guess it shouldn't have surprised me that much.)
Trader Joes = 50% (Again a bit surprising)
Tom's of Maine = 100% Blue
TiVo = 50% Blue
Target = 17% Blue
T-Mobile = 28% Blue
PetsMart = 0% Blue
Panera Bread Company = 100% Blue
Outback Steakhouse = 2% Blue
Netflix = 72% Blue
Michael's = 0% Blue
Luxottica Group S.p.A. (Owner of Pearle Vision) = 100% Blue
L.L Bean = 97% Blue
Krispy Kreme = 0% Blue
IKEA = 50% Blue (This one surprised me too. I thought it would be a bit higher given their environmental stance.)
Home Depot = 18% Blue
Hewlett Packard = 41% Blue
H&R Block = 55% Blue
Wells Fargo = 42% Blue
eBay = 57% Blue
Dominos = 0% Blue
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (Owners of Olive Garden and Red Lobster) = 9% Blue
Comp USA = 50% Blue
Burlington Coat Factory = 100% Blue
BJ's Wholesale Club = 50% Blue
AT&T = 44% Blue
Amazon.com = 41% Blue
Looks like I need to do some work on this. Some of the other companies I use on a regular basis aren't listed, but it's an interesting idea.
Check it out here.
Posted by Daffodil at June 22, 2005 8:41 PM
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Comments
My favorite (not so surprising) 100% blue company: Frederick's of Hollywood. I guess Republicans don't know how to be sexy.
Very surprising to me was the number of California-based companies who were full on red in such an obvious blue state.
Posted by: Leann at June 23, 2005 10:45 AM
I think Republicans think being sexy is a sin. It's like the 31th commandment or something in their version of the bible. "Thou shall not allow your wife to prance about like a street tart, less ye fall under her spell and be distracted from harming your fellow man." It's something like, I don't have my KWV (King W Version) close at hand.
I was surprised too, I think they may need to refine their methodology some. I would like to see all the employees contributions compared to the CEO's contributions to make that ruling. Because most rich people are Republicans, but their employees probably make many smaller donations that cancel them out. If not it could be a matter of great concern and would deserve a boycott.
Posted by: ManDrake at June 23, 2005 11:01 AM
Jamison
Whole Foods should not surprise you
anyone who sells No Carb. Beer has to be
on the Fence.
JDM
Posted by: Jason at June 23, 2005 3:30 PM
What's that got to do with anything?
Posted by: Dianne at June 23, 2005 3:35 PM