The Power of the Almighty Dollar
It run/ruins our lives (more on that another time), and
right now it's being used as a political tool, an instrument for change. The
Democrats have virtually no power in Congress, maybe the dollar does. So, there
are boycotts instated and immediately effective (see Nordstrom's). Behavior
changed. The White House trembles, Don, Melania, Ivanka, their empires of gold
teetering. Here's my take.
Say you are opposed to Trump as a person, businessman and
president and the reactionary Republican agenda he's shoving through. Who to
boycott?
WARNING: These lists are incomplete and possibly inaccurate
and constantly changing, so send me comments to make them better.
His financiers:
Trump auto-financed, sometimes paying his own businesses (335m)
Rep. Party and MAGA committee (543m)
Super PACs (79m) -- Future45, Rebuilding America Now, Great
America PAC, Make America Number 1, Reform America Now, Save America From Its
Government and many others. Who are these people? If you find out, let me know.
The companies that supported his campaign:
LLBean
Hobby Lobby
Yuengling Beer
NASCAR
New Balance
PayPal
Home Depot
MillerCoors
Jenny Craig
UFC
The companies that are working with him now (on his business
advisory council):
Tesla
Blackstone
General Motors
JPMorgan
Walmart
Uber (retracted)
PepsiCo
EY
IBM
BlackRock
General Electric
Patomak Global Partners
Global Infrastructure Partners
Cleveland Clinic
Boston Consulting Group
Boeing
Hoover Institute
IHS Markit
The companies that sell/sold Trump family products:
6pm.com
Belk.com
Macy's (partially retracted)
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bloomingdale's
Sears (retracted)
Walmart
Saks Off Fifth
Wayfair (retracted)
Bellacor (retracted)
Winners
Kmart (retracted)
Amazon
Lord & Taylor
Burlington Coat Factory
Dillard's
DSW
HSN (retracted)
Hudson's Bay
Marshalls (retracted)
Neiman Marcus (retracted)
Nordstrom (retracted)
Overstock.com
TJ Maxx (retracted)
Zappos
Shoes.com (retracted)
Belk (retracted)
Jet (retracted)
ShoeStyle (retracted)
Gilt (retracted)
Century21
Ross
Bon-Ton
Steinmart
Filene's Basement
The celebrities who support Trump:
Kanye West (retracted)
Jon Voight
Scott Adams (retracted)
Piers Morgan
Norman Podhoretz
David Duke
Roger Ailes
Sheldon Adelson
Steve Forbes
Bill Koch
Jack Welch (retracted)
Rupert Murdoch
Peter Thiel
Alex Jones
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Gennifer Flowers
Chuck Norris
Scott Baio
James Caan
Kelsey Grammer
Randy Quaid
Fred Williamson
George Brett
Johnny Damon
Curt Schilling
Dennis Rodman
Mike Tyson
Tom Brady
Tim Tebow
Jack Nicklaus
Paris Hilton
Pat Boone
Loretta Lynn
P Diddy
Clint Eastwood
Kirstie Alley (retracted)
Kid Rock
Pete Rose
Matthew McConaughey
Jeff Bridges (dude?)
What are the Mexicans doing? Many are boycotting all American
products, especially those symbolic of the U.S. like Coke, Starbucks, Walmart,
McDonald's, KFC, Costco. They are preferring local Mexican products. They have
been terribly mistreated and are very upset and offended. The peso talks too.
What do I think? Boycotting companies like Starbucks that
has never supported Trump is wrong ... but I'd do it anyway. I feel like buying
from Nordstrom's the day after they announced they were pulling the Ivanka line
(as soon as they sold remaining stock) is splitting hairs. This is not the time
for splitting hairs; it is time for hitting the President by hitting the
American economy as hard as possible. Buy local, buy from family owned
businesses, buy from Trump opponents, and most of all stop buying. Whatever you
need, apart from basic necessities, you can do without, at least for now. After
the Impeachment we can all go on a shopping spree (or not). I feel radicalized by the current
situation, and I'll return to normalcy when my country does.
Where to find out more: #GrabYourWallet
#AdiosProductosGringos
Happy trials, Martin
Mutt: Well, the boss sure is on his high horse again.
Jeff: Yeah, that was pretty extreme.
Mutt: Extreme boycotting.
Jeff: The only antidote is extreme humor.
Mutt:
Well, The earthquake in Washington obviously was the
government’s fault.
Jeff:
Be kind to your dentist. She has fillings, too.
Mutt: What happened when the cow tried to jump over a barbed wire fence?
Jeff:
I should know this.
Mutt:
Udder destruction.
Jeff:
Cannibals like to meat people.
Mutt:
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
Jeff:
What happened to the lawyer who was thrown out of a saloon? He was disbarred.
Mutt:
Did you hear about the cannibal who was late for dinner?
Jeff:
Can't say that I did.
Mutt:
He got the cold shoulder.
Jeff:
You know, Mutt, those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the
end.
Mutt:
This girl at the bank said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I’d
never met herbivore.
Jeff:
What were you doing in a bank?
Mutt:
It's air-conditioned.
Jeff:
I was in a greasy spoon, somebody says: "Waiter! This coffee tastes like
mud." He answers, "Yes sir, it's fresh ground."
Mutt:
Ha! A dentist married a manicurist, but they fought tooth and nail.
Jeff:
Yeah, when they bought a water bed, the couple started to drift apart.
Mutt:
My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned because I
couldn't concentrate.
Jeff:
I used to work for a blanket factory, but the company folded.
Mutt:
What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
Jeff:
A coat of paint. You liked nursery school, didn't you?
Mutt:
And I had a photographic memory that was never developed.
Jeff:
What musical is about a train conductor?
Mutt: "My Fare, Lady."
Jeff:
Packing up and relocating to a new home can be a moving experience.
Mutt:
A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his
grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, "No change
yet."
Jeff:
Change is good.
Mutt:
Oh brother, right now regime change is good.
Jeff:
Here's to hope.
