Sunday, January 28, 2007

Mother's milk of politics

If you care about what kind of companies and corporations you spend your hard earned money on, then I suggest you pick up the book, "The Blue Pages." As the front of the book states, this is a directory of companies rated by their politics and practices. Most importantly, it gives the amount that each corporation gives to the democratic and republican parties. It tells if a company is a subsidiary of a larger corporation and gives the web address of each one (very handy when you want to e-mail the company to tell them you won't be spending your dollars with them anymore due to their political/business practices).

The book is broken down into the following 13 sections:
1. Clothing, Shoes and Accessories
2. Computers and Electronics
3. Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
4. Food and Beverage
5. Health and Beauty
6. Home and Garden
7. Major Retailers
8. Media and Entertainment
9. Restaurants
10. Sporting Goods
11. Telecommunications
12. Travel and Leisure
13. Vehicles, Parts and Gas

At the beginning of each section, it gives a list of the top ten contributors to the democrats and republicans.

The disappointing thing I discovered when reading the book was that many of the corporations give tons of money to both sides of the aisle. Gee, what a shock that big business won't take a stand against the loonies on the left!

Thanks for being my biggest fan.

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