Activists' Holiday Shopping List

[dewaldd]

Remember, Costco for one-stop shopping, or any natural, crunchy type place like
Giaim.com, Ben & Jerry's or anything with "Organic, Safe Environment, natural
household cleaners," etc. is a safe bet. In other words, any place that cares
about people before profits!
Susie
PS Remember - don't use Travelocity for online travel. Expedia, Hotwire,
Hotels.com are all cool.


Activists' Holiday Shopping List

CORPORATE POLITICAL DONATIONS
Source: Center for Responsive Politics
Published: December 16, 2000 Author: self (? forwarded)

With the holidays upon us, some of us might wish to be mindful of who we
patronize relative to their 2000 Election Cycle political donations, as
reported by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Shopping?

* Price Club/Costco donated $225K, of which 99% went to democrats;

WalMart, $467K, 97% to republicans;
K-Mart, $524K, 86% to republicans;
Home Depot, $298K, 89% to republicans;
Target, $226K, 70% to republicans;
Circuit City Stores, $261K, 95% to republicans;

* Rite Aid, $517K, 60% to democrats;
* Magla Products (Stanley tools, Mr. Clean), $22K, 100% to democrats;

3M Co., $281K, 87% to republicans;
Hallmark Cards, $319K, 92% to republicans;
Amway, $391K, 100% republican;
(http://www.merchantsofdeception.com/files/theamwayindustry.doc.pdf)
Kohler Co. (plumbing fixtures), $283K, 100% republicans;

* Warnaco (undergarments), $55K, 73% to democrats;

B.F. Goodrich (tires), $215K, 97% to republicans;
Proctor & Gamble, $243K, 79% to republicans;

* Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, $153K, 99% to democrats;
* Estee Lauder, $448K, 95% to democrats;
* Guess ? Inc., $145K, 98% to democrats;
* Calvin Klein, $78K, 100% to democrats;
* Liz Claiborne, Inc., $34K, 97% to democrats;
* Levi Straus, $26K, 97% to democrats;
* Olan Mills, $175K, 99% to democrats.

Spirits?
Coors, $174K, 92% to republicans; (also Budweiser - sd)

* Gallo Winery, $337K, 95% to democrats;

Brown-Forman Corp. (Southern Comfort, Jack Daniels, Bushmills, Korbel
wines - as well as Lennox China, Dansk, Gorham Silver), $644, 80% to
republicans;

* Southern Wine & Spirits, $213K, 73% to democrats;
* Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons (includes beverage business, plus considerable
media interests), $2M+, 67% democrats.

Hungry?
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (chicken), $366K, 100% republican;
Outback Steakhouse, $641K, 95% republican;

* Sonic Corporation, $83K, 98% democrat;

Tricon Global Restaurants (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell), $133K, 87% republican;
Brinker International (Maggiano's, Brinker Cafe, Chili's, On the Border,
Macaroni Grill, Crazymel's, Corner Baker, EatZis), $242K, 83% republican;

* Triarc Companies (Arby's, T.J. Cinnamon's, Pasta Connections), $112K,
96% democrats;

Waffle House, $279K, 100% republican;
McDonald's Corp., $197K, 86% republican;
Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Bones, Bahama
Breeze), $121K, 89% republican;

* Hyatt Corporation, $187K, 80% to democrats;

Mariott International, $323K, 81% to republicans;
Holiday Inns, $38K, 71% to republicans.


BLUE CORPORATIONS:

Hotels: Hyatt Hotels, Loews Corporaton,

Airlines: Aloha Airlines, Hawian Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Jet Blue

Phone and Related Services: T-Mobile USA, MCI Group, Century Tel,
Working Assets, Lucent Technologies, Century Tel, Sony Corporation of
America

Restaurants: Hard Rock Café International, Arby's, Sonic Drive-IN

Cosmetics/Grooming: Estee Lauder Companies (Stila, Clinique, Darphin,
Donna Karan, Flirt, Good Skin, Origens, La Mer, Kate Spade, Jo
Malone, Micheal Kors, Rodan & Fields, Stila, MaAaC, American Beauty,
Aramis, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, Bumble and Bumble,) Revlon

Retail Shopping and Fashion: Barnes and Noble, Bed, Bath and Beyond,
Costco Companies, GAP Inc.

Household: Amana, Maytag, General Electric, Bed, Bath and Beyond,
Costco Companies, Spring's Industries (Bali Sheets, Beaulieu Sheets,
Dundee Sheets, Graber Sheets, Regal Sheets, Springmaid, Texmade Sheets

Food Products: Boar's Head Meats and Cheeses, Shelton Chili, Chicken
and Turkey, Buster's Ice Cream

Groceries: Ambiance Bathroom Tissue, April Soft Bathroom Tissue,
Atlantic Paper Towels, Fiesta Bathroom Tissue, Sweetheart Dinnerware
and Plastic Containers

Grocery Stores: Brown and Cole, Costco, Marsh Supermarkets

Television: Joan of Arcadia, Martha Stewart Living, That 70's Show,
The Golden Girls, The King of Queens, The Young and the Restless,
Walt Disney Co.

Entertainment and News: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks SKG,
Tickermaster.com, Viacon Inc., Walt Disney Co., Blue Mountain Arts,
Random House

Computers and Video: Adobe Systems, IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems,
eBay Inc., Hewlett-Pakard, Cisco Systems, CNET Networks

Travel: Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com

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RED CORPORATIONS:

Hotels: Marriott Hotels (Renaissance, Ritz-Carlton, Town Plaza), Omni
Hotels, Howard Johnson

Car Rental: Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Airlines: America West, Continental, Delta, North American, AirTran,
Skywest, Southwest, United, US Airways

Phone: Edge Wireless, Verizon, AT & T, Sprint, General Electric
Telephhones, Motorola, TDS Telecommunications

Restaurants: Pizza Hut, Rockfish Seafood Grill, Romano's Macaroni
Grill, Waffle House, Brinker International (Big Bowl, Chilis, Corner
Bakery Café, Cracker Barrel, Dunkin Donuts, Hooters of America,
Johnny Rockets, Little Caesars, Long John Silver, A & W, Dairy Queen,
KFC, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Wendy's

Cosmetics/ Grooming: Super Cuts, Amway (Satinique Hair Care, Artistry
Cosmetics, Nutrilite), Guthy-Renker Corporation (Youthful Essence,
Winsor Pilates, proactive Solution, Nutra Nail, Sheer Cover, Get the
Edge, Core Secrets) Gold's Gym (Omni Hotels), CCA Industries (Scar
Zone Depilatory Sudden Change Dkin Treatments Wash ON Curl, Solar
Sense, Hair Off Depilatory ,Plus +White, Bikini Zone Medicated crème,
IPR3 Foot Products, Nutra Nail,) Acme Shoes

Retail Shopping and Fashion: Circuit City, Dollar General Stores,
Home Depot, JC Penney Co, Limited Brands, May Department Stores, Saks
Inc, Sears, Roebuck & Co, Target Co., Wal-Mart Stores, Wax Co.

Household: Amana, Maytag, General Electric, Hoover, Rent-A-Center,
Rent To Own, Home Depot, 3M Co (Post-Its, Command Adhesive Products,
Filtrete, O-Cel-O Sponges, Oxy Carpet Cleaner, Scotch-brite, Scotch-
gard, Acme Bricks, Benjamin Moore Paints, Illinois Tool Works, Shaw
Carpets and Industries Flooring, Superior Lumber (Do It Best Rental
Center), Milliken and Co., Sunbeam

Food Products: Agri Beef, Hormel, American Foods Groups, Pilgrim's
Pride, Purdue, Oberto Sausage, Sam Kane Beef, Smithfield Hams,
Lowrey's,

Groceries: Georgia Pacific Corporation (Brawny Paper Towels, Command
Adhesive Products, Sparkle Paper Towels) Drano, Dupont Company, Edge,
Fantasik, Glade Spray and Candle Scents, Hammermill Papers, Kraft,
Quilted Northern Toilet Tissue, Raid, Saran Wrap, Shout, Vanish,
Windex, Ziploc, Hormel Foods, Blue Bird, Dreyer's Ice Çream, General
Mills, Krispy Kreme, Pepsi Co. (Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Tropicana),
Smukers, Nestle USA, Quaker Brands, Dole Foods, Chiquita Brands
International, Sunkist Growers, The whole friggin' dairy industry.

Grocery Stores: Brookshire Groceries, Food Lion, American RV Marts,
Kroger, Liboria Markets, Piggly Wiggly, Safeway, Target, United Dairy
Farmers, Wal-Mart

Television: MSNBC, Starz (Encore, WAM!), TDS Telecommunications

Entertainment and News: Cinemark Theatres, Fox, Hallmark Cards

Computers and Video: Siebel Systems, Unisys Corp, Dell

Travel: Travelocity

http://www.choosetheblue.com/main.php

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1. what's giaim.com? couldn't find it n/t

[lizzieforkerry]

2. CAn I just ask that people don't boycott P&G

They offer same sex benefits and recently a large organization started a boycott of them because of this and they said their employees are too important to respond to a boycott. This is one Dem that would suffer greatly if P&G is boycotted, also a large percentage of their younger emplyees are Dems so I think the company will change in the next 25 years. They also donate a LOT of money to United Way. I am not excusing the Rep donations but the company is not all bad.

[mdhunter]

3. I suspect many of the companies on the list are like that

Either the company PACs, largely funded by executive brass in some home office, or the collected donations of the company (again, typically the same people) might not have much to do with the individuals working in other locations or the desicions of managment at lower levels.

I've worked with one particular big box store (not at the store, at the non-profit to which it was donating) that I know heavily supports republicans. However, their company policies allowed for local and regional managers to make donations to charities of their choice so long as it met certain minimum criteria (non-profit status, non-discriminatory, etc.). Some of those people, using compnay money, gave to the good guys.

Again, that's not excusing the larger cash outflows to republicans, or suggesting that people should patron their stores, but it does indicate some complexity in decisions like this.