Heads up! Letter campaign needed. Racial attack on Conyers

[Thickasabrick]

Americablog has the details:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/11/racism-at-investors-business-daily.html

A highly respected investor magazine has just published a racially offensive editorial. Please see the link at Americablog and attack this kind of behavior by writing to it's largest advertisers (Vanguard, Fidelity, etc.).

[HereSince1628]

1. This is really death throes of dead-enders. Hollow arguments

echoing their own motivations for the impeachment of Bill Clinton because they are fearful of having to act within the law and with social responsibility.

[KingFlorez]

2. What in the world?

Why would they publish such trash? The election result has made people really unhinged.

[wtmusic]

3. "cultural encroachment" kinda says it all

The brown hordes are at it again.

[uppityperson]

4. Read the editorial, link here. It is bad.

I didn't think it would be this bad from what americablog said, but it is. Difficult to decide which 4 paragraphs to give you. Here are first 3 and 1 later on.

http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=247968254375265

The likely new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he's just fighting bigotry in leading a Democrat jihad to deny law enforcement key terror-fighting tools. But he is in the pocket of Islamists.

John Conyers, son of a leftist Detroit union activist, represents the largest Arab population in the country. His district includes Dearborn, Mich., nicknamed "Dearbornistan" by locals fed up with cultural encroachment and terror fears from a steady influx of Mideast immigrants.

Conyers, who runs an Arabic version of his official Web site, does the bidding of these new constituents and the militant Islamist activists who feed off them. They want to kill the Patriot Act and prevent the FBI from profiling Muslim suspects in terror investigations. They also want to end the use of undisclosed evidence against suspected Arab terrorists in deportation proceedings.

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Pelosi has also promised Muslims she'll "correct the Patriot Act," one of the most valuable tools the FBI has in ferreting out jihadist cells lurking in Muslim communities. Conyers is one of the top recipients of donations from the Arab-American Leadership PAC. And not surprisingly, he has a long history of pandering to Arab and Muslim voters...(more@link)

[Thickasabrick]

5. Thank you uppity - I really should have done that but I was so

mad that I could barely post what I did. Vanguard just got my letter of disgust for advertising with such bigots.

[uppityperson]

11. I understand. Thought americablog was too nice about this.

almost didn't read editorial but am glad I did.

[wtmusic]

6. my letter

IBD,

Take your white hoods off and smell the coffee. Muslims are immigrants to this country just like your ancestors, who "cultural encroached" on their neighbors.

BOO! Did I scare you?

wtmusic

[Kerrytravelers]

8. Love it!

:rofl: Well said. Brief. To the point. And exactly right. :applause:

[Thickasabrick]

14. Awesome!!!! (And thank you so much) n/t

[mmonk]

7. Nah.

I hear it's time to be nice now. Reach out to the author.
:sarcasm:

[Kerrytravelers]

9. I, too, will email the magazine.

[wildbilln864]

10. Boycot!

damn it!

[The Deacon]

12. This Is SO WRONG On SO MANY Different Levels

Words simply fail me. I used to read "Investor's Business Daily" (back during Clinton's administration, when I had extra money TO invest) because it lacked the rightwing slant of "The Wall Street Journal." What happened? Murdoch buy it for News Corp?

[originalpckelly]

13. That is the most fucking racist thing I have ever read!!!

OMG! These people really have no shame at all do they? How dare they even show their faces in public, or even publish such despicable writings?

[NorthernSpy]

15. the fascists of finance strike again!

Conyers tries to force the Bush administration to obey the Constitution, and the people at IBD pitch a wild-eyed fit. Apparently, the Constitution is unAmerican -- who knew?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

16. Conyer's Editorial in Investor's Business Daily RE: 11/09/06

I have never seen such racially, biased propaganda as this material that you call an editorial. Democrat jihad! You would think that IBD has been repeatedly bombed by the radicals.

Your blatant spawn of hate-filled innuendo is sickening. If these attitudes are behind the 'susbstance' of your business news, I suggest you rethink your mission statement. Perhaps "Committed to Nationally Polarizing our Readership While Advocating Hate-based Fear."

Regretfully yours,

An ex-reader

Real Estate Management

P.S. Forwarding this to your advertising sponsers

Cc:
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail] and vanguard
corpservice addy was returned

[Chulanowa]

17. Look how terrible he is, though!

"They want to kill the Patriot Act and prevent the FBI from profiling Muslim suspects in terror investigations. They also want to end the use of undisclosed evidence against suspected Arab terrorists in deportation proceedings.

And the 77-year-old Conyers has vowed to deliver those changes for them."

Oh noes! Next he'll be saying we can't hold their heads under ice water until they incriminate themselves!

That bastard!

:sarcasm:

[pacalo]

18. Done!

Pure racism, is all I can say.

Did you get your pat on the back from this administration yet?

Has Rupert Murdoch taken ownership of Investors.com?

Afraid the gravy train is about to end?

Why aren't you as mad as hell about what this administration has done to our country? Why do you hate America?

[Wilms]

19. Done. K&R n/t

[femrap]

20. Damn, I haven't seen such a vile, racist

editorial in decades. Yep, the bigots have lost their power so now are going to get nasty and start bullying folks with Fear and Hate. That's all they have....Fear and Hate.

I wrote them a letter.

ETA: They're bad-mouthing my avatar....!!!!

[Thickasabrick]

21. Thanks so much to everyone who responded. You are the best!!