August 31, 2011
jasencomstock: how-to-kiss-distinctly-american: adeandabet: thepoliticalnotebook: Ready to be outraged? This is an image from a new children’s coloring book called “We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids’ Book of Freedom.” This particular image is of bin Laden hiding behind a woman while a Navy SEAL corners him. The Missouri publishers of the book, Really Big Coloring Books, say that “the book was created with honesty, integrity, reverence, respect and does not shy away from the truth.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations has more accurately described it as “disgusting.” They decided that Bin Laden would have a full headboard entertainment center/book shelf? Since when did Elian Gonzalez wear a veil? and I bet like 10 people get that joke That was actually my first thought when I saw this.

jasencomstock:

how-to-kiss-distinctly-american:

adeandabet:

thepoliticalnotebook:

Ready to be outraged? This is an image from a new children’s coloring book called “We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids’ Book of Freedom.” This particular image is of bin Laden hiding behind a woman while a Navy SEAL corners him. The Missouri publishers of the book, Really Big Coloring Books, say that “the book was created with honesty, integrity, reverence, respect and does not shy away from the truth.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations has more accurately described it as “disgusting.”

They decided that Bin Laden would have a full headboard entertainment center/book shelf?

Since when did Elian Gonzalez wear a veil?

and I bet like 10 people get that joke

That was actually my first thought when I saw this.

(Source: Guardian)

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August 25, 2011
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: 100+ Fellow CEOs To Start Hiring and Stop Giving to Campaigns

shortformblog:

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz said more than 100 business leaders have joined his pledge to boycott U.S. political campaign donations.

AOL Inc. (AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong, J.C. Penney Co. CEO Myron Ullman, Whole Foods Market Inc. Co-CEO Walter Robb and others have agreed to accelerate hiring and halt campaign giving to incumbents in Washington until Congress finds a solution to the nation’s growing debt, Starbucks said in an e-mailed statement.

Schultz is taking his campaign to the Internet and to Facebook today with the creation of Upward Spiral, “a platform for action inspired by the letter to America from Howard Schultz,” according to the website.

Oh hell yeah. Give it up to Howard Schultz for standing behind his word on this issue.

Counterpoint: Fuck Howard Schultz.

The titans of industry of this new Gilded Age are going to withhold some campaign contributions — how much of a difference is this actually going to make, in real numbers? A couple million? Contrast that with the billion-dollar campaign Obama is promising to run. Contrast that with the unmeasurable (literally) cashflow from lobbyists and special interests flooding the halls of our government.

Now, if Howard Schultz actually called for an end to lobbying as an act of protest, instead of some painfully transparent corporate PR, that would be laudatory. THAT would be worth saluting.

This is advertising designed to make you feel an irrational attachment to a brand, plain and simple. Keep your eye on the ball.

(Source: manicchill, via shortformblog)

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