Take this corset and shove it: Victoria's Secret is RED!!!

Hey fellow liberals and blue staters! Feeling like you've been put over a barrel the last couple weeks? Well, take it to your wallet! There ARE BLUE companies you can buy from that donate a majority of their political contributions to the Left. Starbucks, Apple and Barnes and Noble on high! So go get that triple shot latte, i-pod, Firefox and "Godfather" box set and give Domino's pizza, California Pizza Kitchen and Dell the bird.

SHOCKER OF THE DAY: Victoria's Secret is a RED company! Witnesseth my prim boycott:

To whom it may concern:

I have, for many years, been a dedicated Victoria’s Secret shopper. I have always been impressed with your salespeople, who are among some of the friendliest and hard-working staff I’ve ever encountered. For the past seven months, I have held a Victoria’s Secret Angels credit card, and have enjoyed the various discounts it offers on your items, including a $10 Birthday certificate towards any purchase. I put mine towards a fantastic “Body by Victoria” brassiere, which I happily wear daily. All around, I think Victoria’s Secret is a great company, with great staff and well-made, affordable products.

However, my enthusiasm for Victoria’s Secret completely diminished when I learned that your company and its parent, Limited Brands, Inc., donates 84% of its political contributions to the Republican Party and its right wing agenda. As an American citizen outraged by the Bush administration’s positions on everything from social services, protections for the working class, civil rights, freedom of the press, a woman’s right over her own body and the war in Iraq, I am more than dismayed by your fiscal support of the Republican Party. I work hard for my money, and refuse to have it be funneled to such an arrogant, backwards and hate-filled agenda.

I would also like to point out the irony that Victoria’s Secret, while promoting lingerie that celebrates a woman’s pride in her sexuality, takes the money made from such promotion to fund an agenda which wishes to control what we do with our bodies, what we say in the press, what we see on television, who we have sex with and what religion we believe in. I’m not sure if the irony is lost on you, but I would have to think that if President Bush and the Right Wing had its way, your corsets, garter belts, and lace thongs might not have a market.

Because of your support of the G.O.P., I am canceling my account and will boycott your company until your contributions are documented to be at least 50-50. I will also be urging others to do so, in as public a fashion as possible.

Sincerely,
(ME)

For the love of Red States

I am trying my best to understand my poor brethren to the south and west of me, that little (and admittedly spacially large) hammock of conservatism. But I dare say, as I remove my smoking pipe, it is a confounding phenomenon. I ponder these things because I recently returned from a trip to a Red State (herein referred to as RS) where someone made the analysis that "Non-Americans don't say I'm sorry. It's not in their culture."

And this is where we have a lot to learn-- a lot to learn in not simply remaining speechless, rolling over, and letting RS spread.

Stanley, aka Hephaistos the Fire God

If it hadn't been for my grumpy Stanley whining and gruffling, I would not have noticed that my kitchen was on fire.

All hail ye, Stan da Man!

Ps-- word up to the knowledgeable: Stanley was named not after Stanley Kubrick or Stanley Kowalski, but after the most underrated old grump, Stanley Roper...