Season's Greetings! Make sure you check out this site BEFORE you shop!

[Vote4Kerry]

Found this cool site that helps dems shop from people without ties to the Republicanazi party! Cool site--check it out before you do your shopping!:

http://www.projectbluechristmas.com/

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. triple kick

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[InvisibleBallots]

2. Support Democracy and America - Shop Union

http://unionshop.aflcio.org/shop/index.cfm

http://www.theunionshop.com/

http://www.shopunionmade.org/

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

3. Let's hear it for Big Lots! Not a cent to Repugs!

I love this option for sorting:

"if they gave a dime to the republicans, take 'em off the @%#@% screen!"

LOL! :bounce:

[politicat]

6. That one surprises me, but it's good to know!

EOM

[barackmyworld]

4. I make blue gifts!

I print dem t-shirts that would be a great gift for your fashion-minded hipster self/son/daughter/etc:

http://www.mayadesign.8m.com

I'm listed on another red v. blue shopping guide that has a description of my activities here: http://www.globalblogs.com/cgi-bin/tseekdir.cgi?location=Root-Retail-Clothing

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

5. I'm confused about the gas station thing. I thought Citgo was the

preferred place to go (unless I have that confused w/ another station). According to the website, it says otherwise:

BUYING GAS: LISTED IN ORDER OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOUND -- < e-mail us if your station is not listed >
Unaffiliated companies

Irving Oil (New England only) - http://www.irvingoilco.com/retail/retail.htm. No PAC or soft money found.
RaceTrac/Raceway (no donations found) - Southeastern United States
Store locator: http://www.racetrac.net/locator_start.cfm
Web page: http://www.racetrac.com
Sheetz (Pennsylvania) - http://www.sheetz.com Locator: http://www.sheetz.com/sheetzweb/Common/Mapquest/MQ_Find.jsp No PAC or soft money found.

Solidly pro-democratic companies (>75% of soft or PAC)

Hess (donated 1% R most recently) - only operates in CT, DE, FL, GA, MD, MA, NJ, NY. NC, PA, RI, SC, VA
Store locator: http://www.hess.com/storelocator/storelocator.aspx
Web page: http://www.hess.com/

Weak democratic companies (55-75% of soft or PAC)

Middle-of-the-road (between 45-55% on both)

Tesoro (54% Republican through their PAC is 2004; only executive donations soft in 2004 were Republican) Tesoro and Mirastar
Store locator: http://www.tsocorp.com/stellent/groups/public/documents/published/tsi_bus_ret_t2g__tesoro2go.hcsp
Web page: http://www.tsocorp.com/

Weak republican companies (55-75% of soft or PAC)

BP (64 %R most recently) (Includes former Amoco stations, Arco
Store locator: none found nationwide
Arco: http://www.arco.com/locator/
Web page: http://www.bp.com/

Solidly republican companies (>75% of soft or PAC)

Citgo (one donation cycle, 75% Republican)
Store locator: http://www.citgo.com/CITGOLocator.jsp
Web page: http://www.citgo.com/
Sunoco (79 %R most recently)
Store locator: None; 1-800-SUNOCO-1 is phone number given
Web page: http://www.sunoco.com/
Shell (82 %R most recently)
Store locator: http://www.localshell.com/
Web page: http://www.shell.com/
Marathon (84 %R most recently) - operates in AL, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV Marathon, Speedway
Store locator: http://www.mapllc.com/stations/
Web page: http://www.marathon.com/
Valero Energy (85% most recently in PAC, 100% in soft) - Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Beacon (other brands -- see locator)
Store locator: http://www.valero.com/Retail+Marketing/StoreLocator
Web page: http://www.valero.com/
ChevronTexaco (86 %R most recently) - Chevron, Texaco, and Caltex
Store locators:
http://www.findachevron.com/ (Chevron)
http://www.texaco.com/findatexaco/ (Texaco)
Web page: http://www.chevrontexaco.com/
ConocoPhillips (89 %R most recently) - Conoco, Phillips 66, and 76
Store locators:
http://www.conoco.com/buy/retail/originSearch.asp (Conoco)
http://seweb1.phillips66.com/p66mkt/location.nsf (Phillips66)
http://www.76.com/76locator/ (76 gas stations)
Web page: http://www.conocophillips.com/
ExxonMobil (95 %R most recently) - Exxon, Mobil and Esso
Store locator:
http://map.exxonstations.com/locator.asp (Exxon)
http://map.mobilstations.com/locator.asp (Mobil)
Web page: http://www.exxonmobil.com/
Getty (100% Republican, limited data) - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic
Store locator: http://www.getty.com/getty
Web page: http://www.getty.com/
Gulf Oil (100% Republican, executives donated money to RNC in 2004, nothing previous found) - Northeastern
Store locator: http://www.gulfoil.com/stations.asp
Web page: http://www.gulfoil.com/
Flying J (100% Republican in only located donation, soft money/2000)
Store locator: http://www.flyingj.com/highway/amenities/amenities.cfm
Web page: http://www.flyingj.com

[InvisibleBallots]

7. Citgo is a special case

I'm not sure if they gave money to Republicans ever, but Citgo is the Venezuelans oil company (if I'm not mistaken) and you have to have solidarity for them after Bush tried to overthrow their democratically elected president, Hugo Chavez.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

10. OK. Thanks for the insight.

[cyn2]

8. Another Good list for a Blue Christmas...

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

Say, isn't that an Elvis song?

[Starlight]

9. I'm not comfortable relying on recommendations from an affiliate site.

Even though they say it doesn't affect their ratings. :shrug:

[Cobb24]

11. Not an affiliate site

We're not an affiliate site. The Project Blue Christmas site has some sponsored links - I think exactly six out of over one hundred. The main site - Cobb24.com - has 3,800 brand listings and no sponsored links. I doubt those six or so, with 5% commissions paid sometime in January, will even cover one day of server bandwidth. The only reason sponsor links are being used is a) the company passed the contributions test (those numbers you can check very easily at opensecrets.org and other sites) and b) they have a sponsor program that accepts political sites, and it helps pay for my hosting bill.

Regarding Citgo. The facts just aren't there to support a "buy" or "don't buy" for me. The numbers stand, but I won't be going there...

-doug

[nedbal]

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

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

ChooseTheBlue tells you what corporations donated to political parties.

If each American who voted for John Kerry spends $100 in 2005 on a Blue company instead of a Red company, we can move $5 Billion away from Republican companies and add $5 Billion to the income of companies who donate to Democrats.

This will be noticed! Choose where you buy ... and make a difference!!!


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