Lets start our boycott of GE

[Flabbergasted]

by giving up our hotmail accounts? Any one have one? I've had one for like 5 years!

[november3rd]

1. GE

I have Yahoo, not Hotmail.

[Flabbergasted]

2. We need effective tools

GE is a great target!

[mom cat]

5. I have been boycotting them for years and I do not see any reason

to give up now.

[Flabbergasted]

12. Promotion and Planning need to be involved!

[graywarrior]

3. I've got gmail.

[peacetalksforall]

4. GE owns Hotmail? Wow! What else don't I know. :0) ...

I go out of my way to avoid buying little things - I will go to the next store if the one I'm in only sells GE lightbulbs.

[Flabbergasted]

13. GE is Invested heavilly in MSNBC

[Atman]

6. You might as well call for a boycott of the sun

GE has it's filthy mitts in everything. Hardly a day goes by that you don't do SOMETHING that benefits GE. What are you gonna do, not by a GE fridge? So, they make the parts for other fridges. Or the chemicals that go into fridges. Or they finance the people that sell the fridges. Or the insure the people who finance the people who sell the fridges.

[msgadget]

7. LOL! Great point but the idea of boycotting someone does appeal,

any ideas?

[roody]

8. I bought a refrigerator made in Korea.

GoldStar

[katinmn]

11. Not necessarily. Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer

and they are getting their asses kicked with negative publicity and by activists who are keeping the pressure on the company and elected ones. So far they have responded with more lies and insincerity but they are starting to feel the heat.

http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/
http://www.walmart-blows.com/

[Flabbergasted]

16. Walmart is a portion of the boycott. They are involved with GE...

BTW Wallymart is doing great! I never shop there though!

[katinmn]

19. Me either. I won't go near their stores unless I'm holding a sign.

We are already subsidizing them just by having them in our neighborhoods and communities.

[Flabbergasted]

14. Exactly man thats exactly what I'm saying. Drop sales by 1%. There are

so many targets. Each person does just their part.

[NJ Democrats]

9. Uh, GE doesn't own hotmail

Microsoft does.

[Flabbergasted]

15. GE is heavily invested in MSNBC

[SeveneightyWhoa]

21. MSNBC?

We're talking about Hotmail, aren't we? Not a TV channel.

MSN and MSNBC are separate entities, if you didn't notice.

[Flabbergasted]

25. Look I see a relation

http://www.msn.com/

[SeveneightyWhoa]

31. I don't.

Please elaborate on that "relation", because I don't see what MSN has to do with GE, other than MSNBC, which is an entirely separate entity.

[Atman]

34. They are NOT entirely separate entities

Where are you getting this? MSNBC is merely a partnership between Microsoft and NBC. NBC is still NBC, owned by GE. MSNBC is actually even WORSE than vanilla NBC because it involves the other great Satan of the corporate world, Microsoft.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

36. I mean in terms of Microsoft involvement..

..they're separate.

This guy is claiming that Hotmail is related to GE, because Microsoft (which runs Hotmail) invests in MSNBC. Are you suggesting that GE has a stake in Hotmail? That's the erroneous claim that I'm fighting against.

[Atman]

38. Okay, I see your point

I thought you were attempting to say MSNBC was even related to NBC. Thanks for clarifying.

[Flabbergasted]

42. It's a question of finding lINKS between GE and other corps

Divide and conquer

[SeveneightyWhoa]

47. GE has a link to half of the companies on planet earth.

In my estimation.

You're going to have to stop flying in planes. All of them. Their engines are made by GE.

Stop entering lighted buildings. Their lightbulbs are made by GE.

Stop using electricity. Generators and nuclear reactors are made by GE.

Hell, exit the capitalist system, period. Go live in a shack. It's the only way a boycott of capitalism -- er, General Electric -- will succeed.

Now, I'd love to stop bugging you. Just tell me WHY I should boycott GE and I'll stop infringing on your sacred threads. It seems to me that their are bigger demons to go after, starting with, say, Exxon Mobil, a company that truly IS causing damage.

[Flabbergasted]

18. In Broadcast: (GE Owns)

http://www.thinkandask.com/news/mediagiants.html

GE owns CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, Mun2TV, Sci-Fi channel, Trio, and USA network.

[OzarkDem]

27. That was easy

I only have to give up Bravo, I never watch the others.

What's next?

[Flabbergasted]

28. Do you have a hotmail account, Do you use Windows, Do you shop

at Walmart? Divide and Conquer.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

32. Now Windows and Wal-Mart are part of GE..?

Jeez, you're really reaching here. You really don't have a clue when it comes to corporations, finance, business, economics or capitalism, do you?

[Flabbergasted]

41. I've owned a business for years....YEARS....

I know alot about "root" business. LOL Did you know that most people with MBA's never actually start businesses. I don't have a college education. I have will, and vision. I started at 23 out on my own without a cent. Care to learn anything? Don't screw with me

[katinmn]

10. We need visibility for the boycott, too...stickers, posters, petitions,

blog ads. It's been very detrimental to Wal-Mart.

[Flabbergasted]

17. We need a group to do a study on exactly how to effect GE

Planning and promotion!

[SeveneightyWhoa]

23. Here's my study on how to boycott GE:

Kill yourself. It's literally the only way to not use their products again.

[Flabbergasted]

24. I'm tired of cynicism here...Plus thats totally rediculous...

YOU DON"T NEED TO BOYCOTT EVERY PRODUCT ONLY A PORTION EACH OF WHAT IS INDIVIDUALLY POSSABLE......

[SeveneightyWhoa]

48. That's because Wal-Mart is a very boycott-able company.

It's really not hard to just simply stop entering their stores. With GE, it's not nearly as easy.

How about going after a company truly causing harm? How about going after companies that engaged in secret meetings with Dick Cheney? Companies paying to spread propaganda and disinformation attempting to discredit global warming facts?

You know, a company like Exxon Mobil? There's a boycott worth fighting for.

[katinmn]

49. Bush's nuke deal with India is to benefit GE

the only makers of the technology India needs to start their own nuke stockpile. GE's CEO sat in on the sighing agreement.

If we could create a connection in peoples' minds equating GE with nuclear proliferation it would be HUGH!!!!!

[SeveneightyWhoa]

20. You're boycotting GE by boycotting a Microsoft product?

BRILLIANT MOVE!

(And for anyone who tries to teach me that GE "invests heavily in MSNBC", let me preemptively tell you that MSNBC and MSN are separate entities, the latter which runs Hotmail and has nothing to do with GE.)

[Flabbergasted]

26. Related products! See MSN! Where does their news come

from...It does require some vision

BTW what's the problem? If you don't want solutions to anything? Don't post on my threads! Cause I plan on bringing this up again!

[SeveneightyWhoa]

30. Exactly what is this a "solution" to?

I don't see what problem you're trying to solve here. Explain?

[Flabbergasted]

40. Like I said before man....It requires a little vision...I'm expanding on

mine...If you're not into it that's totally fine...So don't post on my threads anymore....


BTW there was a huge boycott of GE in the sixties...What do you think the boycott was about...

P.S. I'f you're a freeper; its only going to make me work harder. I'm a scraper. I've probably been through more shit than you can dream....

[SeveneightyWhoa]

46. Yes I'm a freeper.

How did you know?

Because I'm not buying into your "Democrats can only win if we boycott GE, because they're a big company!!" hilarity?

Don't ask me not to post in your threads, and don't call me a freeper, please. Thanks.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

22. To effectively boycott GE

..you'd have to go climb in a hole and never come out.

Basically, commit yourself to never entering a facility that uses lightbulbs. Never fly in an airplane again (since GE makes airplane engines). Etc.

Of all the corporations to "boycott", GE would likely be the toughest.

[robertarctor]

29. GE owns Universal Pictures, Focus Pictures, etc.

Not to mention Universal Television and Universal Pictures theme parks.

[Neil Lisst]

33. No. MSN. MSNBC. NBC. NEWSWEEK.

I'm not going to remove things from my life as some trickle up symbol of my displeasure with General Electric. I can register my disdain a hundred other ways that are more productive.

Obtuse boycotts have never made sense to me, especially when they have no hope of registering on the economic or political meter.

[Writer]

35. Boycotting GE will do NOTHING for your cause...

boycotting NBC/MSNBC/CNBC advertisers, on the other hand, will. If you really want to impact their pocketbooks, that's where you go. GE owns NBC Universal, but their money is essentially separate. Go for the advertisers.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

37. First we have to find out what his cause is.

I've asked many times, in this thread and others, and have yet to receive an answer.

[Writer]

39. Hmmmm... I'm awaiting a manifesto, too.

One written on a typewriter with coffee stains...

Good point. My initial thought that this was an anti-corporate media movement. But could it just be an anti-corporate or anti-defense corporate movement?

Fuck it. Where's my drink?

[Flabbergasted]

44. Use your head man, think about it...Gain some VISION

[SeveneightyWhoa]

45. Again, you avoid my plea for your opinions.

I've asked you multiple times WHY you're making these threads. You avoid the issue completely every time.

So how much is GE paying you to make a joke of GE boycotts? I ask this because you can't possibly be serious. Nobody actually trying to organize a boycott gives ZERO reasons for doing it, and then evades ALL questions regarding motives or corporate evils/crimes.

"Use your head man!" Damn dude, you should make a "Boycott GE!!!" website with no content on it except for that statement. You'll gain a lot of support.

I can see it now..
FlabbergastedBoycottGE.com
The Frequently Asked Questions section..

Why should you boycott GE?
--JUST THINK ABOUT IT!!
So what makes GE a company worth boycotting?
--USE YOUR FRICKIN' HEAD!! IT'S OBVIOUS!!
Hmm, will this really work?
--WE HAVE NO USE FOR CYNICS!! IF YOU ASK QUESTIONS, WE HAVE NO PURPOSE FOR YOUR TYPE!!
Will boycotting GE lead to a Democratic majority in Congress and the Senate?
--YES OF COURSE, ISN'T IT OBVIOUS??!!

[Flabbergasted]

43. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

We have a broad vision: Boycott GE. But you start with small steps: Links to GE.