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Saturday, June 01, 2002
Milton Hershey and the American Dream
If you want to hear an inspiring story about an American failure who became the richest man in town, click the link above and learn about Milton S. Hershey. Talk about a good guy and poster child for the American Dream, Milton S. Hershey was a generous millionaire and proof positive that growing up in poverty isn't always a bad thing.
Unfortunately, a bunch of corporate idiots have hijacked the good Hershey name, and seem bent on ruining the town that Hershey built, and everything Milton S. Hershey stood for.
There's a strike raging in Hershey, Pa. Update: The strike has been settled. The boycott is over. Keep in mind that Milton Hershey was so generous to his employees that during The Depression, among many other benefits, Milton S. Hershey provided air conditioning to the workers in his factory, something that was unheard of at that time, as it often is today.
Now the Corporate Fat Cats think that it's too expensive to pay so much for their employees' health care, and want the employees to pay for more than they feel that they can afford.
How can you help? Make sure that the CEO of Hershey knows that you show your support for the workers of Hershey Chocolates by not purchasing anything made by Hershey until the strike is settled. This will be most effective if you let them know you're boycotting by sending an email to jedris@hersheys.com and telling the folks at Hershey that you won't buy any more Hershey products until they work it out. If they hear from enough consumers and stockholders, they are sure to negotiate quickly and the boycott will be over before you know it..
While you're at it, you might want to let them know you're concerned about child slavery being used to gather up all the coca beans that make it all possible.
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Thursday, May 30, 2002
In an ultimate act of courage I've just sent off a letter to the FBI. You can read it yourself by clicking here. The reason for this is because I feel like the FBI is getting a bum rap. I keep hearing about "incompetence in the FBI" instead of "corruption in the FBI". They are making the agency as a whole look bad, instead of pointing out that there might have been a few corrupt ones, and examining what their motives might have been.
At least I hope it's that. It would be a lot worse if the agency is as big a bumbling bureacracy as they say it is; none of us would be safe with a system like that.
Evidence like the memo from whistleblower Colleen Rowley points to the contrary. Seems like in all parts of the country counter-terrorism agents were astute.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Many apologies for neglecting the blog. I've got out of town visitors and I don't want them to catch on to what kind of internet geek I am, so I've been laying low. Then when I do get online, all I feel like doing is watching music videos.
Here's a video by a girl named Res (pronounced "reese"). Good song if you're into pop / R&B. I think the reason I like Res is because she seems to be the exact opposite of Ann Coulter, and she reminds a person of a young Cynthia McKinney.
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