Yesterday I emailed amazon.com to inform them that I'm very upset that they had been part of the ALEC Conference in New Orleans last weekend. I hope others will join me in letting them know that it's time to buy books elsewhere. I believe this is one company that we could impact if enough people contact them.
Dear Amazon.com,
I've been a satisfied customer of Amazon for many years. I was disappointed to learn that this past week you attended the ALEC Conference in New Orleans with such corporate giants as Koch Industries, Walmart, and Home Depot. These companies are big backers of the Teaparty movement, are anti-corporate tax, anti-environment, anti-womens' and gay rights, etc. They are financing the ultra-right wing political machine in America. With regret I will no longer be doing business with Amazon.com. I admired your company and hold some shares of your stock which I now intend to liquidate. We are judged by the company we keep. Your attendance at the ALEC Conference makes it clear that you choose to align yourselves with the group that is tearing our country apart and destroying the lives of the poor and middle income people of America.
Sincerely,
Judi D.
I've edited it a bit since I sent the original. I know it could be greatly improved but I wanted to get something to them asap.
2:02 PM PT: Thanks for the Recs.Tweets and Facebook postings. I sold the shares today. I didn't own that many but I'm glad I did it!
Thu Aug 11, 2011 at 11:41 AM PT: Send a message to Carl's Junior too. don't eat those Teapublican tainted burgers.