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Where did you find the excruciating sound played over the stop-sign segments? I didn’t think a sound existed that was more offensive than Rosie’s voice, but somehow you found one.
I like the message, but I’m not sure I’ll ever recover from the sight of our girl Michelle spitting into the trash like an outfielder with a lip full of Skoal.
I’ve changed my outlook on Rosie. I’ve decided that I like the fact that she’s a screaming lefty because it shows how incredibly irrational the left is. If everybody gets convinced that the left is a bunch of conspiracy theorists, then we’re in good shape in the next election. :)
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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Best Foods Mayonnaise, Pillsbury Toaster Strudel, Dove Ice Cream… it’s Rosie’s food pyramid! Maybe she’s paid in sponsor samples.
I just can’t get behind the “ignore it and it will go away” crowd on this one. If shouting fire in a crowded theater is a no-no, then certainly spreading the idea that 9/11 was an inside job on broadcast TV — with no futher explanation or evidence than “fire has never melted steel” — is a pretty serious charge to be making.
I do suspect a lot of people at ABC and the sponsors don’t bother to look beyond the numbers, but it’s time they did. They’ve paid to build this soapbox.
Great vent as usual, but the image of MM spitting, both at her monitor and into the trash, will stay with me now :-) I just can’t imagine either Bryan or MM getting through this taping w/o pee’ing themselves laughing… maybe an outtake reel of all of your bloopers that we could enjoy?
I’m not so sure ABC is that upset about Rosie’s rantings. I ran across a very intense anti-Rudi smearon the ABC website titled “The Rudy and Judy Marital Mess” by Andy Ostroy whose by-line is “…editor and publisher of The Ostroy Report, a New York-based blog that aggressively combats the powerful right-wing spin machine, taking on Bush, the Republican Party and the conservative media.” It’s a slash-and-burn piece that is no more controlled than Rosie’s rantings – tho’ not conspiratorial.
Maybe ABC is at the point that “any opinion that hates Bush can’t be all bad.”
Now why couldn’t this Vent have been posted yesterday? I just bought some Miracle Gro for my plants and flowers ;-)
I’m with those who say that they can’t give up their M&Ms – and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter is the only ‘butter’ I like. But the other stuff, not a problem.
I don’t get it? First you purcahsed all those items THEN you threw them away. You should have left them on Wal~Mart’s shelf if you really wanted to make a statement.
Apparently, we’re all too addicted to M&M’s to ever give those delicious candy-coated chocolates up…but Hershey’s has come out with candy-coated “kisses” minis…
Now, I’m no fan of Rosie or what she says…but c’mon…the show is called “The View”…it’s all about differing viewpoints…much like O’Reilly.
It’s not a news show, although I’m sure some moonbats see it as one. If Rosie brings the ratings up, then there’s no way ABC will let her go. And the only way that’s going to happen is if the advertisers pull out a la Bill Maher.
So I say, let Rosie rant on…it’s entertaining at best, and entertaining at worst as well…and no harm done that isn’t done already. I just think we’re over-reacting on this one.
I know it’s tempting to think that letting Rosie von Walrus rave will do most of our work for us, but that’s not always true. Unfortunately, I’ve found that for the vast, and I do mean vast, majority of Americans, their TV sets are the final arbiters of reality. While this is true of everybody, my experience has shown me this is most prevalent among the ladies, the View’s primary target audience. This was poignantly driven home in a conversation I had with a 20-year old college student while I was taking a few classes at a college in the San Francisco Bay area. The subject of Jimmy Carter’s failures came up and she knew nothing about them. As a friend and I listed them (she didn’t know about the Iranian hostage crisis) she grew increasing agitated, eventually stomping off while yelling at us, “I won’t believe it until I see it on TV!” While she’s the only one to ever say it to me explicitly, people are thinking it all the time.
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Best Foods Mayonnaise, Pillsbury Toaster Strudel, Dove Ice Cream… it’s Rosie’s food pyramid! Maybe she’s paid in sponsor samples.
(Two big American corporations. We will have a greater effect if we concentrate on a few sponsors at a time than all of them at once.)
It only took 2-3 minutes to write a CLEAN and precise comment. I’ve already emailed like minded friends and family the link. I recommend you do the same.
Thankfully Coors and Absolut weren’t on the list. Or were they?
I am a lifelong fan of Tide detergent; until now, I have never purchase any other laundry detergent. I was tremendously disappointed to find that Tide advertises on The View, which lends its support to Rosie O’Donnell’s denial that 9/11 was an attack on the US by Islamists. Reasonable people can certainly disagree about what actions should have been taken in response to that tragedy, but claiming that it must have been an inside job and trying to convince others of thatt is irresponsible. I hope that you will discontinue your support for this program, and its conspiracy theories. I have no desire to inadvertently support those views, though I would also hate to switch from a product with which I have been very satisfied.
Variations on that theme, respectful, intelligent, and articulate are likely to have the best effect.
My home is “purged” of those evil products. As Yuengling Premium Light replaced pro-illegal immigration sponsor Miller Lite, suitable other replacements will be found for Tide, Clorox etc.
Sears? Give up Sears??? Home of Craftsman tools? There’s more for my life at Sears! Oh ok… I’ll go back to Sears after Rosie departs, but it’s gonna hurt!
Does it make sense to write the sponsors and ask them to stop sponsoring The View until Rosie is off?
What if we wrote them and asked them to use their influence to pressure ABC to bring the Popular Mechanics’ guys on to debate Rosie about the WT7 conspiracy?
I’m more than happy to see Rosie go, but, trying to affect sponsors so that she gets thrown off the show just plays into her game.
She says she wants debate and information – well, let’s give it to her. ABC will never invite experts about WT7 on the show on their own. However, with pressure from the sponsors that could be made to happen.
We create change and we do it without anyone being able to claim that we stifled their free speech (which, I know, has nothing to do with whether or not someone is allowed to have a talk show, but, idiots will say it regardless).
Sears? Give up Sears??? Home of Craftsman tools? There’s more for my life at Sears! Oh ok… I’ll go back to Sears after Rosie departs, but it’s gonna hurt!
bernzright777 on April 4, 2007 at 12:30 PM
I don’t think your Craftsman tools will be breaking anytime soon, so methinks you could survive.
Pfizer was my first call…the receptionist, William, was speechless…I had to ask him if he was on the line and then I told him the list would go up on my frig and I would cease to buy those products because of Rosie, the tinfoil hatted leftist loon!
I have no problem with Rosie remaining on the View, but I will not support companies that subsidize the truther proselytizing in which she engages. Rosie can remain on the View that is supported by advertizers hawking products in which I have no interest, such as gay dating sites, Head-On and Democratic candidates.
Good bye, Best Foods Mayonnaise, hello, Safeway Select Mayonnaise.
What a relief! Until now I thought I was the only one who kept the TP on the tank lid and not on the roller.
TP on the roller just begs for the cats to unroll half of it and then shred the remaining.
Well, I use very few of those products, although I admit to being pretty loyal to P&G products in general. And I just did my plants with miracle gro. Good thing I bought it last fall and won’t have to buy more for a looooong time. I’ve lots of clorox too, but Tide?
Ouch.
Great vent, though.
I also want to hear about responses that folks have received from their various contacts!
If you really want to hit them where it hurts, how about boycotting the sponsors of Charlie Gibson’s World News? They are so proud he is finally beating NBC maybe they would be more worried about this prime target rather than The View. I say Rosie is making all of ABC/Disney look bad especially their news department that she implied is run by a corporation that doesn’t want to tell us the (her) “truth”.
Poor Rosie. I wonder how everyone will feel when she is in rehab and everyone on “the View” will be weepy eyed until she returns a hero? Barbara Wimpers will make the announcement and support a candlelight vigil at the rehab center.
I never see any hot chicks at MY grocery store. Not since I left Dallas, anyway. If somebody can direct me to the Hot Chick Grocery Store here in Washington, DC, please do so immediately.
I also gave up the M & M’s for Lent and just will keep on keeping on but does anyone know if anybody else makes HE laundry detergent? We just got one of those machines that says it’s best if we used that type of detergent. Thanks for the list, the letter guide and the idea about sending in a receipt showing the alternate products we buy along with it.
I wrote to Tide and this was the message I got from the auto reply
Response
We are addressing an unforeseen company-wide issue, so we need to take some time off from answering email. We’re sorry we won’t be able to reply to your message, but we expect to be up and running in the very near future.
We need to know the commercial sponsors who sponsor the likes of O’Donnell. It would be really great if Hot Air posted on a sidebar a list of sponsors who consistently sponsor such shows.
In my personal shopping experience when I have made a decision to avoid purchase of a brand or vendor that preference lasts for years. The avoidance of such product becomes a habit, and for many habits are hard to break.
And Rosie has her PhD in Structural Engineering from where? I recall that qualified structural engineers with years of experience gave rather detailed explanations why the buildings fell as they did and there was very little disagreement among those engineers. Sit down, Rosie. And put your hand over your mouth. For a LONG time. Stop embarrassing yourself.
I hit “Print Preview”, then printed pages 3-5 to get my copy of the results of heroyalwhyness’s hard work. Thanks h…
A few years ago Phil Donahue was removed from TV by the efforts of a dentist from Dallas. For several years this man documented offensive materials from the Donohue show and politely and respectively presented this material to the sponsors. One after the other the sponsors left the show. At first they were able to replace those lost but eventually there were not enough sponsors to continue the show.
Just glancing at MM with the cart I thought this was going to be a spoof on “green” products, with all those green containers…this was even better, for the moment. Maybe a followup on the Greens for later…
Thank you all for the tips. Tide and T.J. Maxx the only concern and I have a hunch that Tide will announce something soon, against its sponsorship of the ‘wonder’ show.
I love how in only 200 years, America has gone from dumping tea into Boston Harbor to haughtily refusing to give up little candy covered chocolates peddled by a fat Z-grade joke stealer.
Oh, sorry… that was completely uncalled for and I apologize. I should’ve said “weight-challenged Z-grade joke stealer.”
Good Vent minus the spitting part. That reminded me of Rosanne Barr spitting after she “sang” (shrieked) our national anthem before a San Diego Padres game years ago.
I don’t think anyone’s mentioned it yet, but don’t forget that the woman who had Ro’s job moved to the Today show after its host got bumped up to network news anchor.
As much as the show seems like a joke to us, someone takes it seriously.
Guys, one last thought, related to Sears. If you go to their web site, find a link to “Military Support”, an issue on which Sears has stood very tall, indeed.
I am going to contact them to voice my displeasure at their support of that pig Rosie, but I am not able to boycott Sears. Their support of the families of our soldiers completely trumps this ABC issue.
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Spitting……
wow…..
Disturbing use of zylephone music……
Lest we forget all those companies have thousands of Union employees as well
Go for it
EricPWJohnson on April 4, 2007 at 7:36 AM
Sorry Michelle, but I’m not giving up my M&M’s.
John on April 4, 2007 at 7:48 AM
Where did you find the excruciating sound played over the stop-sign segments? I didn’t think a sound existed that was more offensive than Rosie’s voice, but somehow you found one.
I like the message, but I’m not sure I’ll ever recover from the sight of our girl Michelle spitting into the trash like an outfielder with a lip full of Skoal.
Anton on April 4, 2007 at 7:50 AM
Thank you thank you thank you. This is exactly the kind of info people need to do something.
But I agree with John about the M&Ms, at least not until after we get through Easter.
doufree on April 4, 2007 at 8:21 AM
I’ve changed my outlook on Rosie. I’ve decided that I like the fact that she’s a screaming lefty because it shows how incredibly irrational the left is. If everybody gets convinced that the left is a bunch of conspiracy theorists, then we’re in good shape in the next election. :)
Ben in Boston on April 4, 2007 at 8:24 AM
Other than the occasional purchase of holiday M&Ms, I don’t buy any of those products anyways. Oh well. No M&Ms for Easter this year. ;-)
DakRoland on April 4, 2007 at 8:26 AM
What a relief! Until now I thought I was the only one who kept the TP on the tank lid and not on the roller.
RedWinged Blackbird on April 4, 2007 at 8:38 AM
Hilarious. When I saw the screen cap of MM shopping, I knew I’d be in for an entertaining Vent!
asc85 on April 4, 2007 at 8:39 AM
I can do without any of those products, but if I did watch ‘The View’ I’d have to be chugging the Pepto Bismol.
pistolero on April 4, 2007 at 8:50 AM
Nice job as always by MM. Thank you..
Wade on April 4, 2007 at 9:03 AM
Booooosh! I knew it! Damn those neocon beans!
But what if I really need the Pepto-Bismol? Then again, maybe if I don’t watch Rosie, I won’t!
Pablo on April 4, 2007 at 9:20 AM
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BAM Power Cleaner ( Reckitt Benckiser)
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heroyalwhyness on April 4, 2007 at 9:20 AM
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Best Foods Mayonnaise, Pillsbury Toaster Strudel, Dove Ice Cream… it’s Rosie’s food pyramid! Maybe she’s paid in sponsor samples.
I just can’t get behind the “ignore it and it will go away” crowd on this one. If shouting fire in a crowded theater is a no-no, then certainly spreading the idea that 9/11 was an inside job on broadcast TV — with no futher explanation or evidence than “fire has never melted steel” — is a pretty serious charge to be making.
I do suspect a lot of people at ABC and the sponsors don’t bother to look beyond the numbers, but it’s time they did. They’ve paid to build this soapbox.
saint kansas on April 4, 2007 at 9:21 AM
Great Vent…important message to remember. Thanks for the scroll at the end.
Best part: the spit into the trash can! How many takes were required for the perfect shot? ;)
Malpaso on April 4, 2007 at 9:28 AM
Great vent as usual, but the image of MM spitting, both at her monitor and into the trash, will stay with me now :-) I just can’t imagine either Bryan or MM getting through this taping w/o pee’ing themselves laughing… maybe an outtake reel of all of your bloopers that we could enjoy?
dalewalt on April 4, 2007 at 9:31 AM
I’m not so sure ABC is that upset about Rosie’s rantings. I ran across a very intense anti-Rudi smear on the ABC website titled “The Rudy and Judy Marital Mess” by Andy Ostroy whose by-line is “…editor and publisher of The Ostroy Report, a New York-based blog that aggressively combats the powerful right-wing spin machine, taking on Bush, the Republican Party and the conservative media.” It’s a slash-and-burn piece that is no more controlled than Rosie’s rantings – tho’ not conspiratorial.
Maybe ABC is at the point that “any opinion that hates Bush can’t be all bad.”
eeyore on April 4, 2007 at 9:48 AM
Anton, I thought that was Rosie’s voice. My ears can’t tell the difference.
JinxMcHue on April 4, 2007 at 9:52 AM
Now why couldn’t this Vent have been posted yesterday? I just bought some Miracle Gro for my plants and flowers ;-)
I’m with those who say that they can’t give up their M&Ms – and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter is the only ‘butter’ I like. But the other stuff, not a problem.
SisterToldjah on April 4, 2007 at 9:57 AM
I feel ROBBED! Here I thought I was going to get some loverly shots of Michelle shopping and then I am assaulted by the bloated bloviator from ABC!!
I CALL FOUL… and I’ll never buy Miracle Grow again!
Warner Todd Huston on April 4, 2007 at 10:00 AM
I don’t get it? First you purcahsed all those items THEN you threw them away. You should have left them on Wal~Mart’s shelf if you really wanted to make a statement.
BuckLEA on April 4, 2007 at 10:06 AM
Tha’s like impossible not to live without some of that stuff. Just by store brand?
Drtuddle on April 4, 2007 at 10:09 AM
A short with images worth a billion words.
Keep it up. The Tide is going out at my place!
Webutante
Webutante on April 4, 2007 at 10:12 AM
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Wade on April 4, 2007 at 10:23 AM
I bought my still never worn swimsuit at marshalls last summer.
The husband likes it so its gotta stay.
BUSHES?
DOVE BARS?
The only baked beans I eat are Bushes-and I’ve been hoping that my secret sister at church gives me a Dove Bar bunny for Easter.
Hmmm…I’ve heard that Lindt makes good chocolate too.
annoyinglittletwerp on April 4, 2007 at 11:00 AM
Why thank you herroyalwhyness….NICELY done.
Thats what this New Media is all about. ACTION, not just BLATHER.
Rosie is no engineer, Algore is no environmentalist, and NONNI IS NO TRUE FEMINIST.
When will the lassitude of the American public end?
seejanemom on April 4, 2007 at 11:12 AM
ZYRTEC????
YOWWWch…how will I get through Spring?
I will make do….but wasn’t KLEENEX a sponsor too??
RATS.
seejanemom on April 4, 2007 at 11:16 AM
And John…you are a WUSS>>>>who can’t give up chocolate for Lent, much less M&M’s for life. They aren’t even REAL chocolate. Yuck.
GET A SPINE!
YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR GUT!
seejanemom on April 4, 2007 at 11:19 AM
Apparently, we’re all too addicted to M&M’s to ever give those delicious candy-coated chocolates up…but Hershey’s has come out with candy-coated “kisses” minis…
Now, I’m no fan of Rosie or what she says…but c’mon…the show is called “The View”…it’s all about differing viewpoints…much like O’Reilly.
It’s not a news show, although I’m sure some moonbats see it as one. If Rosie brings the ratings up, then there’s no way ABC will let her go. And the only way that’s going to happen is if the advertisers pull out a la Bill Maher.
So I say, let Rosie rant on…it’s entertaining at best, and entertaining at worst as well…and no harm done that isn’t done already. I just think we’re over-reacting on this one.
Fun VENT, though…:-)
JetBoy on April 4, 2007 at 11:20 AM
Could Michelle be any more adorable?
It’s always good to let sponsers know you are unhappy, but until people stop watching this stupid show, it will continue.
Rightwingsparkle on April 4, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Rosie and Physics… what is wrong with that picture…
Bin Ladin admitted it himself; he had/has infrastructure…
ar_basin on April 4, 2007 at 11:23 AM
But… but… I need Pepto Bismol after watching Rosie.
Mazztek on April 4, 2007 at 11:30 AM
I know it’s tempting to think that letting Rosie von Walrus rave will do most of our work for us, but that’s not always true. Unfortunately, I’ve found that for the vast, and I do mean vast, majority of Americans, their TV sets are the final arbiters of reality. While this is true of everybody, my experience has shown me this is most prevalent among the ladies, the View’s primary target audience. This was poignantly driven home in a conversation I had with a 20-year old college student while I was taking a few classes at a college in the San Francisco Bay area. The subject of Jimmy Carter’s failures came up and she knew nothing about them. As a friend and I listed them (she didn’t know about the Iranian hostage crisis) she grew increasing agitated, eventually stomping off while yelling at us, “I won’t believe it until I see it on TV!” While she’s the only one to ever say it to me explicitly, people are thinking it all the time.
dostrick on April 4, 2007 at 11:38 AM
LoL! Too funny.
Lawrence on April 4, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Except for M&Ms, I already don’t buy most of these products. Opting for similar generic brands at half the price of the name brands.
Lawrence on April 4, 2007 at 11:49 AM
No.
saint kansas on April 4, 2007 at 12:03 PM
I went to http://www.fallingpanda.blogspot.com and they have a nice link right to Tide.
It only took 2-3 minutes to write a CLEAN and precise comment. I’ve already emailed like minded friends and family the link. I recommend you do the same.
Thankfully Coors and Absolut weren’t on the list. Or were they?
VikingGoneWild on April 4, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Here’s what I wrote to P&G about Tide:
Dear sir or madam:
I am a lifelong fan of Tide detergent; until now, I have never purchase any other laundry detergent. I was tremendously disappointed to find that Tide advertises on The View, which lends its support to Rosie O’Donnell’s denial that 9/11 was an attack on the US by Islamists. Reasonable people can certainly disagree about what actions should have been taken in response to that tragedy, but claiming that it must have been an inside job and trying to convince others of thatt is irresponsible. I hope that you will discontinue your support for this program, and its conspiracy theories. I have no desire to inadvertently support those views, though I would also hate to switch from a product with which I have been very satisfied.
Variations on that theme, respectful, intelligent, and articulate are likely to have the best effect.
Nuchiao
nuchiao on April 4, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Great Vent as usual.
My home is “purged” of those evil products. As Yuengling Premium Light replaced pro-illegal immigration sponsor Miller Lite, suitable other replacements will be found for Tide, Clorox etc.
Zorro on April 4, 2007 at 12:25 PM
Sears? Give up Sears??? Home of Craftsman tools? There’s more for my life at Sears! Oh ok… I’ll go back to Sears after Rosie departs, but it’s gonna hurt!
bernzright777 on April 4, 2007 at 12:30 PM
Excellent. That’s how it’s done.
Bryan on April 4, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Does it make sense to write the sponsors and ask them to stop sponsoring The View until Rosie is off?
What if we wrote them and asked them to use their influence to pressure ABC to bring the Popular Mechanics’ guys on to debate Rosie about the WT7 conspiracy?
I’m more than happy to see Rosie go, but, trying to affect sponsors so that she gets thrown off the show just plays into her game.
She says she wants debate and information – well, let’s give it to her. ABC will never invite experts about WT7 on the show on their own. However, with pressure from the sponsors that could be made to happen.
We create change and we do it without anyone being able to claim that we stifled their free speech (which, I know, has nothing to do with whether or not someone is allowed to have a talk show, but, idiots will say it regardless).
JadeNYU on April 4, 2007 at 12:45 PM
I don’t think your Craftsman tools will be breaking anytime soon, so methinks you could survive.
steveegg on April 4, 2007 at 1:22 PM
Pfizer was my first call…the receptionist, William, was speechless…I had to ask him if he was on the line and then I told him the list would go up on my frig and I would cease to buy those products because of Rosie, the tinfoil hatted leftist loon!
sharinlite on April 4, 2007 at 1:32 PM
I have no problem with Rosie remaining on the View, but I will not support companies that subsidize the truther proselytizing in which she engages. Rosie can remain on the View that is supported by advertizers hawking products in which I have no interest, such as gay dating sites, Head-On and Democratic candidates.
Good bye, Best Foods Mayonnaise, hello, Safeway Select Mayonnaise.
TP on the roller just begs for the cats to unroll half of it and then shred the remaining.
rw on April 4, 2007 at 1:32 PM
Exactly what I was thinkin…
Hot Air is truly evil, they not only show us pictures of Rosie, but want us to not use Pepto too????
Ohhh… the horror…
Romeo13 on April 4, 2007 at 1:49 PM
Well, I use very few of those products, although I admit to being pretty loyal to P&G products in general. And I just did my plants with miracle gro. Good thing I bought it last fall and won’t have to buy more for a looooong time. I’ve lots of clorox too, but Tide?
Ouch.
Great vent, though.
I also want to hear about responses that folks have received from their various contacts!
Bob's Kid on April 4, 2007 at 2:06 PM
If you really want to hit them where it hurts, how about boycotting the sponsors of Charlie Gibson’s World News? They are so proud he is finally beating NBC maybe they would be more worried about this prime target rather than The View. I say Rosie is making all of ABC/Disney look bad especially their news department that she implied is run by a corporation that doesn’t want to tell us the (her) “truth”.
deedledee on April 4, 2007 at 2:12 PM
Kissables are very good. They may be a suitable substitute for the short term. Sometimes I buy those and M&M’s for a variety.
Rose on April 4, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Michelle,
We need alternatives. Could someone make a list of alternative products?
Ouabam on April 4, 2007 at 2:37 PM
Any blooper reels from this?
We need more blooper reels.
Mindcrime on April 4, 2007 at 2:57 PM
That was so funny I almost wet myself.
But I have to draw the line at Bush’s Baked Beans and Pepto Bismol, for obvious reason, I couldn’t live without both.
Kini on April 4, 2007 at 2:58 PM
For Battlestar Galactica fans
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS does not mean FREEDOM TO SLANDER OR LIE
Kevin43 on April 4, 2007 at 3:05 PM
Poor Rosie. I wonder how everyone will feel when she is in rehab and everyone on “the View” will be weepy eyed until she returns a hero? Barbara Wimpers will make the announcement and support a candlelight vigil at the rehab center.
Wade on April 4, 2007 at 3:51 PM
M&Ms are going to be hard to give up. Although, I did give them up for lent, so I guess I could just keep it going.
Rick on April 4, 2007 at 3:58 PM
If you write include a copy of a recept which lists their competitors products – with those products circled.
Just so they know they lost an actual sale.
CrazyFool on April 4, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Excellent Vent, Michelle!
I especially liked the Mel Brooks spit take at the end.
Jack.
Jack Deth on April 4, 2007 at 4:21 PM
And Cowbell. Much More Cowbell!
Mazztek on April 4, 2007 at 4:40 PM
Vaseline Intensive Rescue Body Lotion?
Dove Bars?
Darn it! Now I gotta rethink my plan for my anniversary. The Mrs. is not going to be happy.
BacaDog on April 4, 2007 at 4:41 PM
I never see any hot chicks at MY grocery store. Not since I left Dallas, anyway. If somebody can direct me to the Hot Chick Grocery Store here in Washington, DC, please do so immediately.
Tantor on April 4, 2007 at 4:44 PM
M&M lovers—try the Cadbury Mini-eggs out now for Easter—waaayyyy better than M&Ms anyway
Gonna be hard to find a detergent to replace the Tide tho…
Vanquisher on April 4, 2007 at 4:50 PM
is she that unhinged to gain marketshare – or -
is she that unhinged ?
VTWaldrup on April 4, 2007 at 4:59 PM
I also gave up the M & M’s for Lent and just will keep on keeping on but does anyone know if anybody else makes HE laundry detergent? We just got one of those machines that says it’s best if we used that type of detergent. Thanks for the list, the letter guide and the idea about sending in a receipt showing the alternate products we buy along with it.
Catie96706 on April 4, 2007 at 5:08 PM
I wrote to Tide and this was the message I got from the auto reply
Wonder what the “company-wide issue is.
bookwurm322 on April 4, 2007 at 5:15 PM
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter?
Best Foods Mayonnaise?
Darn it! Now I gotta rethink my plan for my anniversary. The Mrs. is not going to be happy.
saint kansas on April 4, 2007 at 5:55 PM
That’s some anniversary you’ve got planned there. :)
JadeNYU on April 4, 2007 at 5:59 PM
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Toast.
Hey, if you use Tide, please stand downwind. That stuff reeks. Thank you.
I hope Best Foods Mayo is a different division of Hellmans. Kraft tastes like caacaa.
Coronagold on April 4, 2007 at 6:44 PM
I just quit my part time job at Sears.
Texyank on April 4, 2007 at 7:20 PM
Great Vent Michelle!
We need to know the commercial sponsors who sponsor the likes of O’Donnell. It would be really great if Hot Air posted on a sidebar a list of sponsors who consistently sponsor such shows.
In my personal shopping experience when I have made a decision to avoid purchase of a brand or vendor that preference lasts for years. The avoidance of such product becomes a habit, and for many habits are hard to break.
omegaram on April 4, 2007 at 8:09 PM
Thanks for the research and contact info. It makes it easier for us to speak up.
You give us the info, and we’ll write the letters.
Maybe we should target one sponsor per day, or per week, until the job gets done?
petefrt on April 4, 2007 at 8:31 PM
And Rosie has her PhD in Structural Engineering from where? I recall that qualified structural engineers with years of experience gave rather detailed explanations why the buildings fell as they did and there was very little disagreement among those engineers. Sit down, Rosie. And put your hand over your mouth. For a LONG time. Stop embarrassing yourself.
Roger Brown on April 4, 2007 at 10:48 PM
NOT M&M’s?!?!?!? Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
PinkyBigglesworth on April 4, 2007 at 11:38 PM
Excellent vent and project. Thank you MM et al.
I hit “Print Preview”, then printed pages 3-5 to get my copy of the results of heroyalwhyness’s hard work. Thanks h…
A few years ago Phil Donahue was removed from TV by the efforts of a dentist from Dallas. For several years this man documented offensive materials from the Donohue show and politely and respectively presented this material to the sponsors. One after the other the sponsors left the show. At first they were able to replace those lost but eventually there were not enough sponsors to continue the show.
roydee43 on April 5, 2007 at 12:23 AM
Just glancing at MM with the cart I thought this was going to be a spoof on “green” products, with all those green containers…this was even better, for the moment. Maybe a followup on the Greens for later…
Thank you all for the tips. Tide and T.J. Maxx the only concern and I have a hunch that Tide will announce something soon, against its sponsorship of the ‘wonder’ show.
Entelechy on April 5, 2007 at 12:37 AM
I love how in only 200 years, America has gone from dumping tea into Boston Harbor to haughtily refusing to give up little candy covered chocolates peddled by a fat Z-grade joke stealer.
Oh, sorry… that was completely uncalled for and I apologize. I should’ve said “weight-challenged Z-grade joke stealer.”
ScottMcC on April 5, 2007 at 1:42 AM
Good Vent minus the spitting part. That reminded me of Rosanne Barr spitting after she “sang” (shrieked) our national anthem before a San Diego Padres game years ago.
Story – From June 25th 1990
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030717-9999_1c17barr.html
The actual “performance” courtesy of someone at YouTube -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHMVuT3Gl6g
When you watch Rosanne Barr here you have to wonder if Rosie O’Donnell is her daughter or long lost cousin.
olympian2008 on April 5, 2007 at 5:14 AM
I don’t think anyone’s mentioned it yet, but don’t forget that the woman who had Ro’s job moved to the Today show after its host got bumped up to network news anchor.
As much as the show seems like a joke to us, someone takes it seriously.
saint kansas on April 5, 2007 at 6:27 AM
Your Royal Whyness,
Thanks for the follow-up work. Sharing my thoughts and intentions right now…
Jaibones on April 16, 2007 at 2:19 PM
PS I loved the spitting part. A lot.
Jaibones on April 16, 2007 at 2:20 PM
Guys, one last thought, related to Sears. If you go to their web site, find a link to “Military Support”, an issue on which Sears has stood very tall, indeed.
I am going to contact them to voice my displeasure at their support of that pig Rosie, but I am not able to boycott Sears. Their support of the families of our soldiers completely trumps this ABC issue.
Just so you know.
Jaibones on April 16, 2007 at 2:52 PM