Can DU create a page or thread(with easy access) of businesses that "aren't blue" or are "Blue"?

[diabeticman]

You hear about Applebee's Papa Johns Olive garden and other businesses that are basically going to screw the worker because they don't want to give health care to the workers. I know my wife and I are determine not to give these business our money. We want to go to stores that help there workers and treat them good.


So is it possible we can list businesses that are "Blue" stores?

[Dalai_1]

1. email campaigns certainly had an impact

on rush's advertisers...I flip to faux at breaks from other programming..have not watched long enough
to really focus on advertisers for programming but would really like to never buy a product that advertises
on Hannity or O'reilly...
Thank you for the suggestion!

[mstinamotorcity2]

2. YEP

http://madeinusaforever.com/ If you type in Made in America you will find some companies that may tell you their practices by their locations in your community. This is usually a dead give away.

[TexasProgresive]

3. buyblue.org has ceased to exist but I found this list

This list is old from Thursday, April 14, 2005. I'm sure that there are more in the red list.
http://libbyshaw.blogspot.com/2005/04/buy-blue-boycott-red-companies.html

Ten Bluest Corporations

Time Warner, $1,713,621, 77% Blue
Viacom, $892,513, 78% Blue
News Corp, $689,549, 61% *
Walt Disney, $606,504, 70% Blue
IBM, $397,936, 68% Blue
Cablevision, $326,842, 68% Blue
Torchmark Insurance Cos., $314,441, 88% Blue
Sony Corp. of America, $287,535, 69% Blue
Working Assets, $234,255, 100% Blue
Costco, $224,803, 99% Blue

Ten Reddest Corporations

United Parcel Service, $2,361,922, 71%
SBC Communications, $2,028,031, 67% Red
Merrill Lynch, $1,900,326, 72%, Red
Pfizer, $1,465,317, 67% Red
MBNA Corp., $1,453,497, 73% Red
Union Pacific, $1,428,663, 79% Red
Southern Co., $1,041,025, 80% Red
Wachovia Corp, $998,997, 75% Red
Clear Channel Communications, $764,318, 67% Red
General Electric, $747,386, 67% Red


MORE:
Some corporations support of the republican party:
Phillips Int'l. (100%),
Cooper Industries (100%),
Flowers Industries (100%),
Harris Corp. (98%),
Illinois Toolworks (97%),
Outback Steakhouse (96%),
ExxonMobil (96%),
National City Corp. (95%),
Wendy's Int' l. (93%),
Anadarko Petroleum (92%),
Timken Corp. (91%),
Halliburton (91%),
Meadwestvaco Corp (90%),
Darden Restaurants Inc. (90%),
Branch Banking & Trust Co (90%), and
Int'l Paper (90%).
Here's a few more in the 80-90% range:
CATERPILLAR 89%
J.C.PENNEY CORP. INC. 89%
GOODYEAR TIRE 89%
CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT 89%
SMITHFIELD FOODS INC 88%
CHEVRONTEXACO 87%
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 84%
CIGNA CORPORATION 83%
OWENS CORNING 83%
CONAGRA FOODS 83%
HOME DEPOT INC. 81%
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 81%
3M COMPANY 80%

[diabeticman]

4. Thanks for the info.

[Honeycombe8]

5. That would be helpful. But I care MOST about if the co. activiely DOES something

that is anti-Democratic values, rather than just a belief system. The old fashioned conservatives..they may still treat their workers right and stay out of politics, except on a personal level. Which is their right.

It's hard not to buy from Wal-Mart, though. They have so much stuff that others don't have, and at cheap prices. Example: I looked @ a number of stores for white porcelain dishes to replace my old, crumbling dishes. I ended up getting the set from Wal-Mart. There just wasn't anything else as good out there for a reasonable price. I was even willing to pay a little more. They've just knocked others out of the running.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. This has been brought up before.

I think it's an excellent idea.