Is anybody boycotting Rockstar Energy drinks?

[Ken Burch]

I just found out that they're produced by a company run by the son of Michael Savage, who works with his father in ultra right-wing politics and ran as a right-wing candidate for the California Assembly.

[bullwinkle428]

1. Thanks for the tip - I did buy from time to time, but won't anymore.

Too many other competitive products out there!

[killbotfactory]

2. Wow

http://www.drlaniac.com/Articles/pfView.asp?file=fascismcola.htm

I don't seek this crap out, but will make sure not to buy it from now on.

[roody]

3. Please boycott Monster drinks also

for their exploitation of women in their ads.

[LibraLiz1973]

4. Also boycott Dr.Pepper

That guy isnt a doctor

[Catch22Dem]

6. Dr. Pepper could be owned by baby eaters, and I'd still buy it

Loves me some Dr. Pepper. I'm a programmer...it's a requirement.

[LibraLiz1973]

7. lol- I couldn't resist

Also- I <3 dr pepper


tasty and delicious!

[karlrschneider]

10. I don't think I've drunk a Dr Pepper in 30 years but my buddy and I INVENTED

"hot" DP. I am not kidding...this was in 1958. We were juniors in HS in Tulsa staying up all night to watch for UFOs (another story) and there was no coffee - we heated up some DP and thought it wasn't bad, and the next day Gary and I wrote up a suggestion and mailed it off to whatever address we scared up. They never replied but I swear to God a couple months later there were commercials saying it was good. Okay, maybe we weren't actually the very first, but the timing was very 'interesting'. I'm not bullshitting, this is a true story.

[Catch22Dem]

25. That's because you, sir, are a trendsetter!

Are you still working on a book?

[Ken Burch]

15. Well, it's owned by CocaCola now, who aren't FAR from baby eaters.

n/t.

[roody]

18. Coca Cola: drink of the death squads

[donheld]

21. Dr Pepper is NOT owned by Coca-Cola n/t

it is owned by The Carlyle Group. Yes, that Carlyle Group

http://www.thecarlylegroup.com/eng/portfolio/portfoliol5-1889.html

[badgerpup]

22. Dr. Pepper usually appears among the Pepsi products...

...not the Coca-Cola line.

Hate Pepsi, but some of their other stuff isn't too bad...love me some Diet Dew! :beer:

[Ken Burch]

23. Well, where I am, CocaCola distributes it, so there's some connection.

Read the back of a can or bottle next time you buy one.

[donheld]

24. It's owned by The Carlyle Group. You know the company Papa Bush works for.

http://www.thecarlylegroup.com/eng/portfolio/portfoliol5-1889.html

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. Better than Mr. Pibb.

Dude didn't even get his degree!

(If you're not a Mitch Hedberg fan, this might not make sense). :D

[Catch22Dem]

26. Hedberg!

Right on. Hey, Mr. Pibb works fine for me. I never could tell the difference.

[htuttle]

30. You know where the flavor of Dr. Pepper comes from?

Prunes, man! PRUNES!

[derby378]

17. Could you elaborate?

I've never seen ads for Monster energy drinks, and Monster Khaos is the only one I'll drink - one of those cans got me through the last Race for the Cure, complete with twisted ankle.

[roody]

19. In the market, the posters on the walls are

extremely sexualized women with the drink, one poster has the drink in the woman's thong.

[htuttle]

5. I boycott all 'energy drinks' because they taste like crap

They seem to be made from Sweet-Tarts dissolved in water.

If I'm tired, I just drink fair-trade coffee (from "Just Coffee" an importer/roaster just 2 blocks away)...

[Fridays Child]

8. From salon.com...

http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/20/savage/print.html

"The 30-something Weiner is the founder of RockStar, an energy drink that he developed with his dad, drawing on Savage's previous career as a Marin County herbalist and ethnobotanist named Michael Weiner. RockStar's herbal liver-cleansing formula is supposed to enable drinkers to "party like a rock star," which presumably means drinking and doping. Generous free samples had been passed out to the crowd on the way in. It lived up to its hype: The antifreeze-colored, cough-syrup-flavored beverage can only be enjoyed if you're taking drugs."

[karlrschneider]

11. Sounds like Southern Comfort

:D

[dysfunctional press]

9. i guess i am by default...

seeing as i've never heard of them, and don't drink ANY "energy" drinks...(unless pepsi counts?)

[TomInTib]

12. Funny thing is, his mother runs the company

And she is a nutcase.

I met her a few weeks ago in Tiburon.

[Gormy Cuss]

29. Lucky you.

I don't understand why Savage lives in Marin when he loathes the people so much. I know it's scenic but he could buy a place somewhere else on the coast and find people who are closer to his politics.

[bridgit]

13. i don't drink energy drinks anyhow so i guess as a practical matter...

i already am :)

[Speck Tater]

14. I have always boycotted all forms of commercial sugar water.

With or without caffeine. It's just insane how much of the nation's money goes down the drain to feed the habit for drugged sugar water.

[Pachamama]

20. Didn't know that - but I avoided this drink because it tastes like sh*t!

:puke:

Now I know why.... :eyes:

[MrSlayer]

27. Ah man, I love Rockstar.

I won't be buying it anymore though. Bastards.

[Ken Burch]

28. Thanks. Glad to hear it.

Tell your friends.