I'm Applying For An American Express Card / Air America Sponsors

[K8-EEE]

And ditching my Bush-supporting MBNA Visa. Challenging you to do the same!!

Also I would like to put in a plug for the excellent car insurance value & service I have found with Costco/AmEx. You have to have a perfect driving record....

Costco is the living wage alternative to the evil Walmart and Amex is an Air America sponsor.

Remember we can "vote" with our dollars too!!

[Another Bill C.]

1. And I'm heading up to Autozone.

Gotta work on the power steering today.

[K8-EEE]

4. Let Them Hear From US!

We are over 40,000 strong just on DU and we all have liberal friends. Support companies who respect our right to have our views heard. LET THEM HEAR FROM US, FOLKS!! They will hear a lot of whining from the freepers for damn sure. They are anti-free speech, and loud about it.

[nonkultur]

10. Autozone gives 92% to republicans

Top 15 Auto Industry Hard Money (PAC and Individual) Contributors 1995 - 2000

http://www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/special_interest/articles.cfm?ID=5730

Autozone Inc.17
Republican $227,205 92%
Democrat $19,000 8%
total both parties $246,205

[BonFiyah]

2. How can you find out

Who supports who, and who supports what.

Thanks

[K8-EEE]

3. Check Out Open Secrets Site

It's hard to do this with EVERYTHING but I just pick out the worst offenders -- Phillip Morris (Kraft Foods) Home Depot and MBNA will NOT get one cent from our family, and I try to spread the word.

Anybody who advertises on Air America def gets points with me!!

[Jane Austin]

8. Haven't had enough coffee.

What's MBNA?

Thanks.

[RossMcLochNess]

5. Keep a VISA or Mastercard handy though

For work, I have a American Express card and there are quite a few places that don't accept it. You can get Visa or Mastercards through banks other than MBNA. There's plenty out there.

[salvorhardin]

6. Very high discount rates

One of the reasons many merchants do not accept Amex is because the discount rates it charges merchants (the percentage fee of the transaction the merchant pays Amex for the privilege of taking the credit card) is quite high compared to Mastercard, Visa and Discover. Often around 3.5% if I recall correctly from my retail days while the others are down around 2% and perhaps as low as 1.8%.

[Renew Deal]

7. I love my BLUE card

Go for the platinum if you have $400 to blow and if you will take advantage of the benefits. That's also a great card.

[nonkultur]

9. American Express

Is the one of the top outsourcing contributors to the Bush campaign.
http://www.ocnus.net/cgi-bin/exec/view.cgi?archive=41&num=10815
TOP OUTSOURCER: American Express
Contributions directly to the President Bush: $39,000
Soft Money contributions to the Republican Party: $422,405