Amazon.com Becomes The Eighteenth Group To Drop ALEC

[DippyDem]

Source: Think Progress

According to an email ThinkProgress received from the Center for Media and Democracy, one of the leaders of a progressive campaign to push corporations and other funders to break with the American Legislative Exchange Council, online retail giant Amazon.com just announced that it will part ways with ALEC. In the wake of this campaign, ALEC eliminated a task force that pushed voter suppression laws and the so-called “Stand Your Ground” laws that played a significant role in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting, but the conservative group remains committed to other priorities such as repealing minimum wage laws, eliminating capital gains and estate taxes, and blocking safeguards that protect children from eating rat poison.
Other groups that have dropped ALEC include: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft, Wendy’s, Mars, Inc., Arizona Public Service, the National Board for Professional Teaching StandardsScantron, The National Association of Charter School Authorizers, Kaplan, Procter & Gamble, Yum! Brands, five Pennsylvania legislators, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Reed Elsevier, American Traffic Solutions, Intuit, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/05/24/489934/amazoncom-becomes-the-eighteenth-group-to-drop-alec/

[lsewpershad]

1. About time

Glad I was able to help.

[otohara]

2. I Just Ordered From Another Site

because of the Zon and Alec.

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. The ones who have dropped ALEC will form a new more secretive organization to

write OUR laws. They are probably in the process of the switchover. These vampire corps never give up, they just change tactics.

[Drale]

4. Wow paranoid much?

[EFerrari]

6. How is that paranoid? Do you really think ALEC's ex-backers are going to shrug

and go play golf? No. They're going to find a new way to lobby for their predations.

[Merlot]

10. Considering that they backed ALEC's agenda before

and are only dropping ALEC due to bad publicity, it seems likely that they will find another avenue to pursue their agenda.

Personally, I'm tired of these companies getting accolades for dropping their ALEC agenda. They were for it before they were against it which says a lot.

[otohara]

17. Right-Wing Think Tanks

damn right I'm paranoid. ALEC is just one of many.

[EFerrari]

5. That's as good a guess as any.

You're right. They never do give up.

[freshwest]

9. +1,000 + K & R

[Uncle Joe]

13. I don't believe the majority of these corps would take the risk of gambling their consumer based

businesses on it.

They knew which way the wind was blowing in regards to the toxic anti-democratic strategies promoted by ALEC.

As these companies recognize the peoples' revulsion of such to publicly disavow and disassociate from those radioactive policies, they also know the blow-back would be overwhelming and potentially fatal to their business interests should they ever be caught doing such a thing again.

[efhmc]

7. How do I contact ATT to uproot them?

[WillyT]

8. K & R !!!

[pscot]

11. Interesting. I talked to a service rep

and sent them an email about their association with ALEC about 10 days ago. I shop there a lot. Maybe they're actually paying attention to their customers..

[Uncle Joe]

12. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, DippyDem.

[shagnasty]

14. Too Late Assholes! Now Walmart

We had to pressure you into doing the right thing. I will continue to boycotte them. Now it's your turn Walmart!!!

[rayofreason]

15. Buy Amazon stock. Glad I did. n/t

[Suji to Seoul]

16. Am I the only one who doesn't see problems with this entire sentence?

In the wake of this campaign, ALEC eliminated a task force that pushed voter suppression laws and the so-called “Stand Your Ground” laws that played a significant role in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting, but the conservative group remains committed to other priorities such as repealing minimum wage laws, eliminating capital gains and estate taxes, and blocking safeguards that protect children from eating rat poison.


WTF!!!! RAT POISON ICY POP. GET THEM WHILE THEY ARE COLD!!!!!

Jesus Christ, what's next? Bringing back DDT and lead paint???