Gosh darn it -this Victoria's Secret stuff has pushed me over the edge!

[DancingBear]

Field trip..... :) :)

Actually, if the bozos are still "protesting" tomorrow I think I'll ask scruffy (Mrs. DB) if she wants to venture over there.

I'd be quiet, of course. :)

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Keep your eye on things, DB., if you know what I mean

Wink, wink.

[JohnnyBoots]

6. We're here, we're sheer get used to it. n/t

[Dhalgren]

2. I must have missed this. I'll admit that "Victoria's Secret stuff"

will sometimes "push me over the edge", but what are you talking about specifically? Who's protesting?

[cynatnite]

4. Here's the thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4995721&mesg_id=4995721

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. A TV report said that sales at that store were very brisk! I'm so glad

to live in a sane place in NY. :)

[BlueEyedSon]

You can't buy that kind of publicity!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

21. Ain't it great! lol!

[DancingBear]

7. Not surprising

The store is located in a very upscale part of northern Virginia, and not in an area that would be considered Bible Belt- by any stretch.

Meanwhile, 4 more soldiers died in Iraq...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

18. And if those protestors were really DECENT, they would be protesting

those senseless deaths instead.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

5. What the heck? A girl's gotta have underwear! n/t

[sasha031]

8. their majority of contributions go to repubs

http://www.buyblue.org/node/1332/view/summary

$44,630 to Democrats
$226,870 to Republicans
$0 to Others
$271,500 in Total Contributions

[gratuitous]

9. It's possible that might change

The Republicans do a good job of shitting where they eat eventually, and now might be a propitious time to get in touch with the folks at Victoria's Secret and suggest that their political contributions might be due for a review.

[KoKo]

11. hmmmm.....and we know so many Repugs are into "kinky" or outright

molestation. No wonder VS gives so much to them. That's alot of money.
What do you suppose VS needs to get in the way of "favors" for so much money. :eyes:

[chaz4jazz]

10. Victoria's Secret big GOP supporters

BuyBlue.org has VS as very "red" and supported Bush. Don't shop there.

[acmejack]

12. I'm lucky(?), my SO is old enough to wear only sensible underthings.

alas...

[marions ghost]

14. thanks for that info

why am I not surprised?

I'm sure this S&M fad will blow over but they'll have made a bunch of money (mostly on the young). It's so cynical.

[MellowOne]

13. I love their stuff.

If it makes you feel better about yourself, then wear it, I say.

[TahitiNut]

17. Well, I guess it's better than Frederick's of Hollywood.

:shrug: Marginally. :puke:

(I'll take flannel, t-shirts, or men's dress shirts any day.)

[MsFlorida]

15. I love victoria secrets stuff...

their very sexy line, rapture perfume, the silks, the lace, the satin....BUT, I cant buy red, guess I have to cut up the credit card. What about Frederick's? Are they blue?

[KoKo]

16. People who don't like it have a right to protest the store. After all...

I thought Democrats supported the right of people to protest? Why should people who find what VS has in their window "soft porn" not have a right to protest it?

Especially since VS gives so much money to Repugs...it's and added incentive. :D

[DancingBear]

19. Ah, if the protesters only knew that VS was on their side

Maybe VS should come out with Biblical Bras- think of the marketing angles.

"Standing firm with your faith" :)

[marions ghost]

22. yeah

I'm getting a kick out of this Red Red Republican group going after a Red Red Republican business ... strange bedfellows?

Victoria's Secret will come out with a line of chastity belts next--as compensation --you can keep women controlled a LOT of different ways....

[skids]

23. Just imagine the counter-protest.

:evilgrin:

Seriously though. There comes a point where we have to ask ourselves whether we really want our shopping malls looking like the milk bar in A Clockwork Orange. Or the party in Eyes Wide Shut.

Or the spooky night club in any one of a dozen cheezy made-for-TV vampire movies.

In some respects, it's not a matter of values, just a matter of taste and aesthetics. (On a personal note, I know these contraptions make some ladies feel sexy, but frankly and to be perfectly honest I get turned on way more by a tight sweater, short skirt, or just plain old nudity than any of this silk junk. I do like beads, though.)

That said, the display is a bit tamer than the values people make it out to be and wouldn't really even turn my head.

[mongo]

29. And when people on the left protest and complain about

Victoria's Secret and TV, etc. Blah, blah blah - all they are doing is being ENABLERS for the religious right to come along and sanitize our society.

So, when you can't get an abortion or buy birth control, just remember that here is where you started down that slippery slope.

[mtnsnake]

20. Victoria's Secret CEO is in Bush's pocket

For her part in supporting the chimp in past elections, she's been rewarded with a seat on his ACTPN Committee (Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations).

[rbajai]

24. Do you have a link for this?

[KoKo]

25. Here ya go...Grace Nichols Appointed by Bush to ACTPN/

President Bush Announced His Intention to Appoint 32 Individuals to Serve as Members of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to appoint the following 32 individuals to serve as Members of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN) each for a two-year term:

The purpose of ACTPN is to provide the U.S. Trade Representative with overall policy advice on matters concerning objectives and bargaining positions before entering into a trade agreement, the operation of any trade agreement once entered into, and other matters arising in connection with trade policy of the United States. ACTPN shall consist of members including representatives of non-federal governments and labor, industry, agriculture, small business, service industries, retailer and consumer interests.

Margaret Cushing Whitman, President and CEO, eBay Inc.
Steven Rollie Rogel, Chairman, President and CEO, Weyerhaeuser Company
Frank Henry Habicht II, CEO, Global Environment and Technology Foundation
Jerome Jasinowski, President, National Association of Maunfacturers
William Frenzel, Guest Scholar, Brookings Institute
Rodolphe Vallee, Chairman, CEO and Owner, R.L. Vallee, Inc.
Bernard Aronson, Managing Partner, ACON Investments, LLC
Edward Emma, President and CEO, Jockey International, Inc.
Jill Considine, Chair and CEO, The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
Wythe Willey, President, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Edward Perkins, Crowe Professor in Geo-Politics and Executive Director of International Programs, University of Oklahoma
Richard Rivera, Vice Chairman, Darden Restaurants
Pete Hanna, Chairman, President and CEO, Hanna Steel Corporation
John Rowland, Governor of Connecticut
Jean-Pierre Rosso, Chairman, CNH Global
Hersh Kozlov, Senior Partner, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP
Samuel Palmisano, President and CEO, IBM
Corporation JoAnn Brouillette, President, Demeter
Herbert Johnson, Chairman, SC Johnson & Son, Inc.
Hector Ruiz, President and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices
Melinda Bush, President and CEO, HRW Holdings, LLC
Richard Wardrop, Jr., Chairman, CEO and President, AK Steel Corporation
Grace Nichols, President and CEO, Victoria's Secret Stores
Larry Liebenow, President and CEO, Quaker Fabric
Michael Goldstein, Chairman, Toys "R" Us Children's Fund
Thomas Mottola, Chairman and CEO, Sony Music Entertainment
George Fitch, President, IOP Associates, Mayor of Warrenton, VA
Luis Lauredo, President, Hunton & Williams, Latin American Services, LLC
James Winston Morrison, President, Small Business Exporters Association
Walter Bernard Duffy Hickey, Jr., Chairman, Hickey Freeman Company, Inc.
Robert Edward Grady, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group Morgan
Yaping Wang, CEO and Chairman, Angeles Optics, Inc.

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:TJncMNKgzgkJ:www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/12/20021209-9.html+George+Bush,+Victoria%27s+Secret+CEO&hl=en

[rbajai]

26. thanks!

[KoKo]

27. This topic seems very "Timely" MSNBC Gals Promoting Porn tonight

with some Esquire Photo's of Bikini Clad former Model who is in trouble...but juxtaposed on the Mag Cover is her in a "Linen Dress" and the two whore Gals are saying...WOW...incredible...Amazing.

I was waiting for more "Orgasmic Responses" from the MSNBC GALS as they TRASH OUR DAUGHTERS AND OURSELVES...promoting SOFT PORN.

What else does GE/MSNBC/CNBC have left to promote besides PORN. Their Iraq Contracts are going sour. They are having problems recruiting "young fresh Business Grad Recruits to our "IRAQ FIASCO" so now GE/MSNBC/NBC/CNN have to fall back on the "Tourist/Voyeuer TRADE!"

Make me GAG...:puke:...Disgusting!

[rbajai]

28. I agree...

I suppose when all else fails, sex sells. Oh well. :banghead:

[mongo]

30. Oh - THE HORROR

Women in BIKINI'S!