cross-posted from my blog

AFA is now encouraging a boycott of Progressive Insurance because the CEO donated to ACLU.  This, of course, allows the ACLU to carry out its "anti-christmas" agenda.

sigh

The AFA is asking its supporters to drop Progressive, or send them a note saying they'll never use Progressive, because of the ACLU support.  I'm not going to bless them with site hits, so I won't be posting the url here.

It's probably more effective to contact Progressive directly, anyway.  So if any of you have Progressive as your insurance carrier, please thank them for their support of the ACLU.  If you do not have insurance with them, maybe consider it.  And if you make the switch, please tell them it's because they support ACLU.

Just for grins, though, since I was already there, I sent the note.  It's pre-written text - they got wise to people disagreeing with them in their name.  So for the first name I was "Wingnutasshole" and my last name was "Tobeignored."

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Via AMERICAblog comes new info on Ford's decision to cater to the extreme right-wing American Family Association: The deal Ford Motor struck with the AFA was brokered by two former Bushites, Ziad Ojakli and David Leitch, who are now Ford executives.

This is what the two goosesteppers had to say in a letter to Ford's GLBT employee's group regarding the company's capitulation to the American Taliban crowd: "We reserve the right to advertise our brands and products wherever we think it makes business sense."

No one is disputing that, guys. We're just letting you know that your decision didn't make business sense, and should be reversed.

Today's actions, per AMERICAblog:
Jaguar is a Ford subsidiary, so call/e-mail the following execs to express your displeasure.

Joe Greenwell, CEO, 949-341-6100
Tom Scarpello, VP Mktg, 949-341-6100
Mark Kaline, Global Media Mgr, mkaline@ford.com, 313-594-3913

The American Family Association, a group of right-wing extremists, threatened the Ford Motor Company with a boycott if the company didn't pull its ad dollars from gay-friendly media. Ford caved, and now AMERICAblog's John Aravosis has organized a campaign to take Ford to task for its capitulation to intolerance.

First, call the following Ford execs and ask them if they'd pull ad dollars from African-American and Jewish media to appease the Ku Klux Klan:

Rosemary Mariniello, Jaguar Land Rover North America, (201) 818-8010
Jim Cain, Ford Division, (313) 248-6288
Sara Tatchio, Lincoln and Mercury, (313) 594-3744
Roger Ormisher, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc., (800) 970-0888
George Pipas, Ford Motor Company, (313) 323-9216
Dan Bedore, Ford Division, (313) 323-7045

Next, use this form or e-mail the following executives with the same question (but don't be surprised if the mail bounces back; Ford seems to be reacting to the campaign already): slyons@ford.com, msmith26@ford.com, tcavanaugh@ford.com. Here's the e-mail I sent: