You might see this as overblown and outrageous but to me it's not that terrible to give up your Doritos and Abercrombie and pick up some granola or vegetable chips and organically grown cotton/hemp clothing. The fact is that we need to put our money where our mouth is and it starts with these basics: Food, Water, Energy, living, and luxury. We can make change ourselves by changing ourselves.
BOYCOTT THESE COMPANIES/PRODUCTS (AND ANY OTHER THAT FIT THE BILL) AND NEVER GIVE THEM ANOTHER DIME OF YOUR MONEY UNLESS YOU WANT TO PERPETUATE THE PROBLEM.
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." - Martin Luther King Jr.
MEDIA - FOX, NBC, MSNBC, ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, NW32tv, WGN, MTV, VH1, History (far from true history shown on the "History" channel), Discovery, Disney, Wall Street Journal, WA journal, New York Times, LA Times, Time, People(and all other celeb based garbage), USA Today, reader's digest, the Oregonian, Portland Tribune, WW, Portland Mercury, and Amy Goodman and "Democracy Now" (she knows all about 9/11 and was there that day and won't say a word).
TECHNOLOGY / FINANCE / LUXURY- Microsoft, Apple, Dell, Motorolla, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Nintendo, JVC, Hitachi, Philips, Deutsche bank, Barclays, Bank of America, Wachovia, Citibank, Regions, Capital one, US bank, JP Morgan Chase, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo, Royal Carribean cruise lines, GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda, suzuki, TESCO, Three Mobile, Land Rover (any and all car/ truck companies that don't support diesel cars that can run on biofuel), and Enterprise rent a car co.
OUTLET / CLOTHING / HOME FURNISHINGS / MISC. - Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, JC Penny, Macy's, Nordstorms, Safeway, Fred Meyers, Whole Foods (yes with monsanto), New Seasons, Josephs Ltd., Timberland, Abercrombie and Fitch, American Eagle, Gap, Old Navy, Quilted Northern, Sparkle paper towels, Kimberly Clark, Nouvelle(koch industries), Kahrs flooring, Kurt Geiger, Liberty Apparel, L'Oreal, Clinique, Este Lauder, Dixie cups, Nylon, Adidas, Nike, Herbal essences or anything made at the hand of profit and not quality.
FOOD / DRINK / SMOKE- Organic valley(with monsanto), Pizza Hut, domino's KFC, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Long John Silvers, Wendy's, Burger King, Starbucks, Nestle, Bacardi, Burberry, Caterpillar, Any and all bottled water, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Marlboro, Camel, Pall Mall (ect. to any and all tobacco companies using additives and chemicals), Kellogs, Wheaties, Kix, Lucky Charms, Heinz, Hunt's, Lucerne foods, kikkoman foods, McCormick's, Skippy peanut butter, imperial and country crock margarine, Cambell soups, Petteridge Farms, Haagen-Dazs, Rachel's Organics, Famous Amos, McCain fruit pies, Chewy granola bars, Green Giant, Lean Cuisine, Totinos pizza, Stouffer's, Mazzola, Hellman foods, Wesson oils, Bestfoods oils, Wheat thins, Triscuits, Ritz, Orville Redenbacher, Buggles, Jiffy Pop, Hostess, Frito Lay, Humpty Dumpty, Catelli, Ragu, Classico, Maple Leaf, Knorr, Lipton, Primo, Coffee Mate, Loma Linda, Morningstar Farms, Worthington foods, Hershey's, Dannon, Similac, Cadbury, Effem(Mars, also known as almost every main candy bar), Enfalac, Kraft, General Mills, CanBra foods, Crisco, Duncan Hines, Pillsbury, Quaker Oats, Western family, Uncle Ben's, Old El Paso, Gatorade, LaBatt, sleeman, and Molson (beers), President's choice, Proctor and Gamble, DARE foods, or any company using GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms a.k.a as genetically engineered organisms) ingredients in it's products. Any store brand products likely fall into this as well.
ENERGY / DEFENSE / AGRICULTURE- General Electric, Halliburton, Blackwater(Xe), ExxonMobil, Chevron, LNG, ConocoPhillips, Shell, BP, and Monsanto.
"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. " - Martin Luther King Jr.