Be Liberal In All That You Do

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This segment, Be Liberal In All That You Do, will be a regular feature on this blog. Be sure to check back often to see the latest tips and hints. Further, be sure to weigh in via the comment section. Love to hear from all of you!

This morning as you got dressed, you likely passed by a a dozen or more garments as you settled on a final outfit for the day. You know the routine..."That one feels funny", "I hate that color on me", "Why did I buy that?!" or "I will never fit into that again". It makes getting dressed a drawn out routine that is unnecessarily stressful.

Today....maybe this evening...pull out those items, bag them up and take them to the local women's shelter. In some cases, the shelter location may be confidential information. What you can do is contact the local social services organization or the police department and let them know what you are trying to do. They will make sure that your discarded items end up in the hands of needy women in your community. That orange sweater from two seasons ago or the too-tight skinny jeans from last summer may end up being a real treasure to a woman in need.


They will thank you, your bursting closet will thank you and it is the liberal thing to do.

Boycott ALEC Corporations

Please stay tuned...this blog will evolve and will include contact information for each of the listed corporations. If you have an opinion with regards to this situation, please comment below. If you have additional questions that I can investigate and report for you regarding ALEC, please include that as well.  Thanks!

What is ALEC? ALEC is American Legislative Exchange Council, which was established in 1973 in Washington DC.  Their motto, then and now, continues to be "Limited Government, Free Markets, Federalism". Based upon their ongoing actions, this can actually be interpreted to mean a far right wing agenda that infringes on the rights of all Americans. ALEC is a very powerful non-profit 501C organization that is actually much more powerful than a traditional lobbying group.  ALEC is funded by a variety of profitable and influential major US corporation, as listed below on the boycott list. What is ALEC trying to do? ALEC is attempting to influence legislators at the state level to initiate legislation that supports a far right wing agenda. This influence is done via heavy-handed funding of selected politicians. ALEC has nine task forces that are designed to influence legislators to back measures that support their corporate interests. The organization indicates that they have 2,000 legislative members and 300 or more corporate members. Corporations benefit from the efforts of ALEC in that legislation is enacted that support their best interests. This includes  tobacco legislation, Health Savings Account laws and the privatization of education. Their efforts are very far reaching and they have been successful in their efforts to buy the politics of this great nation. ALEC actually drafts legislation themselves and forwards to lawmakers for implementation. Recently this has focused on voter ID laws which is seen by most political analysts as a method to suppress the democratic vote as it targets the poor and elderly. It should come as a surprise to no one that ALEC and Koch Brothers work very closely together, to the detriment of our political system. BOTTOM LINE: ALEC IS MANIPULATING THE POLITICAL CLIMATE OF OUR COUNTRY BY ENGAGING IN FISCAL TERRORISM BOYCOTT ALEC: Here is a partial list of their main and largest corporations. This listing will be updated as companies back away from the group and completely sever ties Altria Group American Bail Coalition American Traffic Solutions **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES Amway AT&T Inc. Arizona Public Service **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES Bank of America Bayer AG Bell Atlantic Blue Cross/Blue Shield **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES Chevron Cargill Cash America Citizens Insurance Coca-Cola  **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES Coldwell Banker Coors Brewing Diageo PLC Energy Future Holdings Corp. Exxon Mobil FedEx Gates Foundation **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES GlaxoSmithKline Intuit Inc. **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES Johnson & Johnson Koch Industries Kraft Foods **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES McDonalds **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES Peabody Energy PepsiCo**UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES Pfizer Inc. PhRMA Proctor and Gamble **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES Reed Elsevier Inc. Reynolds American Salt River Project Shell State Farm Insurance United Healthcare United Parcel Service UPS Visa Walgreens Wal-Mart Stores YUM Brands (Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut) **UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES