Don Blankenship's Labor Day Rally

Verizon Wireless and Don Blankenship (4.00 / 1)

A bust for both of them. How much did it cost Blankenship to get 10,000 or 20,000 even to show up at his rally?

How much did it cost Verizon Wireless to be a cosponsor in terms of lost customers and lost corporate goodwill? You can bet that Verizon Wireless has sent out word to local affiliates not to join up with anything like this again without corporate approval. And you can bet

For what we as the online community spent to organize the protest, it's a pittance versus what the corporations spent.

We have our creativity and energy and passion; they have money.

We got to work with national groups on a very quick basis and the lines of communication we built will pay off in the future.

You can bet Verizon Wireless won't stick their hands into our buzz saw again. The next time Don Blankenship calls Verizon, I bet the response will be, "Sorry, can't hear you now."


When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 13:13:11 PM UTC

Don's Rally (4.00 / 2)

I can't help but laugh & shake my head at Donny's little outfit. Way back when, he would have gotten his ass kicked by other red necks for desecration of the flag, as did many others when they dared to show their patriotism by protesting the Vietnam war while wearing images of the flag, i.e. patches on their jeans or jackets. (Or, gasp! their own GI fatigues.) The irony is, Don would have been one of the ones doing the ass kicking. What a world!

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by: bluebird @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 14:32:34 PM UTC

Clown (4.00 / 1)

I thought he was dressed like a clown.

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 14:38:38 PM UTC

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From Title 4 Section 8 paragraph d (4.00 / 2)

of the US Code: "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel..."  Even by clowns.

Once a criminal, always a criminal.

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by: Calhouner @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 16:55:06 PM UTC

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now I remember where I saw that limey poof before (0.00 / 0)

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Thu Sep 10, 2009 at 22:54:45 PM UTC