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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: thundley4 on July 16, 2011, 09:10:45 PM
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-16-11 07:19 PM
Original message
Well, QVC drops a segment with Jane Fonda because a couple of callers
complained about her trip over 40 years ago to Hanoi...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jane Fonda says she's been banished from QVC amid concerns about her political past. The network says it was a routine programming change.
Fonda was set to appear on the home-shopping channel on Saturday to promote her new book on aging, "Prime Time." But the day before, she learned her segment had been cancelled.
In a statement posted on her website, Fonda says QVC told her of receiving "a lot of calls" from viewers criticizing her opposition to the Vietnam War and threatening to boycott the show if she was allowed to appear.
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=659076&affid=100...
This pissed me off. So I sent an EMail to QVC...
A few right wing fanatics call your show and suddenly Jane Fonda, one of the greatest American Actresses of the last half century, is off your network?
You think her presence on your network demeans your brand.
Whether you know it or nor there are many real Americans out here who believe in the freedom of expression. You are doing yourself a disservice because your demographic is getting old and soon will be out of the consumer stream. The next generation that comes along will have no use for your political capitulation.
If you care to join me....
https://quality-s.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/main.html.fil...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1505023
CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-16-11 07:34 PM
Response to Original message
3. Well done! Here's what I sent:
I was quite upset to see that you decided to cancel the show that Jane Fonda was to appear upon. I happen to think that she is a first-rate American and actress.I do believe in our First Amendment rights. Don't you? Why are you allowing the political right wing to dictate who may or may not be allowed on your show?
Recommended.
What? No "poem" for Hanoi Jane?
Mimosa (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-16-11 08:26 PM
Response to Reply #3
11. Thanks for the link and an idea for words.
I'm a long time QVCer. I emailed
WCGreen (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-16-11 09:23 PM
Response to Reply #11
13. I think the other side doth protests too much...
DUmmies hate it when conservative protesters are heard and listened to.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1505023
What? No "poem" for Hanoi Jane?
DUmmies hate it when conservative protesters are heard and listened to.
Dummies hate it when they figure out they are a small minority. All their boycotts never amounted to shit. When ordinary people... read conservatives... take the same action shit gets done.
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Dummies hate it when they figure out they are a small minority. All their boycotts never amounted to shit. When ordinary people... read conservatives... take the same action shit gets done.
Conservatives killed the Dixie Chicks careers through boycotting their music and calling radio stations.
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The reason our boycotts work is, we are more likely to be the ones spending money and financing whatever company in the cross hairs than a bunch of DUmmies who probably wouldn't buy the product anyway, unless it is Cheetos.
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Lets see, who do you think QVC considers a more valuable customer.
1) A Vietnam veteran and his wife
2) A dope smoking dummy
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DUers - constantly on the side of the enemy or those who support our enemies.
Hanoi Jane
The Iraq "insurgency"
Fidel Castro
The terrorists at Gitmo
Bradley Manning
Hugo Chavez
Bill Ayers
Hezbollah
John Walker Lindh
Richard Reid
etc.
etc.
etc.
All at one time or another ardently supported by DUers. Yet they bristle, or at least pretend to, when it is suggested that they hate America. Well you are known by the company you keep.
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Yet they would cheer if this were Beck or someone similar, hypocrites.
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Conservatives killed the Dixie Chicks careers through boycotting their music and calling radio stations.
Nah. The Dickhead Chicks killed their own careers when they didn't "shut up and sing" and completely misread or just plain ignored the political affiliations of 90% of their fan base.
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Yet they would cheer if this were Beck or someone similar, hypocrites.
Ayup.
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A few
right wing fanatics concerned viewers call your show and suddenly Jane Fonda, one of the greatest American Actresses worst wartime traitors of the last half century, is off your network?
FIFY :-)
(http://vietnamveteranpatches.com/zencart/images/EE-BM0036.jpg)
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That skank could die horribly tomorrow and the only thing that would make it better would be if Kathy Griffin, Rosie, and a dozen other similar beast-things checked out with her.
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Nah. The Dickhead Chicks killed their own careers when they didn't "shut up and sing" and completely misread or just plain ignored the political affiliations of 90% of their fan base.
I wonder what the other two think of the little fat one now. They were on top of the world when she had to shoot off her fat little mouth.
In any other musical genre, hatred of America and of President Bush was, and still is, mandatory, but it was the kiss of death in country music.
It was really great, watching them swirl down the crapper.
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Whether you know it or nor there are many real Americans out here who believe in the freedom of expression.
Someone at DU actually said that? DU, the place where if you're a moderate Democrat you get pizza'd.
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Jane Fonda, one of the greatest American Actresses of the last half century
Jane Fonda is famous for exercise videos and marrying Ted Turner.
I watched 'Klute'. It was terrible.
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-16-11 07:34 PM
Response to Original message
3. Well done! Here's what I sent:
I was quite upset to see that you decided to cancel the show that Jane Fonda was to appear upon. I happen to think that she is a first-rate American and actress.I do believe in our First Amendment rights. Don't you? Why are you allowing the political right wing to dictate who may or may not be allowed on your show?
Recommended.
Which part of "CONGRESS shall make no law do you not understand DUchebag?
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I wonder what the other two think of the little fat one now. They were on top of the world when she had to shoot off her fat little mouth.
In any other musical genre, hatred of America and of President Bush was, and still is, mandatory, but it was the kiss of death in country music.
It was really great, watching them swirl down the crapper.
The other two were right there with her, at the expense of their own careers. With that being said, they are definitely in my top ten list of music groups that committed publicity seppuku. (Number one is the former lead singer of 4 Non-Blondes who killed the band's career in one move - she performed at a PITA benefit wearing leather.)
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-16-11 07:19 PM
Original message
>snip<
A few right wing fanatics call your show and suddenly Jane Fonda, one of the greatest American Actresses of the last half century, is off your network?
:banghead:
Put the bong down Greenweeney. :stoner:
The filthy scrunt was a second-rate, "B" grade actress that only got there because of her father.
If the producers paid her according to ability, they would have sent her a bill.
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So they think they dropped the bitch over a few callers and not for other reasons like ratings ? This is why you DUmpmonkies are called Stupid.
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In order to have an affect one must be of concern to the company.
When the drunken whore randy roads (I don't give a shit how her name is spelled) made that hilarious little skit about assassinating GW Bush, HP/Agilent was running ads on errAmerica. At the time we were buying about $400,000 of their high end analyzers and meters a year. I made a call to the local distributor and said that if HP was going to support errAmerica then I would be looking to sub all their equipment. I got a call from the VP of sales western division that afternoon assuring me that HP had pulled all of their ads and that there was no need to go to our second sources. From the conversation, I learned that I was not the only one making their displeasure known to HP.
If I had been a DUchebag that didn't buy from HP, my threat would not have gone a millimeter at HP.
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Uh, the other side does it worse than we ever did.
How about the very long list of conservative personalities and celebrities who got axed from media and advertising money because the other side whined and complained and threatened to boycott?
Does Phyllis Schlafly ring a bell? And how about Anita Bryant?
I'm sure the list is miles long.
They do it worse than we ever did.
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How many DU'ers actually watch QVC?
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Anyone who is a traitor should be tried and hanged. Same goes with people who support them.
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-16-11 07:19 PM
Original message
Well, QVC drops a segment with Jane Fonda because a couple of callers
complained about her trip over 40 years ago to Hanoi...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jane Fonda says she's been banished from QVC amid concerns about her political past. The network says it was a routine programming change.
Fonda was set to appear on the home-shopping channel on Saturday to promote her new book on aging, "Prime Time." But the day before, she learned her segment had been cancelled.
In a statement posted on her website, Fonda says QVC told her of receiving "a lot of calls" from viewers criticizing her opposition to the Vietnam War and threatening to boycott the show if she was allowed to appear.
http://tv.msn.com/tv/arti...news=659076&affid=100...
This pissed me off. So I sent an EMail to QVC...
A few right wing fanatics call your show and suddenly Jane Fonda, one of the greatest American Actresses of the last half century, is off your network?
You think her presence on your network demeans your brand.
Whether you know it or nor there are many real Americans out here who believe in the freedom of expression. You are doing yourself a disservice because your demographic is getting old and soon will be out of the consumer stream. The next generation that comes along will have no use for your political capitulation.
CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-16-11 07:34 PM
Response to Original message
3. Well done! Here's what I sent:
I was quite upset to see that you decided to cancel the show that Jane Fonda was to appear upon. I happen to think that she is a first-rate American and actress.I do believe in our First Amendment rights. Don't you? Why are you allowing the political right wing to dictate who may or may not be allowed on your show?
(http://www.usacarry.com/forums/attachments/military-veterans/532d1275163438-jane-fonda-memorial-hanoii_jane_target.jpg)
Take that, DUmmies!
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Which part of "CONGRESS shall make no law do you not understand DUchebag?
She's Calpig, what do you expect? :-)
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How many DU'ers actually buy anything from QVC?
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Don't you love how WCGreen changes it to "a couple of callers." ::)
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Jane Fonda, one of the greatest American Actresses of the last half century
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
How can anyone type that with a straight face? She was a decent actress...not great by any stretch of the imagination.
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How many DU'ers actually watch QVC?
Watch QVC? My bet is a bunch, especially those too stoned to change the channel.
How many buy from QVC? Heh....
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Watch QVC? My bet is a bunch, especially those too stoned to change the channel.
How many buy from QVC? Heh....
Isn't QVC the channel that sells a bunch of fake diamonds and fugly purses?
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:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
How can anyone type that with a straight face? She was a decent actress...not great by any stretch of the imagination.
Her greatest performance was 'playing an actress,' for my $.02.
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Her greatest performance was 'playing an actress,' for my $.02.
I thought she was good in '9 to 5' and 'On Golden Pond'. I've seen some of her older movies and wasn't all that impressed.
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She pretty much played a toned-down Barbarella in just about everything, there was very little range to her screen personas. Golden Pond was not my cup of tea, but from the clips I've seen of it I would say 'Middle-aged divorced Barbarella.'
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Isn't QVC the channel that sells a bunch of fake diamonds and fugly purses?
No clue, I don't smoke dope.
:-)
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Yet they would cheer if this were Beck or someone similar, hypocrites.
Cheer? Hell, they'd be knee deep in trying to make it happen. :-)
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Judging by the various comments (thousands +) posted on the internet about this, it appears the general public doesn't feel the same way as the DUmmies do, surprise surprise. WCGreen says a "couple people?" Right. This has people pissed off all over again. They'd like to string her up.
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-17-11 09:02 AM
Response to Reply #32
47. Maybe if more people had listened to Jane Fonda there would not be so many MIAs.
All she is guilty of is loving our boys too much and doing whatever she thought she could to get them home. She was the very furtherest thing from a traitor than one could be.. Now if you want to talk treason maybbe we should bring up Republican actions...
****ing asshole! :bird:
xchrom (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-16-11 07:43 PM
Response to Original message
7. Lt 'em have it. There's more of us than them. Nt
:lmao:
CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-17-11 02:07 AM
Response to Original message
29. I just got an email from QVC...
I asked for a response, and they did follow up.
Behold:
Dear Ms XXX,
Thank you for emailing QVC.
Since customer satisfaction is our top priority here at QVC, we always
appreciate any suggestions or comments from our customers. I have
forwarded your suggestion to the appropriate department.
It has been a pleasure assisting you. We look forward to serving you again
in the future!
Thank you for shopping with us.
Regards,
XXX
How about that? I was genuinely surprised...
And no, I did not buy anything.
Calpig is thrilled that she got a love letter from an email bot! :rotf:
This dude is the only one to call it treason, then there was this exchange:
RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-18-11 02:34 AM
Response to Reply #62
67. Bad example dude
I shot Willy P during Desert Storm and I sleep like a baby
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-18-11 04:08 AM
Response to Reply #67
68. I Suspected As Much
It doesn't surprise me that you don't regret your military service.
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-18-11 12:16 PM
Response to Reply #68
70. Is there a reason I should?
BTW WP rounds are used and marker rounds or to burn off foliage that offers concealment to the enemy
(White Phosphorous, for non-military)
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-17-11 09:02 AM
Response to Reply #32
47. Maybe if more people had listened to Jane Fonda there would not be so many MIAs.
All she is guilty of is loving our boys too much and doing whatever she thought she could to get them home. She was the very furtherest thing from a traitor than one could be. Now if you want to talk treason maybbe we should bring up Republican actions...
(http://img1.loadtr.com/b-453808-The_creation_of_Mole.jpg)
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She pretty much played a toned-down Barbarella in just about everything, there was very little range to her screen personas. Golden Pond was not my cup of tea, but from the clips I've seen of it I would say 'Middle-aged divorced Barbarella.'
"On Golden Blond" was probably better.
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"On Golden Blond" was probably better.
That was one flick that I never saw . . . :o :banghead: :bawl: :tongue:
(Yes, I know which . . . um, "genre" . . . it is.)
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That was one flick that I never saw . . . :o :banghead: :bawl: :tongue:
(Yes, I know which . . . um, "genre" . . . it is.)
Sci-Fi?
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-18-11 12:16 PM
Response to Reply #68
70. Is there a reason I should?
BTW WP rounds are used and marker rounds or to burn off foliage that offers concealment to the enemy
DUmoTex uses them in his Beretta.