[Dynagroove] Boycott Rockstar Energy Drink

Thu May 14 16:04:00 PDT 2009

Hey guys Steve post about energy drinks reminded me about this....

the facebook page is below.  i hope you can do your part not to give
bigots with radio shows your money.  promoters will hopefully take heed
too.   if you see Rockstar Energy drink at a party, don't take it out on
the promter until they're informed about the issue.  spread the word. 
join the group.

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/group.php?gid=74245978393

READ THIS FOR MORE INFO
http://tiny.cc/INFO453

HE'S BANNED FROM BRITAIN!
http://tiny.cc/BANNED260

SIGN THE PETITION!
http://tiny.cc/PETITION983

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"You should only get AIDS and die, you pig. How's that? Why don't you see
if you can sue me, you pig. You got nothing better than to put me down,
you piece of garbage. You have got nothing to do today, go eat a sausage
and choke on it." - Michael Savage to a gay caller on MSNBC before he was
fired from MSNBC in 2003.

MICHAEL SAVAGE IS THE FOUNDER OF ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK.

His wife Janet is the current CFO, and their son Russell is the CEO.

Some things he's said:

1. "You want me to tell you what makes me sick? When I see two puffy white
males kissing each other, I want to puke. When I see two women kissing
each other, on the lips, as lovers, I want to vomit."

2. "When you hear "human rights," think only one thing: someone who wants
to rape your son. And you'll get it just right. OK, you got it, right?
When you hear "human rights," think only someone who wants to molest your
son, and send you to jail if you defend him. Write that down, make a note
of it."

3. ...children's minds are being raped by the homosexual mafia, that's my
position. They're raping our children's minds."

4. "You know what autism is? I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent
of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's
what autism is."

5. In November 2007, he said of lesbians: “They’re the ones that Hitler
used to stuff ovens with human beings in the concentration camps, only now
they pose as compassionate, wonderful human beings.”

6. On his radio show, Savage told listeners that "intelligent people,
wealthy people ... are very depressed by the weakness that America is
showing to these psychotics in the Muslim world. They say, 'Oh, there's a
billion of them.' "Savage continued: "I said, 'So, kill 100 million of
them, then there'd be 900 million of them.' I mean ... would you rather us
die than them?" Savage added: "Would you rather we disappear or we die? Or
would you rather they disappear and they die? Because you're going to have
to make that choice, sooner rather than later."

7. On July 5, 2007, radio talk-show host Michael Savage, while discussing
a group of San Francisco hunger strikers who were supporting an
immigration bill, said, "I would say let them fast till they starve to
death...because then we won't have a problem about giving them green
cards, because they're illegal aliens."

8. On his March 20, 2007 Savage Nation talk show, he referred to a
transgender murder victim as a "freak" and a "psychopath," stating that
the victim "should have been in a back ward in a strait jacket for years,
howling on major medication... What's this sympathy, constant sympathy for
sexually confused people? Why should we have constant sympathy for people
who are freaks in every society? I didn't say hurt the freaks. I didn't
say do anything to the freaks. But you know what? You're never gonna make
me respect the freak. I don't want to respect the freak. The freak ought
to be glad that they're allowed to walk around without begging for
something."

9. On the air, he says that Latinos "breed like rabbits." He explains that
civil rights are a "racket" that is "used to steal only from the white
male -- no one else pays the price."

10. On Prez Hilton “I don’t know who that sick, fat, pervert is and I
never want to hear his name. He doesn’t exist as far as I’m concerned. He
is a piece of human waste with eyes. They take a pervert like him, a
homosexual, and make him the judge of Miss USA. What does that tells you
”

11. On Iraqi Prisoners “I think a thousand of [Iraqi prisoners] held in
the Iraqi prison should be given 24 hour — a trial and executed
.they
should put dynamite in their behinds and drop them from 35,000 feet, the
whole pack of scum out of that jail.”

12. "With the [Latino] population that has emerged, since they breed like
rabbits, in many cases the whites will become a minority in their own
nation... The white people don't breed as often for whatever reason. I
guess many homosexuals are involved. That is also part of the grand plan,
to push homosexuality to cut down on the white race"

13. Discussing student volunteers distributing food to the homeless in San
Francisco, Savage declared that "the girls from Branson [school] can go in
and maybe get raped... because they seem to like the excitement of it.
There's always the thrill and possibility they'll be raped in a dumpster
while giving out a turkey sandwich"

Oh, and he's also applauded the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq,
opposed aid for tsunami victims, and called for the dropping of nuclear
weapons on an an Arab country, any Arab country. He was fired from a brief
stint at MSNBC after telling a gay caller to "get AIDS and die".

At a Rockstar-sponsored concert at Concord Pavillion in 2004, Russell
Weiner (Michael's son) warmed up the crowd by chanting "Who's heterosexual
and proud? If you're not, hopefully you will be soon."

And, Russell alongside his father Michael, co-founded and ran the
conservative Paul Revere Society which called for the imprisonment of
anti-war activists for sedition. In 2006, the organization had its
tax-exempt status revoked.

Russell also ran for office and one of the things on his platform
included, "end bilingual education - promote intensive English courses"

Is the extra energy boost really worth it knowing that you're supporting
this type of h8te?

Hell no.

Don't drink, buy or promote Rockstar.
Don't drink hate.

SPREAD THE WORD! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

More context:

As covered by Media Matters, on his February 26 broadcast he played an
audio clip of the beginning of singer Melissa Etheridge’s acceptance
speech at the Academy Awards in which she thanked her wife and four
children. That was enough for Savage let loose with his unique brand of
hatred:

ETHERIDGE: I have to thank my incredible wife, Tammy, and our four
children, Becky and Bailey and Johnnie Rose and Miller, and everyone —

SAVAGE: Turn it off. Get her off my show. I don’t care what her name is. I
don’t like a woman married to a woman. It makes me want to puke. How’s
that? I want to vomit when I hear it. I think it’s child abuse. That’s my
opinion — one man’s opinion. If it’s illegal, tell me it’s illegal to have
an opinion in America. Maybe I can be excommunicated for having an
opinion.

I want to puke when I hear about a woman married to a woman raising
children because, frankly, I think that it’s child abuse to do that to
children without their permission. What does a child know? Ask them when
they’re 16 whether they want to be raised by two lesbians or two men. What
are the two men doing behind the other wall? You think the children don’t
hear it?

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To clarify, we are not supporting a boycott of PepsiCo. due to their
historic track record of being very supportive of the LGBT community
including:

Donated $500,000 to PFLAG
Donated $500,000 to Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

PepsiCo requires that its employees attend sexual orientation and gender
identity/expression training

They have policies protected and teaching about equality towards Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered employees

They have policies for "gender identity and expression," and "domestic
partner benefits." including insurance coverage for transgendered
employees which includes leave after surgery, counseling , hormone
therapy, and medical visits.

Has ignored calls from the American Family Association to stop supporting
the LGBT community

Lets join together with other classes to send a message to Rockstar and
it's distributor PepsiCo to say that we will not support any brands that
stand for hate and discrimination.
- www.grassrootsequalitynetwork.com/rockstar

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SIGN THE PETITION!
http://tiny.cc/PETITION983

peace and no more rockstar beats,

benjamin
(i guess i'm already acclimating to SF sending this as my first hippy
email since moving up here.)

ps i think it's a valid subject for the list.