It looks like I will not be visiting McDonalds again

...following their weasel-words, dog-whistle tap-dancing around the furore that some bigoted fools decided to stir up after they broadcast an advert on French television aimed at a gay audience. I once again invoke my standard purchasing decision rule:… more »
06.15.2010 • Corporations I will not buy from • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

Columbia MO just joined the list of Places I Will Not Visit

After reading of this unfuckingbelieveable overreach by a hyped-up SWAT team, resulting in the discovery of an amount of marijuana that barely qualified for a misdemeanor possession charge...Columbia MO just went off my list of places to visit. more »
05.7.2010 • Places I Do Not Visit • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

Fulton MS leaps to the top of the list of Places I Will Not Visit

Fulton MS clearly is dominated by folks who think that end-running a court order to perpetuate bigotry and discrimination is just fine and dandy...no way will I visit that example of regressive thinking and intolerance. UPDATE - It would appear that th… more »
04.13.2010 • Places I Do Not Visit • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

I think I just struck Amarillo from my list of places to visit...

After reading about a particularly nasty and obnoxious bunch of people whose main leisure aim in life appears to be to harrass people going about their lawful business (just not the kind of lawful business these jerks think should be lawful)...I am strik… more »
03.5.2010 • Places I Do Not Visit • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

Further confirnation of why I will not visit Jamaica or Uganda

Both Uganda and Jamaica are currently gripped by a nasty approach to homosexuality - they appear to regard it as an anti-social disease, and are actively working to criminalize it. That being the case, I refuse to visit either country. When they wise u… more »
10.15.2009 • World Politics, Places I Do Not Visit • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink