>Kellogg's had withdrawn its sponsorship of Michael Phelps because of
>the photo of him smoking marijuana. If you smoke pot, you are
>probably familiar with Kellogg's products like Pop-Tarts, Froot-Loops,
>Keebler cookies, Cheez-It crackers, and dozens of other brands of junk
>food loaded with sugar, salt, and partially hydrogenated soybean oil.
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>WTF was Kellogg's thinking? They have no problem with stoners eating
>their junk food, but refuse to let a stoner endorse the same junk
>food. I am calling for a boycott of all Kellogg's products, which
>shouldn't be difficult to comply with because there are plenty of
>other companies that manufacture similar products.
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>Corporate rivals of Kellogg's include Kraft/Nabisco, Frito-Lay, and
>Proctor & Gamble, and together they manufacture more than enough empty
>calories to satisfy everyone's munchies. Please do not purchase or
>consume Kellogg's products until it reinstates its sponsorship of
>Michael Phelps and apologizes for insulting its target audience.
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>Contact Kellogg's at:
>http://www2.kelloggs.com/ContactUs.aspx
Phelps puffing $5.00 worth of weed has caused Kellogg's marketing
department to suddenly acquire "negro dignity". Compare Phelp's
treatment to the kid-glove handling of Obama's tax evading nominees!
ted
LOL.
I can't boycott Kellogg's as I don't use any of their
products...........Trig
Exactly my sentiments. I cannot ever remember
buying anything with their brand.
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>If Kelloggs is paying Phelps then they have every right to expect him
>to keep his nose clean. If he doesn't want to abide by their
>requirements, then he doesn't have to accept their money or be their
>spokesman. They are paying him for his image and if they require a
>clean cut image, then he should decline being their "face". He has
>tarnished their image. I would have been tougher on him than they
>were.
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Bingo - the are paying him millions for an image. Without that image,
he's just another pot smoking teenage - dime a dozen.