Posted by Big E on Monday, March 24, 2003 at 12:08PM :
Note: The attached is copied from an email note I received yesterday.
Just as France is exercising its right to disagree,
Americans can exercise their right to boycott -- and avoid helping
companies and countries that do not stand with America.
French Products and Companies to Boycott:
** Air France. Air Liquide. Airbus. Alcatel. Allegra
(allergy medication). Aqualung (including: Spirotechnique,
Technisub, US Divers, and SeaQuest). AXA Advisors.
** Bank of the West (owned by BNP Paribas). Beneteau
(boats). BF Goodrich (owned by Michelin). BIC (razors,
pens and lighters). Biotherm (cosmetics). Black Bush.
Bollinger (champagne).
** Car &Driver Magazine. Cartier. Chanel. Chivas Regal
(scotch). Christian Dior. Club Med (vacations). Culligan
(owned by Vivendi).
** Dannon (yogurt and dairy foods). DKNY. Dom Perignon.
Durand Crystal.
** Elle Magazine. Essilor Optical Products. Evian. (This
one really gets me....People complain about $2. per gallon
gasoline, but they continue to buy Evian water at $9.+ a gallon.)
** Fina gas stations and Fina Oil (billions invested in
Iraqi oil fields). First Hawaiian Bank.
** George Magazine. Givenchy. Glenlivet (scotch).
** Hennessy. Houghton Mifflin (books).
** Jacobs Creek (owned by Pernod Ricard since 1989).
Jameson (whiskey). Jerry Springer (talk show)
** Krups (coffee and cappuccino makers).
** Lancome. Le Creuset (cookware). L'Oreal (health and
beauty products). Louis Vuitton.
** Marie Claire. Martel Cognac. Maybelline. Méphisto
(shoes and clothes). Michelin (tires and auto parts).
Mikasa (crystal and glass). Moet (champagne). Motel 6.
Motown Records. MP3.com. Mumms (champagne).
** Nissan (cars; majority owned by Renault). Nivea.
Normany Butter.
** Parents Magazine. Peugeot (automobiles). Pierre Cardin.
Playstation Magazine. ProScan (owned by Thomson
Electronics, France). Publicis Group (including Saatchi &
Saatchi Advertising).
** RCA (televisions and electronics; owned by Thomson
Electronics). Red Magazine. Red Roof Inns (owned by Accor
group in France). Renault (automobiles). Road &Track
Magazine. Roquefort cheese (all Roquefort cheese is made
in France). Rowenta (toasters, irons, coffee makers, >etc.).
** Royal Canadian.
** Salomon (skis). Sierra Software and Computer Games.
Smart &Final. Sofitel (hotels, owned by Accor).
Sparkletts (water, owned by Danone). Spencer Gifts.
Sundance Channel.
** Taylor Made (golf). Technicolor. T-Fal (kitchenware).
Total gas stations.
** UbiSoft (computer games). Uniroyal. Universal Studios
(music, movies and amusement parks; owned by Vivendi
-Universal). USFilter.
** Veritas Group. Veuve Clicquot Champagne. Vittel.
Vivendi.
** Wild Turkey (bourbon). Woman's Day Magazine.
** Yoplait (The French company Sodiaal owns a 50 percent
stake). Yves Saint Laurent.
** Zodiac Inflatable Boats.
P.S.: Thanks to GOP lawmakers, cafeterias in the U.S.
House of Representatives will today start offering
"freedom fries" instead of you know what.
Please e-mail this to as many friends and family as you
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