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| Anti-Bush Bracelets Say, 'Count Me Blue' |
| 2005-01-16 |
| NEW YORK - After spending 10 days in London with friends who were outspoken about their disdain for President Bush's policies, Berns Rothchild came home wishing she had a way to show the world she didn't vote for him. "I sort of felt ashamed, and didn't really want to be associated with being an American," said Rothchild, who lives in New York City and voted for John Kerry. Then go live in that workers paradise you love so much - North Korea. Her mother had a suggestion: bracelets, inspired by the Lance Armstrong Foundation's popular "LIVESTRONG" bands, that would signal opposition to Bush. Thousands of miles away, two women in Idaho had the same idea. So did a woman in Kansas. The result? At least three separate bracelet ventures targeting left-leaning citizens who want to wear their political affiliation on their wrists — and at least one competitor bearing the opposite message. Rothchild, 35, is selling blue bracelets that say "COUNT ME BLUE," while Laura Adams, of Fairway, Kan., offers blue bracelets that say "HOPE." The McKnight family, of Moscow, Idaho, is even more direct; their black bracelets proclaim: "I DID NOT VOTE 4 BUSH." "It's kind of like saying, 'This is my tribe,'" said Adams, 43, a Kerry supporter, who was inspired by her 14-year-old stepson's yellow Lance Armstrong band. Rothchild, who is selling the bracelets on the Web in packages of 10 for $20, plans to give part of her profits to UNICEF, and Adams has donated money from the sale of her $3 bracelets to Save the Children and Habitat for Humanity. |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #5 Wow CF! I wasn't even thinking in that angle! Maybe they have mistaken San Francisco for this so-called camp? Some of those places in North Beach have some very strange 'entertainment'. Possibly they secretly hope to be part of the naked pyramid? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-01-16 1:07:35 PM |
| #4 Right Sarge - the seem awfully interested in the details of the abuses...... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-01-16 12:41:55 PM |
| #3 I heard a LLL spout one time that they (CIA/NSA/FBI/EIEIO) were setting up camps here in California for these people. I like the idea of making the bracelets permannant. I also want to know ho I can get a job as a guard at one of these camps? I am thinking of some really good Abu-Grabass games to play with the prisoners. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-01-16 12:20:38 PM |
| #2 Cool! Let's make them non-removable so when |
| Posted by: jackal 2005-01-16 11:49:40 AM |
| #1 "It's kind of like having a great big letter 'L', right in the middle of my forehead!" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-01-16 11:17:50 AM |