Being a True Blue Consumer

[jesusq]

As I write these words, it is exactly one week until Christmas day. As a citizen of the Corporate States of America, I urge you to vote with your wallet and move your dollars closer to where your heart is.

You must treat every purchase like a vote, because in the Corporate States of American, the vote you cast from your pocketbook which, unlike the vote you cast on a Diebold voting machine, always gets counted.


Here is a very concise list of Red and Blue companies that supply us with the things we buy as gifts and use everyday.

http://www.revolutionleft.org/news_articles/true_blue_consumer_121804.html

[jimshoes]

1. Now that it's

a week before Christmas, the serious procrastinators like myself will have to start thinking about getting to the stores (not for a couple of days though). This list will determine what I get (which won't be much, sorry everybody) and my shopping habits will now have a purpose, and that is to buy blue whenever possible. Let's make the pug supporting companies squeal like the greedy pigs they are.

[yellowdogintexas]

2. in the "Blue" list are some companies we have supported for

years JUST BECAUSE WE LIKE THEM!! Who knew?

And on the "Red" list are companies we have avoided because we JUST DON"T LIKE THEM


sometimes you just get caught in a place that gives you no choice and that is unfortunate.

but I have boycotted Domino's for probably 20 years, ever since I found out how much $$ their CEO was putting into anti choice legislation

I hate to see Target on the Red list, because they DO put a lot back into the community ..they work hand in hand with our church every year for the back to school clothing drive that we do, along with Payless.

Same with Home Depot, because they are such a strong supporter of Habitat, which I can't think about without Jimmy Carter popping into my mind, the epitome of how a former president should conduct himself.

My husband swears by Pep Boys

I try to not support any Big Tobacco, but those corporations are so deeply conglomerated that it is very hard to distinguish at times.

I will however, check out TJMAXX, and Ross more closely for my shopping needs.

just random thoughts on a lazy Saturday morning

Thanks for the list

[jesusq]

3. Pass the list along to others

To tell you the truth, the empty light on my car came on the other day and the only nearby station was a Sunoco, so I bought $5 worth and filled up at a Citgo. I agree that Target is less evil than Wal-Mart and shopping at a Publix store, which has union employees, is better than shopping at a non-union Winn Dixie. Sometimes the vote you make with your pocketbook are like the choice you make at the polls; the lesser of two evils.

Make a conscience decision everyday to make a difference with every little thing you do. Millions of people sacrificing a few bucks worth of savings or convenience here and there, can have at least as much effect as a band of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything.

Jesus loves you

[yellowdogintexas]

4. I shop at Central Market 90% of the time, rather than the bigger

chains ..for a variety of reasons..
but I also feel that they treat their employees well (I have never seen such all around happy employees and COURTEOUS in a grocery store anywhere), and pay them better than other places.

I don't know if they are union or not, CM is a division of HEB.

HEB did donate to some Republicans over the last 12 years, but not **,
not DeLay, and not #41

HEB also donated to quite a few Democrats, including the legendary Henry Gonzalez of San Antonio (HEB's home town), and several other Dem candidates for Congress and Senate in Texas.
The only presidential candidate that I found on their donation list was Lamar Alexander, when he was in the primaries the last time he ran for the nomination.

CM tries to buy local produce where ever they can, from Texas if they can and you always know where it is from, even if it changes from week to week.

I used to shop at WalMart a lot, now I find myself going there less and less frequently.

I was telling my husband today about the Costco info and he asked if he could be a member too. This shocked me because he generally doesn't want to shop anywhere that requires a member ship card..just a quirk of his. So when he comes home, he is getting a card.

enough rambling. I intend to share the list

[JanMichael]

5. Publix is Unionized?

Where? I didn't realize that. When i worked there way, way, way, back in the 80's, they were rabidly anti-union. Things have changed?

[laheina]

9. Concerning some of those grey areas.

Maybe it would be a good use for the Demopedia, if we could compile yearly information regarding which stores would be in our best interests to frequent and which ones we should boycott. I doubt that all of the cases are going to be black and white, so it would be good for DUers to have a resource on which to base these decisions.

[jesusq]

11. If you want the comprehensive list ...

I tried to cherry pick so everyday consumer-type companies as examples, but you can use these resources, but remember that smart companies with deep pockets play both sides of the aisle, so you have to look at amounts and percentages to each party and make a subjective call.

search engine
http://www.followyourmoney.com/

printable list
http://www.followyourmoney.com/totals.pdf

Exhaustable list from which you may weed out compaines irrelevant to your lifestyle.

Democratic Givers

Rank Name Amount Given Percent of Total

1. Southern Union Company $1,550 100.00%
2. Safeway Inc. $16,778 97.74%
3. Gilead Sciences, Inc. $11,212 93.44%
4. Burger King Corporation $79,976 92.99%
5. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation $33,672 92.25%
6. Omega Financial Corporation $8,230 88.97%
7. Renal Care Group, Inc. $40,669 88.41%
8. Symantec Corporation $8,191 86.22%
9. Visa Corporation $20,638 85.99%
10. America Service Group Inc. $13,540 85.70%
11. Hercules Incorporated $80,793 85.30%
12. Harley-Davidson, Inc. $10,331 83.65%
13. DeVry Inc. $22,212 83.27%
14. IPSCO Inc. $20,382 83.19%
15. United States Cellular Corporation $6,927 80.55%
16. CVS Corporation $127,753 80.49%
17. Invacare Corporation $342,220 80.39%
18. Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. $113,111 79.94%
19. Apache Corporation $17,716 79.62%
20. Chiron Corporation $3,971 79.41%
21. American Financial Group, Inc. $15,775 78.88%
22. Dynamics Research Corporation $30,280 78.65%
23. Cisco Systems, Inc. $226,323 78.00%
24. Charles Schwab Corporation (The) $22,715 77.00%
25. ADC Telecommunications, Inc. $1,143 76.22%
26. Fidelity Bancorp, Inc. $58,919 76.17%
27. Paxson Communications Corporation $14,521 74.46%
28. EDO Corporation $71,692 74.23%
29. Bank United Corp. Litigation Contingent Payment Rights Trust $34,126 73.92%
30. National Semiconductor Corporation $40,574 73.16%
31. Murphy Oil Corporation $71,244 72.70%
32. E*TRADE Financial Corporation $317,078 72.47%
33. Providian Financial Corporation $400,917 71.18%
34. WELLCHOICE INC $32,961 70.88%
35. Walt Disney Company (The) $981,853 70.72%
36. Citizens Financial Corporation $64,373 70.67%
37. Terra Industries Inc. $43,175 68.70%
38. ALCON INC $22,795 68.41%
39. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. $130,535 68.38%
40. Maximus, Inc. $34,804 68.24%
41. RSA Security, Inc. $2,727 68.18%
42. Washington Gas Light Company $72,208 67.88%
43. Simmons First National Corporation $6,865 66.81%
44. Florida Rock Industries, Inc. $132,254 66.71%
45. Yahoo! Inc. $77,031 66.41%
46. Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. $16,792 66.24%
47. Maritrans, Inc. $11,650 66.19%
48. Universal Corporation $5,944 66.04%
49. People's Bank $51,835 65.91%
50. Potomac Electric Power Company $108,202 65.66%
51. InterActiveCorp $18,890 65.25%
52. United Airlines $659,892 65.25%
53. Hilton Hotels Corporation $69,755 65.08%
54. Visteon Corporation $15,718 64.95%
55. BANK OF NEW YORK $110,861 64.94%
56. Tesoro Petroleum Corporation $65,521 64.87%
57. Churchill Downs, Incorporated $39,058 64.83%
58. Nike, Inc. $130,078 64.78%
59. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. $953,195 64.72%
60. Washington Federal, Inc. $33,414 64.32%
61. Robert Mondavi Corporation (The) $70,573 63.99%
62. SEMPRA ENERGY $400,286 63.77%
63. Boyd Gaming Corporation $315,634 63.76%
64. Level 3 Communications, Inc. $204,954 63.68%
65. Conseco, Inc. $160,939 63.04%
66. Caesars Entertainment Inc $241,780 62.79%
67. York International Corporation $8,102 62.32%
68. Tyson Foods, Inc. $592,577 62.07%
69. Centex Corporation $65,829 61.90%
70. Express Scripts, Inc. $135,530 61.75%
71. Arch Chemicals, Inc. $11,109 61.72%
72. Northwest Natural Gas Company $32,737 61.63%
73. ATA Holdings Corporation $21,492 61.58%
74. Sony Corporation $431,552 61.16%
75. Muslim $202,201 61.01%
76. ADVANTA Corp. $285,538 60.89%
77. MemberWorks, Inc. $16,731 60.84%
78. Mine Safety Appliances Company $13,476 60.84%
79. Clorox Company (The) $94,985 60.81%
80. Allergan, Inc. $238,686 60.72%
81. Black Hills Corporation $23,194 60.72%
82. Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. $791,075 60.46%
83. InVision Technologies, Inc. $11,979 60.27%
84. Genentech, Inc. $445,121 60.07%
85. Viacom Inc. $1,029,055 60.01%
86. Magellan Health Services, Inc. $51,303 59.84%
87. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. $528,024 59.71%
88. Lowe's Companies, Inc. $10,409 59.48%
89. Boston Scientific Corporation $160,911 59.27%
90. Western Wireless Corporation $70,085 59.14%
91. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company $609,120 58.68%
92. Fisher Scientific International Inc. $169,070 58.65%
93. Intuit Inc. $42,136 58.52%
94. International Shipholding Corporation $63,886 58.44%
95. ONEOK, Inc. $37,168 58.44%
96. Acxiom Corporation $142,649 58.11%
97. DRS Technologies, Inc. $452,748 57.88%
98. QUALCOMM Incorporated $376,839 57.87%
99. Tidewater Inc. $52,156 57.66%
100. Time Warner Inc. $830,255 57.65%
101. Washington Mutual, Inc. $1,031,967 57.54%
102. Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. $25,865 57.48%
103. Quixote Corporation $31,961 57.43%
104. Cardinal Health, Inc. $302,269 57.41%
105. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. $160,176 57.00%
106. Southwestern Energy Company $12,881 56.87%
107. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. $962,604 56.72%
108. Peoples Energy Corporation $73,184 56.56%
109. OMNOVA Solutions Inc. $9,315 56.45%
110. Dynegy Inc. $186,699 56.39%
111. First Data Corporation $44,384 56.18%
112. Apollo Group, Inc. $187,553 55.87%
113. Northwest Airlines Corporation $734,391 55.50%
114. Colonial BancGroup, Inc. (The) $98,559 55.37%
115. Walter Industries, Inc. $82,586 55.17%
116. CALPINE CORPORATION $123,458 55.05%
117. Rollins, Inc. $37,192 54.94%
118. GATX Corporation $25,624 54.81%
119. RTI International Metals, Inc. $27,938 54.67%
120. Aventis S.A. $648,725 54.62%
121. Amazon.com, Inc. $104,166 54.61%
122. Federal National Mortgage Association $288,470 54.60%
123. Alaska Air Group, Inc. $99,868 54.57%
124. Kaman Corporation $95,289 54.51%
125. eBay Inc. $211,511 54.51%
126. Metris Companies Inc. $143,906 54.36%
127. Hibernia Corporation $260,412 54.31%
128. American Express Company $752,136 53.98%
129. Universal Health Services, Inc. $53,214 53.68%
130. Vesta Insurance Group, Inc. $126,671 53.67%
131. Health Net Inc. $57,158 53.67%
132. PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. $437,984 53.47%
133. Cablevision Systems Corporation $316,069 53.34%
134. Xerox Corporation $66,905 53.31%
135. AMR Corporation $1,186,835 53.26%
136. Delphi Corporation $91,167 53.14%
137. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated $112,456 53.00%
138. Caremark Rx, Inc. $130,785 52.95%
139. Sierra Health Services, Inc. $145,514 52.54%
140. Lucent Technologies, Inc. $489,023 52.28%
141. Rite Aid Corporation $388,487 52.19%
142. Service Corporation International $82,009 51.95%
143. Bear Stearns Companies, Inc (The) $479,877 51.86%
144. Microsoft Corporation $2,090,974 51.84%
145. Electronic Data Systems Corporation $659,442 51.81%
146. AT&T Corporation $2,293,987 51.73%
147. Station Casinos, Inc. $231,401 51.33%
148. BancFirst Corporation $5,888 51.26%
149. DTE Energy Company $789,191 51.23%
150. Consolidated Edison, Inc. $36,137 51.17%
151. Rohm and Haas Company $130,134 50.94%
152. Capital One Financial Corporation $465,492 50.84%
153. KeySpan Corporation $67,308 50.80%
154. OGE Energy Corporation $39,768 50.44%
155. Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. $891,456 50.31%
156. Kansas City Southern $163,852 50.20%


Republican Givers

Rank Name Amount Given Percent of Total

1. Erie Indemnity Company $36,312 100.00%
2. Tasty Baking Company $16,075 100.00%
3. Wellman, Inc. $10,000 100.00%
4. California Water Service Group $7,700 100.00%
5. ONEIDA LTD $7,200 100.00%
6. Ameritrade Holding Corporation $7,000 100.00%
7. PAR Technology Corporation $6,000 100.00%
8. Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. $4,967 100.00%
9. AmeriCredit Corporation $4,500 100.00%
10. FreeMarkets, Inc. $4,114 100.00%
11. Haemonetics Corporation $2,700 100.00%
12. Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. $2,000 100.00%
13. Waypoint Financial Corp. $1,250 100.00%
14. American Bank Inc $1,100 100.00%
15. WILLIAM LYON HOMES $1,000 100.00%
16. MetLife, Inc. $603 100.00%
17. Star Scientific, Inc. $500 100.00%
18. Valhi, Inc. $300 100.00%
19. Woodward Governor Company $100 100.00%
20. Marshall & Ilsley Corporation $39,969 99.92%
21. UNOVA, Inc. $61,721 99.91%
22. Frontier Oil Corporation $24,976 99.90%
23. Dana Corporation $53,893 99.80%
24. Overnite Corporation $128,625 99.61%
25. Carpenter Technology Corporation $38,673 99.16%
26. Cooper Industries, Ltd. $794,937 98.75%
27. McCormick & Company, Incorporated $6,806 98.64%
28. Illinois Tool Works Inc. $318,081 98.23%
29. Eaton Corporation $70,118 98.20%
30. Publix Super Markets $7,848 98.09%
31. American Ecology Corporation $21,469 97.74%
32. II-VI Incorporated $4,147 97.58%
33. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. $35,080 97.44%
34. Leggett & Platt, Incorporated $185,655 97.30%
35. Nova Chemicals Corporation $71,668 97.05%
36. First Financial Corporation Indiana $6,802 96.89%
37. Salem Communications Corporation $221,081 96.86%
38. ArvinMeritor, Inc. $43,075 96.44%
39. World Airways, Inc. $13,400 95.72%
40. Outback Steakhouse, Inc. $2,616,118 95.45%
41. Kraft Foods Inc. $497,779 94.89%
42. Gillette Company (The) $58,222 94.67%
43. Brunswick Corporation $94,747 94.57%
44. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. $35,207 94.37%
45. Huffy Corporation $30,602 94.30%
46. Praxair, Inc. $338,118 94.24%
47. Halliburton Company $953,609 94.17%
48. Ruby Tuesday, Inc. $75,233 94.04%
49. First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. $24,959 93.98%
50. Libbey, Inc. $53,062 93.92%
51. Exxon Mobil Corporation $2,731,510 93.88%
52. Caterpillar, Inc. $1,082,391 93.83%
53. Russell Corporation $93,555 93.71%
54. Intrado Inc. $6,066 93.32%
55. Harris Corporation $923,098 93.07%
56. Student Loan Corporation (The) $11,719 93.00%
57. Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc. $10,024 92.82%
58. Ball Corporation $146,494 92.48%
59. Lear Corporation $169,876 92.20%
60. Circuit City Stores, Inc. $367,063 92.01%
61. Otter Tail Corporation $6,883 91.78%
62. CryoLife, Inc. $31,288 91.75%
63. Harsco Corporation $106,209 91.70%
64. PACCAR Inc. $551,495 91.69%
65. Parker-Hannifin Corporation $22,801 91.57%
66. Deere & Company $1,368,252 91.55%
67. IDT Corporation $19,681 91.54%
68. DIMON, Inc. $94,478 91.50%
69. Fairchild Corporation (The) $5,022 91.30%
70. Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. $189,346 91.26%
71. Boise Cascade Corporation $228,424 91.22%
72. Hershey Foods Corporation $119,713 90.80%
73. Southwest Gas Corporation $142,905 90.35%
74. KMart Holding Corporation $147,485 90.20%
75. Wendy's International, Inc. $580,227 89.96%
76. Unocal Corporation $201,627 89.81%
77. Host Marriott Corporation $635,586 89.80%
78. Atmos Energy Corporation $30,836 89.38%
79. S&T Bancorp, Inc. $11,785 88.94%
80. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. $362,825 88.81%
81. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) $789,123 88.73%
82. PPG Industries, Inc. $164,971 88.70%
83. Ethyl Corporation $19,778 88.69%
84. Maytag Corporation $142,256 88.36%
85. Olin Corporation $81,191 88.30%
86. Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. $3,304 88.11%
87. Texas Industries, Inc. $213,102 87.59%
88. Cornell Corrections, Inc. $75,419 86.99%
89. SAFECO Corporation $356,647 86.80%
90. Sysco Corporation $48,387 86.79%
91. BEARINGPOINT INC $68,012 86.64%
92. Pioneer Corporation $4,072 86.63%
93. Ecolab Inc. $133,600 86.47%
94. Aramark Corporation $100,214 86.40%
95. Allmerica Financial Corporation $68,202 86.25%
96. Terex Corporation $2,154 86.15%
97. Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. $115,153 86.12%
98. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation $481,459 85.89%
99. CIGNA Corporation $2,001,971 85.80%
100. Ashland Inc. $1,100,553 85.58%
101. Titan Corporation (The) $293,415 85.49%
102. Dial Corporation $78,342 84.96%
103. Cephalon, Inc. $56,037 84.91%
104. Adolph Coors Company $347,168 84.73%
105. AutoZone, Inc. $211,294 84.40%
106. Tupperware Corporation $101,011 84.34%
107. Weyerhaeuser Company $1,133,066 83.97%
108. Corning Incorporated $753,702 83.89%
109. National Grid Transco, PLC $99,711 83.83%
110. Amcore Financial, Inc. $20,415 83.31%
111. NRG Energy, Inc. $18,066 82.87%
112. Whirlpool Corporation $102,268 82.61%
113. Masco Corporation $28,416 82.48%
114. ConocoPhillips $821,676 82.47%
115. NL Industries, Inc. $33,960 82.43%
116. Sun Bancorp, Inc. $9,526 82.29%
117. Phelps Dodge Corporation $562,655 81.93%
118. USAA $1,797,265 81.93%
119. Cubic Corporation $367,886 81.93%
120. Chesapeake Energy Corporation $18,022 81.92%
121. ChevronTexaco Corporation $1,774,921 81.88%
122. ABBOTT LABORATORIES $1,142,657 81.77%
123. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. $3,529,659 81.65%
124. Kerr-McGee Corporation $481,503 81.58%
125. Sunoco, Inc. $502,942 81.47%
126. EMC Corporation $79,243 81.36%
127. Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated $49,948 81.35%
128. Loews Corporation $385,633 81.33%
129. Viad Corporation $204,963 81.28%
130. Intergraph Corporation $166,851 81.09%
131. CINCINNATI BELL INC $100,205 81.09%
132. Eastman Chemical Company $339,292 80.99%
133. Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. $261,579 80.80%
134. Corrections Corporation of America $150,703 80.70%
135. Fifth Third Bancorp $199,498 80.22%
136. Union Planters Corporation $268,139 80.17%
137. Collins & Aikman Corporation $21,324 80.02%
138. Marathon Oil Corporation $669,632 79.85%
139. Brown & Williamson $1,929,172 79.80%
140. Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. $125,956 79.63%
141. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $253,704 79.23%
142. Mercantile Bankshares Corporation $93,388 78.48%
143. Abitibi-Consolidated, Inc. $10,580 78.37%
144. NCR Corporation $279,058 78.24%
145. UST Inc. $2,257,547 78.04%
146. St. Paul Companies, Inc. (The) $511,143 77.86%
147. Valero Energy Corporation $1,142,183 77.72%
148. United Defense Industries Inc $721,681 77.43%
149. CheckFree Corporation $23,193 77.31%
150. General Mills, Inc. $535,912 77.27%
151. Emerson Electric Company $302,444 77.20%
152. Questar Corporation $33,591 77.00%
153. Franklin Bancorp, Inc. $3,656 76.96%
154. Eastman Kodak Company $347,132 76.45%
155. Darden Restaurants, Inc. $558,494 76.37%
156. McDonald's Corporation $916,007 76.17%
157. Siebel Systems, Inc. $527,405 76.16%
158. Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. $30,147 76.03%
159. FPL Group, Inc. $1,671,513 75.76%
160. SIERRA PACIFIC RESOURCES $73,686 75.65%
161. Convergys Corporation $35,684 75.52%
162. Lafarge Corporation $168,538 75.49%
163. Dell Inc. $121,713 75.42%
164. Goodrich Corporation (The) $427,044 75.22%
165. Union Pacific Corporation $4,402,670 75.16%
166. Intel Corporation $632,408 75.07%
167. Omega Protein Corporation $15,343 75.03%
168. Kroger Company (The) $85,704 74.99%
169. USEC Inc. $95,831 74.93%
170. El Paso Corporation $1,453,262 74.42%
171. Pepsico, Inc. $1,359,693 74.24%
172. EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC $10,046 74.14%
173. Burlington Resources Inc. $300,347 74.04%
174. MDU Resources Group, Inc. $43,060 73.97%
175. Procter & Gamble Company (The) $702,426 73.89%
176. U.S. Bancorp $622,765 73.88%
177. Syntroleum Corporation $10,515 73.79%
178. STERIS Corporation $11,825 73.67%
179. McKesson Corporation $479,203 73.61%
180. Texas Instruments Incorporated $218,662 73.12%
181. Domino's Pizza LLC $25,561 73.03%
182. Etablissements Delhaize Freres et Cie $167,760 72.84%
183. Federated Department Stores, Inc. $70,332 72.66%
184. ALBERTSON'S INC $158,255 72.48%
185. Knight Trading Group, Inc. $104,681 72.34%
186. Barrick Gold Corporation $277,548 72.25%
187. Storage Technology Corporation $68,214 72.06%
188. Allegheny Energy, Inc. $498,435 71.99%
189. Compass Bancshares, Inc. $279,611 71.96%
190. Powell Industries, Inc. $5,357 71.80%
191. Valmont Industries, Inc. $29,571 71.69%
192. Orbital Sciences Corporation $319,921 71.61%
193. Saks Incorporated $47,423 71.47%
194. Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. $6,640 71.39%
195. Seaboard Corporation $122,876 71.23%
196. Mylan Laboratories, Inc. $30,010 71.20%
197. CNA Financial Corporation $582,526 71.18%
198. Nelnet, Inc. $196,951 71.01%
199. MBNA Corporation $2,643,430 70.77%
200. United Parcel Service, Inc. $7,589,747 70.72%
201. ConAgra Foods, Inc. $1,018,907 70.72%
202. FORD MOTOR CO $2,016,926 70.57%
203. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation $13,937 70.57%
204. Rural/Metro Corporation $26,847 70.56%
205. Computer Sciences Corporation $291,670 70.40%
206. Home Depot, Inc. (The) $782,376 70.34%
207. Ceridian Corporation $173,277 70.24%
208. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. $158,447 69.99%
209. Potlatch Corporation $152,702 69.93%
210. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company $915,282 69.75%
211. Allstate Corporation (The) $577,926 69.69%
212. Owens-Illinois, Inc. $164,079 68.60%
213. NORTHEAST UTILITIES $365,047 68.58%
214. Nucor Corporation $45,943 68.57%
215. Arkansas Best Corporation $37,073 68.53%
216. First Tennessee National Corporation $135,391 68.48%
217. SCANA Corporation $120,949 68.40%
218. Devon Energy Corporation $92,764 68.36%
219. Dean Foods Company $379,626 68.29%
220. 1st Source Corporation $24,754 68.10%
221. H.J. Heinz Company $163,668 67.73%
222. Kansas City Power & Light $130,581 67.72%
223. Pfizer, Inc. $2,072,448 67.71%
224. Nicor, Inc. $87,507 67.68%
225. CKE Restaurants, Inc. $37,552 67.53%
226. Hexcel Corporation $27,113 67.30%
227. MedCath Corporation $54,139 67.21%
228. American National Insurance Company $42,533 66.98%
229. First Citizens BancShares, Inc. $76,640 66.90%
230. Triad Hospitals, Inc. $161,378 66.88%
231. Liberty Corporation (The) $28,214 66.86%
232. Philip Morris Companies Inc. $3,850,924 66.84%
233. Teledyne Technologies Incorporated $89,650 66.83%
234. Cash America International, Inc. $158,852 66.71%
235. Eli Lilly and Company $1,792,105 66.45%
236. Continental Airlines, Inc. $442,513 66.34%
237. FMC Corporation $753,141 66.27%
238. Aon Corporation $72,709 66.26%
239. Nextel Communications, Inc. $60,918 66.22%
240. ANTHEM INC $301,766 66.12%
241. 3M COMPANY $367,393 65.94%
242. Johnson Controls, Inc. $40,872 65.92%
243. Aetna Inc. $524,265 65.91%
244. Amgen Inc. $566,957 65.85%
245. General Motors Corporation $1,642,805 65.73%
246. Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $527,216 65.40%
247. Humana Inc. $294,181 65.39%
248. 3Com Corporation $14,407 65.38%
249. NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION $635,666 65.32%
250. Giant Industries, Inc. $9,308 65.31%
251. Verizon Communications Inc. $5,523,557 65.25%
252. BP Amoco PLC $893,391 65.15%
253. Bank One Corporation $86,074 65.02%
254. Anixter International Inc. $58,464 64.96%
255. Tyco International, Ltd. $409,609 64.88%
256. Varian, Inc. $12,211 64.39%
257. Yum! Brands, Inc. $293,269 64.30%
258. Labor Ready, Inc. $60,860 64.23%
259. ALCATEL $83,987 64.21%
260. Nestle $276,707 64.18%
261. Georgia-Pacific Corporation $801,867 64.17%
262. Comerica Incorporated $278,187 64.16%
263. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) $1,136,952 63.89%
264. Alliant Techsystems Inc. $516,852 63.79%
265. CSX Corporation $1,500,510 63.50%
266. AmSouth Bancorporation $577,149 63.38%
267. Merck & Company, Inc. $1,303,341 63.36%
268. SRA International, Inc $23,428 63.32%
269. Werner Enterprises, Inc. $36,562 63.31%
270. News Corporation Limited (The) $60,087 63.11%
271. Norfolk Souther Corporation $1,099,453 63.05%
272. SABMiller PLC $108,836 63.04%
273. Commerce Bancshares, Inc. $69,106 63.02%
274. First American Corporation (The) $96,172 62.81%
275. Clear Channel Communications, Inc. $529,639 62.69%
276. FedEx Corporation $4,930,874 62.66%
277. TEXAS UTILITIES CO $996,317 62.60%
278. Oshkosh Truck Corporation $114,915 61.67%
279. American Electric Power Company, Inc. $837,933 61.63%
280. American Home Products Corporation $336,138 61.42%
281. Colonial Properties Trust $53,638 61.41%
282. SouthTrust Corporation $315,131 61.40%
283. Respironics, Inc. $7,003 60.89%
284. LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. $91,646 60.87%
285. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. $401,678 60.76%
286. Kelly Services, Inc. $59,622 60.71%
287. Motorola, Inc. $551,383 60.66%
288. Hartmarx Corporation $11,217 60.63%
289. Dominion Resources, Inc. $917,942 60.63%
290. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation $3,475 60.43%
291. Becton, Dickinson and Company $25,811 60.38%
292. Target Corporation $444,289 60.23%
293. Sears, Roebuck and Company $466,369 60.21%
294. UniSource Energy Corporation $9,438 60.02%
295. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. $790,957 59.99%
296. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. $24,373 59.92%
297. Torchmark Corporation $389,191 59.71%
298. Wachovia Corporation $288,646 59.49%
299. VeriSign, Inc. $125,562 59.40%
300. ManTech International Corporation $218,328 59.38%
301. Chubb Corporation (The) $722,720 59.24%
302. CMS Energy Corporation $640,162 59.04%
303. Gateway, Inc. $229,901 58.98%
304. ITT Industries, Inc. $249,361 58.71%
305. Temple-Inland Inc. $122,117 58.70%
306. Jefferson-Pilot Corporation $134,659 58.51%
307. Polaris Industries Inc. $67,027 58.28%
308. SunTrust Banks, Inc. $325,967 58.25%
309. Kinetic Concepts, Inc. $39,569 58.04%
310. HCA Inc. $517,832 58.02%
311. Medtronic, Inc. $157,008 57.94%
312. Engineered Support Systems, Inc. $64,084 57.88%
313. Southern Company (The) $2,022,679 57.74%
314. Avon Products, Inc. $36,555 57.66%
315. General Dynamics Corporation $2,359,414 57.41%
316. Coca-Cola Company (The) $1,203,172 57.09%
317. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. $59,563 56.97%
318. Northwestern Mutual $906,345 56.62%
319. General Atomics $1,052,720 56.28%
320. KEYCORP $482,686 56.10%
321. Delta Air Lines, Inc. $394,593 56.04%
322. Marconi Corporation $1,012,898 55.94%
323. Occidental Petroleum Corporation $688,419 55.90%
324. SBC Communications Inc. $4,285,018 55.82%
325. Entergy Corporation $989,185 55.67%
326. Spiegel, Inc. $67,144 55.61%
327. JOHNSON & JOHNSON $996,878 55.47%
328. State Street Corporation $99,178 55.34%
329. ADVO, Inc. $146,882 55.19%
330. First Health Group Corp. $680,728 55.12%
331. HSBC Holdings, plc. $1,628,031 54.95%
332. Unisys Corporation $173,994 54.89%
333. Wilmington Trust Corporation $11,748 54.78%
334. Cinergy Corporation $275,397 54.73%
335. Bank of America Corporation $31,722 54.69%
336. ALLTEL Corporation $559,516 54.66%
337. Guidant Corporation $190,231 54.59%
338. FirstEnergy Corporation $618,014 54.53%
339. DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG $1,741,761 54.53%
340. Oracle Corporation $156,452 54.37%
341. EDISON INTERNATIONAL INC $1,272,299 54.37%
342. Dixie Group, Inc. (The) $1,720 54.32%
343. BellSouth Corporation $3,576,599 54.24%
344. Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (The) $202,654 54.23%
345. Brown-Forman Corporation $567,103 54.18%
346. First Commonwealth Financial Corporation $17,788 54.15%
347. Entrust, Inc. $41,871 54.03%
348. Oxford Health Plans, Inc. $50,943 53.75%
349. Zions Bancorporation $24,051 53.75%
350. Sun Microsystems, Inc. $124,828 53.62%
351. AFLAC Incorporated $2,815,656 53.57%
352. Radioshack Corporation $51,904 53.37%
353. Synovus Financial Corporation $186,632 53.35%
354. Lockheed Martin Corporation $135,998 52.61%
355. United Technologies Corporation $919,975 52.54%
356. Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) $51,846 52.00%
357. Enpro Industries $7,534 51.96%
358. PACIFICORP $41,785 51.92%
359. GenCorp Inc. $236,001 51.79%
360. Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. $18,368 51.74%
361. International Game Technology $169,291 51.70%
362. Southwest Airlines Company $193,478 51.47%
363. Raytheon Company $1,772,099 51.47%
364. Cummins Inc. $35,240 51.45%
365. Wells Fargo & Company $143,761 51.30%
366. Enron Corporation $576,115 51.27%
367. Rockwell Collins, Inc. $59,108 51.27%
368. Kellogg Company $293,546 51.21%
369. MORGAN STANLEY $2,269,566 51.11%
370. Arthur Andersen Consulting $1,358,882 51.03%
371. Equifax, Inc. $79,656 50.91%
372. Newmont Mining Corporation (Holding Company) $154,186 50.80%
373. Northwest Bancorp, Inc. $846,530 50.36%
374. American International Group, Inc. $1,402,703 50.36%
375. General Electric Company $2,550,823 50.35%
376. Sprint Corporation $970,569 50.29%
377. Citigroup, Inc. $2,315,070 50.28%
378. USX Corporation $380,742 50.22%
379. Cendant Corporation $212,552 50.08%

[laheina]

12. I contend that it would be even more complicated then that.

There are other factors to consider as well. Employee compensation packages, community donations, corporate responsibility, percentage of domestic production, and management philosophy should all probably be considered.

[shireen]

6. other companies not listed

very useful list.

Some places I shop at are not listed. How do I find out about them? Does the FEC have that available to the public, or does the contributions database need to be purchased?

Thanks!

[laheina]

8. Hi shireen!

Welcome to DU :hi:

[shireen]

10. :-)

Thanks!

[laheina]

7. Interesting.

Heinz is in the red column, and Overstock.com--which was exclusively selling one of those terrible anti-Fahrenheit 9/11 movies--was in the blue column. This would be worth examining further, but thanks for the informative post.

[stranger_with_candy]

13. several of these companies

i have seen listed on opposite sides on other lists... not sure which one is completely accurate.