Help Homeless in Downtown LA- with one mouse click

[Capn Sunshine]

I got this letter pleading for help by web clicks- and I immediately thought "this is totally up DU's alley!"

I think we could help this very worthy organization get over the top with a few clicks every day.

From the letter they are circulating:

From now until March 31, you have the power to vote for EDAR to receive $250,000. If we win, we will distribute a minimum of 500 EDAR units. That’s 500 people that are sleeping outdoors right now that need your help!

You don’t have to donate any money – all you have to do is click here and vote for EDAR today and every day until March 31. One more thing, if you can forward this email to your friends, post it on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, your blog or website, and wherever else you can best get the word out to everyone else, we would definitely appreciate it. There are even tools to help you repost once you vote.

Remember, you can vote everyday by visiting
Everyone Deserves a Roof

[MineralMan]

1. You have to provide Pepsi with your email address to vote.

No thanks. I already get too much advertising email.

I'll send a check to the homeless shelter I support here in the Twin Cities. I think it's much more effective. I suggest others do the same in their own community. If Pepsi wants to donate, that's great, but not as a way to collect email addresses.

Here's an idea: Find out the cost of a 12-pack of Pepsi and donate that to a local shelter, and skip buying the soda.

[Donnachaidh]

2. I just k&r'd this, and some asshole unrecced it?

WTF people?

Have a problem with giving help to the homeless? Shame on you assholes!

[MineralMan]

3. I didn't unrec it, but I oppose it.

It's an email-gathering scheme from Pepsi. There are far better ways to assist the homeless than signing up for a Pepsi email ad campaign.

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[MineralMan]

6. Really. You're calling me names for pointing out that this is

a Pepsi data-collection scam? I don't think so.

[Capn Sunshine]

9. not YOU

just those that have similar thought processes.
Not YOU.

Just asshats.

but certainly never you.

[Donnachaidh]

8. gmail - throw away extra address

you don't even have to remember the password for the address.

AND you can still help the homeless! TA DA!

[MineralMan]

11. I can help the homeless by donating directly to organizations that

help them. I do that regularly. It's simple, direct, and actually is guaranteed to do some good.

[Capn Sunshine]

14. or you could just leave this thread alone

that would help too

[Capn Sunshine]

12. Try to do some good

and see how far you get in GD. lol

[Capn Sunshine]

10. Thank You

Imagine. Pepsi will give them money , all to further their evil plan of making more people able to buy one some day.

[MineralMan]

4. One other thing:

One option for voting is to log into Facebook. Everyone does know that applications like this will go and fetch the information from your entire friend's list, right?

This is nothing but a marketing scheme. If the thing you're voting for doesn't win, Pepsi still has your information, and the organization you voted for has nothing.

Please support your local homeless shelter or organization directly. Do not participate in corporate data-collection scams.

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[Capn Sunshine]

13. So , try flipping them some $$?

If you have a problem with Pepsi doing good, please donate directly to Everyone Deserves a Roof.

[MineralMan]

17. As I said earlier, I have a local homeless shelter that gets my

donations for the homeless. They do a great job.

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[april]

16. just go to the EDAR site.......

[Capn Sunshine]

21. good advice.

the point of this thread prior to all the scam talk was to help a deserving charity my company supports.

I wonder if the rwing wackos I work with encountered this resistance at THEIR websites.

[RainDog]

18. kick. create a toss away email address for the homeless

not too much trouble for anyone, is it.

[RainDog]

19. one more kick

[Capn Sunshine]

20. silly me

I thought that the Homeless in Downtown LA might appreciate some help. Apparently, a persons email is too important to let a megacorp pass some bucks on to a worthy charity.

"Please sir, can you help?"
"get the fuck out of here you filth! You think I give my email to just anyone besides DU? I get absolutely no spam from anyone now. God forbid I get a coupon for a free Pepsi or one of those godawful pizzas!! I drink COKE, dammit!"

"I understand perfectly. If I had a computer, and a place to plug it in, and a roof to cover that place, I wouldn't ever want to use it to send worthy causes money in exchange for an email address. That somehow would really violate the natural order of things. Oh, it looks like rain. I better go find another piece of plastic down by the river."

"Damn right."

Justice triumphs.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

22. You're being sarcastic now, right?

:hide:

[Capn Sunshine]

25. I'm a notorious wise ass

so let that be your guide. :hi:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

27. Follow your ass. Gotcha! (nt)

[Beaverhausen]

23. I put the EDAR link on my facebook page

And the Pepsi thingy link.

[Kaleva]

24. kick & rec'd-I use a yahoo e-mail address for stuff like this

[EFerrari]

26. Thanks for posting this. Will do.

K&R