Michael Savage = Rockstar?
Posted by The Fool at 7/13/2009 6:37 PM 
Categories: commentary,Politics,comics
Tags: Far Left Side Michael Savage comics
Categories: commentary,Politics,comics
Tags: Far Left Side Michael Savage comics
First a bit of background: My new favorite web comic is a single-panel called "Far Left Side." You can see it here. Subscribe to it in your news reader. It's hilarious.
The comic is also a blog. The entry below is dated June 15, 2009. (Sorry, I'm a little late to the party.) It concerns two of the most unnecessary things in modern pop culture: energy drinks and Michael Savage. I didn't know anything about the connection before reading this, though I was already aware that both the drink and the man share certain characteristics. Both can be nauseating in small doses and potentially harmful in large ones. And both profit from the gullibility and ignorance of a certain segment of consumers.
Anyway, I always wanted to get one of those cease-and-desist deals from some zealous lawyer who worries that someone somewhere might actually read this blog. So go ahead, guys—lemme have it. Here's the post:
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The Secret Ingredient is Love.
From consumerist.com:
"Rockstar Energy Drink Doesn't Want Consumers To Know About Connection To Shock Jock Michael Savage"
Did you know ultra-conservative talk radio guy Michael Savage has intimate family connections to Rockstar Energy Drink? If lawyers for the company have their way, you wouldn't, because over the past week they've started going after people who have publicized the connection. They managed to get one guy's "Boycott Rockstar" facebook account closed without warning, and threatened him with a business libel lawsuit if he didn't publicly apologize. A gay news website, gaywired.com, has had to publish a partial retraction. None of this changes the fact that Michael Savage's son is listed as the founder and CEO of Rockstar, or that Michael Savage's wife is listed as the director, treasurer, and secretary of both Rockstar and Savage Productions. Or that both companies share the same address.
For those who don't know who he is, Michael Savage—whose real last name is Weiner—is a shock jock who likes to make outrageous statements about, among other things, gays and immigrants. Specifically, he doesn't like either of those groups, and occasionally pops up in the media for (real examples) telling a gay caller to get AIDS and die and calling for the banning of all Muslim immigration to the U.S. He's also a bestselling writer who's written several books on herbalism and homeopathy, which is certainly in the same sphere of expertise as formulating an herb-laden energy drink. Who knows, maybe his son read his dad's books in private.
We're not calling for a boycott of Rockstar Energy Drink—personally, I think Savage is a giant colostomy bag of a man, but I don't buy energy drinks in the first place—but we think companies owe their consumers a fair amount of transparency when it comes to who's behind a product, or where the profits are going. Imagine buying your favorite ketchup and assuming it's politically meaningless, and then finding out Michael Moore rakes in cash from it. Yes, Michael Moore. How's that ketchup taste now?
Anyway, so now you know. Michael Savage officially has nothing to do with Rockstar Energy Drink. His son, his wife, and his address are all participants, however.
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See ya Wednesday!
=mike=
The comic is also a blog. The entry below is dated June 15, 2009. (Sorry, I'm a little late to the party.) It concerns two of the most unnecessary things in modern pop culture: energy drinks and Michael Savage. I didn't know anything about the connection before reading this, though I was already aware that both the drink and the man share certain characteristics. Both can be nauseating in small doses and potentially harmful in large ones. And both profit from the gullibility and ignorance of a certain segment of consumers.
Anyway, I always wanted to get one of those cease-and-desist deals from some zealous lawyer who worries that someone somewhere might actually read this blog. So go ahead, guys—lemme have it. Here's the post:
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The Secret Ingredient is Love.
From consumerist.com:"Rockstar Energy Drink Doesn't Want Consumers To Know About Connection To Shock Jock Michael Savage"
Did you know ultra-conservative talk radio guy Michael Savage has intimate family connections to Rockstar Energy Drink? If lawyers for the company have their way, you wouldn't, because over the past week they've started going after people who have publicized the connection. They managed to get one guy's "Boycott Rockstar" facebook account closed without warning, and threatened him with a business libel lawsuit if he didn't publicly apologize. A gay news website, gaywired.com, has had to publish a partial retraction. None of this changes the fact that Michael Savage's son is listed as the founder and CEO of Rockstar, or that Michael Savage's wife is listed as the director, treasurer, and secretary of both Rockstar and Savage Productions. Or that both companies share the same address.
For those who don't know who he is, Michael Savage—whose real last name is Weiner—is a shock jock who likes to make outrageous statements about, among other things, gays and immigrants. Specifically, he doesn't like either of those groups, and occasionally pops up in the media for (real examples) telling a gay caller to get AIDS and die and calling for the banning of all Muslim immigration to the U.S. He's also a bestselling writer who's written several books on herbalism and homeopathy, which is certainly in the same sphere of expertise as formulating an herb-laden energy drink. Who knows, maybe his son read his dad's books in private.
We're not calling for a boycott of Rockstar Energy Drink—personally, I think Savage is a giant colostomy bag of a man, but I don't buy energy drinks in the first place—but we think companies owe their consumers a fair amount of transparency when it comes to who's behind a product, or where the profits are going. Imagine buying your favorite ketchup and assuming it's politically meaningless, and then finding out Michael Moore rakes in cash from it. Yes, Michael Moore. How's that ketchup taste now?
Anyway, so now you know. Michael Savage officially has nothing to do with Rockstar Energy Drink. His son, his wife, and his address are all participants, however.
————
See ya Wednesday!
=mike=
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