Mike Hudack

Hi. I'm Mike Hudack and this is my Tumblr. I'm a high school dropout, the CEO of blip.tv and a former warblogger. Also check out the blip.tv blog.

jeffmiller:

It’s bad form to quote an entire blog entry, but there isn’t a word of it I’d like to omit:

I plan to do a lot more shopping at Whole Foods in the coming weeks. Mostly in response to the moronic boycott of the store now gaining momentum on the left.
Let me see if I have the logic correct here: Whole Foods is consistently ranked among the most employee-friendly places to work in the service industry. In fact, Whole Foods treats employees a hell of a lot better than most liberal activist groups do. The company has strict environmental and humane animal treatment standards about how its food is grown and raised. The company buys local. The store near me is hosting a local tasting event for its regional vendors. Last I saw, the company’s lowest wage earners make $13.15 per hour. They also get to vote on what type of health insurance they want. And they all get health insurance. The company is also constantly raising money for various philanthropic causes. When I was there today, they were taking donations for a school lunch program. In short, Whole Foods is everything leftists talk about when they talk about“corporate responsibility.”
And yet lefties want to boycott the company because CEO John Mackey wrote an op-ed that suggests alternatives to single payer health care? It wasn’t even a nasty or mean-spirited op-ed. Mackey didn’t spread misinformation about death panels, call anyone names, or use ad hominem attacks. He put forth actual ideas and policy proposals, many of them tested and proven during his own experience running a large company. Is this really the state of debate on the left, now? “Agree with us, or we’ll crush you?”
These people don’t want a dicussion. They don’t want to hear ideas. They want you to shut up and do what they say, or they’re going to punish you.

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    To clarify where I stand, I’m ambivalent about healthcare, but I’m definitely pro-Whole Foods. Fresh produce sounds like...
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    entire blog entry, but there isn’t
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    Worth the read, and seriously liberals, wtf I thought we were better than this…cause you know I’d like to consider...
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    Bold is mine and I think that’s pretty obvious. The Prez actually said pretty much those exact words.
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    Just wanted to say that I agree that it’s stupid to boycott a store for such self serving political reasons. Also, I’d...
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    Suckas! This whole boycott thing...who have been railing about hippies for years
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