Preach! It’s impossible to be “politically correct” all the time for all things. I try to support those who appear to treat others with respect and don’t engage in discriminatory actions. I figure if I reinforce positive behavior, then that’s the best I can do. So I shop at our local version of Whole Foods whenever I can because they have healthy products and decent pay/working conditions for their employees. Who the owners support politically could be anyone, but as long as they are contributing to the community in a positive way, I’m OK with it. It’s a small thing, but I remind myself that an ocean is made up of billions of drops. I can be a drop.
Only 3 major places I absolutely won't give my dollars- Hobby Lobby, Papa John's, and Chik-Fil-A. I'm a northerner. Appleton just got a CFA a few years ago, and I ate there once when I was stationed at Ft. Bragg in 1982, so it's not like it's any great sacrifice or virtue signal. It's just not really on my radar. If I'm gonna try a new chicken place, I'll try Popeye's, which is right down the road from The Lord's Chicken and opened right about the same time. Instead, most of our "I'm a shitty liberal" dollars go to Menards (midwestern, Wisconsin-based home improvement chain that gives lots of money to the likes of Scott Walker's recall election campaign). At least I make sure to keep as much money out of their coffers by near-obsessively sending in the 11% rebate slips.
Oh, and I gave up on Westridge golf course for their Friday fish fry because they were just absolute A-holes during the early COVID days, and they made it pretty clear they really don't want no librul snowflake Soros bucks polluting their cash drawers. I happily obliged, but boy do I miss their black and tan onion rings.
The rest of the "don't do business with so-and-so" BS is nearly impossible to stay on top of and I've about given up. If I stopped doing business with every company that ever did anything questionable, I'd likely end up having to be 100% self sufficient, which just ain't happenin'. Still haven't shopped at Walgreens since their latest scandal post Dobbs, but that's mostly because I can get anything they sell right across the street at Walmart, another store we're not supposed to frequent for, uh, reasons. Ugh!
There are a lot of things that if left up to me, I’ll choose something different.... but if we are at the pool and everyone wants Chic Fila (or insert whatever evil restaurant) that’s what we gettin 🤣 I ain’t gonna put all that bullshit on other people and proselytizing about it is just gonna ruin the party and change exactly zero minds lol
My wife is a teacher but only goes to hobby lobby if Michael’s ain’t got what she needs.... but here’s the deal, WE DONT KNOW WHAT MICHAEL IS UP TO! What awful things does his ass give money to? Lol
Amen Pastor for addressing the stupidity of product-related culture wars. No corporation suffers while fuel is added to the polarization fire. Today I celebrate 34 years of one day at a time. Thank you for giving the gift of humor.
Pastor Petey Perkins! Perfect! (Even though in my head it quickly flipped over to Pastor Perky Peter, which, according to many scandalous reports, is rather “on point” among some pastor-types and other churchy personnel...pun not intended but I’ll own it 😁)
So glad Sister Becky’s recovered well and back to chicken frying. Praise be!
Spectacular Sunday sermon, Pastor Petey. May your day be bright and your chicken crispy!
Pastor Peter, please excuse me for offering a correction. I’m not sure if Bud Light sent her money. I do know that Bud Light sent her a personalized six pack with her face on it and the bigoted wing went ballistic. Those folks who lost their shit, don’t hit.
Praise him! I feel the Spirit, Pastor Petey!
Also, you are hurting your Caterersville neighbors, YES! We are called to love to our neighbors by our Savior Woooo!
The only corporate value is the value of the corporation. Amen?
Preach! It’s impossible to be “politically correct” all the time for all things. I try to support those who appear to treat others with respect and don’t engage in discriminatory actions. I figure if I reinforce positive behavior, then that’s the best I can do. So I shop at our local version of Whole Foods whenever I can because they have healthy products and decent pay/working conditions for their employees. Who the owners support politically could be anyone, but as long as they are contributing to the community in a positive way, I’m OK with it. It’s a small thing, but I remind myself that an ocean is made up of billions of drops. I can be a drop.
Petey Perkins is my favorite pastor since the late Peter Popoff. Oh wait, Peter ain’t dead... whoops.
Only 3 major places I absolutely won't give my dollars- Hobby Lobby, Papa John's, and Chik-Fil-A. I'm a northerner. Appleton just got a CFA a few years ago, and I ate there once when I was stationed at Ft. Bragg in 1982, so it's not like it's any great sacrifice or virtue signal. It's just not really on my radar. If I'm gonna try a new chicken place, I'll try Popeye's, which is right down the road from The Lord's Chicken and opened right about the same time. Instead, most of our "I'm a shitty liberal" dollars go to Menards (midwestern, Wisconsin-based home improvement chain that gives lots of money to the likes of Scott Walker's recall election campaign). At least I make sure to keep as much money out of their coffers by near-obsessively sending in the 11% rebate slips.
Oh, and I gave up on Westridge golf course for their Friday fish fry because they were just absolute A-holes during the early COVID days, and they made it pretty clear they really don't want no librul snowflake Soros bucks polluting their cash drawers. I happily obliged, but boy do I miss their black and tan onion rings.
The rest of the "don't do business with so-and-so" BS is nearly impossible to stay on top of and I've about given up. If I stopped doing business with every company that ever did anything questionable, I'd likely end up having to be 100% self sufficient, which just ain't happenin'. Still haven't shopped at Walgreens since their latest scandal post Dobbs, but that's mostly because I can get anything they sell right across the street at Walmart, another store we're not supposed to frequent for, uh, reasons. Ugh!
Yeah, f Hobby Lobby, imho.
There are a lot of things that if left up to me, I’ll choose something different.... but if we are at the pool and everyone wants Chic Fila (or insert whatever evil restaurant) that’s what we gettin 🤣 I ain’t gonna put all that bullshit on other people and proselytizing about it is just gonna ruin the party and change exactly zero minds lol
My wife is a teacher but only goes to hobby lobby if Michael’s ain’t got what she needs.... but here’s the deal, WE DONT KNOW WHAT MICHAEL IS UP TO! What awful things does his ass give money to? Lol
Exactly! We don't know what Michael OR JoAnn are doing. I don't want to think about what Ben Franklin'd be up to if his stores were still open. LOL
Amen Pastor for addressing the stupidity of product-related culture wars. No corporation suffers while fuel is added to the polarization fire. Today I celebrate 34 years of one day at a time. Thank you for giving the gift of humor.
Congrats, Gina! Here’s to many more!
Pastor Petey Perkins! Perfect! (Even though in my head it quickly flipped over to Pastor Perky Peter, which, according to many scandalous reports, is rather “on point” among some pastor-types and other churchy personnel...pun not intended but I’ll own it 😁)
So glad Sister Becky’s recovered well and back to chicken frying. Praise be!
Spectacular Sunday sermon, Pastor Petey. May your day be bright and your chicken crispy!
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Pastor Peter, please excuse me for offering a correction. I’m not sure if Bud Light sent her money. I do know that Bud Light sent her a personalized six pack with her face on it and the bigoted wing went ballistic. Those folks who lost their shit, don’t hit.
Thank you brother Patrick, Pastor Petey has been informed and will work on a correction in next weeks sermon!
It’s hard to correct his noodly appendage, when it be upon ye. Ra’men!
Praise you Pastor Petey for the preaching on lotto scratchin'!
Pastor Petey is peak perfection! Pass the plate.
You have clearly spent some time in a small southern church. Amen!
Too much!
Love the choice of Petey Perkins!
Proud to be counted amongst Pastor Peter Perkins most pious parishioners!
Well now, turns out he’s a REAL man after all!