I think we have more important things to get pissy about than this BUT...
Russ is a "Pro big business search and destroy the little guy which is oh as long as it is business." kinda guy.
The Guitar Center has been indicted in this very forum as being a "Small business munching music machine that is without soul." (I have never been to one so I'm only misquoting what I read here.)
THe two would seem a perfect match to me.
But be reasonable. Anytime a good small business gets bigger and more successful. Every small business mans dream, mine included, things go out of control a little. This year I have to hire an accountant. My taxes are becoming too complicated. So I have to give up some control to the accountant. In the effort for her to make decisions in my best interest I have to give her the right to do that. ( I promise Kat that she won't invest in businesses that burn down the rainforrests or Club seals instead of sandwiches.) In doing so I've lost some control. And guess what, I'll make less money this year because now I have to hire outside help in order to grow so I can make more money. This isn't corporate greed on my part. It is my only retirement. (A retirement was something I had before GWB.) So I have to do this. The Guitar Center probably has someone who does their advertising or buys space on the radio. And t probably isn't some pimple faced greasy hair kid on his first job. Its a very business savvy astute guy miles away. Not everything is a conspiacy of the right or the lefts.
And Kim C is 100% right. Don't like him or they? Don't do business with him or they. I think Russ is a one trick pony, and I don't think he believes every thing he says. Go ahead and boycott a corprate pirate if you want to and sink his ship but remember that when his ship goes down it takes with it the kid on his first job and many other folks who could be your neighbors and are clueless to the ships operation. Enron ring a bell?
Also this isn't a Republican or Democrat issue and to think so is silly. Clinton morally bankrupt the country, Bush is fiscally bankrupting the country. Either way the country is in trouble. Neither guy deserved to win but who is at fault for not giving us better choices?