tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48032392156760510082024-03-06T12:01:24.266-08:00The Real Amway Global BlogA Blog Dedicated to Providing Information to Prospective and New Quixtar/Amway Global DistributorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-59465310900113791022014-02-20T07:13:00.000-08:002018-02-17T16:02:33.885-08:00Best Posts from this BlogIn no particular order are the following posts about Amway Global:<br />
1. Amway Global's niche in <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2009/04/theocratic-chain-of-misery.html">the theocratic chain of misery</a>.<br />
2. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/11/strategy-to-address-amways-global.html">A Strategy</a> to address Amway's Global Community Program.<br />
3. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2008/02/internet-as-enemy-of-destructive-cults.html">The Internet as the enemy of destructive cults</a>--three case studies (including Amway Global).<br />
4. YouTube videos <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5xu6bIFSeE">here</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4-34V75SQ">here</a> of the Dateline NBC Investigation of Amway Global/Quixtar<br />
5. Bankrupting Amway Global is <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2008/06/bankrupting-amway-worthy-and-attainable.html">a worthy and attainable goal</a>.<br />
6. The Incredible <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/12/incredibly-shrinking-amway-rally-as-i.html">Shrinking Amway Global Rally</a>.<br />
7. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/amway-and-unification-movement.html">Why Amway and the Unification Movement are "Hierarchies of Misery"</a><br />
8. Why <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/amway-is-imploding-while-ago-on-my-main.html">Amway Global is imploding</a> (and why this is great news)<br />
9. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/amways-war-on-bloggers-as-cult-expert.html">Amway's war on bloggers</a> (apparently Amway can dish it out but can't take it)<br />
10. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/12/message-to-readers-of-my-sun-myung-moon.html">A Message</a> to Readers of my Sun Myung Moon and Amway Blogs <br />
11. Why <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/robert-kiyosaki-and-amway-birds-of.html">Financial Guru Robert Kiyosaki and Amway Global</a> are Birds of a Feather <br />
12. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-launch-message.html">My Open Letter</a> to New and Prospective Amway/Quixtar Distributors <br />
13. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/picketing-amwayquixtar-rallies.html">Picketing Amway Global Rallies</a>: An Effective Strategy <br />
14. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/note-this-blog-post-is-reprinted-from.html">My Victory against Amway!</a> (contains info about Dexter Yager and Larry Winters)<br />
15. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/note-this-blog-post-is-reprinted-from_04.html">Amway Global and the Satanic panic</a>.<br />
16. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/note-this-blog-post-is-reprinted-from_1257.html">Why progressives are chumps</a> for not targeting Amway Global.<br />
17. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/note-this-blog-post-is-reprinted-from_7767.html">Erik Prince</a>, the shady in-law of the DeVos family. Posts about Prince and Blackwater also <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/bush-authoritarianism.html">here</a>, <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/another-family-tradition-tax-evasion-i.html">here</a>, <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2008/01/another-amwayblackwater-family.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2010/06/devos-inlaw-to-flee-possible.html">here</a>.<br />
18. How to <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/google-bomb-amwayquixtaralticor.html">Google Bomb Amway Global/Quixtar/Alticor</a> <br />
19. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/note-this-blog-post-is-reprinted-from_08.html">Biggest Unreported Story on the 2006 Elections</a>: A Huge Setback for Amway/Quixtar/Alticor<br />
20. <a href="http://amwayglobalvideoblog.blogspot.com/">The Amway Global Video Blog</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-91943404801700413932007-10-30T01:25:00.000-07:002016-06-14T15:05:42.656-07:00Robert Kiyosaki and Amway: Birds of a Feather<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNmFGTCgYXh24cLcy0WXo9CJGqrplZLHTNhVp4RznBAd2yfa3Rni4Vl4BRuj7eyqTVRlZlVJU8J88pA7mn8j7WY39O4wX5cWHosISVK8BUzn9eRM9qaIfcOOmZfdi0uJlOE_Kt2TlP-DT/s1600-h/robert_kiyosaki.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="robert kiyosaki amway conman" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126945035089428722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNmFGTCgYXh24cLcy0WXo9CJGqrplZLHTNhVp4RznBAd2yfa3Rni4Vl4BRuj7eyqTVRlZlVJU8J88pA7mn8j7WY39O4wX5cWHosISVK8BUzn9eRM9qaIfcOOmZfdi0uJlOE_Kt2TlP-DT/s320/robert_kiyosaki.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" title="" /></a> <br />
In my research of Amway and Quixtar, I have learned a lot about financial self-help author Robert Kiyosaki--best known for the <span style="font-style: italic;">Rich Dad, Poor Dad</span> book series. What I have learned is not pretty. John T. Reed, a real estate investor <a href="http://www.johntreed.com/Reedgururating.html">who rates real estate and financial gurus on his web site</a>, has done painstaking research on Kiyosaki and has found that the emperor wears no clothes: <a href="http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html">Kiyosaki is a fraud and is "primarily a creature of Amway."</a><br />
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In agonizing detail, <a href="http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html">Reed exposes the following</a>: how Kiyosaki's approach to financial matters is hazardous to your pocketbook; Kiyosaki's phony backstory about his two dads; how Kiyosaki was propped up by his association with Amway; and Kiyosaki's fictional past.Furthermore, on Reed's site, it is explained how Kiyosaki got his first big break when his <span style="font-style: italic;">Rich Dad, Poor Dad</span> book <a href="http://www.johntreed.com/MLM.html">began being used as part of the tools scheme by an Amway kingpin distributor</a>.<br />
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Certainly, one huge strike against Kiyosaki as a financial adviser is that he has appeared at Amway rallies and endorsed the Amway business "opportunity." That alone is enough for sane people concerned about their financial affairs to put as much distance between themselves and Kiyosaki. This is horrendous advice that has been responsible for many people losing their shirts.<br />
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What makes Kiyosaki frightening is that the initial boost in book sales he received by the Amway masses encouraged non-Amway people to embrace him. This has helped to give him mainstream credibility. For instance, <a href="http://www.oprah.com/tows/booksseen/tows_book_20000727_rkiyo.jhtml">Kiyosaki has plugged his books on Oprah Winfrey's show</a>. I think it's ironic that Oprah has taken great pains <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/01/27/oprah.frey/index.html">to denounce the fictionalized biography of author James Frey</a> when she has accorded legitimacy to another author with a fictional biography who also gives terrible financial advice that can have real, negative consequences for those who follow his advice.<br />
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In addition, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has given Kiyosaki legitimacy. Kiyosaki has appeared on PBS during their pledge drives touting the philosophy of this <span style="font-style: italic;">Rich Dad, Poor Dad</span> series. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/">PBS's ombudsman is Michael Getler</a>. I don't have much confidence in Getler (Getler was ombudsman for the Washington Post <a href="http://www.americanpolitics.com/20030310foxwatch.html">when I and others informed him about journalistic misconduct committed by one of his reporters and Getler did nothing about it</a>). However, to Getler's credit, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2006/03/pledging_allegiance_or_march_madness.html">he has addressed controversies surrounding Kiyosaki</a>. <br />
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Anyway, it's worth a try. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/feedback.html">Click here</a> to register your concerns about Kiyosaki to Getler.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-42097672960162629692014-03-12T19:40:00.000-07:002014-03-12T19:40:10.105-07:00<strong><span style="font-size: large;">One More Reason Not to Trust Amway Global</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Trudeau">Scam artist Kevin Trudeau</a> touts it (he's not only a con artist but a quack who, among other things, recommended Scientology in his book on natural cures). On <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RN49KeN5HY">Trudeau's radio show</a>, he mentioned how Ronald Reagan appeared at an Amway convention. Reagan appeared at Amway events <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=QU8wiUze9YsC&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=amway+convention+reagan+charlotte&source=bl&ots=ri8OikKriH&sig=2wClFS3hyNSu3rJFTW4kw4EPUK0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9BghU_7sJJOL0QHH_oCIAw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=amway%20convention%20reagan%20charlotte&f=false">before</a> and <a href="http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/26320503/">after</a> he was president.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-17070738653437782972014-01-21T09:23:00.001-08:002014-01-21T09:23:14.786-08:00Must Read Article on the DeVos Family's Plan to Destroy Labor and Defund the LeftIn Mother Jones, Andy Kroll has the article <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/devos-michigan-labor-politics-gop">"Meet the New Kochs: The DeVos Clan's Plan to Defund the Left"</a><br />
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I find it amazing that the Democrats and much of the left are reluctant to take on the DeVos family and Amway. It's a multibillion dollar scam that is being used to destroy labor and the left.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-46883738571778891512014-01-16T10:08:00.000-08:002014-01-16T10:18:53.042-08:00New Rolling Stone article mentions Dick DeVos' anti-union and anti-reproductive freedom activities in MichiganIn <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-stealth-war-on-abortion-20140115">the article, "The Stealth War on Abortion</a>, " in the latest Rolling Stone, Janet Reitman writes:<br />
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In Michigan, Amway scion Richard "Dick" DeVos, the 58-year-old former
Republican candidate for governor, is a force behind what he refers to
as the state's "freedom to work" legislation, which passed in 2012
despite a 12,000-person protest that locked opponents out of the state
Capitol. DeVos has also funded a variety of religious-right groups,
including Right to Life of Michigan and the Michigan Family Forum, which
supported the state's "rape insurance" bill.</blockquote>
Thank God DeVos was defeated when he tried to become the governor of Michigan in 2006 (I wrote about how 2006 was a bad political year for Amway and how DeVos was a benighted theocrat <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/note-this-blog-post-is-reprinted-from_08.html">here</a>). Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-16341571968040599362014-01-08T06:40:00.002-08:002014-01-08T06:40:45.692-08:00Hilarious Comix about an Amway IBORead <a href="http://boingboing.net/2014/01/07/real-stuff-dinner-at-dale.html">"Dinner at Dales"</a> by Dennis Eichhorn.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-18306231343354206722013-09-13T09:08:00.001-07:002013-09-13T09:08:46.856-07:00Priceless!!!!!Read <a href="http://marriedtoanambot.blogspot.com/2013/08/heres-oldie-but-goodie-when-i.html">"101 Ways To Piss Off An IBO"</a> and the follow-up post <a href="http://marriedtoanambot.blogspot.com/2013/09/101-more-ways-to-piss-off-amway-ibo.html">"101 More ways To Piss Off An Amway IBO"</a> on the Married to <a href="http://marriedtoanambot.blogspot.com/">an Ambot blog</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-81441463244723502422013-02-25T13:42:00.002-08:002013-02-25T13:42:38.146-08:00Amway's Dick and Betsy DeVos Promoting Dominionism in America's Schools<a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/02/25/how_the_religious_right_is_undermining_education/">Salon's K.C. Boyd</a> has the story:
With the money of wealth funders like Richard and Betsy DeVos (sister of Blackwater scion Eric Prince and daughter of Elsa and Edgar Prince of the Amway fortune) and the Walton, Koch and Scaife Foundations, simpatico politicians are hard at work bringing Dominionist ideals quietly into the forefront of American education policy. While much of the country argues about budgets, deficits, and guns, a cleverly camouflaged package of School Choice and ”Bible-driven curricula“ make their way up the ladder.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-1859348357775611032013-02-14T10:54:00.001-08:002013-02-14T14:20:11.235-08:00Union Activists Should Picket Amway Rallies<a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/picketing-amwayquixtar-rallies.html">Back in 2007, I came up with the idea of having ripped-off former Amway distributors going to Amway rallies and picketing them</a>. My idea didn't gain many adherents. In the update, I acknowledged that it would be an uphill battle because most new Amway distributors are right-wing Republican types who have had little experience picketing (except maybe women's health clinics). <br />
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However, since <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2012/12/amway-globals-two-pronged-war-on.html">Amway bigwigs were big backers of the union-busting in Michigan</a>, I believe it would be a great strategy for union activists to picket Amway rallies--not just because of their anti-union activities but because Amway Global is a giant scam.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-23933055448020076632012-12-19T12:54:00.001-08:002012-12-19T12:54:55.534-08:00Amway Global’s Two-Pronged War on the American Middle Class
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In many ways, Amway Global is a microcosm of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winner-Take-All-Society-Much-More-Than/dp/0140259953">the winner-take-all society</a> that the American right has been working hard to create
over the past thirty years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As this
blog as pointed out numerous times, the Amway business model (i.e., the
multi-level marketing model) is one in which the lucky ones who have sales and
marketing skills and who got in on the ground floor have become extraordinarily
wealthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Americans who join Amway now
have an infinitesimally small chance of joining the upper middle class through
joining Amway; the idea of being wealthy: <a href="http://amwayscheme.blogspot.com/2011/01/getting-rich-in-amway.html">forget about it</a>.</div>
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Amway Global is a <a href="http://realsunmyungmoon.blogspot.com/2007/11/amway-and-unification-movement.html">classic hierarchy</a> of <a href="http://realsunmyungmoon.blogspot.com/2009/04/theocratic-chain-of-misery.html">misery</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What separates Amway Global from other MLM
companies is that it has a double whammy for new recruits: <a href="http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/the-tools-scam-run-by-quixtar-amway-kingpins/">the</a> <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2010/01/dateline-nbc-investigation-of-amway.html">tools</a> <a href="http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=125035">scam</a>, the<a href="http://amwayscheme.blogspot.com/2012/04/amway-and-tool-money.html">pyramid scheme within the larger pyramid scheme</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While with most other MLM companies, a
person’s upline doesn’t make serious money unless the recruit makes money
through sales or recruiting a downline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With the tools scam, Amway kingpins are able to make money off of a recruit
whether or not he/she makes any money in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essentially, the recruit is pressured to buy
tools (motivational tapes, videos, and tickets to motivational rallies) through
his/her upline and the money goes to the upline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the recruit gives up after a year or
two (the attrition rate in Amway is very high) but the tools money is pure
profit for the Amway upline (Amway’s parent company doesn’t get a cut).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, it’s not surprising that many of the
high-level Amway distributors make most of their money from their tools
businesses and not from Amway (this fact give lie to the oft-repeated statement
given at rallies that Amway is the best business opportunity in the world). </div>
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These Amway recruits, these largely Republican aspiring
entrepreneurs, are left high and dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is one way that Amway takes a blow against the American middle
class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it’s important to keep
in mind that Amway wages war against members of the American middle class—most
of whom wouldn’t be taken in by the Amway recruiters’ song and dance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are members of labor unions <a href="http://billmoyers.com/2012/12/11/how-michigans-right-to-work-law-came-to-be/">who aretargeted by Amway’s Dick DeVos’ political organization with recent right-to-work law passed in Michigan</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s bad enough that Amway makes billions off
of the misery of its misguided recruits but then uses the ill-gotten profits to
lower the living standards of other Americans. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-86910126994638695712012-12-17T10:30:00.002-08:002012-12-17T10:30:15.790-08:00Must-See Video: Michigan Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids) Bitterly Denounces Dick DeVos for his Anti-Union ActionsDeVos, along <a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/12/koch-alec-pushed-michigan-right-to-work-laws/">with the Koch brothers</a>, is behind the Michigan right-to-work legislation. Watch the video:<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AsI2xc_FYX0" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-89161846422196237472012-10-16T15:32:00.002-07:002012-10-16T15:32:29.434-07:00Jane Lynch Take on AmwayShe's <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/12/jane-lynch-amway-boycott-anti-gay-marriage-donation-_n_1961572.html">joining an anti-Amway boycott</a> for the DeVos fmaily's support of anti-gay organizations.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-18262563595874713112011-04-20T14:22:00.000-07:002012-10-16T15:30:23.745-07:00New Anti-Amway BlogIt's called <a href="http://amwaynightmare.blogspot.com/">The Amway Nightmare Stories Blog</a>. Check it out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-61963838592051210872012-03-05T10:27:00.005-08:002012-03-05T10:40:41.663-08:00Amway/Quixtar makes Cracked.com's list of "5 Retarded Get-Rich Quick Scams (People Still Fall For)"<a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16648_5-retarded-get-rich-quick-scams-people-still-fall-for.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended">Click here</a> and scroll down to scam #3. The article is hilarious (and truthful). Here's a sample:<blockquote>Quixtar says they are a multi level marketing company and not a pyramid scheme, which is like saying "call girl" instead of "whore." If you think that's harsh, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20051210150636/www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Amway/blakey_report.pdf">here's a legal expert comparing them to the mafia</a>. <br /><br />But at least the mafia makes money. The average monthly income from an active Quixtar "business owner" <a href="http://www.achievemagazine.com/">is only $115 a month</a>. We don't need a beautiful mind to know that $115 a month is a whole lot less than $250,000 a year. If you only worked 10 hours a week on your business you are looking at a return of about $3 an hour, or less than half the Federal minimum wage. But that's OK, because you won't need money after you've driven away all of the friends who used to go out with you by pestering them with sales pitches.</blockquote><br /><strong>UPDATE:</strong> Read the comments section for the article. There are priceless comments.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-10297995236020636912012-02-08T10:17:00.000-08:002012-02-08T10:19:53.930-08:00Amway IBO Sue Myrick (R-NC) Retiring from the U.S. HouseRead the story of her retirement <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/sue_myrick_retires_so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the.php?ref=fpnewsfeed">here</a>. Also, <a href="http://motherjones.com/politics/1996/09/she-did-it-amway">here</a> is an article from Mother Jones about how Myrick used her power in Congress to aid Amway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-78152676094158903902012-02-06T10:48:00.000-08:002012-02-06T10:58:18.343-08:00MLM Front Group Slams Amway in Radio AdI was listening to Sean Hannity's radio show and there was an ad for an "income at home" opportunity. It turns out to be <a href="http://scam.com/showthread.php?t=44451">a front for the network marketing company Herbalife</a>. The radio ad doesn't tell the listener this but assures the listener that the business doesn't involve "selling soap" which is code for "it isn't Amway."<br /><br />In other MLM news, <a href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mitt-romney-melaleuca-frank-vandersloot">Mother Jones magazine is reporting</a> that Frank VanderSloot, the CEO of the MLM company Melaleuca, is going hog wild for Mitt Romney.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-58042418348546431782011-11-07T10:54:00.000-08:002011-11-07T10:55:04.461-08:00The Anti-Union Robocall from Pat Boone (Ohio Issue 2)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVaAEKwKntTJwOm7T-dG2tALU81uragOSh_MfbuFjz4mNxeyuVrnPhqw-RpMtEcqQmKm9c0u2D_DzvlgWQ2K2UKJqqPR7QZLzJ9VhDPyUtcPaxw9QMVTYaQrVknqlaXTRdH9MPsqn8O4/s1600/pat.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVaAEKwKntTJwOm7T-dG2tALU81uragOSh_MfbuFjz4mNxeyuVrnPhqw-RpMtEcqQmKm9c0u2D_DzvlgWQ2K2UKJqqPR7QZLzJ9VhDPyUtcPaxw9QMVTYaQrVknqlaXTRdH9MPsqn8O4/s320/pat.jpg" border="0" alt="pat boone issue 2 amway"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672328546083426002" /></a><br />A relative of mine in Ohio received a robocall from Pat Boone urging a yes vote on the anti-union <a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/11/07/labor-poised-for-major-victory-tomorrow-in-ohio-issue-2-going-down/">Issue 2 ballot referendum</a>. Boone has been <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2008/12/one-more-reason-to-dislike-amway.html">an advocate of Amway</a> and<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2007/01/pat_boone_amway_and_rev_moon.php"> has emceed events for the Reverend Sun Myung Moon</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-71458070756813194442011-08-11T08:52:00.000-07:002011-08-11T08:59:22.168-07:00Someone at the IMF is Interested in Britt World WideI was checking my Statcounter stats and found that someone from the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC wanted information about the Amway tool system group Britt World Wide (BWW) came to this site based on a Google search for "bww new diamonds amway blog 2011." One of the posts on this blog that the IMF person read was <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2009/04/theocratic-chain-of-misery.html">"The Theocratic Chain of Misery."</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-24866407348436325312011-08-10T09:41:00.000-07:002011-08-10T09:46:28.583-07:00Must ReadCheck out <a href="http://www.johntreed.com/MLM.html">this letter</a> to John T. Reed about the shady dealings between Amway kingpins and financial self-help guru Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the <em>Rich Dad, Poor Dad</em> book series. Reed has previously written <a href="http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html">a scathing analysis</a> of Kiyosaki's programs. <a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/2007/10/robert-kiyosaki-and-amway-birds-of.html">Here is a previous post from this blog</a> about Kiyosaki and Amway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-42015001807063829422011-04-26T08:15:00.000-07:002011-04-26T08:17:10.730-07:00Amway is Part of a Group of Secret Political DonorsRead Jim Hightower and Phillip Frazer's article <a href="http://current.com/10p694c">"The Big Three secret funders of the $75 million campaign to trash Democratic candidates"</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-15348093636657853992011-04-14T08:48:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:50:12.200-07:00Amway Global Forced to Pay $20 Million in LawsuitAmway was sued over <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_17784466?nclick_check=1">a gift card dispute</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-89350435456544784362011-02-01T10:23:00.000-08:002011-03-23T10:45:36.489-07:00Must Read<a href="http://amwayscheme.blogspot.com/2011/02/wwdb-cutthroat-businessmen-posing-as.html">The inside info on Amway "leaders"</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-28761983338962678772011-03-23T10:43:00.000-07:002011-03-23T10:45:01.639-07:00Amway's Anti-Union ActivitiesAndy Kroll has the details <a href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/michigan-snyder-mackinac-center">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-25411342019751712612011-02-07T09:37:00.000-08:002011-02-13T11:18:51.860-08:00Amway Profile: Richard W. Miller<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC175sd40BGmQT8IY53V5BU4A8JzN7orqvws8uJuY-PPJKKPcoiyp_ExyWDSmUyWkFtDv7TnF1jZxPTgJ9xj3OuQZ47-0r0wWi0nJrw1JVFlks26VGy78RgQsJZNP__ZFXV42lAVM9rDmr/s1600/richard_w_miller.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC175sd40BGmQT8IY53V5BU4A8JzN7orqvws8uJuY-PPJKKPcoiyp_ExyWDSmUyWkFtDv7TnF1jZxPTgJ9xj3OuQZ47-0r0wWi0nJrw1JVFlks26VGy78RgQsJZNP__ZFXV42lAVM9rDmr/s320/richard_w_miller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559511937535708850" /></a> I was reading Anson Shupe's book <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darker-Side-Virtue-Corruption-Scandal/dp/0879756543/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294421260&sr=8-2">The Darker Side of Virtue: Corruption, Scandal, and the Mormon Empire</a></em> and came across an interesting story. Longtime viewers of <em>60 Minutes</em> might be familiar with the sad tale of Richard W. Miller, the first FBI agent indicted for espionage. Shupe's book addressed Miller because Miller, a complete incompetent, was protected by an informal network of fellow Mormons in the agency. Miller was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Miller_(FBI_agent)">the exact opposite of the hard-nosed FBI agent</a>: <blockquote>Miller occasionally took three-hour "lunches" at the 7-Elevens near his Los Angeles office, gorging himself on stolen candy bars while reading comic books. He was alleged to have cheated his own uncle by selling a muscle-relaxant device he'd patented, and skimmed cash from bureau coffers meant for one of his informants. Miller also ran auto-registration checks and searched FBI criminal indexes for a local private investigator at $500 per search.</blockquote> Shupe notes that one of the reprimands that Miller received was for selling Amway products out of his FBI vehicle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803239215676051008.post-37806649483653284142011-01-01T03:37:00.000-08:002011-01-01T03:37:00.411-08:00Amway Global in 2011I don't think that 2011 will be a good year for Amway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0