Stand up and tell Kelloggs to kiss our collective ass!

I received this letter yesterday.




Send a strong message to Kellogg's and the Olympics.
http://ssdp.org/helpphelps

Dear *****,

By now you're probably aware that Olympic hero Michael Phelps was photographed lighting an orphanage on fire, and has now been suspended from competing and is getting dropped by a major sponsor.

Oh, wait. Actually, he was photographed lighting marijuana on fire, not an orphanage.

Smoking marijuana is hardly unusual behavior for a 23 year old. In fact, Phelps is being crucified for something that more than half the adult American population has done at some point in their lives.

Yet, Phelps is facing suspension from competing in the Olympics and Kellogg's cereal has decided to drop their sponsorship of the athlete, claiming "Michael's most recent behavior is not consistent with the image of Kellogg."

Kellogg's needs to hear from the public that their decision will hurt their company far more than Phelps's marijuana use. Please contact Kellogg's today and tell them that you will boycott all of their products until they reverse their decision on Phelps's sponsorship (you can find a list of Kellogg's products at the bottom of this e-mail). You can contact Kellogg's by visiting http://www2.kelloggs.com/ContactUs.aspx

Just cut and paste the following message into the webform on the Kellogg's website (or edit it if you like):

I am deeply disappointed by your decision to drop your sponsorship of Michael Phelps simply because he was photographed smoking marijuana. Over half of all adult Americans, including our last three presidents, have smoked marijuana during their lives. It is outrageous that Kellogg's would hold Michael Phelps to such an unreasonable standard, rather than standing by a 23 year old who has brought more inspiration and joy to millions of Americans than most will accomplish in a lifetime. Until you reverse your decision to drop Michael Phelps' sponsorship, I will be boycotting all Kellogg's products.

Meanwhile, USA Swimming, the governing body of American swimming events, has suspended Phelps for three months for his use of marijuana. While this will not cause him to miss any major competitions, he still faces a potential four-year suspension from the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency. If you have a Facebook account, please join thousands of others in signing a petition demanding that the IOC and WADA not suspend Phelps from international competition. http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/62

Have a great weekend, and please keep an eye out for further action on this next week. We're working with a coalition of organizations to send a strong message to the media that a single bong hit should never ruin a person's career.

Regards,

Kris Krane, Executive Director
Students for Sensible Drug Policy

P.S. If you support SSDP's work to bring sanity and reason back to the national discussion around drug policy, please consider investing in our work with a tax deductible donation to SSDP today at http://www.ssdp.org/donate

P.P.S. Below is the list of Kellogg's products that we hope you consider boycotting until they reverse their decision to drop Michael Phelps as a sponsor:

Kellogg's
All-Bran(R)
Apple Jacks(R)
Complete(R)
Kellogg's Corn Flakes(R)
Cracklin' Oat Bran(R)
Crispix(R)
Crunch™
Crunchy Blends(R)
Eggo(R) Cereal
Froot Loops(R)
Frosted Flakes(R)
Frosted Mini-Wheats(R)
Fruit Harvest(R)
Honey Smacks(R)
Pops(R)
Product 19(R)
Kellogg's Raisin Bran(R)
Rice Krispies(R)
Smart Start(R)
Special K(R)


Kashi
GOLEAN(R)
Organic Promise(R)
Good Friends(R)
Mighty BitesTM
Heart to Heart(R)
7 Whole Grains

Pop-Tarts(R)
Pop-Tarts(R) Toaster Pastries
Kellogg's Go-Tarts!™

Snack Bars
Kashi(R) Chewy Granola Bars
Kashi(R) GOLEAN(R) Bars
Kellogg's(R) Crunch™ Bars
Kellogg's(R) Crunchy Nut™
Sweet & Salty Bars
Kellogg's(R) Granola Munch'ems
Rice Krispies Treats(R) Squares
Special K(R) Bars

Breakfast Bars
All-Bran™ Bars
Nutri-Grain(R) Cereal Bars
Nutri-Grain(R) Muffin Bars
Nutri-Grain(R) Yogurt Bars

Fruit Flavored Snacks
Fruit Steamers™
Fruit Twistables™
Kellogg's™ Yogos™

Fruit Leather
Stretch Island(R) Fruit Leather

On-the-Go Snacks
Gripz(R)
Rite BitesTM

Keebler(R) Cookies
Keebler(R) Cookies
Chips Deluxe(R) Cookies
E.L. Fudge(R) Cookies
Fudge Shoppe(R) Cookies
Golden Vanilla Wafers(R) Cookies
Sandies(R) Cookies
Soft Batch(R) Cookies
Vienna Fingers(R) Cookies

Carr's(R)
Carr's(R) Cookies

Famous Amos(R)
Famous Amos(R) Cookies

Murray(R)
Murray(R) Cookies
Murray(R) Sugar Free Cookies

Keebler(R) Crackers
Club(R) Crackers
Gripz(R)
Keebler(R) Grahams
Munch'ems(R) Baked Snacks
Town House(R) Crackers
Wheatables(R) Crackers
Toasteds(R) Crackers
Zesta(R) Crackers

Austin(R)
Austin(R) Crackers

Carr's(R)
Carr's(R) Crackers

SunshineTM
Cheez-It(R) Crackers
Sunshine Krispy(R) Crackers

Kashi(R)
Kashi(R) TLCTM Crackers

Natural
Worthington(R)
Loma Linda(R)

Organic
Morningstar Farms(R) Organic

Frozen
Eggo(R)
Kashi GOLEAN Waffles
Morningstar Farms(R)

Keebler(R) Graham Crackers Crumbs
Keebler(R) Cones
Ready Crust(R) Pie Crust
Kellogg's(R) Stuffing Mix
Kellogg's(R) Corn Flake Crumbs
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Battle Creek, MI 49016-3599

I dont think theyll bring him back period just because it "sends off a bad image to kids". The bong will scare a ton of parents. On a buissness view point hes never going to be resigned.

I had to check myself just to make sure that capn crunch was made by quaker Oats and not kellogg's. My political leanings have their breaking points and Cappy crunch is one of them..... I would trade weed for captain crunch...


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ROFL!

A man has got to know his limitations.

Skippy you're probably right but Kelloggs needs to know how stupid this whole thing is and realize just how much of a market stoners create for their munchies. Officially 25 million pot smokers in the US last year and estimates say it could be as high as 41 million. They not getting any more of my money, fuck em.

why doesnt NORML stick up for him or something..where are all the athlete stoners at!!?? this is their chance to come together.

i just emailed those kellogg bastards too

NORML has...they have something like this email posted on their site today.

awesome...

i think mp is fucked tho..the hypocrites of this country are gonna flame him..it sucks to see it happen to a champ

SmokeyMcSmokester said:

awesome...

i think mp is fucked tho..the hypocrites of this country are gonna flame him..it sucks to see it happen to a champ

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He will be swimming in the next Olympics I suppose, no? Time heals all wounds, he'll be golden again. I'm betting long before the olympics occur again.

It's a shitty deal tho.

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CrackerJax said:

He will be swimming in the next Olympics I suppose, no? Time heals all wounds, he'll be golden again. I'm betting long before the olympics occur again.

It's a shitty deal tho.

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im sure if he passes a drug test and qualifies there should be no reason to not let him compete

obama admitted to smoking herb right??

CrackerJax said:

I had to check myself just to make sure that capn crunch was made by quaker Oats and not kellogg's. My political leanings have their breaking points and Cappy crunch is one of them..... I would trade weed for captain crunch...


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ha ha yeah capn is the shit!
ever eat capn crunch?
ever eat capn crunch on weed?
hahaha it is heaven i'll eat a whole box

I think they should name a strain of weed CaptNCrunch!! Don't tell me that wouldn't have name recogntion!!

I'm smoking capncrunch witha bowl of capncrunch.... ahhh pure heaven



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Splash said:

http://blog.norml.org/2009/02/06/the-kellogg-company-drops-michael-phelps-the-cannabis-community-drops-kelloggs/

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Dammit, I just got on to THREE different grocery stores for not carrying the ONE Kellogs cereal I ADORE......granola---WITHOUT the raisins!!! WTH is wrong with these people? Damn cereal was selling like hotcakes---bast granola I ever had and low fat too.
Tell you what--since they don't seem to be putting it back on the shelves, I'll harangue them. But seriously.....don't you think Phelps can live without that money? I'm still awaiting him to just get mad as hell and tell people to mind their own damn business.

Good point Stoney'''
im sure if he passes a drug test and qualifies there should be no reason to not let him compete

obama admitted to smoking herb right??

it's not for us to decide if someone (anyone) needs to have their monies. It only leads to class manipulation through a political medium......

Maybe Kellogg's doesn't need their monies as well....see where it goes?

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wow...hes a good role model, showing how you can accomplish swimming and smoke..open your minds people at kellogs..

HippiePower said:

wow...hes a good role model, showing how you can accomplish swimming and smoke..open your minds people at kellogs..

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It only leads to class manipulation through a political medium......
Like sheep...capiche? Make a choice. Stand up for what is right or lie down and die. I'm not a fake. No one has ever accused me or ever will accuse me of being so. This entire "war on the oh so evil MJ" quite 'simply' surpasses what can RIGHTFULLY be labeled CRIMINAL.

LIFE IS AS GOOD AS YOU AND OTHERS AROUND YOU ALLOW IT TO BE.

Babs34 said:

It only leads to class manipulation through a political medium......
Like sheep...capiche? Make a choice. Stand up for what is right or lie down and die. I'm not a fake. No one has ever accused me or ever will accuse me of being so. This entire "war on the oh so evil MJ" quite 'simply' surpasses what can RIGHTFULLY be labeled CRIMINAL.

LIFE IS AS GOOD AS YOU AND OTHERS AROUND YOU ALLOW IT TO BE.

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.........or for that matter MAKE IT TO BE.