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  PABAAH - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PABAAH was formed by Jon Alvarez in reaction to the "Not in Our Name" internet petition against the war in Iraq, which included many celebrity signatures.
PABAAH reached some national and international attention, being covered by some major news broadcasts, newspaper columnists and (on one occasion) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (in that case as an object of parody).
PABAAH is best known on this level for its extensive and frequently-updated website list of those who have made statements that are considered by the group to be either anti-Bush or "anti-American," including non-Americans like Canadians Neil Young and Dave Thomas as well as British musician Sting.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PABAAH   (419 words)

  
 PABAAH - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation PABAAH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
PABAAH has been criticized for this attitude; many liberals who visit the site (and on occasion, moderate Republicans) have accused the group of censorship.
PABAAH has reached national (and in some places, international) attention, being covered by some major news broadcasts, newspaper columnists and (on one occasion) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (in that case as an object of parody).
Examples include: the repeal of the 22nd Amendment (which is not conservative in theory, but for the purpose of having President Bush run again in 2008 it may be seen as such) and a petition to the current Attorney General that film maker Michael Moore be tried as a traitor to the United States.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/PABAAH.html   (300 words)

  
 MoveOff.US - A USA information site.[Item 11]
PABAAH was formed in the spring of 2003 to protest and boycott Hollywood celebrities who had chosen to speak out in opposition to American interests and the War on Terror.
With a membership of over 1000 members, PABAAH is dedicated to sharing information concerning the words and deeds of these anti-American celebrities with others in order to make them aware of who their entertainment dollars are supporting.
PABAAH not only maintains a detailed list of Hollywood celebrities to be boycotted, but one that also lists celebrities who have shown support for America.
moveoff.us /item11.htm   (382 words)

  
 Follow-up: PABAAH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We already know that hardcore conservatives are pretty prudish, easily offended, and hateful of others, so it only made sense that they would eventually come together to form some sort of boycotting juggernaut to attempt to stamp out any and all movies, music, books, or activities that involve laughter or fun.
PABAAH and its founder - Jon Alvarez (who seems to take no shame from the fact that he very closely resembles the white christian version of a fundamentalist muslim terrorist) - have both gradually sunken further into their own little world of false consensus.
During the past couple of months, my interest in checking PABAAH's website has wained, because most of their posts have ceased to be amusing rants and have turned instead towards supporting torture or killing of dissidents.
sgwoods.spymac.net /iblog/C1025993153/E2025659148/index.html   (1310 words)

  
 Fogies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Maybe next christmas I'll save up some money and buy every PABAAH member a subscription to their respective local newspapers so they can keep up with what the fuck is going on in the world instead of ignoring it all.
PABAAH members are EXTREMELY sensitive and wussy when it comes to even the slightest expression of disagreement.
PABAAH and other radicals are content to with obtaining no higher knowledge or growth.
sgwoods.spymac.net /iblog/C1025993153   (4717 words)

  
 The DOJ is Coming Soon to a Dollar Store Near You   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
PABAAH wants to lead a boycott of anything connected with people on its "enemies of America" list - those who spoke openly and those who signed petitions.
PABAAH is. But someone associated with ABC Radio is materially and financially connected to PABAAH.
And in my humble opinion, PABAAH is undermining the Constitution by calling the legitimate exercise of free speech a betrayal of America.
www.american-partisan.com /cols/2003/madias/qtr3/0702.htm   (1002 words)

  
 PABAAH! : jdb cyberspace
Calling people that happen to disagree with W. Bush communists and attacking them like PABAAH does can't be something to be proud of, at least not if you believe in democracy.
So all you people taking shots at PABAAH, just remember, Jon stepped up while all you commie left wing wanna be hypocrites don't have the balls to take on a commie ball licking person like Jon Stewart on his own left wing hollywood elite anti-American tripe.
Not to mention many of the members of Pabaah have a silly little irrational fear that some day communists, liberals, and Canadians will come to their homes and take over.
weblog.bergersen.net /archives/2003/12/pabaah.html   (2698 words)

  
 PABAAH -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
That is, making political stances (although this assertation is somewhat deceptive), particularly against current U.S. president (43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)) George W. Bush and his (A policy governing international relations) foreign policy.
PABAAH has reached national (and in some places, international) attention, being covered by some major news broadcasts, newspaper columnists and (on one occasion) (Click link for more info and facts about The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (in that case as an object of parody).
Celebrities who support the Bush administration (or have remained neutral on the subject) are posted on a similar list of (which also includes non-Americans: e.g.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/PA/PABAAH5.htm   (273 words)

  
 A Few Words - Wake Up Call 01-09-04
So, there's this group calling themselves PABAAH (Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood) and this group is something of a watchdog group that investigates various media for Anti-American content.
Pabaah stands as a lost remnant of McCarthy-ism that wishes to punish those with views that don't jive with the status-quo.
If Pabaah existed back before the Revolutionary War, they'd have been on the side of the British (the status-quo) and would have penalized our founding fathers for speaking out against the King.
www.badtasteadvertising.com /afw-wakeupcall-010904.html   (475 words)

  
 Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate......: I've refrained from discussing PABAAH here because I think they're ...
One of the beautiful things about this country is that PABAAH is free to boycott this movie while the creators were able to make it and I'll be free to go see it.
The only thing PABAAH's boycott proves to me is that they probably have a lacking sense of humor and are extraordinarily quick to boycott things when they don't know the whole story.
Hell, I bet PABAAH was cheering when this guy was refused entry to the United States.
vejadu.sdf-us.org /mt/blog/2004/09/ive-refrained-from-discussing-pabaah.html   (435 words)

  
 PABAAH?! Gensundheit! | MetaFilter
These PABAAH guys have a better shot at talking about Freud with a poodle than getting a high level of discourse on politics from your typical college radio DJ.
Certainly PABAAH is using an economic (albeit non-functioning in this case) model to combat the evil of Skinny Puppy not only through boycotts but bringing to light the funding of these stations.
Clearly PABAAH is doing a great service to America by keeping people safe from the dangers of communist movies like "Elf".
www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/37023   (4548 words)

  
 Democracy's Blooper Reel: November 29, 2004 - December 5, 2004
PABAAH urges members to boycott the films of anyone and everyone on the list.
The problem is that if the knuckle-draggers over at PABAAH actually boycotted everyone on that list, they'd have to abandon their regular trips to the cineplex for something else.
The PABAAH loonies are so ideologically-pure that some want to boycott movies by people who have worked with individuals on the fllist.
democracysblooperreel.typepad.com /democracys_blooper_reel/2004/week49   (1340 words)

  
 What's in Scott's Head
I continue to hear from folks that they get kicked off of the PABAAH web site if they post anything in the message forums that hint at the poster being liberal.
Not only does Alvarez ban the message board account of the user, but he records their IP address and, when any attempt is made to access the site, the person is redirected, usually to this web site.
PABAAH is perhaps one of the most anti-American groups operating today.
www.scottcsmith.net /2004/07/drudge-smearing-and-pabaah-silliness.htm   (494 words)

  
 Fighting Talk
PABAAH - Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood, for those who find it hard to take that acronym seriously - is the harelipped, eleven-fingered baby of Jon Alvarez, who sounds to me like he's just jumped the border to take jobs off decent Americans like Colin Powell, but I'm not here to judge.
(It's at this point in the writing of this article that I tried to become a member of PABAAH, so as to explore their fine gallery of hatred further, but they started sending me here wherever I clicked, so I don't know, they must be psychic or have magical computer-seeing powers or something).
Nowhere on PABAAH (before it branded me a liberal moron, that is) could I find a single reference, for instance, to Halo 2.
fightingtalk.blogspot.com /2004/11/tom-goulter-actor-christchurch.html   (1197 words)

  
 What's in Scott's Head
Alvarez, who apparently was schooled in constitutional law by Sean Hannity, has a petition up to charge Michael Moore with treason.
They like to discuss at PABAAH the success of The Passion, and I think they've even placed on their boycott list people who criticized Mel Gibson (not that I can verify that, unfortunately).
I mean, they're (the media, or groups like PABAAH) trying to pit us against each other in the press, but this is all just a hologram, you know.
www.scottcsmith.net /2005/01/golden-globes-and-pabaah-first-up-my.htm   (426 words)

  
 Austin's Digital Journal: Boycott the Boycotters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
On the PABAAH site, they list random movies, with no explanation as to why, but simply that you need to boycott them.
This means that if you click on the poster and buy it (or anything else beyond that link), PABAAH receives at least 25% of the AllPosters sale.
austinhastings.blogspot.com /2004/10/boycott-boycotters.html   (393 words)

  
 "PABAAH: Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood" by Jim Sparkman (ChronWatch Founder)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
So Alvarez formed PABAAH, the Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood, a network of about 100 people around the country, and began pushing more actively to boycott celebrities who are considered ''anti-American.'' The T-shirt sold by the organization prominently features some of the most egregious offenders and their ''anti-American'' quotes.
No. 107 is Robert Redford, who is targeted for allegedly stating that ''Bush is pursuing a dangerous and self-defeating path and offers an absence of leadership.'' Some celebrities are included for merely signing the "Not In Our Name" petition.
Starbucks, the Seattle-based caffeine mega-conglomerate which has been targeted by PABAAH because it plays Crow's music in its stores, had little comment when notified about the objections of Alvarez's group.
www.chronwatch.com /content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=3062&mode=print   (954 words)

  
 The 2nd Annual PABAAH Award Winners: - by Jon Alverez
Directed and co-written by Mel Gibson, one of Hollywood's most respected actors and directors, The Passion of The Christ dramatically and graphically captures the last 12 hours of Christ's life on Earth, based on the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
In the spirit of recognizing the Hollywood celebrity who epitomizes the anti-American attitude that seemed to embrace much of Hollywood in 2004, the recipient of the ''Village Idiot Award'', for the second straight year, is:
The PABAAH Awards were created to counter the liberal bias displayed by the Academy of Motion Pictures in their rewarding of the anti-war left at the Oscars.
www.juntosociety.com /guest2005/alverez/ja_2004pabaahawards.html   (285 words)

  
 castewar.com: Hollywood Black List v2.0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
So, just in case we didn't think they were crazy and unstable enough, last night's Daily Show introduced Canada to PABAAH - Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood.
I can't say I totally agree with everything he's ever said and done, and Lord knows people have spoken some ill-advised things in front of a microphone, but I'm OK with him speaking his mind.
PABAAH on the other hand are frothing over it.
www.protoncharging.com /mt/archives/000024.html   (328 words)

  
 PABAAH Awards For 2003 (Suggestions Needed)
P.A.B.A.A.H. has decided to issue our own awards since it's obvious the Oscars will be fawning over the Sean Penn's and Tim Robbins of Hollywood...Would love your input.
We have 3 categories so far: Film of the year (criteria is that no anti-American celebs on the boycott list and one patriotic celeb in the movie), American of the year, and Village Idiot Award.
BTW, for those of you who might not be aware, PABAAH, or Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood, is now an official Free Republic chapter.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1034512/posts   (288 words)

  
 Rotten Tomatoes Forums - PABAAH keeps on spinning...
Hey...who else but PABAAH cares about this, but you'd think that if they couldn't really make their case, they wouldn't spin the facts...
Truth is truth, regardless...but PABAAH seems not to be interested in that.
A ballplayer caught using a corked bat in his attempts at winning will ultimately be shunned on and off the field.
www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=346448   (1052 words)

  
 PABAAH Members, PABAAH Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area - Meetup.com
PABAAH Members, PABAAH Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area - Meetup.com
132 PABAAH Members, friends, and people who want to learn more.
Meet other local people interested in PABAAH (Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood), a group dedicated to spreading awareness about anti-Americanism in Hollywood.
pabaah.meetup.com /18/join   (46 words)

  
 Pensieri di un lunatico minore » Irony
I simply said for all the things in the world to burn energy over and exercise your “freedom of speech” over, this was a rather pathetic, pedantic and silly thing.
pabaah boycotts robin williams because he’s against the war, then takes him off the boycott list because he does a USO tour.
too bad pabaah can’t make the critical distinction that williams does: supporting america has nothing to do with supporting our president, and everything to do with supporting our citizens, especially those in uniform.
blog.amber.org /2003/12/18/irony   (603 words)

  
 Blastrag.Net - Flash, MS-Paint, Reviews, Forums, Michael Jackson sex videos and other drunk Alaskan foolishness!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As the name might imply, their whole trip is boycotting famous people who are “anti-American”;, which to them pretty much means having the nerve to say something which might be contrary to the official state point of view.
This is part of their campaign against “college radio”, and apparently some of the stations that fall under this term are funded by tax dollars (I’m guessing state universities).
PABAAH is pushing the whole angle that college radio DJ’s have to bow down and kiss their ass because “IT’S OUR TAX DOLLARS!” Well guess what, PABAAH: It’s my tax dollars that are being spent to occupy Iraq.
www.blastrag.net /index.php?p=100036   (916 words)

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