Amway is Coming to Lansing!!! (Will DeVos follow??)

In honor of Halloween, Lansing's getting a lot more Trick then we are Treat this weekend...

Amway is Coming to Lansing!!!!

Okay, okay, so it's technically Team of Destiny/TEAM, but really, feel free to substitute Amway/Alticor, it all works.

That's right, Friday morning will see thousands and thousands of Michiganians walk into MSU's Breslin Center. I have it on good word they usually fill the place each year. They'll fork over hundreds and thousands of dollars for motivational tapes, videos, promotional products, and Amway products that researchers have found, never really make it past their shelves at home.
:sigh:
Makes me want to drive over there and just hold up a sign that says "Please Stop Lining Your Upline's (Dick DeVos) Pockets and Open Your Eyes!!" Do they have any clue how dangerous "Soap and Hope" has come to be?

Expect Chairman Steve Van Andel to stop by and give a rousing speech, but don't expect Sir Hosis of Da-Liver to be asked to play their new song "Quixtar - Team of Destiny".(But you should definitely check it out!)

For the ushers (most of them MSU kids struggling to pay for college) this is a sad, sad time. Just ask Scott Lanphear from MSU about it. Poor guy's so upset, his letter to the editor was published in Wednesday's State News (MSU's paper).

I work at Breslin Center and every year, this event is met with a sense of amazement and sorrow for those who are duped into attending.
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Ohe thing I am most surprised with every year is the church service at the end of the weekend. After a couple days preaching greed, they hold a session on religious intolerance. The Sunday morning preacher said last year, "I've been around the world and seen other religions. Believe me, they're bankrupt."

I was amused by the clever word choice, but was extremely offended. Not offended by the person, but offended that MSU would allow these people on our campus to rip people off and preach religious intolerance.

Amen to that!

So, I wonder, does this mean Tricky Dick himself will come and solicit the sheep for a couple more votes? Will his posters line the walls? Or will Chairman Steve just throw in a good word here and there during his pep talk? Perhaps he might continue to distance himself from his prize cash cow?

I'd offer to do my signature Live-Blogging from the event, but I'm not sure I could even bring myself to enter the event without asking for forgiveness from all I hold dear.

For those of you movie fans, you might recall the movie Requiem for a Dream. You might also recall the delusions of a scamming pep rally that frequent the film. I swear, that's the only thing I picture when I think of such an event. People clapping and shouting, "Be excited, be be excited!" :gag: Delusions of grandeur for sure.

But back to Steve from MSU to echo thoughts from a lot of us...

There isn't one thing in this whole situation that should make anyone involved feel comfortable including the university, Team of Destiny and most of all, the king of this sleazy empire, Dick DeVos. If we elect him, he will have completed his pyramid and we'll all be suckers.

God help us, please vote.

:shudder: indeed.

Let's hope that the nightmare of Dick DeVos having control over our way life never comes true, and a simple pinch on our arms will wake us up from it.