Build-A-Climate-Scare: Why You Should Boycott Build-A-Bear
by Maura FlynnAttention Santas:
This missive is directed at the guardians of, and donors to, tiny humans. If you fall into that category you likely are already familiar with Build-A-Bear, a world-wide corporation that provides the most innocent of services. They sell customizable stuffed animals. Make your own bear, dog…penguin. Cute concept.
So cute, in fact, that the Build-A-Bear empire sweeps across nearly every state and into 17 other countries. You’ll find their outlets in shopping malls everywhere and even some ballparks. The company also has a website called Build-A-Bearville.com where children can play an interactive video game that, on it’s surface, is unlikely to raise suspicion or sound alarms.
But when your unsuspecting tot logs on and hops a virtual train to the North Pole…you should know that he or she will be informed — by Santa Claus — that Christmas may be canceled this year due to Global Warming. Below is part two of the 3-part video.
Here’s an excpert (1:07-2:22):
Girl Elf: Santa, it’s gone!
Papa Elf: It’s gone, It’s gone!
Santa: What’s gone?
Girl Elf: Tell ‘em, Dad!
Papa Elf: The North Peak.
Santa: A mountain? A mountain’s gone? How is that possible?
Ella the polar bear: Santa, sir, that’s why I’m here. That’s why we’re here. The ice is melting!
Santa: Yes, my dear, we know, the climate is changing. There’s bound to be a little melting.
Ella: It’s worse than that, Santa, a lot worse! At the rate it’s melting, the North Pole will be gone by Christmas!”
Santa: My, my…all of this gone by next Christmas? I don’t think so.
Ella: No sir, not next Christmas, this Christmas! The day after tomorrow!
And this is merely the tip of the dialogue iceberg, if you’ll forgive me for putting it that way. You can view parts one and three here and here. Children of the world can look forward to priceless exchanges such as, “Oh my! Where will the polar bears live?” and my personal fave: “Where will the elves live?”
I suspect you’d like to think it can’t get any worse than that. Thus, it pains me to tell you that animated characters actually break into a discussion of satellite photos and that Mrs. Claus conducts a rather unscientific experiment involving ice cubes.
Needless-to-say, this constitutes brainwashing on the sleaziest and most sinister level. The good news is that this nonsense isn’t coming from our government this time and the rocky economy is our friend here. People, we have the means, if we have the will, to topple these charlatans who shamelessly prey on little children. So boycott Build-A-Bear. And, more importantly, tell the world why.
Go tell it on the mountain, and hurry, before it melts.
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Build-A-Bear is engaging in child abuse !! These are warped minds, sick and despicable people.
UM how big of a "Carbon Foot print" does Build a bear leave importing al that garbage from China???????
Lets fight so called global warming and boycott Build a bear then the Big carbon foot print from all tose chineese imports will disapear!
Screw you socialists!
This is what Yossi and Brack, and Buffy the Polar-bear-slayer have been hatching behind closed NEA doors.
Well, I'm glad I logged on. I thought about getting one of these for my granddaughter. Forget it. I'll be writing a letter to the editor and post my feelings anywhere are everywhere.
Herman Goering would be so proud of such diabolical propaganda!
Every year we take the kids to Build-A-Bear, but we have now gone for the last time. I get enough indoctrination from the main stream media, and now I need to worry about what politrical messges Build-A-Bear feels a need to pass on to my gandchidren? I don't think so. They just made sure that we will now switch to a store that sells toys that don't come with political indoctrination. Build-A-Bear, you just lost an entire family and generation of good customers.
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That's right if you brainwash the children you'll get the world.
No more Build – A – Bear for my kids!!!
I'm sick and tired of our kids getting brainwashed at every level. From school right on up to the corporationa nd government itself. SHAME, SHAME SHAME!!!!!
Actually one day we will be in a shooting war with these people…Keep your ammo dry…its coming
I think its time that people buy there kids toys that cannot be used as political statements. Legos! I am a big fan of Legos!
Iron Sheik will humble global warming and build-a-bear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K-wEUCCvE0&fe...
When a caller named "Anna" called Glenn Beck last week, I sent off a couple of emails to Build a Bear.
They responsed very quickly…
"through the voices of our animal characters, how they could also make a difference in big and small ways"
then when I likened their approach to "Amimal Farm" caracters, I heard from Maxine Clark…CEO.
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Thank you for writing to us and voicing your candid opinions and sharing your point of view. We are sorry that we disappointed you.
At Build-A-Bear Workshop we have always empowered and encouraged kids to help others by participating in their communities and the world. our Huggable Heroes program honors kids throughout the USA for making the world better. We listen to parents and kids and take the lead from them on things that they are interested in and care about.
More from Build a Bear CEO: Maxine Clark.
Our goal with the online webisodes was to show children, through two animated polar bears and a penguin, how they could also make a difference in big and small ways. The animated story occurs in the North Pole where the 2 polar bear characters live and they want to help keep the ice from melting so Santa and the reindeers can take off safely in time to deliver all their gifts. Thanks to the giant ice cubes created by the bear and penguin team they replace the melting ice and all is well so Santa and the reindeers do not miss a beat.
We had no other intentions with the story whatsoever. we do hear you and will certainly take your opinion into consideration when developing future stories. It is interested customers like yourselves that help us do a better job.
Sincerely,
Maxine Clark
Maxine Clark
Founder and Chief Executive Bear
Build-A-Bear Workshop
1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive
St. Louis, Mo 63114
PH: 314-423-8000 ext 5202
FX: 866-844-5229
maxine@buildabear.com
http://www.buildabear.com
Had never heard of them until this article. Thanks for the heads up. I don't patronize hoaxer-run businesses, or anything else that's fringe loony "green."
Appalling. These people are sick twisted parasites. Hopefully with the newfound involvement and awareness taking place throughout the country more attention will be focused on child brainwashing that is ever more prevelent. These progressives know no limits – all is fair to achieve their goals.
Maybe if the world began boycotting China the good Chinese people would not have to breathe all of those carcinogens the unregulated factories put out over there. That would be a great green beginning. I'll bet the retailers from the Middle East would be pissed, though!
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But Cap and Trade is so delightful
It's Global warming if we say so–
It ain't snow it ain't snow it ain't snow
Fossil Fuel we will be stopping
And there will be no more shopping
Capitalism turned way down low–
That's the goal that's the goal that's the goal
And when we finally win the fight
Civilization will be lost in the storm
But if Al Gore is really right
All the whole world will be warm
He says the planet is slowly dying
And carbon credits we should be buying
So as long as Al Gore says so
It ain't snow it ain't snow it ain't snow
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
<sobs>
Build-A-Bear….you are no good sonofabitch.
There is another GW hoax – where someone suggested pipping the CO2 out of the stratosphere. WAIT – No really it is a great idea.
We need to build a zeppelin and float it up to edges of the Ozone with the contingent of all the AGW, Build a Bear, Climate Change, Carbon Footprint and Carbon Legacy types on this balloon. They can prime the suction of this giant pipeline and keep sucking on it to maintain a constant flow of CO2. Those who are not sucking at a given moment will be creating convection from all the hot air that emits from their pie hole.
MMMM…MMMMM….MMMMM……Barack Hussein Obama.
Leave our children alone Build a Bear. I once thought your store was cute …. the whole concept of it but not anymore. Let children be children. They should not have to deal with heavy subjects such as Global warming which is a hoax anyway. Pure disgusting on your part and I will no longer shop at your stores or online.
Shades of the 60's, which have wrought the leaders of today. The seeds of today's radicalism were planted in the hippie cultures at Berkeley and other campuses. Their graduates went forth and have spread the gospel through schools and governments. Now the little kiddies are getting a 21st century version of why the USA is the evil empire. All the while, the populations of those pesky polar bears and caribou keep increasing.
I play an online game called Runescape. On one of the quests you have to stop this evil guys factory from poluting the atmosphere. It is also melting Ice Mountain. the only way to save Runescape is to build a windmill on the roof. I switched over to playing facebook games for a while now.
I dont go to Build-A-Bear but I will stop by the one in my mall and let them know i will encourage others not to go there. Nicely of course. Its not the workers fault.
Time to boycott this company. Perhaps your kid would like a nice anti-Obama sticker instead?
Maybe I'll try to build an ACORN Bear and do my own skit.
http://www.antiobamasticker.com
Thus far, I haven't seen the "Build a U.N. building" Lego set, so that's good!
But I'm sure it's in the works.
Damn hippies… no wonder cartman hates them.
They lost my business…
This is what happens when corporations try to get socially conscious. Equally stupid things happen when corporations try to act "hip". This reminds me a bit of the reaction the CEO of Whole Foods got when he came out against socialized medicine. Boycotts.
Whether you agree with their positions or not, getting political is pretty stupid for a corporation – especially when the object of their political commentary has nothing to do with their core business.
Build-A-Bear should stick to making bears and let the Adults determine whether global warming is real or not. If they want to find a cause, then perhaps donating to the Red Cross, or Breast Cancer Research would be a better option.
Corruption from all angles. Build a Bear imports all of its materials from China… Slave Labor, Carbon Footprint for shipping. This is so true that they are hypocrites but are no different from their other tree-hugging friends and friends in the Democrat Party. Look at the owners donations and you will find some very interesting information from them.
NEWSBREAK:
Nancy Pelosi is under investigation today by http://www.americanparchment.com for all the shady deals, bribery, slander, etc that she has done. Yesterday it was Harry Reid. She will be tried by the people her next election period, except for the fact that her area is full of liberals who don’t care about ethics and just want their agenda passed. #22 of the ‘31 Corrupt Politicians in 31 Days.’
While the intent of what these idiots are doing is EVIL at the least, the reality is that Santa and the whole Christmas scene is in reality nothing more than an elaborate LIE. Why would any adult especially a parent want to teach their young vulnerable little ones that all of this stuff is REAL??? Many a child has been psychologically damaged when they learn that all of their little life they have been lied to by not only their very own parents but by most other adults. How can such a large scale LIE be perpetuated??? Just because the intent of a falsehood may be Noble, it is nonetheless a falsehood (polite way of saying LIE).
Maxine.. you're a douche
EVERYONE should contact their customer service and have them remove these videos.
These GDamn creeps had best leave my children the Hell alone!
It's worse than you think. See the rest:
1/3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ascNokQFwQ
2/ 3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I-AhVkXlb4
3/3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_vPZXbttdk
It's worse than you think. See the rest:
1/3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ascNokQFwQ
2/ 3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I-AhVkXlb4
3/3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_vPZXbttdk
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To be honest I never considered their product. Over priced yuppy chuff, does not suprise me at all that they have joined into the alarmist politically correct crowd.
2 days until DOOM! LOL, Al Gore would be proud.
I call total BOVINE SCATALIA! Next, Polar Bears will be falling out of the sky!
We need to use the 2010 elections to show progressives what "Shock & All" is all about.
I declare Primae Noctis.
They just lost me as a customer. I'm so sick of this global warming nonsense. I say, "follow the money". Al Gore is getting mighty rich off this as is Nancy Pelosi.
Bye, bye build-a-bear!
Some people ask "why would you boycott Build-A-Bear?" Well it is like a few years ago, all the stores were becoming politically correct and not wishing people Merry Christmas or having any references to Christmas in thier signage. Well one of those stores was Sears. I now work at Sears and it now encourages it's employees to say Merry Christmas. Every entrance has prominant displays saying Merry Christmas. Boycotting works on companies. Just look at Wallmart now "going Green" because of all the pressure put on them by the Global Warming proponnents. It doesnt work with the mass media as well because there are less alternantives to turn to. but it even works a little there, Fox news has forced the other news stations to at least look like they are throwing conservatives a bone. It's better than it was.
Their "Contact Us" on their Web page does not work. Wonder why?
SO THAT MEANS KIDS IN AFRICA NEVER GOT A VISIT FROM SANTA?
Oh you guys are right, it's horrible to "brainwash" children about helping the earth. Even if you don't believe in global warming, the video is not sending a harmful message. The whole climate change campaign is not sending a harmful message. I'm so tired of people trying to turn something into a government or corporate conspiracy just so you can continue to be lazy and selfish. Calm down and think about it, if you guys are right about global warming, and its a myth, no harm done trying a few ways to produce cleaner energy. If you're wrong, and we do nothing, then we're screwed.
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The audacity of Bull-Crap…I think they should have called the worried one with all the "facts" Al Gore. would have made a better point, this company will never get one dime from me. Nice Work! Genius's!
ALL HAIL the 4th NWO Reich ! This is just another sick & simple, yet obvious ploy to strip you of your liberties and your tax dollars to fund the 3rd world through an international governance body known as the UN. People need to go to prison for this blatant propaganda and false advertising. Overthrow these basterds.
build a bear killed kenny. those bastards
Talking animals. Mountains at the North Pole. Global warming. All are fairy tales. I could go on further about fictional stories told to influence behavior, but I don't want to ruin anybody's Christmas.
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Great, something else I don't spend money on anyway to boycott! This'll be easy.
What do you expect from a "Chief Executive Bear"
Wow … more like build-a-scare than a bear. This is unconscionable. My kids have a dozen of their products but we will NOT be shopping there anymore. I just can't believe they actually did that. I shouldn't be surprised but what a mistake.
Where are these vids on their site?
Logged in, created a character… but no video to be found???
Anyone else able to find them on the web site?
What creeps!! These people should be arrested ….They will never get another dime from me or anyone in my family.
Yeah…we had no other intention. Sure Maxine…you want to buy some oceanfront property in Arizona? Now, who is fear-mongering here? I thought using FEAR was what the left-wing said was bad?? I guess it depends on who is using fear…
Pathetic
And if your wrong (you are) then entire governments can collapse under the weight of oppresive regulations (cap & Trade) designed to "balance out" world usages. Blaming USA for all the worlds problems, I'll take the blame but only if you'll give us the credit for most of the worlds trechnology and innovations that have helped untold millions around the everychanging globe. Question for you: what caused the last warming period? Mamoths drriving giant SUV's just wondering?
The discovery that Santa was fake came down really hard on you eh?
Let it go, you'll be ok.
Okay, I had a coupon for build-a-bear in my car. I was going to take my kid for the holidays. I will no longer go or support companies that push the phony propoganda of global warming.
Perfectly spoken.
We like to call them "The Devil's Workshop" in our house, so we stopped supporting them a long time ago, but now we have even more reason to boycott them. This is just sick!
Maxine — this is really deplorable. For a company to scare children that Christmas might be cancelled just to make a political point is just beyond the pale. And please save your backpedaling about "we had no other intentions with this story whatsoever" and "we empower kids" etc. That's public relations pablum.
For a company that markets to children, you should know better. You've corrupted your brand, perhaps permamently.
Stick to making teddy bears. Leave the subliminal (and — in this case — factually erroneous) lecturing to parents.
Take the train to the north pole.
there's a theater near the big Christmas tree.
Hard to find.
Capitalism can fight back. Short sell as many BBW shares as you can get your hands on and dry up their capital.
If only it was that simple. We are not just trying to produce cleaner energy, we are aslo using this as a way to redistribute the US wealth to other countries. We are inhibiting industry and taking away freedoms of people to run their own lives all in the belief that man is creating something that nature has far more control of than we do.
That and I do not approve of a toy company using scare tactics to help my child believe in global warming. Thats the lowest of the low.
Well this is the "ARTS" using their media to promote the President's agenda at it's finest! How DISGUSTING!!!! It is a sad day in America when we can't even assume the cartoons our kids watch are safe. Now I have to preview my kids toys and cartoons for content? UNREAL!!!
My daughter is gonna hate me – but we won't be going to build a bear EVER again.
Ha ha ha! You go, AVGJOE. I'm with you.
No Build-A-Bears for my kids ever again. I liked the product but shove this crap down your own kids throats, Ms Clark.
Great poem, Oldestgenxer
Hitler was right.
Well isn't Santa a gigantic, nasty little lie told to children all by himself? When you build your house of cards you should expect it to collapse at some point. When children learn Santa isn't real it makes them disbelieve everything else you teach them, including the Divinity of Christ. It's only natural that the Banksters and their twice sons of hell commie-libtard followers would eventually use the Santa "tool" for their own nefarious purposes. Enjoy the collapsing world of lies you have helped prop up!
Apparently Santa hasn't noticed the huge increase in the polar bear population over the last 40 years.
Be sure to send this to fox. Maybe they'll show it on air. That should help slow down construction at build a bear.
Oh my gosh!! They are insane. Unfortunately, I have spent my money with them in the past, but never again!!
This isn't any worse than Earth Day when I was a kid (circa 1990). You know the schools are teaching this stuff. Parents need to take time and educate their kids if they disagree with global warming. Mine did.
So, righty would rather the kids don't find out the Arctic ice cap is melting…well, they will learn the truth soon enough. You can deny the existence of climate change all you want, but these kids are the ones who will have to live with it. So when little Johnny asks you someday, "Grandma, what did you do to stop global warming"?… just look at them with that hateful stare and say, "What global warming"?
ALL: I would encourage all of you to share this on your facebook wall! I have done exactly that and now all my 300 + friends know. I also got on BaB website and wrote to them of my disapproval. To my four children, build a bear is dead.
Don't just stand there, take action!
And oh…Merry CHRISTmas!!
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Are you Kidding? Why can't a company just be themselves instead of doing what everyone else is doing! They make toys for kids. Why can't they just leave it at that? Seperate Kids from Politics. Period!
This company was also fined this year for child labor violations, according to their CEO, Maxine Clark. Maybe Ms. Clark should worry about not violating child labor laws rather than spending time producing political cartoons directed towards children.
Yep. The sooner the better!
Brilliant!
Never waste a good disaster – even if you have to fake it. And never let the facts get in the way of a good scary story, especially if it advances your Machaivellian agenda.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” – H. L. Mencken
Pathetic. Simply pathetic.
Build-a-bear's email address: vwhelp@buildabear.com
Flood them with your thoughts on this issue!
What unmitigated dreck. That company can't be run out of business fast enough.
"Go sell crazy somewhere else; we're all stocked up here."
- Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets
It's melting before our eyes! Quick, call Al Gore!
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If global warming is making them so hot up there, why are the polar bears wearing scarves, hats, and jackets?! God, these people are scum-sucking Jim Jones Kool Aid drinkng morons……please leave our kids' minds alone, just for ten minutes!
This is really a terrible thing to do! First, not everyone believes in man-made global warming. Second, no matter where you stand on the issue, this is completely irresponsible. If my child logged on and heard this mess, what in the world do you think she would do? Ummm… how about freak out at the possibility of no Christmas, then it would be up to me to convince her that the bears and elves really aren't going to be displaced. I have purchased several animals and their outfits from your stores. Never again.
This is supposedly the CEO’s e-mail address
Send message below to
maxine@buildabear.com
Due to your climate propaganda videos (scaring kids about no Christmas, how nice) I will no longer be a customer of yours. My children will no longer participate in group trips to your store and I will not be buying any of your products.
Your Name
Maxine Clark CEO
Returned my email
Here's the address: maxine@buildabear.com
Folks we need to STOP this charade now by ANY Means at your disposal…this is CRIMINAL and when the law wont stop it, it is incumbent upon the citizens to step in and remove the authorities who refuse to keep law and order, as well as to correct the current injustice. This means teachers, politicians, judges, all who participate in perpetuating the FRAUD…these people rank right up there with pedophiles.
Can we cancel the federal government due to global warming?
Liberals hate children!!! They just hate themselves. I wish all Liberals would just abort themselves.
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