Worse Than Madoff: Amway Launches Domestic Revival

[Simulist]

I knew an Amway salesman once. (Note the past tense of that verb.) He was über-religious (and stupid) and über-patriotic (and stupid) and… well, just plain stupid.

The DeVos Family, the Van Andel Family, and their entire army of soap-toting misfits and liars can all kiss my puckered butt.

[IanEye]

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[justdrew]

great way to scout and recruit new useful idiots, AND a great way to cloak and launder cash transfers to individual useful idiots who can't ever be on a real payroll.

[MinM]

Orlando Magic CEO Steps Down, Allegedly After A Late Night Drunk Dial To Dwight Howard

Dwight. Dwight, are you awake? Pick up, man. Dwight, man, I shouldn't be calling you. My buddy says it's too late to be calling anyone, but I just had to tell you. I..love you, Dwight. You're one of my best friends. You know that? I never told anyone that, but you are like the greatest guy.

[sound of glass breaking]

Oh man, Dwight, why do they make wine glasses so slippery? Someone should make a wine glass with a rubber grip. Oh man, Dwight! You and I should make it! We'll get rich. Let me call up the patent office now.

[sound of dialing]

Hello? Nevermind. Listen, here's why I called. I love you man, and I just needed to know that you know. Do you understand? You can't understand how much I love you and we all love you and we need you. Me and Otis and Stan, we don't want you to go anywhere. We suck without you. Everyone knows. We've got nothing else. Orlando is a terrible place, and we've got the Amway thing, but who the fuck cares, every arena looks the same on the inside. We've literally got nothing without you. You can't go. LA doesn't love you. They won't treat you right like you deserve. They won't—

[sound of sobbing]

I'm sorry. I'm so, so, so, so sorry. It's just that...Dwight, I don't know if I've ever told you this before, but I love you. I can't go on without you. You can't go. Please don't go. Is it me? What can I do? I'll buy you that Call of Duty game you wanted. I'll let you drive the Range Rover. You want to play point for a game? We can make this work. Just tell me what I have to do!

[sound of voicemail hanging up after going over allotted message time]

Dwight...

[sound of sobbing]

[more sobbing]

[more sobbing]

[BHSN, via SBNation]

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Red Wings Announce Amway as Team's Presenting Sponsor

Updated: Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 1:57 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 1:57 PM EDT
By myFOXDetroit.com Staff

(WJBK) - Hey, Hey Hockeytown... presented by Amway.

The Detroit Red Wings have announced the Michigan-based consumer products company as the team's presenting sponsor for the upcoming season. As part of the deal, the Red Wings will include Amway in substantial in-arena branding initiatives. Other highlights include the Nutrilte brand, vitamins sold by Amway, as the team's nutritional supplement, as well as numerous fan and social media efforts.

The deal was announced Thursday by Olympia Entertainment President Tom Wilson, who worked with Palace Sports and Entertainment when mortgage company Rock Financial was presenting sponsor of the Detroit Pistons for five years beginning in 2003.

Amway and the Red Wings first teamed up last season when the company's logo was featured on all Red Wings official practice jerseys and pucks.

Financial terms of the agreement were not released.

This isn't Amway's first professional sports partnership. According to the Orlando Sentinel , the company agreed to a 10-year, $40-million naming deal to the Amway Center in August 2009. The company also held the naming rights to the old Amway Arena (formerly TD Watherhouse Center) at a cost of $375,000 a year beginning in 2006. As part of the deal, Amway received an initial exclusive option to negotiate for the right to name Orlando's new arena.

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/sports/ ... 0110901-mr

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