Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan’s Kitty Gate: Busted Disgusted and Can’t be Trusted

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Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan’s Kitty Gate: Busted Disgusted and Can’t be Trusted

 

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) is simply grandstanding over the hello kitty credit card.

 

“Senator Byron Dorgan on the Senate floor on Monday criticized card issuers, citing what he said was a marketing pitch by a major issuer for a pink, white and yellow “Hello Kitty” credit card aimed at children 10 to 14 years of age.” 

 

“I’d just love to know the person who thought this up and to say, ‘Are you nuts?'” Dorgan said. “What on earth are credit companies doing soliciting young kids to get a credit card?”

 

There problem with senator’s please diatribe is  its not true. I believe Mr. Dorgan argument is a classic Red Hearing in attempt to divert attention to the credit card by diverting and misquoting Bruce Giuliano of Sanrio, the actual quote was lifted from a 2004 press story concerning the Hello Kitty debit card

 

“”Freedom! You can use the Hello Kitty Debit MasterCard to shop ’til you drop,” the card’s Web site enthuses.  

 

The prospective audience? The young women who grew up with the 30-year-old icon — as well as much younger girls. “We think our target age group will be from 10 to 14, although it could certainly go younger,” said Bruce Giuliano, senior vice president of licensing for Sanrio Inc., which owns the brand.

 

Since only parents (or at least anyone older than 18) can sign up for the card, Hello Kitty thinks it’s a great way for adults to “help teach their children how to manage their finances,” Giuliano said. Next up, he added, is a prepaid Hello Kitty cell phone. “ (1.)

  

He does not even mention anything about the Hello Kitty Credit Card, which is different from the  Prepaid debit card; furthermore; I dose make sense, 10 to 14 is the age a child start receiving an allowance  and many parents are giving children prepaid debit cards instead of cash.

 

 

As for the credit card, all he needs to do was to go here  and notice one need to be 18 to apply  not 10 or 14.

 

kittyfullpage

The web site

kittyapply

Does this look like a 10 to 14 year old can apply?

 

 

MR. Dorgan  owes Miss Kitty an apology.  

 

 

 

1. Girls Go From Hello Kitty To Hello Debit Card

Brand’s Power Tapped to Reach Youth

By Caroline E. Mayer

Washington Post Staff Writer

Sunday, October 3, 2004; Page A01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2959-2004Oct2.html

 

 

MSNBC and Democrats do a Joe Camel on Hello Kitty.

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MSNBC and Democrats do a Joe Camel on Hello Kitty.
Once upon a time, there was an anthropomorphic camel name Joe Camel used in an add campaign to sell cigarettes. The Democrats immediately sized upon poor Joe, twisted the facts and accused R.J Reynolds of trying to sell to children. If one took a look at the ads it clear Joe was aimed at adults.

Now the liberal media and Democrats had turned their wrath at Hello Kitty in their press to pass Credit Card Accountability and Disclosure Act. I leave my objections aside except regulation has a nasty habit of backfiring on the consumer and my drive the poor to underground lenders, a boom to organize crime. What Rachel Maddlow did is a new low in story manufacturing and pres bias. She uses a sweeping generalization as in Hello Kitty markets to 10 to 14 year olds therefore there are marketing credit cards to 10 to 14 year olds. The flaw in this logic is Sanrio does markets to adults as well and a large majority of fans are over the age of 21. The fact she mentions sanrio.com showing the credit card but if she just click on Sanrio Luxe www.sanrio.com/sanrioluxe/ the New York concept store, she would see a line tailored for an older clientele. The card is defiantly aimed at older consumers not kids.

Random Thoughts

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Well it been a while, I am still looking for a job and dealing with some issues.
It is spring and the start of the grange sale estate sale season. I do the g-sale to eBay thing; I do make a small profit from sales.
You know you’re a Hello Kitty fan if you plan your g-sale route around sales that are selling Sanrio Items. (Guilty as charged).

Speaking of yard sales, I notice the reason many are selling Hello Kitty Items is their daughters has lost interest. This got me thinking, with many adults hello kitty fans, I am wonder how many are hello kitty fans from childhood, and how may became fans again on the rebound as adults.

I am playing around with Audacity, a free podcast recorder and editor, I am thinking in doing a Furry Podcast with more furry Conservative and Christian slant. One segment will be hello kitty news and Hello Kitty Hell today (what on the Hello Kitty Hell site)
I al ready tried a test recording; I got a long way to go before going public.

Changes and Updates

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I finished moving the old archive to it new page; it is not pretty but functional.
In addition I will be putting more attention to here and at Hello Kitty Junkies. My reason is I need to have better control of my postings, in case I need to archive them or if something goes wrong with the server or the company hosting the site goes bankrupt. In addition I hosting on a web host subscription I purchase and I refuse to allow advertising.

Flash
Portal of Evil zings again.
It looks like I attracted the interest of Portal of Evil again. The first time was because I am a Right of Center Furry now because of this site. Poor POE, being a furry who likes Hello Kitty doesn’t provide enough outrage [drama class=”sarcasm’] oh I am so disappointed see my one tear of disappointment [/drama]

My contention is outrage can only go so far before burn out occurs. My view comes from other anti furry sites and movements like LOL Furries, Burn Furs, Vivisector who are minor players or had disappeared. The only thing keeping Hello Kitty Hell going is he is a good writer.

On the kitty front I will be giving way some non Kitty plushies to Goodwill. I originally thought as a furry, I might fancy a bear related plushie collection but I am more interested in collecting Hello Kitty items than general stuffed animals. I know I become Hello Kitty fan when I star get rid of stuff to I have more room for Sanrio memorabilia and plushies. I also need to downsize my future purchases; I only go so much room for 18in + Plushies.