Smile When You Call Me a Cartel
It’s not every day that someone calls you a cartel. Blanche Evans in Realty Times reported on the coverage of the report from the Consumer Federation of America that flung the epithet. The New York Times featured an op-ed with the same view; read our rebuttal letter on REALTOR.org.
Those of us who enjoy the challenge of learning a new word took it upon ourselves to do some research with the help of Google, Ask! and Yahoo. Here’s what we found.
• Winner of most hits was a rock band named Cartel. It describes itself as Powerpop/Punk/Rock and has just issued its first LP named CHROMA. Music on its Web site makes it hard to concentrate on the text, but it sounded pretty good.
• Next up was a videogame company that was REALLY hard to research because bolts of lightning kept flashing about. Why it calls itself Cartel Games remains a mystery.
• A T-shirt company in New York City is called Cartel Goods. Its shirts are named things like IRAK NY, Married to the Mob, Righteous Kung-fu and Rogue Status. Perhaps “cartel” gives the company an edgy image.
• Finally, there’s a company named Cartel that makes street bikes and body boards. You can select from a very cool assortment online and order direct from the Cartel Board Company in Cardiff, CA.
Maybe being called a cartel is not such a bad thing if so many hip companies chose the name.
Comments
There are some interesting comments on this exact same cartel story on RealBlogging.com
Posted by: Don | June 22, 2006 05:36 PM