A public relations nightmare?
You know Nixon, of course, as a wonderful action sport watch company. Jack Freestone, Rob Machado, JJF, Josh Kerr, etc. etc. etc. The Player, Ultratide, etc. etc etc. They are watches that fit your surf lifestyle!
You may not know Nixon as the 37th President of the United States of America. You maybe should because he lived near Trestles but there are no reports of him actually surfing it. In any case, his presidency was marked by turmoil. Many found him an evil man. Hunter S. Thompson wrote, after his death:
Richard Nixon is gone now, and I am poorer for it. He was the real thing — a political monster straight out of Grendel and a very dangerous enemy. He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time. He lied to his friends and betrayed the trust of his family. Not even Gerald Ford, the unhappy ex-president who pardoned Nixon and kept him out of prison, was immune to the evil fallout. Ford, who believes strongly in Heaven and Hell, has told more than one of his celebrity golf partners that “I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.
But the watch company. Fresh! Fun!
But the ex-president. Naughty! Rude!
And yesterday, it was revealed that Nixon was even naughtier and ruder than previously thought. He specifically started the War on Drugs to smash African-Americans and gentle leftists. In a just published interview that sat hidden in notebooks since 1999 Nixon’s domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman told writer Dan Baum:
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Look at the Nixon watch company logo — seems pretty sexual to me…this company apparently loves controversy so the name is fitting.
But look, he paved the way for Freeway Ricky Ross, a real American Hero!
One day there will be tapes that get declassified that show “Nixon” willfully tried to sell a tide watch to surfers that was not waterproof. It will be known as “LoDowngate.”
What about about LBJ and his famous quote about black people? I don’t hear you attacking El burrito Jr! Both parties are capable of evil. You’re getting high on your own farts here chas.
Prince Phillip is my personal favorite for inappropriate quotes. This is but one of his best:
“While on an official visit to China, he told a group of British exchange students living in the city of Xian: “If you stay here much longer you’ll all be slitty–eyed.”
If you’d like to laugh a little more here you go:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/…
Way too much inbreeding in that family!
I thought it was a prerequisite.
Classic.
I know, apparently it’s due to the diet! Dinner gets served and out of despair they put their elbows on the table and their hands on the side of their heads, thus stretching their eyes, whilst saying: “Rice again?”.
Oh don’t worry! I’m crafting up a delicious piece on the action sports sock brand Lyndon Baines for tomorrow!
Nice. WTF were they thinking? How about an on line shave club for women called Bush?
This has been common knowledge to those communities hit hardest by the war on drugs for awhile. Outside it was treated like a conspiracy theory made up by those poor and unworthy who want to have someone to blame for their laziness and dependence on government handouts.
War on Drugs turns into decades of mass incarcerations which leaves a lost generation of ex cons and kids with drug arrests who can never be allowed to be contributing members of society. This affects us all whether directly or indirectly.
No, it should be named Karadzic… I mean, if we’re sticking to the theme of last names
I feel, though, we could have lots of fun with “rad”
True. Rad-O-Van. We would also have the added advantages of no one knowing it’s a name, let alone a first name, and no one in the surf community knowing anything about Srebrenica.
PS. Really, he only got 40 years?! People here (U.S.) get longer for doing A LOT less (massive understatement).
A bullet in the back of the head, rather than a bed and three meals a day!
Is it true that Nixon actual conceived the idea of letting 50 m Mexicans into the country , so that the black and the hippies would all wipe each other out ??
How about Mengele- He drowned while swimming off the Brazilian coast
What would the product be? Different color lensed goggles? I feel dirty for even writing that…
Yeah that’s a perfect one. What should Mengele sell?
We still have retarded Americans who believe all that anti-drug bullshit and will fight the good fight until they die.
I say we completely legalize drugs under one condition…everyone who can pass a drug test gets a handgun permit. And not one of the five-rounds-in-a-clip variety handguns…I’m talking Glocks, Sigs and even Desert Eagles to keep the marauding hordes of crackheads, meth heads and smack monkeys at bay. Talk about your natural selection!
I’m more of a hand to hand kinda guy. Nothing better than the feeling a life fade to black in your own hands
Crackheads have cooties and I’m a bit OCD when it comes to touching strangers and strange things in public (and no, strippers are NOT strangers!) so I would prefer my assassinations to occur at a safe distance.
The mental image of someone shooting a random crackhead but not really getting to enjoy it because they are afraid of cooties is going to make me laugh all morning
what’s the history behind branding a watch company “Nixon”?
I’ve spoken with company co-founder about and, if I recall, they just liked the name…
weird but i guess it coulda been Vissla
With all this new press maybe they change name to recently freed up Depactus?
Just went on Depactus website and its still copy-written for 2016.
which is a breed of dog (vizla)
when i hear the name nixon, i prefer to think it comes from Norm Nixon, former laker all-star, two-time champion, married to ace choreographer debbie allen, and one of the nba’s all-time playboys
The IQ and thoughtfulness of 99.99% of surfers and surf industry is amazing!
Where is Dick Cheney to defend his title,oh he forgot his login information,fuck!
Absolutely mind boggling that he could wear both hats of the Secretary of Defense and CEO to one of the largest defense contractors and no one really cried foul. Or fowl. What a turkey. Maybe a chicken.
Also responsible for the BP oil spill, by creating and selling a cement that had a lower strength density than was sold basically he sold BP POWERED SUGAR, instead of the blow he marketed.
But he did like the Chinese so he paved the way for companies like Nixon to exploit children with the goal of making the world a better place through surfing time pieces.
Win-Win!
Absolutely. Children should have structure and be taught things that will help them improve their lives. It may be more difficult after they have lost an appendage or have been exposed to ridiculously high levels of toxins but they need to see that hard work brings success/slave wages.
follow the yuan…