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2006-11-23 17:14
A select few corporations basically control the world. Who controls the politicians, including our presidency? Corporations. Who gets first say in everything? Corporations. Why is there still poverty in the world? Why is there war? Why haven't we evolved faster? Why are we going backward? Who's responsible for almost all that's wrong in the world? Who are evil? Shoes. I mean- corporations.
"Rough
Trade: Diamond Industry Still Funding Bloody Conflicts in Africa"
Before buying diamonds, make sure they didn't cost millions of lives to produce.
"Public Eye: An 'Award' Corporations Don't Want to Win"
Any companies mentioned in this award process you should stop all business with immediately.
"More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement"
Get it through your head: corporations do NOT care about you. What's good for the corporation is NOT good for us.
"Corporate Crime: Execs Taking Fall While Corporations Go Free"
Corporations have been getting away with crimes for a long time by making a limited amount of employees/executives take the blame.
"Enron CEO's Lawyers Expected to Use 'Idiot Defense'"
There are still Enron trials, and some are still trying to pretend like they didn't know anything.
"Coca-cola"
Learn more about the coca-cola corporation... including how it has received the lowest ratings for all their practices, and how it used killing and force to pay their workers less.
"Coca-Cola Faces Mounting Pressure over Abusive Practices at Plants Worldwide"
People worldwide are learning just how evil of a corporation Coca-Cola is.
"Dow Chemical Said Shirking Responsibility 21 Years After Disastrous Gas Leak"
21 years ago a Dow Chemical plant had a glass leak that killed some 15,000 people and left another 800,000 suffering from the after-effects of inhaling toxic fumes, and they got away with it.
Make them, and other corporations, responsible for their actions!!
"New Surveys Show That Big Business Has a P.R. Problem"
More people are waking up to the corruption of 'big business'.
"NEW YORK UNIVERSITY BANS COCA-COLA FOR ITS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN COLOMBIA"
Coca-cola treats its workers from outside the country like crap too? Wow, really?
"Tire Giant Firestone Hit with Lawsuit over Slave-Like Conditions at Rubber Plantation"
Firestone treats its employees like slaves?!!
"MOUNTAIN VIEWS: FORCED INOCULATIONS BEGINNING OF BUSH'S BAD BIRD FLU PLAN"
Imminent federal legislation would toss powerful pharmaceutical companies billions of dollars and complete protection from liability suits in case untested and experimental bird flu vaccines damage American recipients. Or in other words, the pharmaceutical companies are going to release more dangerous vaccines to make money off of this bird flu scare and there is nothing you can do about it.
"How America Plotted to Stop Kyoto Deal"
America/American oil companies trying to destroy Europe's support for the necessary Kyoto treaty.
America really hates this planet, it appears.
"Shell Ordered to Stop Wasteful, Poisonous 'Gas Flaring' in Nigeria"
Our oil companies in Africa told to stop poisoning the land.
"America Online (AOL): Made in Langley, VA"
AOL is spying on you.
"Verichip Expert Reveals The Unabashed, Unofficial Report Exposing The Shocking Truth About The Tiny Implantable Device That Is Quickly Going To Change Life The Way You Know It!"
Chips are starting to be implanted into humans so we can start being monitored like slaves. No joke.
"Group Internal memos show oil companies limited refineries to drive up prices"
TOP OIL COMPANIES LIMITED SUPPLY OF GASOLINE ON PURPOSE TO RAISE PROFITS.
"AOL settles deceptive business practice probe by Eliot Spitzer's office"
AOL is working with the Government to spy on you.
"News Corp in $580m internet buy"
New owners of MySpace...
"GM crop 'ruins fields for 15 years'"
GM cares about money, not the Earth or its people. Oh wait, all corporations are like that.
"Wal-Mart Gives Teen's Anti-Bush Poster To Police"
Walmart seizes a student's picture to be developed and calls the Secret Service after him.
Yeah... I'd suggest you never go to Walmart if you value not being targeted by the government.
"Peruvian Farmers Move to End Terminator Seeds"
Terminator seeds help corporations... and hurt farmers.
Since when did America go from being for the common person to being for the corporations? Oh yeah, a long time ago.
"11 Hurt in Plastics Plant Explosion"
An explosion in a Texas plant injures 11 due to horrible safety hazards that were well-known to the company.
"U.S. Paying a Premium to Cover Storm-Damaged Roofs"-9/30/05
The Government is continuing to purposely pay contractors ridiculous amounts for little work.
"Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions"-9/26/05
Government Katrina aid money being given to Republican-friendly corporations in ridiculous amounts without proper documentation or attempts to use less money on less-greedy corporations.
> <a target="_blank" href="http:/www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0926-01.htm"> "The True Story of How Multinational Drug Companies Took Liberties with African Lives"-9/26/05
Pharmaceutical companies have the tendency to play with human lives in order to make money.
"Tyco Exec: Abramoff Claimed Ties to Administration"-9/23/05
Tyco using its connections with friends in the government to get out of tax payments.
"Hurricane Aid Used 'To Test Out Rightwing Social Policies'"-9/22/05
More testimony that the major corporations and the government are working hand-in-hand to benefit from Katrina.
"Outpouring of Relief Cash Raises Fear of Corruption and Cronyism"-9/20/05
More evidence of the Katrina mess being abused by corporations to get richer.
"US Poultry Giant Under Fire After Segregation Scandal is Revealed"-9/16/05
Tyson Foods charged with segregation and racism.
"Hurricane looting not over yet"-9/13/05
Republican-linked firms such as the Shaw Group, corporations such as Halliburton, lobbyists such as Joe Allbaugh, and other sick bastards are jumping at the chance to turn this hurricane disaster into profit.
"Memos Show Oil Companies Closed Refineries To Hike Profits"-9/07/05
Explanation of one reason gas prices are so high.
"Building a Balancing Scooter"
The Segway- another ripoff.
Before buying diamonds, make sure they didn't cost millions of lives to produce.
"Public Eye: An 'Award' Corporations Don't Want to Win"
Any companies mentioned in this award process you should stop all business with immediately.
"More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement"
Get it through your head: corporations do NOT care about you. What's good for the corporation is NOT good for us.
"Corporate Crime: Execs Taking Fall While Corporations Go Free"
Corporations have been getting away with crimes for a long time by making a limited amount of employees/executives take the blame.
"Enron CEO's Lawyers Expected to Use 'Idiot Defense'"
There are still Enron trials, and some are still trying to pretend like they didn't know anything.
"Coca-cola"
Learn more about the coca-cola corporation... including how it has received the lowest ratings for all their practices, and how it used killing and force to pay their workers less.
"Coca-Cola Faces Mounting Pressure over Abusive Practices at Plants Worldwide"
People worldwide are learning just how evil of a corporation Coca-Cola is.
"Dow Chemical Said Shirking Responsibility 21 Years After Disastrous Gas Leak"
21 years ago a Dow Chemical plant had a glass leak that killed some 15,000 people and left another 800,000 suffering from the after-effects of inhaling toxic fumes, and they got away with it.
Make them, and other corporations, responsible for their actions!!
"New Surveys Show That Big Business Has a P.R. Problem"
More people are waking up to the corruption of 'big business'.
"NEW YORK UNIVERSITY BANS COCA-COLA FOR ITS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN COLOMBIA"
Coca-cola treats its workers from outside the country like crap too? Wow, really?
"Tire Giant Firestone Hit with Lawsuit over Slave-Like Conditions at Rubber Plantation"
Firestone treats its employees like slaves?!!
"MOUNTAIN VIEWS: FORCED INOCULATIONS BEGINNING OF BUSH'S BAD BIRD FLU PLAN"
Imminent federal legislation would toss powerful pharmaceutical companies billions of dollars and complete protection from liability suits in case untested and experimental bird flu vaccines damage American recipients. Or in other words, the pharmaceutical companies are going to release more dangerous vaccines to make money off of this bird flu scare and there is nothing you can do about it.
"How America Plotted to Stop Kyoto Deal"
America/American oil companies trying to destroy Europe's support for the necessary Kyoto treaty.
America really hates this planet, it appears.
"Shell Ordered to Stop Wasteful, Poisonous 'Gas Flaring' in Nigeria"
Our oil companies in Africa told to stop poisoning the land.
"America Online (AOL): Made in Langley, VA"
AOL is spying on you.
"Verichip Expert Reveals The Unabashed, Unofficial Report Exposing The Shocking Truth About The Tiny Implantable Device That Is Quickly Going To Change Life The Way You Know It!"
Chips are starting to be implanted into humans so we can start being monitored like slaves. No joke.
"Group Internal memos show oil companies limited refineries to drive up prices"
TOP OIL COMPANIES LIMITED SUPPLY OF GASOLINE ON PURPOSE TO RAISE PROFITS.
"AOL settles deceptive business practice probe by Eliot Spitzer's office"
AOL is working with the Government to spy on you.
"News Corp in $580m internet buy"
New owners of MySpace...
"GM crop 'ruins fields for 15 years'"
GM cares about money, not the Earth or its people. Oh wait, all corporations are like that.
"Wal-Mart Gives Teen's Anti-Bush Poster To Police"
Walmart seizes a student's picture to be developed and calls the Secret Service after him.
Yeah... I'd suggest you never go to Walmart if you value not being targeted by the government.
"Peruvian Farmers Move to End Terminator Seeds"
Terminator seeds help corporations... and hurt farmers.
Since when did America go from being for the common person to being for the corporations? Oh yeah, a long time ago.
"11 Hurt in Plastics Plant Explosion"
An explosion in a Texas plant injures 11 due to horrible safety hazards that were well-known to the company.
"U.S. Paying a Premium to Cover Storm-Damaged Roofs"-9/30/05
The Government is continuing to purposely pay contractors ridiculous amounts for little work.
"Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions"-9/26/05
Government Katrina aid money being given to Republican-friendly corporations in ridiculous amounts without proper documentation or attempts to use less money on less-greedy corporations.
> <a target="_blank" href="http:/www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0926-01.htm"> "The True Story of How Multinational Drug Companies Took Liberties with African Lives"-9/26/05
Pharmaceutical companies have the tendency to play with human lives in order to make money.
"Tyco Exec: Abramoff Claimed Ties to Administration"-9/23/05
Tyco using its connections with friends in the government to get out of tax payments.
"Hurricane Aid Used 'To Test Out Rightwing Social Policies'"-9/22/05
More testimony that the major corporations and the government are working hand-in-hand to benefit from Katrina.
"Outpouring of Relief Cash Raises Fear of Corruption and Cronyism"-9/20/05
More evidence of the Katrina mess being abused by corporations to get richer.
"US Poultry Giant Under Fire After Segregation Scandal is Revealed"-9/16/05
Tyson Foods charged with segregation and racism.
"Hurricane looting not over yet"-9/13/05
Republican-linked firms such as the Shaw Group, corporations such as Halliburton, lobbyists such as Joe Allbaugh, and other sick bastards are jumping at the chance to turn this hurricane disaster into profit.
"Memos Show Oil Companies Closed Refineries To Hike Profits"-9/07/05
Explanation of one reason gas prices are so high.
"Building a Balancing Scooter"
The Segway- another ripoff.