BOSTON, MA - JUNE 19, 2000 - Ralph Nader joined by Susan Sarandon, Phil Donahue and others filed suit in Federal District Court in Boston today challenging Federal Election Commission regulations which allow corporations to sponsor Presidential debates. By allowing the expenditures, the Federal Election Commission is creating an unlawful exemption to the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) which prohibits corporate contributions and expenditures in connection with campaigns for federal office, the lawsuit said. �����"The Commission on Presidential Debates, incorporated by the national Democratic and Republican Parties, has solicited and received millions of dollars from for-profit corporations to help it stage its debates," the suit alleged. �����Anheuser-Busch and other corporations are paying for the debates this fall. The first debate is scheduled for Boston on October 3. �����Included in the list of corporate sponsors in 1992 were AT&T, Atlantic Richfield, Ford Motor Company, I BM, J.P. Morgan & Co. and Philip Morris Companies, Inc. In 1996, the debate sponsors included Anheuser-Busch, Lucent Technologies, Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Sara Lee Corporation and Sprint Corporation. ====================================== Overlooked by Nader and his followers, was the fact that Sara Lee had a case in court involving the death of 21 people ......a misdemeanor charge, not even considered a felony. The fact remains the contributions of Sara Lee during this trial period, could almost constitute a bribe. As of late there were new reports of Sara Lee food being contaminated; now is it sabotage, or is it negligence? Note one of the above contributors also had some personal axes to grind - Lucent laid is abolishing an additional 20,000 jobs - wonder how Lucent and Sara Lee would like all their products boycotted? The death of the unborn babies didn't even merit a headline - for you see the sale of baby body parts was a booming business and America has become accustomed to the bashing of little heads as they strive to take their first breath of fresh air. Good News - Eric Rudolph is Free and Still Lives.....in the wilderness. Corporate Criminals? What no felony charges against Sara Lee with their new Kosher Hotdogs one would think they at least tried to correct the problems they were having.....so do we pay extra now for food to be sure it is not poisoned? Guess those unborn babies did not count at all - 6 unborn babies dead - but what would you expect from a country who turns little children over to sodomists and lesbians for care, and who permits partial birth abortions - the bashing in of many little heads? Sara Lee should be force fed her own slop. Saba Sara Lee Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor in Meat Recall Friday, June 22, 2001 Email this Article GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. ���Sara Lee Corp. Friday pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of producing and distributing adulterated meat relating to a 1998 hot dog and deli meat recall that was linked to more than a dozen deaths. As part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, the company was fined $200,000 and agreed to a $1.2 million civil settlement with the government. Sara Lee also agreed to pay $3 million to fund food safety research at Michigan State University. In 1999, Sara Lee took a $76 million charge related to the recall of 35 million pounds of hot dogs and deli meats at its Bil Mar Foods unit after the food was linked to an outbreak of listeria, a food-borne illness that can be deadly for the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked the outbreak to 15 deaths, six miscarriages and more than 100 illnesses in 22 states. The meats and hot dogs were made at the Bil Mar plant in Zeeland, Michigan. [Wonder if the Kosher Hot Dogs were poisoned too - Poor Sara Lee - wonder how much it will cost them this time to stay out of jail???? Blut then, Fox seems to be the only one who appreciates the fact, that Sara Lee has a Borgia in their kitchens.......Saba Note] Further personal note to June: You are ending sentences with prepositions again and better get a new spellchecker before you criticize spelling and/or elocution of others? You are as crude, as you are rude. �Associated Press. All rights reserved. Copyright � 2001 Standard & Poor's This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Fox News Network, LLC 2001. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes. Related Shows Fox News Channel Schedule Discounts, newsletters, giveaways � Fox Fan membership has its benefits!
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