Re: [CTRL] Fw: [ashcroft-watch] More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A Trick Story
-Caveat Lector- Funny that I never saw such obsessive digging for 'facts' over the last 8 years. Hmm. Was there nothing to dig up on all those saints?? Beyond the filth and corruption that was of such a magnitude that it oozed out beyond their control was MUCH MUCH MUCH more. But we certainly don't want to talk about all that, do we? On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:19:00 -0800 Michael Pugliese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -Caveat Lector- > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, February 02, 2001 6:46 AM > Subject: [ashcroft-watch] More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A > Trick > Story > > > >More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A Trick Story > >http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39001-2000Dec21.html > >Ann Veneman, Bush choice for Agriculture Secretary, according to > the > >article at the url above served on the board of Calgene, described > in > >that article as "a biotechnology company working on genetically > >engineered foods" > >.http://www.ucsusa.org/Gene/F97.agribusiness.html > >"Calgene (is) now a subsidiary of Monsanto" > >http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/media/00/00nov13_stock.html > >http://www.social-ecology.org/library/tokar/monsanto.html "In 1947, > a > >rench freighter carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer blew up at a > dock > >270 feet from Monsanto's plastics plant outside Galveston, > Texas.More > >than 500 people died in what came to be seen as one of the chemical > >industry's first major disasters.- The herbicide "Agent Orange," > which > >was used by U.S. military forces to defoliate the rainforest > >ecosystems of Vietnam during the 1960s was a mixture of 2,4,5-T and > >2,4-D that was available from several sources, but Monsanto's Agent > >Orange had concentrations of dioxin many times higher than that > >produced by Dow Chemical, the defoliant's other leading > manufacturer. > >This made Monsanto the key defendant in the lawsuit brought by > Vietnam > >War veterans in the United States, who faced an array of > debilitating > >symptoms attributable to Agent Orange exposure. When a $180 million > >settlement was reached in 1984 between seven chemical companies and > >the lawyers for the veterans, the judge ordered Monsanto to pay > 45.5 > >percent of the total." > >http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/about_us/company_timeline/index3.html > >"Through the Dayton Laboratories, Monsanto became involved in > research > >on uranium for the Manhattan Project, which led to the first > nuclear > >bombs. "Monsanto Company, an 85 percent owned subsidiary of > Pharmacia > > Corporation." > >http://microrim.samovar.ru "On April 3, 2000, a new first-tier > >competitor in the global pharmaceutical industry was created. > >Pharmacia Corporation is the result of a merger between Pharmacia & > >Upjohn and Monsanto > >Company. http://www.pharmacia.com http://www.pnu.com/ > >http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/2000/january2000/27012000_monsanto.html > >"Pharmacia & Upjohn's board of directors is comprised of Frank > >C. Carlucci (and others) > >http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/news/newsreleases/1999b/4_29_9 > >999298_Carlucci_appt.html > >"Frank C. Carlucci Becomes Nortel Networks' New Chairman of the > Board > >of Directors" "Carlucci of McLean, Virginia, a member of the Nortel > >Networks board of directors since 1989, currently serves as the > >chairman of the Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based merchant > >banking firm as well as chairman of the board and a director of > >Neurogen Corporation. Earlier, Carlucci enjoyed a long and > >distinguished career in the U.S. government. His periods of > service > >which spanned both Democratic and Republican administrations, > included > >appointments as Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989, National > >Security Advisor to President Reagan in 1987, Ambassador to > Portugal, > >Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Deputy > >Secretary of Defense, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and > >Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget." > >http://www.njdc.org/readNews.php3?show=67&dept=4 "Cheney agreed > with > >his predecessor, Frank Carlucci, that congressional opposition to > US > >arms sales to friendly Arab states has hurt American interests in > the > >region. 'I think the United States does have a role to play in the > >area that does involve providing our Arab friends with the > equipment > >they need in order to provide for their defense,' Cheney said." > >http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/cheney.htm > >"Richard B. Cheney March 21, 1989- January 20, 1993 17th > Secretary > >of Defense Bush Administration President George Bush initially > chose > >former Texas Sen. John G. Tower to be his secretary of defense. > When > >the Senate in March 1989 rejected his nomination, Bush selected > Rep. > >Richard B. (Dick) Cheney of Wyoming. Cheney, born in > Lincoln,Nebraska, > >on 30 Jan
[CTRL] Fw: [ashcroft-watch] More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A Trick Story
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, February 02, 2001 6:46 AM Subject: [ashcroft-watch] More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A Trick Story >More of the Dirty Dick et.al. Don't Miss A Trick Story >http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39001-2000Dec21.html >Ann Veneman, Bush choice for Agriculture Secretary, according to the >article at the url above served on the board of Calgene, described in >that article as "a biotechnology company working on genetically >engineered foods" >.http://www.ucsusa.org/Gene/F97.agribusiness.html >"Calgene (is) now a subsidiary of Monsanto" >http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/media/00/00nov13_stock.html >http://www.social-ecology.org/library/tokar/monsanto.html "In 1947, a >rench freighter carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer blew up at a dock >270 feet from Monsanto's plastics plant outside Galveston, Texas.More >than 500 people died in what came to be seen as one of the chemical >industry's first major disasters.- The herbicide "Agent Orange," which >was used by U.S. military forces to defoliate the rainforest >ecosystems of Vietnam during the 1960s was a mixture of 2,4,5-T and >2,4-D that was available from several sources, but Monsanto's Agent >Orange had concentrations of dioxin many times higher than that >produced by Dow Chemical, the defoliant's other leading manufacturer. >This made Monsanto the key defendant in the lawsuit brought by Vietnam >War veterans in the United States, who faced an array of debilitating >symptoms attributable to Agent Orange exposure. When a $180 million >settlement was reached in 1984 between seven chemical companies and >the lawyers for the veterans, the judge ordered Monsanto to pay 45.5 >percent of the total." >http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/about_us/company_timeline/index3.html >"Through the Dayton Laboratories, Monsanto became involved in research >on uranium for the Manhattan Project, which led to the first nuclear >bombs. "Monsanto Company, an 85 percent owned subsidiary of Pharmacia > Corporation." >http://microrim.samovar.ru "On April 3, 2000, a new first-tier >competitor in the global pharmaceutical industry was created. >Pharmacia Corporation is the result of a merger between Pharmacia & >Upjohn and Monsanto >Company. http://www.pharmacia.com http://www.pnu.com/ >http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/2000/january2000/27012000_monsanto.html >"Pharmacia & Upjohn's board of directors is comprised of Frank >C. Carlucci (and others) >http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/news/newsreleases/1999b/4_29_9 >999298_Carlucci_appt.html >"Frank C. Carlucci Becomes Nortel Networks' New Chairman of the Board >of Directors" "Carlucci of McLean, Virginia, a member of the Nortel >Networks board of directors since 1989, currently serves as the >chairman of the Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based merchant >banking firm as well as chairman of the board and a director of >Neurogen Corporation. Earlier, Carlucci enjoyed a long and >distinguished career in the U.S. government. His periods of service >which spanned both Democratic and Republican administrations, included >appointments as Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989, National >Security Advisor to President Reagan in 1987, Ambassador to Portugal, >Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Deputy >Secretary of Defense, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and >Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget." >http://www.njdc.org/readNews.php3?show=67&dept=4 "Cheney agreed with >his predecessor, Frank Carlucci, that congressional opposition to US >arms sales to friendly Arab states has hurt American interests in the >region. 'I think the United States does have a role to play in the >area that does involve providing our Arab friends with the equipment >they need in order to provide for their defense,' Cheney said." >http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/cheney.htm >"Richard B. Cheney March 21, 1989- January 20, 1993 17th Secretary >of Defense Bush Administration President George Bush initially chose >former Texas Sen. John G. Tower to be his secretary of defense. When >the Senate in March 1989 rejected his nomination, Bush selected Rep. >Richard B. (Dick) Cheney of Wyoming. Cheney, born in Lincoln,Nebraska, >on 30 January 1941, attended Yale University- For chairman >of the Joint Chiefs of Staff he selected General Colin L. Powell, who >assumed the post on 1 October 1989.- Cheney and Secretary of State >Baker were old friends - Panama, controlled by General Manuel >Antonio Noriega, the head of the country's military, against whom a >U.S. grand jury had entered an indictment for drug trafficking in >February 1988, held Cheney's attention almost from the time he >took office." http://www.njdc.org/readNews.php3?show=67&dept=4 "DICK >CHENEY'S OWN WORDS AND ACTIONS 1.In Congress, Cheney was a leader of >the forces pushing for a co
