BOYCOTT THE WAR by lucienke Friday, Mar. 19, 2004 at 1:34 PM |
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In Gent hadden vrijdag 19 maart symbolische acties plaats die het belang van een consumenten - boycott benadrukken als 'wapen' tegen de USoorlogsmachine
Er werd een lijkentapijt gevormd aan een Texaco en aan McDonalds
Voor Moeder Aarde vzw organiseerde op vrijdagmiddag 19 maart twee boycot acties in het centrum van Gent, dit in het kader van de wereldwijde boycot Bush campagne.
De boycot Bush acties richten zich echter niet alleen tegen de unilaterale oorlog die de VS ontketenden in Irak. Reeds meer dan 100 organisaties in een veertigtal landen roepen consumenten op om hun
koopkracht te gebruiken opdat de VS meer respect zouden tonen voor mensenrechten, het leefmilieu en werk maken van ontwapening.
De organisatoren van de boycot campagne vragen dat de VS een aantal internationale verdragen ratificeert (w.o. Kyoto, Internationaal Strafhof, Atoomteststopverdrag, anti-persoonmijnen) en verzetten zich tegen het
verregaande unilateralisme van de Verenigde Staten.
In Gent begon de actie om 11u00 met een symbolische blokkade van het Texaco-station aan het Fratersplein. Met 2.200.000 dollar is Texaco-Chevron namelijk één van de belangrijkste sponsors van Bush. Om 12u00 verplaatst de actie zich naar de
McDonalds op de Korenmarkt waar over de middag via folders het publiek opgeroepen werd om McDonalds en nog een aantal andere Amerikaanse
bedrijven links te laten liggen.
Tijdens het recente Wereld Sociaal Forum in Mumbai (India) werd een internationaal boycot Bush netwerk opgericht. Het internationaal netwerk besloot consumenten wereldwijd op te roepen om met prioriteit zes Amerikaanse bedrijven te boycotten: namelijk Altria (met Kraft en Philip Morris - Marlboro - L&M), Exxon-Mobil (Esso), Chevron-Texaco, Coca Cola
Company, PepsiCo en MacDonalds.
De zes bedrijven zijn allen grote sponsors
van de verkiezingscampagne van de republikeinen van George W. Bush.
> Altria - $6,529,524 - approx. $6.53 million
> ExxonMobil - $2,470,014 - approx. $2.47 million
> ChevronTexaco - $2,213,241.18 - approx. $2.2million
> PepsiCo - $1,938,141.7 - approx. $1.94 million
> Coca Cola Co. - $863,938.54 - approx. $860,000
> McDonalds - $636,358.59 - approx. $640,000
Bron: http://www.opensecrets.org Cijfers van 2000 tot 1 maart 2004
De Bush sponsors by lucienke Friday, Mar. 19, 2004 at 1:34 PM |
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De lijken van Texaco/Chevron by lucienke Friday, Mar. 19, 2004 at 1:34 PM |
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bush cv (door hoodini een jamaicaan in ny by selector waxx Saturday, Mar. 20, 2004 at 1:23 PM |
Subject: George Bush Resume
RESUME
GEORGE W. BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20520
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Law Enforcement:
I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the
influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's
license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been "lost" and
is not available.
Military:
I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a
drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas
Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.
College:
I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:
I ran for U.S. Congress and lost. I began my career in the oil business in
Midland,Texas, in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil
in Texas. The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took
land using taxpayer money.
With the help of my father and our friends in the oil industry (including
Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:
I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making
Texas the most polluted state in the Union. During my tenure, Houston
replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.
I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in
borrowed money.
I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American
history.
With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's
appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over
500,000 votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:
I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal
record.
I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one
billion dollars per week.
I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.
I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any
12-month period.
I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of U.S. stock
market.
In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and
that trend continues every month.
I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any
administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice,
has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President.
I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most
corporate campaign donations.
My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends,
Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S.
History, Enron.
My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to
assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation
or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica
Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating >>one of the biggest
corporate rip-offs in history.
I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to
intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government contracts.
I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President
in U.S. history.
I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the
history of the United States government.
I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove
the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspector's access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees
and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election
inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).
I set the record for fewest numbers of press conferences of any President
since the advent of television.
I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period.
After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst
security failure in U.S. history.
I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center
attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in
the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously
protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for
protests against any person in the history of mankind.
I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked,
pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I
did so against the will of the United Nations,
the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.
I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty
benefits for active duty troops and their families in wartime.
In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking
Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends.
I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%)
view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden [sic]
to justice.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view. All records of SEC
investigations into my insider trading and my
bankrupt companies are sealedin secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President,
attended regarding public energypolicy are sealed in secrecy and
unavailable for public review.
PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004.
PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW.