Something occurred to me last night (NRR)
Archaic
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I've reached a new level of understanding regarding the wars in Iraq...beyond the obvious farce of promoting democracy, the US coalition hasn't just been grabbing oil, securing a strategic vantage point, or doing the bidding of the Israelis...they are effectively exterminating the Arab population of Iraq. All of the chemical weapons supplied to Saddam to fight the Iranians, the indiscriminant bombing of civilian targets, the sanctions specifically designed to harm children, the depleted uranium that has mutated babies and advanced cancer cases beyond belief...Maybe I've been slow to fully realize it, but this war is more about population control than anything else. Doesn't get much sicker than that.
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I suggest we choose by some means the major corporations that are profiting from the destruction of Iraq. We could then list every project they are involved in. We could locate their offices in every city and every country across the world. We could go after them. We could shut them down. It's a question of bringing our collective wisdom and experience of past struggles to bear on a single target. It's a question of the desire to win.
(Read the entire thing here.)
I did a little research:
FACTS & FIGURES:[/b]
Boeing
CEO: Harry C. Stonecipher
Military contracts 2004: $17.1 billion
Major campaign contributions in 2004: $312,595 (defense related)
Lockheed Martin
CEO: Vance D. Coffman
Military contracts 2004: $20.7 billion
Campaign contributions in 2004: $1.78 million (defense related)
Northrop Grumman
CEO: Ronald Sugar
Military contracts 2004: $11.9 billion
Campaign contributions in 2004: $1.68 million (defense related)
General Dynamics
CEO: Nicholas D. Chabraja
Military contracts 2004: $9.6 billion
Campaign contributions in 2004: $1.42 million (defense related)
Raytheon
CEO: William H. Swanson
Military contracts 2004: $8.5 billion
Campaign contributions in 2004: $954,150 (defense related)
United Technologies
CEO: George David
Military contracts 2004: $5.1 billion
Campaign contributions in 2004: $788,011 (defense related)
Halliburton
CEO: David J. Lesar
Military contracts 2004: $8 billion
Campaign contributions in 2004: $217,199 (Oil & gas related)
General Electric
CEO: Jeffrey R. Immelt
Military contracts 2003: $2.8 billion
Campaign contributions in 2004: $221,200 (defense related)
Science Applications International Corporation
CEO: K.C. Dahlberg
Military contracts 2004: $2.5 billion
Campaign contributions in 2004: $781,410 (defense related)
CSC/ DynCorp
CEO: Paul V. Lombardi
Military contracts 2004: $2.4 billion
We could locate their offices. We could go after them.[/b]
(I located them for you...)
Halliburton Energy Services
6900 Arctic Blvd
Anchorage, AK
Baroid (Halliburton)
6900 Arctic Blvd
Anchorage, AK
Sperry-Sun (Halliburton)
5631 Silverado Way #G
Anchorage, AK
Dyncorp
8711 Beachwood Dr
Anchorage, AK
Halliburton Energy Services
1429 Minnie St.
Fairbanks, AK
Kellogg Bown & Root/Optimum Group
10 Inverness Ceneter Pkwy Ste 120
Birmingham, AL
Dyncorp
301 Randolph Ave Se
Huntsville, AL
Brown & Root Services
12832 Stemley Road, Aldot Division 4
Lincoln, AL
Kellogg Brown & Root/Ciba
Geigy Rd & Hwy 43 North
McIntosh, AL
Kellogg Brown & Root
2970 Cottage Hill Road
Mobile, AL
Computer Sciences Corporation
201 Technacenter Dr
Montgomery, AL
Baroid (Halliburton)
7778 Dauphine Island Pkwy
Theodore, AL
Bechtel
5651 West Talavi Blvd.
Glendale, AZ
Bechtel Corp
1880 E Morten Ave
Phoenix, AZ
Bechtel Corp
4041 N Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ
Dyncorp Aerospace Technology
2730 E. Sky Harbor Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ
Baroid (Halliburton)
3820 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
Csc-Dyncorp
2100 East Grand Avenue
El Segundo, CA
Computer Science Corporation
2100 E Grand Ave
El Segundo, CA
Dyncorp West Region Office
3855 Avocado Blvd
La Mesa, CA
Bechtel Corp
16700 Valley View Ave
La Mirada, CA
Dyncorp Inc.
44073 Sierra Hwy
Lancaster, CA
Dyncorp
11200 Lexington Dr
Los Alamitos, CA
Bechtel Corp
707 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Bechtel
2840 Howe Road, Suite E
Martinez, CA
Bechtel Corp
2840 Howe Rd
Martinez, CA
Computer Sciences Corporation
1900 Garden Rd
Monterrey, CA
Dyncorp
2727 Hamner Ave
Norco, CA
Brown & Root Services
790 E Colorado Blvd Ste 600
Pasadena, CA
Brown & Root/Mgmt & Svcs
790 E. Colorado Blvd., Ste. 600
Pasadena, CA
Dyncorp Information Systems
3310 El Camino Ave
Sacramento, CA
Bechtel
1230 Columbia St., Suite 400
San Diego, CA
Brown & Root Services Corporation
Naval Statio Bldg 118b
San Diego, CA
Computer Sciences Corporation
4045 Hancock St
San Diego, CA
Computer Sciences Corporation
9305 Lightwave Ave
San Diego, CA
Dyncorp
4025 Hancock St
San Diego, CA
Dyncorp BKD Operation
8996 Miramar Rd
San Diego, CA
Bechtel Corporate Headquarters
50 Beale Street
San Fransisco, CA
Bechtel Group Incorporated
50 Beale St
San Fransisco, CA
Bechtel Infrastructure Incorporated
50 Beale St
San Fransisco, CA
Halliburton Energy Services
3445 N. Marksheffel Rd.
Colorado Springs, CO
Computer Sciences Corporation
1250 Academy Park Loop
Colorado Springs, CO
Dyncorp
1115 Elkton Dr
Colorado Springs, CO
Dyncorp Information Systems
985 Space Center Dr
Colorado Springs, CO
Halliburton Energy Services
410 17th St., Ste. 600
Denver, CO
Dyncorp
303 E 17th Ave
Denver, CO
Dyncorp Inc.
2525 S Dayton Way
Denver, CO
Computer Sciences Corporation
1726 Cole Blvd
Golden, CO
Dyncorp Inc.
1711 Illinois St
Golden, CO
Dyncorp
143 Union Blvd
Lakewood, CO
Computer Sciences Corporation
55 Hartland St
Hartford, CT
Computer Sciences Corporation
100 Winnenden Rd
Norwich, CT
Bechtel
1015 15th Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C.
Brown & Root Services
1150 18th St. Nw, Ste. 200
Washington, DC
Carlysle Group
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Ste. 220 South
Washington, DC
Bechtel Corp
1015 15th St Nw
Washington, DC
Bechtel Corp
1015 5th St Se # I
Washington, DC
Computer Sciences Corporation
23412 San Remo Dr
Boca Raton, FL
Dyncorp
11690 W State Road 84
Davie, FL
Dyncorp
55 Georgia Ave
Elgin AFB, FL
Bechtel
17311 Alico Center Rd.
Fort Myers, FL
Bechtel Corp
4540 Southside Blvd
Jacksonville, FL
Dyncorp
6801 Roosevelt Blvd
Jacksonville, FL
Dyncorp
8500 Westside Industrial Dr
Jacksonville, FL
Brown & Root Services
501 Sw 27th Ave, Miami-Dade Comm College
Miami, FL
Dyncorp Inc.
414 Thomas Dr
Panama City, FL
Brown & Root Services
1200 W Leonard St, Escambia City Central Bldg
Pensacola, FL
Bechtel
3910 N Us Highway 301
TAMPA, FL
Bechtel Corp
9950 Princess Palm Ave
Tampa, FL
Brown & Root Services
1631 Lafrance St Ne
Atlanta, GA
Bechtel
4016 Flowers Rd
Atlanta, GA
Computer Sciences Corporation
2 Ravinia Dr
Atlanta, GA
Dyncorp
185 Southside Industrial Pkwy Se
Atlanta, GA
Kellogg/Brown & Root Fort Benning
2079 Belko Street
Fort Benning, GA
Dyncorp
4 Falcon Dr
Peachtree City, GA
Dyncorp
2343 Camelia Ct
Savannah, GA
Dyncorp
191 Andrew Dr
Stockbriedge, GA
Computer Sciences Corporation
750 W Lake Cook Rd
Buffalo Grove, IL
Computer Sciences Corporation
225 W Washington St
Chicago, IL
Computer Sciences Corporation
125 S Wacker Dr
Chicago, IL
Computer Sciences Corporation
8 Executive Dr Ste 300
Fairview Heights, IL
Computer Sciences Corporation
1 Tower Ln
Villa Park, IL
Bechtel
8770 Commerce Park Pl
Indianapolis, IN
Computer Sciences Corporation
3500 Depauw Blvd
Indianapolis, IN
Dyncorp
6821 Pierson Dr
Indianapolis, IN
Dyncorp
200 Arco Pl
Independence, KS
Halliburton Energy Services
200 E. 1st St. #204
Wichita, KS
Brown & Root Services
Bldg 2316 Brandenburg Station Rd
Fort Knox, KY
Dyncorp
1244 Louisville Rd
Frankfort, KY
Bechtel Equipment Operations
13157 Middletown Industrial Blvd., Ste. C
Louisville, KY
Dyncorp
630 Knox Blvd
Radcliff, KY
Halliburton Energy Services
1343 Queen Cathy Dr
Baton Rouge, LA
Baroid (Halliburton)
503 Gloria Switch Road
Lafayette, LA
Baroid (Halliburton)
110 Capitol Dr. Ste. 100
Lafayette, LA
Halliburton Energy Services
110 Capital Dr Ste 200
Lafayette, LA
Baroid (Halliburton)
601 Poydras St #1500 Pan Am Bldg
New Orleans, LA
Baroid Plant (Halliburton)
8000 Jourdan Road
New Orleans, LA
Bechtel
451 D St
Boston, MA
Bechtel
1 Meeting House Rd
Chelmsford, MA
Dyncorp
10 Willard St
Quincy, MA
Dyncorp
110 W Squantum St
Quincy, MA
Bechtel Corp
70 INNERBELT RD,
Somerville, MA
Computer Sciences Corporation
3465 Box Hill Corporate Center Dr
Abingdon, MD
Bechtel
300 W Lexington St
Baltimore, MD
Dyncorp
6480 Dobbin Rd
Columbia, MD
Computer Sciences Corporation
3 West Ln
Elkton, MD
Bechtel
5275 Westview Drive
Frederick, MD
Computer Sciences Corporation
7471 Candlewood Rd
Hanover, MD
Computer Sciences Corporation
7900 Harkins Rd
Lanham, MD
Computer Sciences Corporation
15245 Shady Grove Rd
Rockville, MD
Bechtel Corp
2367 Congress St
Portland, ME
Bechtel Inc.
4612 44th St Se
Grand Rapids, MI
Dyncorp
1225 Cooper St
Jefferson City, MO
Computer Sciences Corporation
301 W 11th St
Kansas City, MO
Computer Sciences Corporation
6360 I 55 N, Jackson
Jackson, MS
Dyncorp
365 Shop St
Jackson, MS
Halliburton Energy Services
2725 Hwy 11n, Industrial Park
Laurel, MS
Bechtel Corp
1130 Kildaire Farm Rd
Cary, NC
Computer Sciences Corporation
2815 Coliseum Centre Dr
Charlotte, NC
Dyncorp Laboratories
4909 S Alston Ave
Durham, NC
Dyncorp
101 Southcenter Ct
Morrisville, NC
Dyncorp
2501 Aerial Center Pkwy
Morrisville, NC
Kellogg Brown & Root/Wake
3810 Falls Of Neuse Rd., Ste. D
Raleigh, NC
Dyncorp
87 Airport Rd
Concord, NH
Computer Sciences Corporation
100 Decadon Dr
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Computer Sciences Corporation
501 Scarborough Dr
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Computer Sciences Corporation
301 Harper Dr
Moorestown, NJ
Computer Sciences Corporation
2 Commerce Dr
Moorestown, NJ
Bechtel Corp
5 W Passaic St
Rochelle Park, NJ
Bechtel Corp
275 Hartz Way
Secaucus, NJ
Computer Sciences Corporation
300 Executive Dr Ste 300
West Orange, NJ
Dyncorp RTS
2617 Saint Andrews Ct
Alamogordo, NM
Baroid
2220 1st St. Nw
Albuquerque, NM
Dyncorp
1131 11th St
Holloman AFB, NM
Dyncorp HSD
2004 Chaves Ct
Holloman AFB, NM
Bechtel
3900 Paradise Rd
Las Vegas, NV
Bechtel
2621 Losee Road
North Las Vegas, NV
Computer Sciences Corporation
800 N Pearl St Ste 1
Albany, NY
Bechtel
21 East 40th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY
Bechtel Corp
21 E 40th St
New York, NY
Computer Sciences Corporation
103 E 125th St
New York, NY
Computer Sciences Corporation
200 Park Ave
New York, NY
Computer Sciences Corporation
37 E 28th St
New York, NY
Computer Sciences Corporation
255 E 5th St Ste 2210
Cincinnati, OH
Computer Sciences Corporation
5885 Landerbrook Dr
Cleveland, OH
Dyncorp
3040 Prentice Dr
Dayton, OH
Computer Sciences Corporation
2600 Paramount Pl
Fairborn, OH
Dyncorp
3040 Presidential Dr
Fairborn, OH
Computer Sciences Corporation
1238 Ronald St
Vandalia, OH
Computer Sciences Corporation
999 Pine Ave Se
Warren, OH
Dyncorp
9266 Meridian Way
West Chester, OH
Bechtel Corp
20922 N Triple Xxx Rd
Luther, OK
Halliburton Energy Services
210 Park Ave Ste 2000
Oklahoma City, OK
Computer Sciences Corporation
3000 United Founders Blvd
Oklahoma City, OK
Halliburton Energy Services
601 S Boulder Ave Ste 300
Tulsa, OK
Bechtel
8401 Ne Cascades Pkwy
Portland, OR
Bechtel Corp
1510 Valley Center Pkwy
Bethlehem, PA
Nuclear Utility Services Laboratory
5350 Campbells Run Road
Pittsburgh, PA
Bechtel Corp
2630 Liberty Ave
Pittsburgh, PA
Bechtel Corp
2304 Salem Dr
Pittsburgh, PA
Dyncorp
221 3rd St
Newport, RI
Bechtel Corp
2578 E Stone Dr
Kingsport, TN
Dyncorp
4550 Swinnea Rd
Memphis, TN
Bechtel
100 Union Valley Road
Oak Ridge, TN
Dyncorp Information Systerms LLC
104 S Jefferson St
Shelbyville, TN
Brown & Root Services
505 East Huntland Drive #220
Austin, TX
Brown & Root Services
7000 Cameron Road
Austin, TX
Bechtel Corp
2800 S I H 35
Austin, TX
Bechtel Inc.
2319 Westoak Dr
Austin, TX
Dyncorp
2060 Luna Rd
Carrollton, TX
Halliburton Energy Services
555 N. Carancahue, Ste. 775
Corpus Christi, TX
Brown & Root Services
1444 Oak Lawn #100
Dallas, TX
Bechtel Corp
5429 Lbj Fwy
Dallas, TX
Bechtel Corp
5429 LYNDON B JOHNSON FWY,
Dallas, TX
Bechtel Corp
1300 W Mockingbird Ln Lbby
Dallas, TX
Halliburton Energy Services
1100 Everman Road
Fort Worth, TX
Dyncorp
6500 WEST FWY STE 600,
Fort Worth, TX
Halliburton Energy Services
500 Throckmorton St. Ste 1110
Forth Worth, TX
Bechtel
3000 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, TX
Halliburton Company
5 Houston Center, 1401 Mckinney, Ste. 2400
Houston, TX
Halliburton
9950 Westpark
Houston, TX
Computer Sciences Corporation
18333 Egret Bay Blvd
Houston, TX
Brown & Root Services
7520 Mainland Dr
San Antoio, TX
Halliburton Energy Services
8610 N New Braunfels Energy Plaza Ii, Ste. 614
San Antonio, TX
Computer Sciences Corporation
4606 Centerview
San Antonio, TX
Kellogg Brown & Root/Union Carbide
Hwy 185 North
Seadrift, TX
Bechtel Corp
960 Levoy Dr
Salt Lake City, UT
Dyncorp
5536 S 1900 W
Salt Lake City, UT
Dyncorp Inc.
2242 W North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT
Dyncorp Inc.
2150 W 700 N
Salt Lake City, UT
Csc-Dyncorp
6101 Stevenson Avenue
Alexandria, VA
Dyncorp
2550 Huntington Ave
Alexandria, VA
Dyncorp I & ET
6101 Stevenson Ave
Alexandria, VA
Brown & Root Services
1550 Wilson Blvd Ste 400
Arlington, VA
Brown & Root Services
1611 North Kent St Ste 508
Arlington, VA
I'm liking this Archaic fellow. What else does he post about?
Props to you Bellcity for getting in and getting out. My brother got discharged 2 weeks before they sent his cavalry out there... he's a single parent and they were still trying to make more orphans. The first thing he said after the invasion was, oh shit, they need police in there - my guys are just trained to blow stuff up and move forward. Soldiers aren't dumb, that's why they hurt when they get back here.
The US is just simply reserving their interest in oil and strategic ground for the next 50 years before China could get ahold of it. Afterall, energy is the most important piece for world power. If it's not us, then it's the next superpower. Why else would we be making such wreckless moves out there. Because we know that we are already in a heap of shit.
I've got a cousin and a friend that are both serving in Iraq now, neither of whom are known to be of the mindless soldier type. While I can't wait for them to return home, I'm so very scared of what their mindstates will be once they do.
It would be much easier to develop an alternative source of power. Besides the Chinese threat is an integral part of an overriding global plan that sees no difference between countries other than as so-called opposites of yet another Hegelian dialectic mindfuck. In other words, don't believe the hype!!!
Dissidence Begins Within
Brown & Root Services
505 East Huntland Drive #220
Austin, TX
Brown & Root Services
7000 Cameron Road
Austin, TX
Bechtel Corp
2800 S I H 35
Austin, TX
Bechtel Inc.
2319 Westoak Dr
Austin, TX
There are 4 locations in your neck of the woods. I don't mind getting profiled. I was at the February 15 protest in NYC before we invaded Iraq. Being there, among the crowd, you could see people were nervous. Mothers, cops, kids. Clutching their children. Clutching their guns. Clutching their horse's reigns.
Did it make a difference? Who knows. The war is over, right? GW announced it over a year ago. (WTF?) If it seems like it makes no difference, we need only compare it to Vietnam, and the amount of time it took protests to assemble. Action is almost immediate these days. And who can deny the power of a Bechtel CEO leaving work and being spit in the face by some (white) dude in a Project Blowed shirt (forgive me, I'm only being funny) screaming about his cousins and friends in Iraq. Now, if you brought 5 friends, and they brought 5 friends, and they brought 5 friends... And that Bechtel dude was getting loogied by 500 angry motherfuckers, I think it'd make a difference. Some Austin housewife whose son is fighting, or died, or thinking of joining, sees it on the news, realizes it's 10 minutes from her house... Attention makes those Bechtel dudes nervous. Attention changes public perception. Attention makes evil shit-doers change their policies.
My girl's cousin just got back from Iraq. A tour in Afghanistan and two in Iraq. He's home for a bit, but he's going back. I worry too. My thoughts are with your dudes, and bellcity1.
It boils down to what you are willing to do. I don't mind my name on a list. Or being profiled. Fuck it. I've got a pentagram tattooed on my neck, what do I have to lose?
Vote with your wallet
Vote with your wallet
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Vote with your wallet
Vote with your wallet
Vote with your wallet
Support local shit, learn the difference between real and fake...
Don't fly everywhere just coz it's cheap
Don't eat sushi in Iowa
Don't upgrade your phone coz they say you can
Don't sleep with the A/C on, use a fan
Dig
Carry a plastic bag in your pocket[/b], like if you own a dog except use it when you stop by the deli on the way back from work etc... plastic is the big secret evil that we are all addicted to way more than gas, and likewise comes from petroleum. note: make sure not to have the bag hang out your back pocket.
Don't be a dumb consumer...
In other words, be poor like me
2 years ago!!!
The problem is that corporations are just making a world a better place for you, the consumer, and until their shareholders tell them otherwise, they will keep on doing what they are doing.
How many people here are shareholders??????? A lot I bet.
and...
You could switch to Progressive Car Insurance, they give all their political donations to Dems, in other words, piss it into the wind.
India as well.
I did a lot of protesting during the '91 Gulf War. All it seem to do was turn some of my friends and family members against me (good riddance, but still). And while spitting loogies into the faces of pigs sounds great, I'm not trying to get arrested, microchopped, brainwashed, etc. at least for the sake of my wife and daughter. I suppose everyone has their excuse, but I'm going to hold out until I can come up with something that both helps AND keeps me relatively safe.
Everyone with a social security card is not only a shareholder in the old Virgina Company, otherwise known as the United States of America, but also responsible for the debt it's been paying off to world bankers since it went bankrupt back in the 30's.
Coz, while things are bad, there is a world safety net for us lighter-skinned folk, and the risks are great if we want to get all egalitarian and shit.
Consumer Democracy = pact with the devil, but I quite like my 2 car garage. Especially when the rest of the world is portrayed as dirt-poor charity cases.
This is going to be more and more difficult.
Very good advice. And oh, here (you know, to be legit and all):
I get what you are saying... sometimes I feel that the Brits (meaning the aristocracy and merchants, who ain't British and never were!) never gave up the US, they just farmed it out to the puppet govt and called it a republic.
Makes us look good - Tony Blair could run for senate over here and be a shoe in.
Here I go again on my paranoid rant about the far right's conspiracy to strenghten Israel's hold on the Holy Land so as to fulfill the prophecy spelled out in Revelations. By seeking to weaken the Arab/Muslim presence in the Middle East, I don't doubt that they're trying to set up the conditions for the Apocalypse.
That's why any time Bush criticizes Israel he gets swarmed with letters from fundamentalist christians. And why he backs down most of the time.
I know it sounds crazy, but yo those fundamentalists are some crazy motherfuckers.
Actually, I think armageddeon might not be so bad... you know, sounds scary and all, but people will be like "yo, this is cool, we're hanging out shooting the shit, picking avocados and making beats instead of wasting time on this lame message board!"
Why do you think of it as only a far-right conspiracy?
Again, Hegelian dialectic...in which far right (dictatorial fascism) = far left (communist fascism).
www.raptureready.com is one of the craziest sites out there.
HAH! I kinda agree with you. I think the only way to set things right is to start from scratch.
I was more referring to the lyrics of Armagideon Time...though that record is (here comes a lowly opinion) great.
I heard someone say the other day that what's scariest about Bush is not that he wants to be President, but that he wants to be the last[/b] President...
Well, I sort of lump those reborn Christian fundamentalists with the far right.. do I have that wrong?
I know that not ALL right wing conservatives are fundamentalists, but to a very large extent the people that vote them into office are.
OK, let me put it this way...do you really think that the right wing Christian fundamentalists are pushing the Zionist agenda any harder than the left wing Jewish coalition?
All in all, since the Anti-Defamation League is actually an extension of Mossad aka Israeli intelligence, left and right mean very little when it comes to Zionism in America.
Both fucking scum. Hi Vitamin! The Zionists have found willing allies in the Christian fundamentalists although their pushing different versions of what "will" happen... but yeah, they are working together.
Thankfully there are lots of left wing Jews who disagree with Israel's policies and to an extent its existence.
I don't think that the "Christian fundamentalists strengthening Israel's hold on the middle east for possible apocalypse" is paranoid at all. It's pretty much a stated agenda at this point.
Very true. I'm sure Israel welcomes any help they can get from a bunch of delusional christian freaks. And they're laughing all the way to the bank. I bet the amount of money that has been sent to them by fundamentalist groups is astronomical.
The Lizard People, The Elders Of Zion & The Masons...They run the world...
ain't shit compared to what are fundamentalist government is sending.