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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:43 AM
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Bush speaking at Caterpillar factory in Chicago
But can't meet with mother of dead soldier! Warmongering bastard, coward, p.o.s., boil on the butt of humanity, COWARD! :mad:
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:45 AM
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1. At one point Cindy was going to follow him there
is that off, because she's sick? :shrug:
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:46 AM
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2. That's okay, I heard on Mike Malloy last night that Casey
Sheehan's former girlfriend will be there at the Caterpillar factory to protest him. At least, that's what Cindy said last night. I hope The chickenshit awol pretzeldent sees and hears her.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:46 AM
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3. If past history is any indication
Look for massive layoffs at Caterpillar.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:47 AM
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4. To go with his caterpillar economy... creeping along, barely moving
Maybe one day the Democrats will take over and turn it back into a butterfly.
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dmkinsey Donating Member (789 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 11:09 AM
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5. G**D*** Caterpillar
Union bustin' SOB's

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Burried News Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 11:20 AM
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6. Looks like Ariel Sharon's suggestion to me. He was in Crawford
recently (amazing how burried that news was). Seems the Presbyterians and several other denominations are divesting from Caterpillar because of their sales of equipment to Israel that uses them for house demolitions in the West Bank and Gaza.
The link below is from the ADL.
http://www.adl.org/media_watch/newspapers/20040819-OrlandoSentinel.htm
Quote:
Letters to the Editor
The Orlando Sentinel August 19, 2004

To the Editor:



Ray Hanania's impassioned defense of the actions of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in their call for selective divestiture from companies doing business with Israel, is false and misleading ("Presbyterian Church takes courageous stand," Aug. 19).



Hanania oversimplifies the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by making Israelis the aggressors and occupiers, and the Palestinians the victims. This one-sided analysis ignores Palestinian violence, suicide bombers and terrorists attacking innocent victims, many of whom are Arab, Muslim and Christian.



Comparisons of the Israeli government to the apartheid regime of South Africa are odious and offensive. Israel has repeatedly made offers to negotiate a settlement and the return of Palestinian land, only to be greeted with more violence. Like Hanania, the Presbyterian Church ignores Israel's pragmatic attempts to defend itself against a tide of terrorism by focusing solely on Palestinian suffering.



Sincerely,

David Garfinkle
Florida Regional Chair

Mark D. Medin
Florida Regional Director END
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 11:51 AM
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8. Wasn't it a caterpillar that killed Rachel Corrie?
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Burried News Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 03:40 PM
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10. I believe so. I think her mother picketed them. Yes - here's link.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/16/1458237
"Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
Family of Rachel Corrie Sues Israeli Government and Caterpillar Inc. Two Years After She Was Crushed by Military Bulldozer"
Four paragraph excerpt:
A U.S. congressional resolution demanding an independent inquiry into Rachel's death was buried in committee for months before it expired at the end of the 108th Congress, leaving the Israeli military's investigation - which cleared itself of any wrongdoing - as the only official investigation.

Now, on the second anniversary of her death, Rachel Corrie's family is suing the State of Israel and the Israeli military. In the lawsuit - which was filed in Haifa Tuesday - the family is asking for roughly $324 thousand in direct damages, as well as punitive damages. They also said they have yet to receive all of the material from the IDF investigation.

This comes as Amnesty International today called on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to support an independent investigation of Rachel Corrie's death.

In a separate lawsuit, the Corrie family is also suing Caterpillar, Incorporated - the US firm that manufactured the bulldozer that crushed Rachel. The federal suit alleges that Caterpillar violated international and state law by providing specially designed bulldozers to the IDF that it knew would be used to demolish homes and endanger people. END
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:25 PM
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11. Yes, I thought that was the case. Much luck to the Corrie family!
Edited on Wed Aug-10-05 07:25 PM by GreenPartyVoter
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 11:42 AM
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7. "So, y'all make insects here, huh? Heh heh heh, that's kinda creepy!"
:spank:
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:27 PM
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12. LOL! So anyone know how the protest there went?
NGU.


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DrFunkenstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 11:51 AM
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9. Maybe There's Someone In A Vegetative State There
Quick - to the Bush Mobile!

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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:33 PM
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13. 3 months from now they will probably close up shop & move to china
Just like timkin.
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