<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">please allow me to cross-post ....<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 7/19/10, HoustonCathy <i><ckorrf@earthlink.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br><div id="yiv461987986">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">On <font color="#ff00ff"><strong>August
10th</strong></font> across the USA there will be "Rallies" against corruption;
corporate & government corruption. Here are 10 horrific examples of
corruption that WE THE PEOPLE need to figure out how to deal with! </font></div>
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<li>Exxon Mobil made billions in profits, and yet paid not one dime in federal
income taxes in 2009.(2)
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</li><li>The 2005 energy bill had a little known provision, commonly called the
Halliburton Loophole, which exempted natural gas drilling from the Clean Water
Act. The result? Water so contaminated that you can light it on fire.(3)
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</li><li>Massey Energy was cited more than 2400 times for safety violations in its
mines, but chose not to fix potentially lethal problems because low penalties
meant it was cheaper to simply keep paying the fines. This spring, 29 miners
were killed in an underground explosion at a Massey mine in West Virginia.(4)
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</li><li>Michael Taylor was the FDA official who approved the use of Monsanto's
Bovine Growth Hormone in dairy cows (even though it's banned in most countries
and linked to cancer). After approving it, he left the FDA—to work for
Monsanto. Until last year, when he moved back to the government—as President
Obama's "Food Safety Czar." No joke.(5)
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</li><li>Internal Toyota documents outline how the company was successful in
limiting regulators actions in the recalls last year—saving hundreds of
millions while the death toll continued to climb.(6)
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</li><li>GE and its lobbyists—including 33 former government employees—have
successfully lobbied Congress to override Defense Department requests to
cancel a GE contract to work on a new engine for the Joint Strike Fighter jet.
GE will need $2.9 billion to finish the project.(7)
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</li><li>Top executives at 9 big banks including Citibank, Bank of America, Goldman
Sachs, and Morgan Stanley paid themselves over $20 billion in bonuses just
weeks after taxpayers bailed them out to the tune of 700 billion dollars.(8)
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</li><li>During the waning days of the Bush administration, officials responded to
a long-term lobbying campaign by pre-empting product liability lawsuits for
dozens of entire industries. They bypassed Congress entirely and rewrote rules
ranging from seatbelt manufacturing regulations to prescription drug
safety.(9)
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</li><li>Sunscreen manufacturers including Johnson & Johnson and
Schering-Plough, in the interest of profits, are opposing an FDA proposal
requiring full reporting on sunscreen labels. The New York Times just
confirmed that current SPF ratings don't even measure sun rays that cause
cancer.(10)
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</li><li>BP—a company with a record of 760 drilling safety and environmental
violations—was granted safety waivers in order to operate the deepwater
drilling rig that ultimately created the worst environmental disaster in US
history.(11)<br></li></font></ol>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">If this list makes you angry? then at least write a letter to the
corporation, the Congress, President & sign a petition to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.fightwashingtoncorruption.org/?id=21637-3048376-q7HjXZx">Fight
Washington Corruption</a>.</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Sources:<br>1. "BP's latest plan succeeding, but may make spill worse,"
Newsweek, June 2, 2010.
<br>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=88880&id=21637-3048376-q7HjXZx&t=5<br>2.
"GE, Exxon Paid No U.S. Income Taxes in 2009," ABC News, April 6, 2010
<br>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=89262&id=&id=21637-3048376-q7HjXZx&t=6<br>3.
"Why is Dick Cheney Silent on the Oil Spill?" Newsweek, June 10, 2010
<br>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=89263&id=21637-3048376-q7HjXZx&t=7<br>4.
"Other Massey Mines Showed A Pattern Of Violations," NPR, April 13, 2010
<br>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=89264&id=21637-3048376-q7HjXZx&t=8<br>5.
"Monsanto's man Taylor returns to FDA in food-czar role," Grist, July 8, 2009
<br>http://www.grist.org/article/2009-07-08-monsanto-FDA-taylor/<br>6. "Toyota
tried to cut costs on recalls," Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2010
<br>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=89265&id=21637-3048376-q7HjXZx&t=9<br>7.
"GE vice chairman openly challenges Gates over F-35 fighter jet engine," The
Hill, June 17, 2010
<br>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=89266&id=21637-3048376-q7HjXZx&t=10<br>8.
"Bankers Reaped Lavish Bonuses During Bailouts," The New York Times, July 30,
2009
<br>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/business/31pay.html</font></p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></div></div></blockquote></td></tr></table>