As for W. and Rice and Cheney and Evans et al -- I think we've got a bunch of gold-diggers on our hands-- who will be mostly looking for ways to manipulate government to line their pockets and further enrich the Bush clan-circle of friends. Hail to the Thief - we ain't seen nothin yet. Marta
Lflanders at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/21/00 6:26:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> owner-lbo-talk-digest at lists.panix.com writes:
>
> << From: Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org>
> > To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 1:19 PM
> > Subject: Rice and Exxon
> >
> >
> > > Did anyone catch Democracy Now this morning? I only got the end
> > > of the segment about Condoleeza Rice. Seems she was on the board
> > > of Exxon and made some big money there. I sure would like to get
> > > the details if anyone listened to Goodman today.
> > > thanks,
> > > --
> > > Marta >>
> I interviewed Rice on my show in the summer and yes, indeed, she was on the
> Board of Chevron (and had an oiltanker named after her.) When I asked her
> what the guiding principles of US foreign policy would be under her
> administration, she responded: trade, stability and democracy. I asked about
> human rights. She said of course, that democracy flows, lickety-split, from
> trade. I pointed to the record in Nigeria, of Chevron's long relationship
> with a military dictatorship, and worse than that, employment of government
> military death squads to deal with local resistance and dissent -- she
> answered with the classic line: "Corporations can't pick and choose which
> governments they work with." Likewise, before she terminated the interview, I
> asked her whether, in Madeleine Albright's position she would have responded
> as Albright did to Leslie Stahl, about sanctions against Iraq being worth the
> price of half a million children's lives. She said, on that point she "shared
> Albright's view." She's a piece of work, that Rice, but smart for sure. Hates
> to talk about her past in segregated Birmingham, Bush must have required her
> to, as part of their deal. ugh.
> Sadly, radioforchange.com (the radio project of the working assets company)
> didn't start archiving tapes until last month, so I have no archive, but the
> interview took place the week after the Republican convention in
> Philadelphia, live.
> Cheers
> Laura
>
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