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"No matter how cynical you get, it's almost impossible to keep up." -- Lily Tomlin
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It all adds up to a sorry story
The numbers tell the tale of the Bush presidency
Also in this issue:
- Salesmen rob soldiers
- Beating the big shots
- The pentagons revolving door
- Going for the gold in Greece
- Blockheads fail to block dissent
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August's Lowdown
Corporations scoff at workers' rights--even the right to come home from work alive
Their names probably won't mean mean anything to you, but these people ought to have some modicum of personal recognition: Jason Anderson, Aaron Dale "Bubba" Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Curtis, Gordon Jones, Roy Wyatt Kemp, Karl Kleppinger, Blair Manuel, Dewey Revette, Shane Roshto, and Adam Weise. These are the 11 workers who were killed when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20.
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The pentagons revolving door
Pete Aldridge has made a career of spinning in and out of the revolving door between the Pentagon and military contractors. He was secretary of the air force, then he was president of air force contractor McDonnell Douglas. Then George W. brought him back inside to be in charge of all Pentagon purchases. Last year, he quit to become a highlypaid board member at Lockheed—just after personally approving a $3 billion contract for 20 jet-fighters to be made by—you guessed it—Lockheed.
Next Bush named Pete chairman of a space exploration commission, which recently called for privatizing NASA. Guess what corporation stands to gain the most from such a move? Bingo, if you said Lockheed!
Pete says he's in compliance with current ethics laws. Yep, laws written by lobbyists for Goobers like Pete. "Legal" isn't the same as moral. To learn more about all the Petes out there, call the Project on Government Oversight: 202-347-1122.