Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:24 PM
alp227 (20,512 posts)
Thom Hartmann (July 19, 2012) Bain Capital and El Salvador death squadsFrom hour 2 of the July 19, 2012 show. Thom Hartmann describes how Mitt Romney founded Bain Capital with the help of wealthy families from El Salvador tied with the right-wing, Reagan administration-backed death squads. Sources: "The roots of Bain Capital in El Salvador's civil war" (http://www.salon.com/2012/01/20/the_roots_of_bain_capital_in_el_salvador/singleton/) by Justin Elliott, Salon.com "Bain Capital started with help of offshore investors" (LA Times, 7/19/12) (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bain-creation-20120719,0,5698366,full.story) El Salvador video narrated by Tom Brokaw is from the Oct. 10, 1983 "NBC Nightly News" (http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20120722169525146&code=tvn&RC=526809)
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| alp227 | Jul 2012 | OP | |
| cantbeserious | Jul 2012 | #1 | |
| Berlum | Jul 2012 | #2 | |
| alp227 | Jul 2012 | #4 | |
| burrowowl | Jul 2012 | #3 | |
| alp227 | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| WhoIsNumberNone | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| Bucky | Aug 2012 | #7 |
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:48 PM
cantbeserious (1,982 posts)
1. Rmoney = Blood
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Response to alp227 (Original post)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:57 PM
Berlum (3,733 posts)
2. wow - right wing totalitarianism
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Last edited Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:58 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Soooo republican. So ugly. So opposite of all America's ideals.
You should post this in GD where more people can see... |
Response to Berlum (Reply #2)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 09:21 PM
alp227 (20,512 posts)
4. GD has posts about this issue already.
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 09:07 PM
burrowowl (8,964 posts)
3. Good links to articles, thanks!
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 12:56 PM
alp227 (20,512 posts)
5. BTTT due to related article in LBN today
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 02:50 AM
WhoIsNumberNone (4,510 posts)
6. Mitt Romney: Model Republican
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 05:11 AM
Bucky (41,539 posts)
7. No one acquires large sums of capital without picking up blood money.
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This is an important story, so we can safely assume it won't get much, if any, play in mainstream news outlets.
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