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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:17 PM
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Aerospace giant Boeing is a recidivist corporate crook --
which just happened to have had four of their planes simultaneously hijacked on 9/11?

Hillary Clinton Gives "Shameless Pitch" for Crooked Corporation in Russia


Aerospace giant Boeing is a recidivist corporate crook, yet in a visit to Moscow, Clinton acted like a Boeing spokesperson.

By Jeremy Scahill

EXCERPTS

Boeing is the leading aerospace company in the world and a major US defense contractor. Overall, it is the third largest US government contractor with some $24 billion in annual federal contracts. The company does more than $60 billion in annual sales.

Boeing is also a major recidivist corporate crook.

Since 1995, Boeing has paid $1.5 billion in fines to settle more than 30 instances of misconduct, according to the non-partisan Project on Government Oversight. According to POGO, these include multiple violations of the Arms Export Control Act, including selling defense technology to Russia and China showing “blatant disregard” for State Department directives. According to POGO, Boeing settled cases with the US government for:

In 1995-96, violating the Arms Export Control Act, involving the transfer of rocket data to China.
In 1998, violating the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations by exporting technical data and defense services to Russia, the Ukraine, Norway and Germany “without the required approvals from the Department and, in other circumstances, violated the terms and conditions of approvals that were provided by the Department.”

In 2001, violating the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations in connection with its involvement in the Australian military’s Wedgetail project “by violating the express terms and conditions of Department of State munitions license and other authorizations, by exporting defense articles and defense services without a munitions license or other authorization, and by omitting material facts from its applications for munitions licenses or other authorizations.”
Between 2000 and 2003, violating the Arms Export Control Act. According to the State Department, Boeing sold to China and other countries 94 commercial jets with the gyrochip embedded in the flight boxes without obtaining an export license and in “blatant disregard” of State Department directives.

Other misconduct by Boeing, according to POGO, includes “unauthorized possession of defense information,” gender discrimination, violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, the False Claims Act and anti-trust laws, water pollution in California, contaminating thousands of homes in Colorado with radioactive waste from the Department of Energy’s Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, radioactive and toxic contamination near Los Angeles, over-billing and illegal hiring of government officials.



hmmmmm........

http://rebelreports.com/post/217215838/hillary-clinton-gives-shameless-pitch-for-crooked
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SDuderstadt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:23 PM
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1. Omigod!
I just realized. ALL the planes highjacked on 9/11 had restrooms! The hijackers were obviously going after planes with restrooms!

I wish I could find a link to the famous scene in "The Jerk" where Steve Martin deduces the sniper is actually after the cans at the service station. It would save me from having to post a sarcasm label.

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SDuderstadt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 03:12 PM
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4. I can't believe I just pulled a "lovepg" and spelled...
"hijacked" as "highjacked".
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greyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 04:02 PM
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5. You might both be human afterall. nt
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SDuderstadt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 04:04 PM
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6. Well, I could just as easily have claimed I did it on purpose...
to spoof "truthers".
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 04:17 PM
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7. You'll find that scene herein...lol:
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SDuderstadt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 04:21 PM
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8. Thanks, Subdivisions!
Jesus, that was a funny movie!

Hope this finds you and the town of Cleburne well, my friend.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 08:52 PM
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9. I had forgotten how funny that movie is. It's in my Netflix queue right now =).
As with all death, even tragic death, the pain and sadness fade with time. We are getting back to normal and looking forward but we will never forget young Hunter. May he rest in peace.
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SDuderstadt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 08:54 PM
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10. Remember the scene where Martin is hitchiking and...
by the end of the day, he's gone as far as the end of the fence?
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KDLarsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:44 PM
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2. So Boeing decided to get even
By hitting a major source of income for them (the Pentagon), as well as furthering the post-IT bubble international finance crisis, ensuring their stocks would crash as well :eyes:

(Yeah, I know I'm on ignore, but D&P's posts are too funny to ignore!)
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sgsmith Donating Member (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:58 PM
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3. Oh noes!
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