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vadger1 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:53 PM Original message |
Lets talk about the worst corporations ever. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Monsato |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I concur. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. FauxNews |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Halliburton. Blackwater. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Interestingly enough, Blackwater |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. My nominee: Dell Computer |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. He literally took food out of the mouths of hundreds of children by doing that. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Well, American children - but maybe some Indian children will get to eat? |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. We should boycott Dell...nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Every Big Media Corporation. They are what is wrong with America. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's an old one: the old Standard Oil (the successors don't begin to be as bad as Standard Oil) |
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vadger1 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Well, let's not forget... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. The law provides an opening for you. Siemens is considered as separate from shareholders. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think EVERY era or generation has a few. I wasn't alive, but |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. The U.S. Military-Industrial Complex |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Carlyle Group, where the Bushes & Bin Ladens make big, big money. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. And the reason Bush isn't looking for Osama?? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. And the reason they'd love to do Iran. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Monsanto - because they invented Terminator Seeds. |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. Didn't know that about Bacardi.... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. The commercial pig factories come to mind |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Tyson ain't so clean, either. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. DuPont / Union Carbide |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Monsanto certainly hasta make the top three, but there is no shortage of |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. MBNA and Blue Cross/Blue Shield |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Carlyle Group. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. McDonald's and General Electric |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. Dyncorp! |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Walmart |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. UBS, Phil Gramm's bank, which has admitted to helping US citizens hide 18B dollars |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. Whoever owns Nutrasweet -- a good galpal of mine dated one of their Div. Presidents and even HE |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. I've always thought Omni Consumer Products (OCP) were dicks |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. IBM. Sold Hitler punchcard systems to organize the death camps. Provided on-site maintenance. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. ITT and Ford: Proud sponsors of the Neo-con led establishment of Pinochet's dictatorship. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. I agree with Bayer being high on the worst list, but for a different reason. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. And I guess it is still being used? |
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Riktor (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. And an oldie, but a goodie... |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. Newscorp and Blackwater spring immediately to mind |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
58. See post #3 and #57 above |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
33. Faux Noise |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Bushco. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Dow, G.E., ExxonMobil... |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. Folks! Folks! You're asking the wrong question!! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. that's the question, alright. but most people subscribe to the "bad apples" theory. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yup. "Bad apples" and "lone nuts." Life is just so goldurned simple! |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Deep, thought-provoking questions to end a sobering thread |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Good questions. What about the answers? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Answer comes back to stop supporting their shit and take them down |
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vadger1 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. Boycott. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. Monsanto, Dow Chemical |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. Appleton and Cruzan now, but why is WTO supporting a condemnation. |
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vadger1 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Free trade |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. How could this list not have Enron on it? |
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Riktor (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Because... |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. Bayer isn't "American" either. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
52. EXXON. n/t |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
53. the original evil company |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
54. Chiquita. Sponsors of right wing militias in Latin America nt |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
55. How about an honorable mention for CCI and Wackenhut? |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
56. Some more: Diebold, Clear Channel, MZM, US Steel |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Clear Channel - owners of broadcasting rights to Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, and O'Reilly |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
62. Monsanto. hands down. n/t |
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