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a lonely worker
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posted 22 August 2007 10:01 PM      Profile for a lonely worker     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Left, Right Proxies Push on Iraq

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The proxy fight over the Iraq war grew more crowded yesterday with the launch of Freedom's Watch, a lobbying group that will mount a $15 million advertising and grass-roots campaign to maintain Republican support for President Bush's policies.


Antiwar groups branded the organization a White House front, and it does have an administration pedigree.

Leadership:

Bradley A. Blakeman, president, a former deputy assistant to President Bush.

Ari Fleischer, board member, former Bush press secretary.

Matthew Brooks, board member, executive director, Republican Jewish Coalition.

Donors:

John Templeton Jr., a pediatric surgeon and board member of Canada-based Templeton Growth Fund. Templeton's foundation in 2004 financed an independent expenditure group, Let Freedom Ring, promoted as a counter to George Soros-backed liberal groups attacking the president's reelection.


Templeton's obviously not the only donor, but I think it's high time this Lord Black wannabe got some attention.

I wonder how the average Canadian would feel about investing in "Templeton Funds" if they knew a kickback was going to finance Bushesque propaganda?

Would also be interesting to see what else he funds. People deserve to know what the companies they deal with invest in and the damage these oligarchs are causing.


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ceti
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posted 23 August 2007 09:03 PM      Profile for ceti     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Ah, nice, a pediatric surgeon supporting policies that maim and kill countless children.
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HeywoodFloyd
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posted 23 August 2007 09:21 PM      Profile for HeywoodFloyd     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I've got templeton funds. Great returns.
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Ken Burch
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posted 23 August 2007 09:39 PM      Profile for Ken Burch     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by ceti:
Ah, nice, a pediatric surgeon supporting policies that maim and kill countless children.

Hey, a guy's gotta drum up business somehow.


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Jingles
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posted 23 August 2007 10:04 PM      Profile for Jingles     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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I've got templeton funds. Great returns

If a few Iraqi children have to loose a few limbs so I can get that boat for my retirement, well, thats a price I'm willing for them to pay.


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munroe
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posted 24 August 2007 08:21 AM      Profile for munroe     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Heywood, I really hope those returns weren't from sub-prime mortgages (or coal stocks in the American midwest).
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HeywoodFloyd
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posted 24 August 2007 08:25 AM      Profile for HeywoodFloyd     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Nope. Arms manufacturers and oilpatch IIRC.
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Frustrated Mess
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posted 24 August 2007 08:27 AM      Profile for Frustrated Mess   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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Arms manufacturers and oilpatch IIRC.

Oh, thank God! A fund without ethics. I was almost asking where have all the real capitalist blood suckers gone.

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