The biggest company you've never heard of

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  1. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    there are many of us.
     
    EL PRESIDENTE, Aug 31, 2010
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  2. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    and there are none of us.
     
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  3. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Well, controlling our prisons/highways/whatnot is different than controlling Australia's prisons/highways/whatnot.

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    There are are tons of companies that are owned by these multi-national conglomerates.....especially on the Food production side.
     
    ppilot, Aug 31, 2010
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    What you meant, got it.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Didn't you hear the music in the video? Of COURSE they're evil!
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Governments privatize to 1) pay employees less, and 2) circumvent laws which place responsibility and transparency on government agencies, when those laws don't apply to private companies.

    The main thing learned from the Contra Hearings, which were around 1986, was 2).
     
    jlprk, Sep 5, 2010
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    Of course they are. Every single one of them, with no exception.

    What hermetically-sealed bubble were you raised in?
     
    MARIS61, Sep 7, 2010
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  12. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    This one.

    [​IMG]

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  13. Colonel Ronan

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    Common misconception. Barfo was actually raised by a pack of wolves.
     
    Colonel Ronan, Sep 8, 2010
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  14. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yes, but by a pack of wolves in a hermetically sealed bubble. You are both right.

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    barfo, Sep 8, 2010
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    So the legends are true!
     
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