Thread: Nation of suck ups.

"I'm not a great fan of President Bush and his policies," Mr Garrett said.

Ford and GM had German branches and so did a lot of others across a wide range of industries. I wonder what happened to ownership and dividends when the US declared war? I suppose they had no option but to do war work given the totalitarian government in the Third Reich. Put a few CEO's in Dachau and the others would soon co-operate.

Thanks Brian, one of those stories of WWII which has never been overly dicussed...

The pic of Peter Garrett is superb, he's about my age, and makes me look so much younger...

He looks like my (once upon a long time ago) 70yo (exWWI/Gallipoli/Somme/Egypt/etc) grandfather,

as I knew him when I as a kid...remarkable...

GQ

Originally Posted by mittadisco

"I'm not a great fan of President Bush and his policies," Mr Garrett said.

Unfortunately the quote of an Idealist learning to be a politician.

Originally Posted by Quiggers

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... Hey, Brian, wasn't Ford complicit in keeping (some) industry going in Germany, in the earlier days of WWII?

GQ

Don't know about Ford however GM was the big winner - during the war GM got subsidised to build new factories to produce: trucks; tanks; aircraft; and munitions and were paid for each item that came off the production line.

In Germany during the war Opel got subsidised by the NAZI's to build new factories and produced: trucks; tanks; aircraft and munitions and were paid for each item that came off the production line. Opel even had slave labour supplied from NAZI concentration camps.

Some GM built airoplanes flew over Germany and dropped GM manufactured bombs onto Opel factories, which during the war were re-build by the NAZI's so that Opel could continue production.

After the War under the Marshall Plan, GM went to the US Government and received reparations for the damage the US war machine had done to it's Opel factories.

Who ever said War was a bad thing. Haliburton surely hasn't suffered this time around, neither has Don Rumsfeld it's former CEO.

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

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After the War under the Marshall Plan, GM went to the US Government and received reparations for the damage the US war machine had done to it's Opel factories.

Yes, the Marshall Plan. That is where the US after making a major, perhaps the major, contibution in liberating Europe from fascism then went and spent billions rebuilding those countries so they could remain free. And to quote Condoleeza Rice, what did they ask in return? Just enough land to bury their dead. And the same happened in Japan.

That is what the US really is and long may Australia do what it can to support them in the ongoing battle for simple human decency. The less like the US your country is, the more likely you are to be cold, wet, hungry and repressed.

Originally Posted by JamesH

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... That is what the US really is and long may Australia do what it can to support them in the ongoing battle for simple human decency. The less like the US your country is, the more likely you are to be cold, wet, hungry and repressed.

Hmmm - ?????

Not sure that I would like to be in a country like a G Dubilya Bush America. Would much prefer a W "don't talk about my interns" Clinton style America, we sure wouldn't be in Iraq if the 2 term rule wasn't there.

And if we want to talk about freeing the masses - why isn't the US military in Zimbabwe and Palestine?

Not that the Westminster system, with an elected house of review doesn't have flaws, but it is sure better than rule by an "I govern at my pleasure" Bush, an un-elected Executive branch and an "I answer to no one" Cheney.

Diana
(No I'm not a democrat)

Originally Posted by 4bee

Anyone know yet what the APEC uniform will be?

Akubras & RM Williams Longhorn togs & boots perchance?

Khaki shirts & shorts?

predictable driazabone stuff - scripted by makers of mcleods daughters