The owners of America

[Ardent15]

In every industry, in every business area, there are a relatively small group of people who comprise the board of directors for a particular corporation-and those people control most of the wealth, power, and influence.

They are the owners of America, and they are enemies of the People.

[upi402]

1. +1

:kick:

[Hannah Bell]

2. board interlocks for major media corps:

ABC/Disney

Boeing
Casella Waste Systems
CB Richard Ellis Services
City National Bank
Columbia/HCA Healthcare
Doubleclick
Edison International
FedEx
Jenny Craig
LM Institutional Fund Advisors I
Lozano Communications
Northwest Airlines
On Command Corp.
Pacific American Income Shares
Shamrock Holdings
Sotheby's N. America
Staples
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Sun Microsystems
SunAmerica
Trefoil Investors
UNUM Provident
Verdon-Cedric Productions
Xerox


NBC/GE

Alcatel
Anheuser-Busch
Ann Taylor
Avon
Banco Nacional de Mexico
Cambridge Technology Partners
Catalyst
Champion International
Chase Manhattan
Choice-Point
Chubb Corporation
Coca-Cola
Community Health Systems
Dell Computer
Delphi Automotive
Fiat
Home Depot
Honeywell
Illinois Tool Works
International Speedy
Internet Security Systems
Invemed
Morgan Chase & Co.
Kellogg
Kimberly-Clark
Knight-Ridder
Microtune
Morgan Gauranty Trust
National Service Industries
New York Stock Exchange
Oglivy & Mather
Penske
Planet Hollywood
Scientific Atlanta
State Street Bank and Trust
Sun Microsystems
Texaco
TIAA-CREF
Total Systems Services
TRICON Global Restaurants
Unifi
Unilever
WinStar


CBS/Viacom

Akamai Technologies
Amazon.com
American Express
American Home Products Corp
Atlas Air
Avnet
Bank One
Bear Sterns Companies
Boston Properties
Cardinal Health
Care Capital
Chase Manhattan
CineBridge Ventures
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
CVS
Daimler Chrysler
Dell
DND Capital Partners
Downeast Food Distributors
Electronic Data Systems
Ezgov.com
Genuity
Honeywell
Morgan Chase & Co.
Lafarge Corp
Louisiana Marine Transport
Maersk Group
MBIA
MovieTickets.com
New York Stock Exchange
Orion Safety Products
PartnerRe
Pfizer
Polaris Venture Capital
Prudential Insurance
Rockwell International Corp
Sonesta
Ventro
Verizon
Visteon


CNN/TimeWarner

Allstate
American Express
American International
AMR
Barksdale Group
Catellus Development
Chevron
Citigroup
Colgate-Palmolive
Community Health Systems
Dell Computers
Eagle River
Exult
Fannie Mae
FedEx
Forstmann Little & Co.
Hills & Co.
Hilton Hotels
Interpublic Group
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Lucent
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
New York Stock Exchange
Nextel Communications
Oakwood Homes Corp
Park Place Entertainment
Pearson plc
PepsiCo
Pfizer
Pharmacyclics
Sears
Sun Microsystems
TCW
Webvan
Westfield America Corp
XO Communications
ZG Ventures


Fox/News Corp.

Allen & Company
Bayou Steel Corp
Beijing PDN Xiren Info. Tech. Co.
British Airways
Championship Auto Racing Teams
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Compaq
Gateway
John Swire and Son Pty.
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
New York Stock Exchange
One.Tel
Phillip Morris
PMP Communications
RM William Holdings
Rothschild Investment
Sanoma of Finnland
Six Flags
Valence Technology
Western Multiplex Corp
Worldcom


New York Times Co.

360 Degree Communication
Alcoa
Avon
Bristol-Meyers Squibb
Campbell Soup
Carlyle Group
Chase Manhattan
Cummins Engine Corp
Ford
Grace & Co.
Hallmark Cards
Hanson PLC
Johnson & Johnson
Knoll
Lehman Bros.
Lucas Digital
LucasArts
Lucent Technologies
Metropolitan Life
PepsiCo
Principal Financial Group
Schering-Plough
Sears
Springs Industries
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
State Street Research and Management
Texaco
US Industries
Warburg, Pincus & Co.
Zurich Insurance


Washington Post/Newsweek

Allen & Company
Ashland Oil
Berkshire Hathaway
Coca-Cola
Darden Restaurants
Gilette
Heinz
Lexmark
McDonalds
Polaroid
Ticketmaster
Union Pacific
USA Networks
White Mountain Holdings
Yankee Nets


Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones

12 Entreprenuering
Airclic
American Express
AOL Latin America
Bancroft Operations
Bank of East Asia
Bankers Trust Company
Callaway Golf
Campbell Soup
Clear Channel
Ford
Hallmark Cards
Hartford Financial Services Group
ITT Corp.
Penney
Lazard Freres
Met Life
Minerals Technology
Pfizer
Rayonier
Revlon
Ryder System
Sara Lee
Shell Oil
Sprint
Texaco
Union Carbide
UtiliCorp United
Xerox


Tribune Co.

American National Can Group
Aon
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
CINergy
Corning
Dean Foods
Deere & Co.
Diamond Technology partners
First Chicago NBD
First Third Bancorp
Inter-Con Security Systems
Maynard Partners Incorporated
McDonalds
Nordstrom
Schlumberger Information Solutions
Schwarz Worldwide
Sears
Skyline Corp.
Smurfit-Stone Container
Taft Broadcasting
Union Central Life Insurance
United Airlines
Washington Mutual
Western Telecommunications


Gannett/USA Today

Aloha Airgroup
American Express
Armstrong World Industries
Capital Investment of Hawaii
Carlisle
Continental Airlines
Cummins Engine Co.
Dayton Hudson Corp.
Eastman Chemical Corp.
FLP (Florida Power and Light)
Fronteir Corp
Goldman Sachs
IBM
Kaufman and Broad Home Corp.
Millenium Bank
Pacific Century Financial Corp.
Penny Whistle Toys
Prudential Mutual Funds
Textron
TIAA-CREF
Union Pacific
United Health Group
Waste Management


Knight-Ridder

A&P
AP
BankAmerica
Barclays
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Florida
Cambridge Technology
Champion International
Chubb Corporation
Commercial Metals Company
Conrail
CVS
Digital Equipment Corp
Economic Studies
Eli Lilly
Fannie Mae
General Electric
Goldman Sachs
IKON
Ionics Corp.
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Kimberly-Clark
MAS Funds
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Phillips Petroleum
Providian Financial
Raytheon
Reliance Group Holdings
Seattle Times
State Street Bank and Trust
Sun Company
Sun MicroSystems
Tandy Corp
Tricon Global Restaurants
Union Carbide
Vanguard Group
WinStar Communications

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2870

[Ardent15]

3. Wow

Thank you, where was your source for that info?

[Hannah Bell]

8. fair

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2870

[gateley]

4. Wow. And yikes! nt

[dmr]

6. News Corp owns the Wall Street Journal,

and Fox News/News Corps is partly owned by a Saudi prince.

Edit: spelling

[Swamp Rat]

5. George Carlin ~ The American Dream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q&feature=related

[upi402]

7. The American Dream, ya gotta be asleep to beleive it

:patriot: George Carlin