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1 posted on 11/12/2003 6:31:22 PM PST by dighton
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To: dighton; marron; Grampa Dave; gubamyster; mafree
Very interesting...

...Elf was created by General de Gaulle as a rival to British and US oil companies overseas. He allowed it to have a “black box” of secret funds, enabling the company to pay bribes for contracts.

But political parties came to see the black box as an excellent means of funding.

2 posted on 11/12/2003 6:34:53 PM PST by Shermy (France chose Saddam.)
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To: dighton
Interesting. Are oil companies the only businesses that are state-owned in the land of the cheese eating surrender minkeys?
3 posted on 11/12/2003 6:38:07 PM PST by Texas Eagle
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To: dighton
Whew! For a minute there I thought American corporate scandals had spread to Santa Claus!
6 posted on 11/12/2003 7:00:08 PM PST by txzman (Jer 23:29)
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To: dighton
so when algore said he wanted to put social security into its own black lockbox, this is what he meant...

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8 posted on 11/12/2003 8:18:38 PM PST by teeman8r (the only good thing about france is that i am not there right now)
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To: dighton
Fatima Belaid Hmmmmmm. Interesting name....
10 posted on 11/12/2003 11:04:05 PM PST by webheart (Citizen's Grammar Patrol)
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To: dighton; Shermy; BOBTHENAILER; Miss Marple; PhilDragoo; Liz; SierraWasp
Thanks for posting this.

One can only guess about how much money has come from ELF to Carter, the Clintons and other rat politicians over the past decades.

Personally, I suspect that most of the French Owned companies have supported the Rats over the past decades both legally and as money launderers for the Opecker Princes/Thugs.

The Opecker Princes/Thugs probably had secret deals with Elf to laundry money from them to American and Brit politicians.

Last but not least, how many top a$$holes in the UN have received Princely sums via Elf the past couple of decades?
11 posted on 11/13/2003 8:47:20 AM PST by Grampa Dave ("If you can read this, thank a teacher!....Since it is in English, thank a Veteran!")
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