Peace Activists to protest Caterpillar; Rachel Corrie Parents

03/18/04 | Freep

[11th Earl of Mar]

One time when I wished I lived near Peoria.

I used to. I was born in Peoria and raised in Pekin. [ever heard of the high school team Pekin Chinks?]

If I still lived there I probably would sell miniature bull dozers with an Israeli flag on it.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[Mark17]

Any other ideas?

Don't go alone. Those peaceful people can get very warlike.

[Gefreiter]

They might care to know that CAT has operations in:

Turkey and the United Arab Emirates:
http://edalilc1.ajeeb.com/data/65281.asp

Was a welcomed exhibitor at the Gulf Maritime Exhibition:
http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/20632.html

Dealer in Morocco:
http://www.hahooa.com/nav.php?cid=671&pag=5&ver=en

Reps in Kuwait, Dubai, Oman, Qatar:
http://www.albahar.co.ae/

And so on and so forth. Gosh and golly, seems quite a few Arabs are not as concerned about CAT's connection to the plight of their poor downtrodden "brothers" in the terrirtories, are they?

[Peter J. Huss]

I'm buying some Caterpiller stock just in spite.

[Alouette]

[mhking]

Hey! Could someone come and bring some Waffle House menus?

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[StriperSniper]

Encore! Encore!

;-)

[Jaded]

Whereas those people are stoopid.

[RandallFlagg]

Morons. Typical to blame the bulldozer (read: firearm) instead of the acts (read: crime) of the victim (Read: squished).

[Not A Snowbird]

I wish they could explain to me how the manufacturer of the bulldozer is in any way to blame for their daughter's questionable judgement.

[Fury]

Rachel Corrie Parents

From the soap "Another World"? She died?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mhking]

You forgot someone!

[Diogenesis]

The late Rachel Corrie teaching young children how to burn American flags.

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Rachel Corrie's parents in the keep of the serial murderer of Americans and other
innocents including elderly, children, and their terrorist-loving daughter.

PARTIAL LIST OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated
1972 Munich Olympics Sep-5,1972 (Black September)
1976 Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Nov. 4, 1979 444 days
1979 Grand Mosque Seizure, Nov 20,1979
1981 Assassination of Egyptian President, Oct 6,1981
1982 Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister, Sept 14, 1982
1983 Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut6, April 18,1983
1983 Bombing of Maring Barricks, Beruit, Oct 23,1983
1984 Hizballah Restaurant Bombing, April 12,1984
1985 Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, Nov 23,1985
1985 Rome Airport murders
1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacked, U.S. Navy diver murdered
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Homacidal maniac lived in saddams Iraq
1986 Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986
1988 Pan Am 747 Flight 103 Bombing, Lockerbie, 100's murdered
1988 Berlin Discoteque Bombing, Dec 21,1988
1992 Bombing in Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17,1992
1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr., April 14,1993
1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured, Billions
1994 Air France Hijacking, Dec 24,1994
1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan, Mar 8,1995
1995 Saudi Military Installation Attack, Nov 13, 1995
1995 Kashmiri Hostage taking, July 4,1995
1996 Khobar Towers attack
1996 Sudanese Missionarys Kidnapping, Aug 17,1996
1996 Paris Subway Explosion, Dec 3,1996
1997 Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, Sept 4, 1997
1997 Yemeni Kidnappings, Oct 30,1997
1998 Somali Hostage taking crisis, April 15,1998
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru, Jan 15, 1998
1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted)
2000 USS Cole attacked, many U.S. Navy sailors murdered
2000-2003 Intifada against Israel - 100's dead and injured
2000 Manila Bombing, Dec 30,2000
2001 4 Commercial airliners hijacked, 250+ murdered
2001 World Trade Center attacked, 2800+ murdered
2001 Flight 93 murders
2001 Pentagon attacked, 180+ murdered
2002 Reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered
2002 Philippines American missionary, Filipino nurse killed
2002 July 4, El Al attack Los Angeles LAX, several murdered
2002 Bali bombing - 200 dead, 300 injured
2002 Yemen, French Oil Tanker attacked
2002 Marines attacked / murdered in Kuwait
2002 Washington D.C. sniper
2002 Russian Theater attacked, 100+ dead
2002 Nigerian riots against Miss World Pageant, 200 dead, dozens injured
2002 Mombasa Hotel Attacked, 12 dead, dozens injured
2002 Israeli Boeing 757 attacked by missiles, fortunately no one injured
2002 August Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia. 12 dead, dozens injured.
2003 Rusian concert bombing
2003 Phillipines airport and market bombing
2003 Foiled SAM plot in the USA
2003 UN Baghdad HQ Bombing

[Jack of all Trades]

They should offer a new torque rise option named "The Rachel". Now that would be a fitting tribute.

[m1-lightning]

They also might care to know that Caterpillar Inc. isn't responsible for machinery sold to Israel. Israel buys them from independent dealers. But you can't really expect peacniks to research anything before they protest it.

[geedee]

Charles Darwin would be pleased to find his theory proved beyond a shadow of a doubt.

[Don W]

Do these people realize just how utterly idiotic this is?

I read the first 3 lines and started laughing. I'm still suffering giggle fits when I think about it. A new keyboard is in my very near future due to the coffee I sprayed when I saw the "charges" list.

It's a MACHINE, you morons! A very useful piece of construction equipment!