Is CAT selling weapons of war?(Hang on to your cookies)

Mineweb.com ^ | '18-MAY-04 07:00' | Dorothy Kosich

[Cuttnhorse]

The article brings up several questions...all stupid questions, but we live in troubled times.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Liberals and Muslims are in a race to the finish line to see who can destroy Western Civilization the fastest.

[EggsAckley]

What a whiner!!

[Moose4]

Standing in the lobby of the equipment dealer, the protestors recited Kaddish for Rachel Corrie, who died last year after being run over by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent a Palestinian home from being demolished on the Gaza Strip.

And if Rachel Corrie was in that lobby, she'd laugh at you and call you Zionist pigs...and probably wouldn't stop to pray for the souls of an Israeli killed by her Palestinian buddies.

Reciting the prayer for the dead (I assume that's what Kaddish is?) for her is a very noble thing, but unfortunately would not be reciprocated.

}:-)4

[EggsAckley]

How many times did this twit use the phrase "this reporter"? I quit counting at four....................pretentious, self-important..............I hate people who talk/write like that.

[Feiny]

Now , now...there are NO stupid questions....just stupid people.

[curlewbird]

Yeah, like - Is Ford to be held responsible when one of it's SUV's in the hands of a thief runs down a little old lady? Or is the Budweiser in the belly of the drunk driver responsible when the drinker mows down another car?? BIG TOBACCO all over again I'm afraid!!

[Florida_Freeper]

Here at work, we ship close to 70,000 fuel caps annually to CAT, Peoria (and have been for more than ten years).

They are by far our biggest customer (with Peterbilt and Harley at #2 and 3).

Go CAT!!

[RightWhale]

As if CAT is the only manufacturer of earthmoving and snow removal equipment.

[Clint Williams]

If Caterpillar is responsible for the use of its equipment by the military

...then are cellphone makers and providers responsible for the use their equipment by terrorists? Boeing for its airliners? Just stupid...

[camle]

give him some cheese - he's pretty good at the whine...

reminds me of the lunatic chairman of Ford a while back who was all het up about evil SUV's. Even though he finally got out of there, the company hasn't been the same. It'll take years to recover market share.

But if this guy really is so soncerned, then why doesn't he just quit and let someone who cares for the company take over?

Caterpillar makes the very best, and has been the target of a leftist smear campaign for years. I'd hate to see it flounder because of this kind of behavior.

[Rokurota]

You think you're tough!! You want of piece of me!!

[RightWhale]

CAT is doing well in the current economic recovery.

[Jaded]

I could but stare. These people have waaaay to much time on their hands.

[Petronski]

The article brings up several questions...all stupid questions, but we live in troubled times.

LOL

[epigone73]

well, said!

My money's on the jihadists; more know-how and determination; not as likely to get stoned or go to a Phish concert.

[wingnutx]

What has two thumbs and writes stupid articles? THIS REPORTER!

[Cuttnhorse]

CAT's stock is also doing well, although off it's highs of $74.

They are a great company...the mining company I work for now has five D-10s working at a new project, and a half-dozen of their 245-ton haul trucks, plus two of their big 994 loaders...Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

They are what I think of when someone mentions "Heavy Metal."

[wgeorge2001]

board of directors name a panel of outside directors to evaluate whether the sale of bulldozers violates the company’s code of business conduct. The Mercy Investment Program, the Sisters of Loretto, and the Ursuline Sisters introduced a resolution at this year’s CAT shareholders’ meeting asking Caterpillar to take a close look at the risks it’s taking by selling bulldozers to the Israeli military

Sounds like the churlish liberal nags are getting ready to unleash the democrat dogs, money hungry lawyers looking for another company to rob and destroy under the pretense of love for poor old palestinian terrorists.

[wgeorge2001]

"Liberals and Muslims are in a race to the finish line to see who can destroy Western Civilization the fastest"

Ha Ha ha, it is the truth.