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New Orleans, the largest city devastated by two Hurricanes, lies in ruins. The reconstruction plans are forming and the usual commercial interests are in the forefront to receive large subsidies, federal overpayments and special immunities from having to meet labor, environmental and other normal legal safeguards for the people.  The corporate looting of New Orleans…
Amidst the wailing and grieving by those many victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita comes the growls of greed from those corporations getting huge contracts from the US government to supply emergency relief, reconstruction services and materials. From everywhere — the press, citizen groups, lawmakers, federal inspectors general — come the howls and charges of…
You would think that with all the troubles surrounding George W. Bush and the Republican leadership in Congress — from the life-costing bungling of Hurricane responses to the deepening quagmire in Iraq to the front page stories of corruption, self-dealing and national security leaks — you would think the Democrats would be in the ascendancy.…
Historians like to speak of special times when leaders “seized the moment” to enact or implement their priorities. Giant hurricanes make these “special times,” and no one is moving faster to exploit them than the corporate powers. Urged on by the Wall Street Journal’s editorials, corporate lobbyists are demanding of the federal and state governments…
If only corporations could laugh—if only corporations could laugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on Judge John Roberts’ nomination for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, they would head for the nearest champagne closet in their executive suites. What a triumph for the most dominant powers in and around our nation. Judge Roberts got…
PDF version of this testimony Statement of Ralph Naderon the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. by President George W. Bushto be Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of the United Statessubmitted to the Senate Judiciary CommitteeU.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., September 12, 2005 Mr. Chairman and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, thank you for the…
With the proper media focus on the horrors of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent preventable destruction by flooding of lives, hopes and jobs, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week on the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States will be fighting for…
On the same day Ralph Nader wrote to Ford Motor Company Chairman and CEO Bill Ford, Jr., urging him to recall all Ford vehicles manufactured with a hot-wired speed control deactivation switch, Ford announced it will recall only a fraction of the dangerous parts. Earlier, Nader wrote to National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Dr. Jeffrey…
September 7, 2005 William Clay Ford, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Ford Motor Company 1 American Road Dearborn, MI 48126 Dear Mr. Ford: As you are aware, an ongoing defect investigation of Ford Motor Company trucks and SUVs is being undertaken by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration due to high…
For over two years I have been saying that the Mayor of Baghdad, George W. Bush, should be paying attention to America, including its massively unmet public works needs. But the President, who scheduled five weeks in Crawford, Texas, to assure “a balanced life,” is now finding his political status unbalanced and hanging by fewer…