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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…
Read MoreJeffrey W. Runge, M.D.AdministratorNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration400 Seventh Street, SWWashington, D.C. 20590 Dear Administrator Runge: I am writing to request that the general public be afforded the same expert safety advice provided to the producers and viewers of the Cable News Network. Specifically, I urge NHTSA to issue a consumer advisory detailing the life-threatening…
Read MoreIn order to increase its leverage over Northwest Airlines mechanics, management is decreasing the margin of safety for its passengers. If Northwest Airlines executives are as willing to sacrifice their past and present compensation packages the way they are demanding round after round of sacrifices by their mechanics, then any settlement would be infused with…
Read MoreLaw Reviews should have a “letters to the editors” section, as many professional journals in the social sciences and physical sciences do. Presently, there is no way readers can comment on or rebut any of the contents of law reviews other than to persuade the editors to print an article or note or book review…
Read MoreDear Ms. Sheehan, From your grief over the loss of your son, Casey, in Iraq has come the courage to spotlight nationally the cowardly character trait of a President who refuses to meet with anyone or any group critical of his illegal, fabricated, deceptive war and occupation of that ravaged country. As a messianic…
Read MoreMr. Masaharu IkutaJapan Post1-3-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 100-8798Japan Dear Mr. Masaharu Ikuta: For many years I have been aware of the high level of mail and financial services provided by the Japanese post office. Mail service is accurate and efficient, and post offices are located in even the smallest towns. It should be remembered that Japan’s…
Read More   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAUGUST 8, 2005 FOR MORE INFORMATION,CONTACT RALPH NADER AT 202-387-8034 “No one was able to negotiate so skillfully the shoals of the 30 minute television evening news format than the consummate newsman, Peter Jennings. Constrained, as all network anchors are, by minutes taken for advertisements, minutes taken for formulaic segments and the…
Read MoreDear President Bush: On June 28, 2005 you addressed the nation in prime time about the situation in Iraq. You called the casualties, destruction and suffering in that country “horrifying and real.” Then you declared: “I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it,” you asserted and went on…
Read MoreTO: Members of the United States SenateFR: Ralph NaderDT: March 31, 2005RE: AMTRAK The debate over how we spend tax dollars has been made increasingly more difficult because of President Bush’s costly invasion of Iraq and his insistence on providing tax benefits to the wealthy and massive subsidies to other private industries. Now President Bush…
Read More“This is a sad day for the Schindler family and a blot on the history of American jurisprudence,” said Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith, “we extend our deepest sympathies to the entire Schindler family and thank them for their devotion to Terri and their noble defense of her life”. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/31/05 Consumer…
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