[Peace-discuss] Fwd: GM Murder

[David Johnson via Peace-discuss]

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*From The WarZone*

*Sanctioned Murder in America*

Corporate negligent homicide [murder] has become a significant cause of 
death in America. Case in point: General Motor’s failure to recall 
faulty vehicles. Consider how many deaths occur because of product 
liability, workplace safety violations and then note the absence of 
penalties. America stands out among industrialized nations in 
legislating amnesty for corporate murder, limiting damages with Tort 
reform, bankruptcy courts and getting a free pass on criminal negligent 
homicide even when it’s premeditated. Whatever a corporation does that 
negatively impacts the lives of consumers and ordinary Americans is no 
longer subject to constitutional authority, the bill of rights, the 
judicial branch of government, or even the charter laws each state has 
to force corporations to act in the interest of the public. How did this 
happen?

The ascension to Corporate Fascism began almost as soon as the ink dried 
on the Bill of Rights. The truth is, as citizens, we have no rights! In 
the late 1800”s citizen status was granted to corporations in a 
questionable brief written by a railroad employee on behalf of a corrupt 
federal judge in favor of a railroad. Now, corporations have their cake 
and eat it too. They can enjoy massive tax breaks, hidden offshore tax 
havens, and buy elections at will. But when they break the law, cause 
the death of consumers, or grievous public harm, they’re not citizens 
anymore. Lobbying [political bribery] has become an art form that 
guarantees legislators untold wealth, future careers as lobbyists, and 
the ability to completely ignore their constituency while prostituting 
their elected positions to the highest bidders. The problem is, with 
that kind of power, corporations deny ordinary Americans their democracy 
and push America deeper into fascism and poverty.

Nothing offers more proof than the current political climate where 
billionaires are buying elections on behalf of the corporate elite aided 
and abetted by the second biggest whorehouse in America; mainstream 
media! While they possess a more lavish street corner, they are whores 
to corporate advertisers who control the national conversation and the 
information you and I need to make important decisions. Brian Williams, 
Candy Crowley, Wolf Blitzer, the Fox news mob, and even MSNBC avoid real 
issues. It was that cowardly career saving shirking of responsible 
journalism that led us into a phony oil war that cost us thousands of 
our children’s lives, hundreds of thousands wounded, more than 750,000 
innocent civilian lives, and millions of homeless refugees while 
bankrupting our economy.

In the case of General motors, the defects that caused thirteen known 
deaths, with more to surface, was known to GM for more than ten years. 
It was cheaper for GM to keep killing than recall the affected vehicles 
and pay the expense of repairs. For ten years, GM was willfully killing 
consumers. To me that smacks of premeditation whether you want to call 
it murder or criminal negligence. What penalty or what charges would you 
or I face for committing the same act? We would be treated as serial 
killers. All those at GM who had knowledge of the defects have some 
liability in the deaths of thirteen people. If you knew and did nothing 
you are an accessory. If you concealed or covered up information about 
the deaths, it is conspiracy and obstruction; and if you were in the 
decision-making to allow the deaths to continue, then you are a 
murderer. But that’s in a real world in a real democracy with a real 
rule of law. Not in America. Corporate terrorism in America is assisted 
by the most politically corrupt Supreme Court in our nation’s history.

GM has now placed Mary Barra on the coveted throne as CEO. Was Barra the 
brightest bulb in the GM chandelier or is this more damage control? 
Facing congressional hearings, there is a real plus to putting a woman 
and mother in the hot seat. We have seen that before and it is effective 
as legislators are less hostile in their approach. Barra testified days 
ago that she had no knowledge of the defects but refused to turn over 
complete reports of an internal investigation. Barra has thirty years at 
GM and an engineering background, so it’s very unlikely her testimony 
was truthful. There is no way she floated within the upper echelon 
without knowing about the defects. Risk management is always a major 
concern in every corporation.

It has been announced that Barra is scheduled for a prime time 
interview. Let the games begin and the circus put on the show. GM and 
Barra will now Wal-Mart and BP the airwaves with a willing media blitz 
that will transform even the most blatant lies. Rumor has it that Barra 
may even show up with a rented baby slung on her hip.

Barra has terminated a few low level engineers to placate public outcry 
but no one of any significance has been charged nor will they be. Barra 
should be asking herself what her real role in this debacle is. Is she 
the fixer, the social ambassador for the media, or the fall guy for the 
former CEO and the Board of Directors?

Just when you think GM can’t stoop any lower, out comes the scumbag 
legal department. GM just announced that victim’s families will be told 
by GM.s premier scumbag just how much compensation they will receive in 
settlement. If the families refuse and file suit they will get nothing 
citing bankruptcy protection. GM is apparently not satisfied killing 
their customer’s; they want to rape their dead bodies as well! In an 
article earlier this year, I questioned the legitimacy of the GM 
bankruptcy. GM’s super speedy recovery was just too remarkable. Securing 
a devastating contract that UAW members were resisting in spite of the 
international union’s effort to ram it down their throats, raised red 
flags all over the place. Obama, the Wall Street shill with his 
anti-worker auto czar, Ratner the rat, did the ultimate fleece job on 
American autoworkers and taxpayers. I am personally convinced the GM 
bankruptcy was a fraudulent as GM’s concern for customers or GM employees.

In the past two decades no one has done more to damage GM’s reputation 
than GM. GM’s passion for attacking its workers, lowering their standard 
of living and forcing contracts that roll the clock back 50 years, has 
not helped the culture at GM. It is difficult for workers to have pride 
and loyalty to an employer that keeps kicking dirt in their faces. For 
customers, loyalty to GM products is deeply damaged when GM pisses on 
those their lawless behavior has victimized. For the public at large, 
GM’s antics create more cynics when they rub our noses in the fact they 
are above the law.

American democracy is at risk when it is owned solely by those of 
wealth, power and corporate entity. The current congressional hearings 
on GM are a perfect example of democracy derailed. What results will 
Americans who need protection from corporations get? NOTHING! The 
hearings are nothing more than street theater; a dog and pony show; a 
media exercise in fraud. These hearings are held in the biggest 
whorehouse in America. Except for a handful, no congressman or senator 
will risk a lucrative career that corporate America has the power to 
take away. Government of the Corporation, By the Corporation, For the 
Corporation.

Mike Griffin     WarZone Education Foundation Decatur IL

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