Inaugural Donors at a Glance

[catgirl]

I wonder if these people have donated to more urgent matters? Time to do some boycotting.

Here is the AP link:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20050113/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inaugural_donors_list

[spunky]

1. You'd be boycotting every corporation in America by

the looks of that list. lol.

[skylarmae]

2. oh, and even my beloved Coca Cola

looks like just about everyone made the list. What's a girl to do?

[Dr Fate]

10. Try a nice, regional cane sugar cola.

You can find them at most organic grocercy stores- they taste better too!!

[meganmonkey]

19. Blue Sky!! Santa Cruz!! Yum!

THose are the soda brands, of course, but looking at it now it sounds like I am planning a vacation :) I wish

Also there are other local brands that are refined-sugar-nasty but still better than Pepsi or Coke brands, here in Michigan we have Faygo. I love Faygo!

[Zhade]

42. Coca-Cola's been corrupt for decades.

Google "Coca Cola" and "South America" for some horror stories about dead union workers.

[d.l.Green]

47. Read on...

Coca Cola is stealing water from aquifers, turning limited potable water into profitable soft drinks. I'll never understand why people drink this brown, processed sugar water full of caffeine and shot up with poisonous carbon dioxide.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EL19Df06.html

[DrDan]

3. AT&T just eliminated several thousand jobs

but it found $250,000 for junior's party

That ought to make the employees feel better

[flamingpie2500]

11. Probably because AT&T got a nice military contract for prepaid phone

cards for military use.
https://thor.aafes.com/scs/default.aspx

[truthseeker1]

4. What the hell is Benson Football?? And Linger Longer Development Corp?

:wtf:

[TahitiNut]

8. New Orleans Saints and 450 employee real estate company in ...

... Putnam County, GA, chaired by Mercer Reynolds of Cincinnati.

Two words: "Butt buddy"

[KamaAina]

38. Aaaauugggh! Now the Aints have to go on the root-against list, too?

That makes about two-thirds of the entire NFL, for one reason or another (not necessarily for being conservoids).

[catgirl]

5. Getting rid of the Bank of America credit card

finally. Been meaning to do that. Never staying at a Marriott hotel either.
AT&T never! Working Assets gives you free Ben and Jerrys ice cream! Jet Blue gave $0 to the Bush campaign. Through major boycotts we can hurt these people. I've read that the international community is talking about it.

[annabanana]

15. rats! B of A just bought out my local Fleet (which bought out the

earlier Nat'l Westminster).
I don't have their C Card though, and my savings account is elsewhere.

[Anakin Skywalker]

31. I Am Glad

that the international community is joining in to screw the Bush @$$holes. Remember that the rightwing only understands money (that "moral" crap is just their way of making themselves feel superior), so economic boycott is a great way of sending them a message (and not a mixed one either :) ).

[sepia_steel]

44. Well, CRAP

I FINALLY opened a bank account today... AND savings... AND CC...

but I'm not paying them any fees, does that count? (I know it doesn't :()

On a brighter note, this household just went soda-free. At least there's that.

[chelaque liberal]

6. I don't see Wachovia on that list.

I read that somewhere this morning and was all set to close my account. Anybody know?

[catgirl]

12. I saw them specifically named several days ago

apparently they are giving LOTS of money.

[KoKo]

27. Wachovia and Bank America gave $250,000 each to the Coronation...

Article was posted here about it from the "Charlotte Observer." We are going to send letters to them complaining because we use both banks.

If we all complained maybe it would have some impact. I don't like Banks giving money to either party and particularly to pay for Inauguration. If they want to Lobby, that's their right...but to pay for the Emperor's Big Day! Disgusting!

[go west young man]

17. Definate Bush buddies....

I rememember before the invasion of Iraq thst Wachovia/Synovus mortgage CEO Jimmy Blanchard came to the resort I worked at as a waiter and encouraged a group of 1000 employees to get behind the president on the war. It made me think about how the Germans got led up to WWII with someone from a corporation telling the regular folk to march in line. He touted his faith in god as well as Bush pretty heavily. A very weird and sad day for me as it made me realize the company I worked for was not as good as I thought it was.

[egoprofit]

35. don't mean to sound stupid but why do they donate money?

what is the money used for? thanks.

[Sydnie]

7. Which American Financial is that?

When I google it, I get several different companies with that name. The most news stories that google has listed for anything with that name is for a company called Americal Financial Realty Trust. Trying to make a list to use at http://www.theyrule.net/2004/tr2.php and see just how connected they all really are.

[Sydnie]

9. Here's another interesting article

The Californians giving $250,000 — which entitles them to become inaugural "underwriters'' and receive tickets to all events featuring the president and first lady Laura Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne — include ChevronTexaco of San Ramon, Argent Mortgage Co. and Ameriquest Capital, both of Orange, Town & Country Credit of Irvine and Occidental Petroleum of Los Angeles.

Individuals giving the maximum include such longtime Republican donors as construction magnate Alex Spanos of Stockton, who also owns the San Diego Chargers, Thomas F. Stephenson of Atherton, a partner in the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, and Elliott Broidy of Los Angeles, an independent investor and a leader of the Republican Jewish Coalition.

Individual Californians contributing $100,000, which makes them inaugural "sponsors,'' include Cherie and Robin Arkley of Eureka. Arkley of the Security National Servicing Corp., a mortgage company, gave more than $500,000 last year to an independent expenditure group that helped unseat Senate Minority Leader Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D.

Others include Bradford M. Freeman of Los Angeles, a partner in the investment firm of Freeman, Spogli Co. and longtime fund-raiser for the president. He is serving as co-chair of the inaugural committee, a post he also held for Bush's first inaugural in 2001. Roland Arnall, Ameriquest Capital's chairman, is serving as honorary chairman of the inaugural finance committee, with his wife, Dawn.

Frank Baxter of Jeffries & Co. of Los Angeles, William E. Riggs of Pleasanton and real estate developer Rick J. Caruso of Los Angeles have also given $100,000. Companies with $100,000 donations include Oracle Corp. of Redwood Shores, Cove Partners of Santa Monica, Northrop Grumman and KB Homes of Los Angeles, New Century Mortgage of Irvine, Qualcomm Inc. of San Diego and the California Farm Bureau Federation of Sacramento.

<more> http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5181575.html

[sffreeways]

16. Sequoia Capital

of course. That is owned by Floyd Kvamme. Google his name for some interesting CIA connections. This family is big buddies with Bush and his criminal gang. Hosting parties in a mansion on Vallejo St in SF for Condi Rice. Big art collectors..probably stolen Nazi art. His partner is a major player at Stanford of course, Pierre Lamond. They play the stock market too. I always wondered if they were some part of the puts on 9/11 stock. Kvamme could have had the info of an impending attack with his CIA/technology connections.

[UpInArms]

20. here's another: They bankroll Bush inaugural

http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1175152,00.html

excerpt:

So far, Bush's inaugural committee has collected nearly $18 million in contributions, mostly in $250,000 and $100,000 checks. Many of the large donors could benefit from key items on Bush's agenda, such as allowing oil exploration in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, revising clean air and water standards and limiting civil liability lawsuits.

The committee has identified three benefactors from the Garden State: John L. "Jay" Kemmerer III of Morristown (who gave $100,000), Marc S. Goldman of Hoboken ($100,000) and the Long Beach Acceptance Corp. ($250,000), an automotive financing firm based in Paramus and run by Stephen W. Prough of California.

All three men are frequent givers to Republican causes, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, an independent group that tracks political contributions.

<snip>

The committee says 44 donors have given $250,000 to qualify as "underwriters." The top donors include such Fortune 500 giants as AT&T, Exxon Mobil Corp., Ford Motor Co., Time Warner and United Parcel Service.

Individuals who have given the maximum include Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computer; former Enron President Richard Kinder; Cincinnati financier Carl Lindner and Dallas oilman T. Boone Pickens.

...more...

[catgirl]

13. I think Wachovia Bank is based out of Charlotte

[E-Z-B]

14. I wonder how much money these companies donated

to the tsunami effort versus the Bu$h inauguration? I hope at least the same amount.

[go west young man]

18. Heres my New Years resolution....

No Coke products, No Walmart, No Home depot, and only Canadian gas. I cancelled ATT 2 years ago as they suck anyway. That Microsoft ones got me by the balls though!

[rockedthevoteinMA]

22. What co's are canadian gas? n/t

[BRLIB]

29. Buy the February 2005 issues of Maximum PC,

"The Linux Diaries" is written by one of the editors who went on Linux cold-turkey for six months.
http://www.maximumpc.com/mag/in_this_issue.html

It is possible to boycott M$!

Or for possibly a more user-friendly experience there is Linspire (used to be Lindows), though it is a pay-for distribution.
http://www.linspire.com

Also, the entry level for Mac is fixing to drop soon I've read, with newer cheaper hardware on the horizon.

[Anakin Skywalker]

33. Looking for ALTERNATIVES to Micro$uck?

http://www.microsuck.com Hilarious site with lots of USEFUL links to alternatives. Lots of free as well as commercial ones.

[chuckrocks]

21. linger longer?

sounds like a subject for spam... rattles my brain that the home builders assoc. would associate with *, no, i guess it doesn't really. not in bizzarro world.

[TwoHandedLayup]

23. Crap, my company is on the list

I can't quit, but that pisses me off. Especially since they just cut jobs! WTF?

[librechik]

24. Time Warner--that's CNN too

what, no Fox?

This is what we're up against, folks. About halfway down the list, my heart sank.

My husband, the anthropologist reminds me that it can be quite comfortable to live in a fascist totalitarian state. As long as you belong to the privileged class.

:scared:

[Massachusetts]

25. Oink, oink!

[bushisanidiot]

26. Who's gonna clean up the oil slick after they leave town?

the taxpayers?

[kimchi]

28. Compare that to the list of Clinton donors.

It seems some companies give to everyone; although most seem to like Bush's policies more. Hmm...wonder why?

DONORS OF $100,000 OR MORE TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL FOUNDATION 1993


American Federation of State County and Municpal Employees AFL-CIO $100,000
Anheuser Busch Companies Inc $100,000
ABC Education Political Fund United Food & Commerical Workers Intern'l AFL-CIO/C $100,000
American Federation of Teachers $100,000
Federal Express $100,000
James Riady/John Huang $100,000
The Limited $100,000
Union Pacific Corporation $100,000
D Inez Andreas $100,000
Panhandle Eastern Corp $100,000
Richard Park $100,000
Guess Inc $100,000
Merrill Lynch $250,000
Communication Workers of America $100,000

DONORS OF $25,000 - $99,000 TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL FOUNDATION 1993


AMGEN Inc $25,000
Apple Computer Inc $35,000
AT&T $50,000
Blum-Kovler Foundation $30,000
Michael A Caddell $50,000
The Capital Group $50,000
Jon S & Joanne D Corzine Foundation $25,000
Duracell Inc $34,000
Enron Corporation $25,000
Ernst & Young $25,000
Federal National Mortgage Assoc Foundation $25,000
Georgia Pacific $50,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher $25,000
Loyu O & Helen Ann Harding $25,000
Richard L & Delores A Hutcheson $50,000
Manor Care Incorporated $35,000
MCI Foundation $50,000
Pacific Telesis $50,000
Pfizer $25,000
Preen Realty Inc $50,000
Daniel & Joanna S Rose Fund Inc $25,000
R & S Associates $25,000
Salomon Brothers Inc $50,000
Bernard & Irene Schwartz Foundation Inc $25,000
Service Employees International Union $25,000
Tenneco Inc $50,000
Textron Inc $50,000
Alejandro & Lida Zaffaroni $25,000




LENDERS OF $100,000 TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL COMMITTEE 1993


Albert Abramson
Frederick R Adler
Aetna Life & Casualty Company
AFLAC Inc
AFSCME
Air Line Pilots Association
American Bankers Association
American Federation of Teachers
American Home Products Corp
American International Group
Anheuser Busch Companies Inc
AT&T
Atlantic Richfield Company
Joseph R Baczko
Bank of America
Don H. Barden
Bell Atlantic
Dr Rebecca Belldegrun
Beneficial Management Corp
Bernard D Bergreen
Philip I Berman
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI
Boeing Company
Mr Erskine B. Bowles
William Brandt & Sondra Murphy
Caddell & Conwall
Anne Cox Chambers
Chevron
Coastal Corporation
Coca-Cola Company
Communications Workers-America
Consolidated Natural Gas Co
Consumers Power Company
Detroit Edison
Barry Diller
Discovery Communications Inc
Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corp
Edison Electric Institute
Edward Ricci & Associates Inc
Enron Corporation
Enserch Corporation
Jane G Eskind
Robin L Farkas
Frederick W Field
First Boston
Friedkin Industries Inc
Freinds of McWherter
J Rex Fuqua
Roy Furman
GAMA
Michael C Gelman
Genentech Inc
General Electric Company
Gilardi & Company
James S Gilliland
Gilman Paper Company
Glatfelter Insurance Group
Global Petroleum Corporation
Arthur M. Goldberg
Morris Goldings
Richard Greenfield
Greenwich Capital Markets Inc
H Peter Guber
Guilford Mills Inc
Halstead Industries Inc
Alan G Hassenfeld
James C Hormel
Clifford Hudson
Jeanette W Hyde
Wallace N Hyde
IBM Corporation
IBEW
Int'l Assoc of Machinists
Interpublic Group of Companies
ISP Management Company inc
Jim Walter Corporation
Robert Kaplan
Ayse Manyas Kenmore
James V. Kimsey
Klett Lieber Rooney Schorling
Arthur J Kobacker
Sidney Kohl
Laborer's International Union
Bill Lerach
Raymond Lesniak
The Limited Inc
Loews Clearing Corporation
Merck & Company Inc
Merrill Lynch
Metropolitan Life
Michigan Bell
Stuart G Moldaw
The Money Store
John Moores
Nat'l Assoc of Home Builders
Nat'l Assoc of Letter Carriers
National Education Association
New Hamshire Oak Inc
New York Life
New York Mercantile Exchange
NRG Resources Inc
Lawrence F O'Brien
Occidential Petroleum
Philip Odeen
Terrell W Oxford
Pacific Telesis
Paramount Communications
Pegasus Holding Corporation
Phillips Petroleum Company
Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas
Primerica Corporation
Public Sercurities Association
R & S Associates
William J Rainer
Bernard Rapoport
Revlon
Sanford R Robertson
J Mack Robinson
William D Rollnick
Robert Rose
Steven Roth
Fred Rzepka
Alan Sagner
Robert Samuels
Sandoz Corporation
Rich Schibell
Gerald Schuster
Sheldon Seevak
David E Shaw
Shell Oil Company
Walter H Shorenstein
Stan Shuman
Jerome A Siegel
Sills Cummis et al
Skadden Arps et al
SME Inc
Maurice Sonnenberg
Southern California Edison
Springs Industries Inc
Morgan Stanley & Company Inc
Stephens Inc
Richard J Stern
Sun Company Inc
Ellen O Tauscher
Thomas Tisch
Arthur L Toll
Transportation Commun Union
R E Turner
Tyson Foods Corporation
UAW
UFCW
United Airlines
United Steelworkers of America
USX/USS
Valero Management Company
Warner Music Company
Waste Management Inc
Beatrice W Welters
Barry A Wigmore
Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer
Dr Alonzo D Williams
Grant Wilson
Herbert S Winokur Jr
O.S. Wyatt
Alejandro Zaffaroni

[HoosierClarkie]

30. That makes

me feel a little better...I think. :) Thanks for the post!

[EndElectoral]

32. The Baseball Commissioner's Office - 100,000? Jeez!

[EndElectoral]

34. Oil Comps & Fin Institutions...Kind of tells you which stocks to buy

[ally_sc]

36. crap ...lol that's what caught my eye also coke n company

well, it's bad enough wachovia is a supporter but they are not on the list but i heard that on stephanie miller...alas, it is only a paper moon. but didn't i see international paper.
some i wasn't surprised such as att. well i have hung in there with my walmart boycot...hunt's that isn't surprising...

[jeffrey_X]

37. Wow...Marriott, MVCI and Ritz...

Not just Marriott, but two of their other companies as well.

They are one of my bigger clients. :puke:

[tAJ]

39. Website regarding campaign donations.

www.bellowquence.com has a pretty good article regarding these campaign donations. Look for the January 15th posting.

[Kerrytravelers]

45. http://www.bellowquence.com/ is right-winger site!

tAJ (a one-time poster) suggested http://www.bellowquence.com/ for information regarding the inageration. However, further reading of that blogger site will show that the writer is a Republican in Ohio who proudly voted away jobs in Ohio and feels no regret because "it's better for business" to take things overseas.

[stray cat]

40. American taxpayers are forced to donate 30% of total costs

15 million dollars of tax payer money will be used for security costs and not reimbursed by the Bush corporate donors. This represents 30% 15/52 million of the cost of the inauguration including the cost of security.

However, it is not a donation just forcefully taken.

[sarcasmo]

41. Thanks Ford now I have to boycott the Lions, not that it will be hard 2 do

I just don't get these Kool Aid drinkers. A big automaker should never vote Repuke. Ford sales are doing bad and so are the Lions year in and year out so I guess it serves them right.

[American Tragedy]

43. Somehow I'm not surprised to see Bristol-Myers Squibb on the list.

Quid pro quo.

[Learning2Fly]

46. I stopped buying gas

at Chevron/Texaco and switched to Shell (lesser evil). Also stopped drinking Pepsi & Coke months ago. My dentist alone will say that is a smart move! Tore up the Wachovia Bank card and switched to a local credit union when I realized they were contributors to the Republican Party. Puzzled about Microsoft, as I thought I read Bill Gates gave to Kerry or the Democratic Party. But, could be his father.