Comments on: Waves of Hope and Change http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/waves-of-hope-and-change/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:21:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian Koontz http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/waves-of-hope-and-change/#comment-34256 Brian Koontz Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:56:59 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5519#comment-34256 According to Jeremy Scahill's book, Blackwater is named for the color of a river near the corporation's founding. Slow moving rivers with a high concentration of dead vegetation are black, like coffee. According to Jeremy Scahill’s book, Blackwater is named for the color of a river near the corporation’s founding. Slow moving rivers with a high concentration of dead vegetation are black, like coffee.

]]> By: Hue Longer http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/waves-of-hope-and-change/#comment-34251 Hue Longer Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:09:19 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5519#comment-34251 Hello Don, I'm not sure, but I have heard that Blackwater was named because of a sewer system's importance in carrying out assassinations (or whatever it is you want to do that requires you to sneak around under houses and buildings). The water in a sewer is referred to as "black water". Hello Don,

I’m not sure, but I have heard that Blackwater was named because of a sewer system’s importance in carrying out assassinations (or whatever it is you want to do that requires you to sneak around under houses and buildings). The water in a sewer is referred to as “black water”.

]]> By: Don Hawkins http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/waves-of-hope-and-change/#comment-34250 Don Hawkins Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:34:57 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5519#comment-34250 Rogers told Democracy Now that Coke “contracted with paramilitary death squads to torture, kidnap, and murder union leaders at its bottling plants in Columbia.” And of course there is Blackwater, I wonder who thought up that name, in Iraq and other places. No rules just right. You can take that same thinking to Wall Street or the hill and always know money is right in the front. You will consume our product, You will consume our product and ignorance is strength. Oh really what ever gave you that idea sir. Rogers told Democracy Now that Coke “contracted with paramilitary death squads to torture, kidnap, and murder union leaders at its bottling plants in Columbia.”

And of course there is Blackwater, I wonder who thought up that name, in Iraq and other places. No rules just right. You can take that same thinking to Wall Street or the hill and always know money is right in the front. You will consume our product, You will consume our product and ignorance is strength. Oh really what ever gave you that idea sir.

]]> By: The Angry Peasant http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/waves-of-hope-and-change/#comment-34244 The Angry Peasant Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:28:43 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5519#comment-34244 A nice glimpse at a bit of reality by Mickey Z. and its infuriating examples of America. A nice glimpse at a bit of reality by Mickey Z. and its infuriating examples of America.

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