There was a time when the people who ran business had some ethics. I remember the phrase, "a fair product or service for a fair price". Of course not all business men were ethical but many of them were. The new world order has put an end to any sense of fairness in the business community. The paradigm of selfishness and greed has permeated business for some time. It is especially bad within the private enterprises that deal with government contracts, and mineral/land leases and of course the public airwaves. Unethical business practices and criminal activity has become so pervasive it is looked upon as business as usual. What with the take-over of government by the special interests of greedy profiteering and the appointment of judges by the criminals in the white house and congress the endemic corruption we as citizens are faced with seem insurmountable. What I think needs to happen is a massive movement to nationalize the basic needs of the populace by the take-over of the businesses that handle the fundamental resources of the public and create public entities to administer them on a for cost basis. Things such as currency, energy, utilities, media, food, transportation, and defense industries should be socialized and run by and for the public. The dynasties that have been criminally created by control of these interests should be seized and returned to the public coffers. It is high time that the rich and powerful be made to pay for the injustice and suffering they have caused by their greed and avarice.
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To see the danger you would have to realize that if a corporation were truly a person that person has only one goal in life and that is to make profits at all costs...this person would probably be jailed or committed to a mental institution as a psychopath. Do you have the deep pockets of a corporation like Target? I would suspect not so therefore Target has a much larger voice than you or most individuals would have. The problem is that corporations were give the same status as a "person" and it was done by accident and improper interpretation in the court system. Here's where it supposedly started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad
Denialist vs realists
Appears to be a conflict of the Mongolian Stakeholders and a Board member.
Value from Mongolian mine versus value of whatever his claims.
Shareholders should decide.
Mongolian Cabinet holds meeting in Gobi desert
"Aug. 29, 2010 6:34 AM ET
Mongolian Cabinet holds meeting in Gobi desert
GANBAT NAMJILSANGARAV, Associated Press Writer
GASHUUNII KHOOLOI, Mongolia (AP) — Top Mongolian officials donned dark green baseball caps reading "Save our planet" and set up chairs and tables in the sands of the Gobi desert for a Cabinet meeting aimed at drawing attention to climate change.
The meeting of 12 government ministers was held in scorching heat Friday in Gashuunii Khooloi, a sandy valley in South Gobi province, about 415 miles (670 kilometers) south of Ulan-Bator, the country's capital.
The ministers, dressed in suits and ties, arrived in the desert in jeeps after a 15-hour journey. Officials planted a Mongolian flag in the ground, set up long tables and chairs in the fine, golden sand and discussed climate change against the backdrop of a vast expanse of desert and a bright blue sky.
"Mongolia is feeling the impact of global climate change," Prime Minister Batbold Sukhbaatar said at the one-hour meeting.
Batbold pointed to the recent winter as an example of problems Mongolia faces. The winter was the harshest in decades and a fifth of the country's livestock died.
The government blames global warming for a decrease in rainfall and says that rising average temperatures have caused many rivers and springs to dry up and snow cover to melt. It also says the frequency of natural disasters and drought has jumped.
The site for the meeting was chosen because parts of it used to be arable land, said Badarch, head of social policy for South Gobi province, who like some Mongolians uses only one name.
"Five years ago, there used to grow many edible plants in this valley and there were fewer sand dunes. Now look here," he said. "The valley is completely covered with sand. The sand dunes are moving and taking more space each year."
Minister of Natural Environment and Tourism Gansukh Luumed said Mongolian herders' traditional way of life is under threat. "Global climate change accelerates the desertification process in Mongolia. Currently, 70 percent of Mongolian land is affected by desertification."
In December, Nepalese officials held a Cabinet meeting at Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers. It followed an underwater Cabinet meeting in the Maldives in October to underline the threat of rising sea levels.
The government said it hoped that delegates attending global climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, in November would reach a decision that is "favorable for landlocked, developing countries ... very much affected by climate change and desertification."
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Obviously Plimer thinks otherwise.
Do shareholders want an out of touch board member or a mine?
My name is Justin DeVos I work for a fracturing company in the shale region of pa and I must clear up a few things that were published in the article. The "Fluid" as said is Water taken from rivers and streams a limit of one million gallons per day is allowed to be moved. The explanation of what fracturing is in the article is also a little misinformed fracing is not how the gas is taken out of the ground it is a way of increasing the output of gas that already flows from the drilled well. 90 percent of what flows down hole is water and sand. To be honest I have no idea what the other chemicals do and for that matter I really dont think anyone does, but the ratio of water to chemicals is so emense that i bet the chemicals are nearly undetectable. Im not a sciencetist I mearly use common sence I really wish people would stop "Jumping on the band wagon" about how bad fracing is and realize what it can bring to pennsylvania's economy. Its articles like this i read and realize the writer has writen only what he or she has herd from someone else. If any one has any questions please feel free to email me i will answer to the best of my knowledge. Thank you
To see the danger you would have to realize that if a corporation were truly a person that person has only one goal in life and that is to make profits at all costs...this person would probably be jailed or committed to a mental institution as a psychopath. Do you have the deep pockets of a corporation like Target? I would suspect not so therefore Target has a much larger voice than you or most individuals would have. The problem is that corporations were give the same status as a "person" and it was done by accident and improper interpretation in the court system. Here's where it supposedly started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad
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