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Died On The 4TH Of July |
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by Bye Klaco AKA DAN Disinfo
(No verified email address) |
04 Jul 2003
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'Dave died a hero,' the mother said,
And then put the letter down she'd read. |
‘The Colonel writes so nicely.' her sorrowful voice broke
and choked. As She stared into the empty space beside her.
‘I am so proud of my brave soldier son.' Then looked down.
Quietly the officer walked out.
“I did my job, told the poor Lady some lies
That will help her thru the nightâ€,
While he coughed and mumbled, for a moment her eyes
Had shone with pride for her Patriot son so brave protecting the Homeland.
LIES, LIES, DAMN LIES!!!
He thought how 'Dave', incompetent, useless idiot,
Had panicked in that alley while clearing the way
For that oil company truck, that night the bomb
Blew up in Baghdad; how he'd been trying
To get sent home, and how, at last, he did,
In a body bag blown to bits, and no one really cared
Except that lonely woman.
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Dell Says They Will Stop Using U.S. Slave Labor Camps For Recycling Computers. Surrre! |
by LAURIE J. FLYNN edited and posted by DAN Disinfo
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
04 Jul 2003
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Dell, the world's largest seller of PC's, said it had canceled its contract with Unicor, a branch of the Federal Bureau of Prisons that uses prisoner-slaves for electronics recycling and other industries.
A spokesman for Dell said it would phase out the relationship over the next 30 to 60 days.
Dell selected two companies to replace Unicor as its primary recycler, Resource Concepts of Dallas and Image Microsystems in Los Angeles and Austin, Tex.
Last week, an environmental group in California released a report criticizing Dell's reliance on prison labor.
The group, the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, said in its report that inmates who work at the prison recycling operation were not protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act and were paid from 20 cents to $1.26 an hour.
The report also criticized Unicor for not properly disposing of toxic waste.
The coalition said that it would like to see Dell and other high-technology companies devise a more systematic approach to recycling the goods they manufacture.
"Companies deliver their products to market in an efficient manner and we want them to do the same thing for disposing of them," said Sheila Davis, project director for the coalition's Clean Computer Campaign.
The coalition said that reliance on cheap prison labor was a major obstacle to the creation of a profitable recycling industry for discarded electronics.
The other obstacle, the group said, is the export industry, which sends materials to Asia for recycling.
The organization's report, entitled "Corporate Strategies for Electronics Recycling: A Tale of Two Systems," commended Hewlett-Packard for using "state of the art" practices in cooperation with the commercial recycling industry.
Bryant Hilton, a spokesman for Dell, said that the decision to replace Unicor with other recycling contractors was a business decision, based in part on the fact that many other vendors are now more competitively priced.
But he conceded that the company had heard from some customers complaining about the prison program.
"We did not make a decision based on special interest groups," Mr. Hilton said.
Dell defended its use of Unicor as a contractor and disputed claims in the report, arguing that the recycling operations met environmental standards and that the prison population benefited from the work.
The company said that prisoners involved in the work program, which is entirely voluntary, have a far lower rate of recidivism.
The use of prison labor, Dell said, did not undermine the formation of a recycling industry in the states because the industry already operated at overcapacity.
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Dell Says They Will Stop Using U.S. Slave Labor Camps For Recycling Computers. |
by LAURIE J. FLYNN still rewritten by DAN Disinfo
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 3
04 Jul 2003
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A spokesman for Dell said it would phase out the relationship over the next 30 to 60 days.
Dell selected two companies to replace Unicor as its primary recycler, Resource Concepts of Dallas and Image Microsystems in Los Angeles and Austin, Tex.
Last week, an environmental group in California released a report criticizing Dell's reliance on prison labor.
The group, the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, said in its report that inmates who work at the prison recycling operation were not protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act and were paid from 20 cents to $1.26 an hour.
The report also criticized Unicor for not properly disposing of toxic waste.
The coalition said that it would like to see Dell and other high-technology companies devise a more systematic approach to recycling the goods they manufacture.
"Companies deliver their products to market in an efficient manner and we want them to do the same thing for disposing of them," said Sheila Davis, project director for the coalition's Clean Computer Campaign.
The coalition said that reliance on cheap prison labor was a major obstacle to the creation of a profitable recycling industry for discarded electronics.
The other obstacle, the group said, is the export industry, which sends materials to Asia for recycling.
The organization's report, entitled "Corporate Strategies for Electronics Recycling: A Tale of Two Systems," commended Hewlett-Packard for using "state of the art" practices in cooperation with the commercial recycling industry.
Bryant Hilton, a spokesman for Dell, said that the decision to replace Unicor with other recycling contractors was a business decision, based in part on the fact that many other vendors are now more competitively priced.
But he conceded that the company had heard from some customers complaining about the prison program.
"We did not make a decision based on special interest groups," Mr. Hilton said.
Dell defended its use of Unicor as a contractor and disputed claims in the report, arguing that the recycling operations met environmental standards and that the prison population benefited from the work.
The company said that prisoners involved in the work program, which is entirely voluntary, have a far lower rate of recidivism.
The use of prison labor, Dell said, did not undermine the formation of a recycling industry in the states because the industry already operated at overcapacity.
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Dell Says They Will Stop Using U.S. Slave Labor Camps For Recycling Computers. |
by LAURIE J. FLYNN reposted and rewriiten by DAN "Predictably Ridiculous" Disinfo
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
04 Jul 2003
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Dell, the world's largest seller of PC's, said it had canceled its contract with Unicor, a branch of the Federal Bureau of Concentration & slave labor camps that uses prisoner-slaves for electronics recycling and other industries.
A spokesman for Dell said it would phase out the relationship over the next 30 to 60 days.
Dell selected two companies to replace Unicor as its primary recycler, Resource Concepts of Dallas and Image Microsystems in Los Angeles and Austin, Tex.
Last week, an environmental group in California released a report criticizing Dell's reliance on prison labor.
The group, the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, said in its report that inmates who work at the prison recycling operation were not protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act and were paid from 20 to 26 cents to an hour.
The report also criticized Unicor for not properly disposing of toxic waste.
The coalition said that it would like to see Dell and other high-technology companies devise a more systematic approach to recycling the goods they manufacture.
"Companies deliver their products to market in an efficient manner and we want them to do the same thing for disposing of them," said Sheila Davis, project director for the coalition's Clean Computer Campaign.
The coalition said that reliance on cheap prison labor was a major obstacle to the creation of a profitable recycling industry for discarded electronics.
The other obstacle, the group said, is the export industry, which sends materials to Asia for recycling.
The organization's report, entitled "Corporate Strategies for Electronics Recycling: A Tale of Two Systems," commended Hewlett-Packard for using "state of the art" practices in cooperation with the commercial recycling industry.
Bryant Hilton, a spokesman for Dell, said that the decision to replace Unicor with other recycling contractors was a business decision, based in part on the fact that many other vendors are now more competitively priced.
But he conceded that the company had heard from some customers complaining about the prison program.
"We did not make a decision based on special interest groups," Mr. Hilton said.
Dell defended its use of Unicor as a contractor and disputed claims in the report, arguing that the recycling operations met environmental standards and that the prison population benefited from the work.
The company said that prisoners involved in the work program, which is entirely voluntary, have a far lower rate of recidivism.
The use of prison labor, Dell said, did not undermine the formation of a recycling industry in the states because the industry already operated at overcapacity.
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Dell Says They Will Stop Using U.S. Slave Labor Camps For Recycling Computers. |
by LAURIE J. FLYNN nope still Dan Disinfo posting
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
04 Jul 2003
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Dell, the world's largest seller of PC's, said it had canceled its contract with Unicor, a branch of the Federal Bureau of Concentration & slave labor camps that uses the pool of 20,000,000 prisoner-slaves for electronics recycling and other industries.
A spokesman for Dell said it would phase out the relationship over the next 30 to 60 days.
Dell selected two companies to replace Unicor as its primary recycler, Resource Concepts of Dallas and Image Microsystems in Los Angeles and Austin, Tex.
Last week, an environmental group in California released a report criticizing Dell's reliance on prison labor.
The group, the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, said in its report that inmates who work at the prison recycling operation were not protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act and were paid from 20 to 26 cents to an hour.
The report also criticized Unicor for not properly disposing of toxic waste.
The coalition said that it would like to see Dell and other high-technology companies devise a more systematic approach to recycling the goods they manufacture.
"Companies deliver their products to market in an efficient manner and we want them to do the same thing for disposing of them," said Sheila Davis, project director for the coalition's Clean Computer Campaign.
The coalition said that reliance on cheap prison labor was a major obstacle to the creation of a profitable recycling industry for discarded electronics.
The other obstacle, the group said, is the export industry, which sends materials to Asia for recycling.
The organization's report, entitled "Corporate Strategies for Electronics Recycling: A Tale of Two Systems," commended Hewlett-Packard for using "state of the art" practices in cooperation with the commercial recycling industry.
Bryant Hilton, a spokesman for Dell, said that the decision to replace Unicor with other recycling contractors was a business decision, based in part on the fact that many other vendors are now more competitively priced.
But he conceded that the company had heard from some customers complaining about the prison program.
"We did not make a decision based on special interest groups," Mr. Hilton said.
Dell defended its use of Unicor as a contractor and disputed claims in the report, arguing that the recycling operations met environmental standards and that the prison population benefited from the work.
The company said that prisoners involved in the work program, which is entirely voluntary, have a far lower rate of recidivism.
The use of prison labor, Dell said, did not undermine the formation of a recycling industry in the states because the industry already operated at overcapacity.
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