Post by occupymissoula on Oct 28, 2011 9:18:30 GMT -7
Combined Systems Inc. of Jamestown, PA manufactured the tear gas used in Egypt and probably Oakland - the company is owned by a scary organization known as the Carlyle Group - check out which politicians they employ
Overview:
Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Washington DC with office in 21 countries, the Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity firms. Since its founding, the firm has invested US$46.3 billion of equity in 802 transactions, has more than 1,200 investors from 71 countries, and now has 60 funds with a combined total of more than US$82.7 billion under management. Sectors of focus include aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, real estate, technology & business services, and telecommunications & media. Investment opportunities are sought in four areas: buyouts, growth capital, real estate, and leveraged finance.
Management Team:
The Carlyle Group has become known for employing (sometimes controversially) a who’s who of former political leaders from around the globe in a variety of capacities, including former US President George H.W. Bush (Senior Advisor on the Carlyle Asia Advisory Board, 1998 to 2003), former US Secretary of State James Baker III (Carlyle Senior Counselor, 1993 to 2005), former US Secretary of Defense Frank Charles Carlucci III (Chairman,1992-2003; and Chairman Emeritus until 2005), and former British Prime Minister John Major (Chairman of Carlyle Europe, 2002 until 2005).
The current management team includes Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (Chairman) who joined the Carlyle Group in January 2003. Prior to joining Carlyle, Louis served as the Chairman and the CEO of IBM, the Chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco, the Chairman and CEO of American Express’s largest subsidiary (American Express Travel Related Services Company), and a Director with McKinsey & Co. In the past, he has also served on the boards of Bristol-Myers Squibb, The New York Times, American Express, AT&T, Caterpillar, Jewel Companies, Melville Corporation, RJR Nabisco Holdings, and DaimlerChrysler Chairman’s Council.
Other current members of the senior management team includes:
Ÿ William E. Conway, Jr., Founder - A former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MCI Communications and various positions with The First National Bank of Chicago.
Ÿ Daniel A. D’Aniello, Founder - A former Vice President for Finance and Development at Marriott Corporation and a financial officer at Pepsico and TWA.
Ÿ David M. Rubenstein, Founder - A former attorney with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge; Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy in the Carter administration; Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments; and a former Attorney with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Links on Reddit to stories about the Carlyle Group
TL;DR The stories are about the company buying ports to increase dock rates, buying water companies, buying a city council members in order to be allowed to buy a water company. Buying media companies, buying major CIA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, oh yea, they also own the motherfucking Magna Carta
Rubenstein Buys Magna Carta of 1297 for $21.3 Million
I find it tragically ironic that the sale of this venerable document should have gone to the Carlyle Group, a cabal of right wing militarists, neo-fascists, and elitists who have little regard for the principles it established at Runnymede. George W. Bush himself typifies a medieval approach to government. His regime is a subversive throwback to an pre-Magna Carta era characterized by arbitrary, tyrannical rule. In King John's day, the rights of common people cannot be said to have been abused; they didn't even exist. Like King John who was forced to sign the great charter, Bush assumes the power to rule by caprice, by whim, by prejudice. He is, by any definition, a tyrant.
Sotheby's chairman David Redden called the Magna Carta "the birth certificate of freedom". Perhaps! But it is in any case a dramatic reminder of what has been lost to Bush's assault on the rule of law. English nobles literally forced King John I to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215. It is, therefore, a document "of unprecedented value to Western civilization". In it there is a line in Latin which reads: "No one is above the law."
Overview:
Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Washington DC with office in 21 countries, the Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity firms. Since its founding, the firm has invested US$46.3 billion of equity in 802 transactions, has more than 1,200 investors from 71 countries, and now has 60 funds with a combined total of more than US$82.7 billion under management. Sectors of focus include aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, real estate, technology & business services, and telecommunications & media. Investment opportunities are sought in four areas: buyouts, growth capital, real estate, and leveraged finance.
Management Team:
The Carlyle Group has become known for employing (sometimes controversially) a who’s who of former political leaders from around the globe in a variety of capacities, including former US President George H.W. Bush (Senior Advisor on the Carlyle Asia Advisory Board, 1998 to 2003), former US Secretary of State James Baker III (Carlyle Senior Counselor, 1993 to 2005), former US Secretary of Defense Frank Charles Carlucci III (Chairman,1992-2003; and Chairman Emeritus until 2005), and former British Prime Minister John Major (Chairman of Carlyle Europe, 2002 until 2005).
The current management team includes Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (Chairman) who joined the Carlyle Group in January 2003. Prior to joining Carlyle, Louis served as the Chairman and the CEO of IBM, the Chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco, the Chairman and CEO of American Express’s largest subsidiary (American Express Travel Related Services Company), and a Director with McKinsey & Co. In the past, he has also served on the boards of Bristol-Myers Squibb, The New York Times, American Express, AT&T, Caterpillar, Jewel Companies, Melville Corporation, RJR Nabisco Holdings, and DaimlerChrysler Chairman’s Council.
Other current members of the senior management team includes:
Ÿ William E. Conway, Jr., Founder - A former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MCI Communications and various positions with The First National Bank of Chicago.
Ÿ Daniel A. D’Aniello, Founder - A former Vice President for Finance and Development at Marriott Corporation and a financial officer at Pepsico and TWA.
Ÿ David M. Rubenstein, Founder - A former attorney with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge; Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy in the Carter administration; Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments; and a former Attorney with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Links on Reddit to stories about the Carlyle Group
TL;DR The stories are about the company buying ports to increase dock rates, buying water companies, buying a city council members in order to be allowed to buy a water company. Buying media companies, buying major CIA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, oh yea, they also own the motherfucking Magna Carta
Rubenstein Buys Magna Carta of 1297 for $21.3 Million
I find it tragically ironic that the sale of this venerable document should have gone to the Carlyle Group, a cabal of right wing militarists, neo-fascists, and elitists who have little regard for the principles it established at Runnymede. George W. Bush himself typifies a medieval approach to government. His regime is a subversive throwback to an pre-Magna Carta era characterized by arbitrary, tyrannical rule. In King John's day, the rights of common people cannot be said to have been abused; they didn't even exist. Like King John who was forced to sign the great charter, Bush assumes the power to rule by caprice, by whim, by prejudice. He is, by any definition, a tyrant.
Sotheby's chairman David Redden called the Magna Carta "the birth certificate of freedom". Perhaps! But it is in any case a dramatic reminder of what has been lost to Bush's assault on the rule of law. English nobles literally forced King John I to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215. It is, therefore, a document "of unprecedented value to Western civilization". In it there is a line in Latin which reads: "No one is above the law."
