Re: RE: Re: Carlisle group

[Michael Pugliese <debsian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Crusader Cannon
NPR's Peter Overby reports on the battle building around the Army's self-
propelled cannon, called the "Crusader." Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is
opposed to it, but some powerful supporters on Capitol Hill may override him.
(4:35)
rtsp://audio.npr.org/me/20020508.me.02.smil
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/20020508.me.02.ram


5/8/02 9:21:03 AM, "Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>I haven't been paying attention to this issue, but I heard the newsreader on
>U.S. National Public Radio refer to the producers of the Crusader cannon as
>being owned by the Carlisle group _at present_.
>
>Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Perelman [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 9:14 AM
>> To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [PEN-L:25755] Re: Carlisle group
>>
>>
>> But they did win.  They created the impression that the
>> Crusader would be
>> purchased.  Then sold that division off as an IPO, took the
>> profits, and
>> laughed all the way to the bank.
>>
>> On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 09:06:24AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
>> > I thank Charles J. for posting so many messages about the
>> Carlisle (sp?)
>> > Group, a corporation that profits from its enormous
>> influence with the U.S.
>> > government (and other governments) because it's stocked
>> with veterans of the
>> > old Bush administration. But it's important to remember
>> that there are
>> > limits to their influence: one of their subsidiaries
>> produces the Crusader
>> > cannon (a poorly-named weapon in view of U.S. allies like
>> Saudi Arabia, BTW)
>> > but that item is being rejected by "Defense" secretary
>> Donald Rumsfeld. They
>> > may win in the end -- foisting an expensive and wasteful
>> weapon on the U.S.
>> > taxpayers and the world -- but it's good to see that they
>> don't have total
>> > power.
>> >
>> > Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Michael Perelman
>> Economics Department
>> California State University
>> Chico, CA 95929
>>
>> Tel. 530-898-5321
>> E-Mail michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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