"NO BLOOD ON OUR MONEY!" Read the Boycott War campaign platform Visit the Boycott War Design Gallery Alternatives to War-based Economics and Bloodstained Corporations Take the BOYCOTT WAR! Power Quiz ®
BOYCOTT WAR Another world is not only possible... it's unstoppable!
"NO BLOOD ON OUR MONEY!" Read the Boycott War campaign platform Visit the Boycott War Design Gallery Alternatives to War-based Economics and Bloodstained Corporations Take the BOYCOTT WAR! Power Quiz ®
BOYCOTT WAR Another world is not only possible... it's unstoppable!
"NO BLOOD ON OUR MONEY!" Read the Boycott War campaign platform Visit the Boycott War Design Gallery Alternatives to War-based Economics and Bloodstained Corporations Take the BOYCOTT WAR! Power Quiz ®
BOYCOTT WAR Another world is not only possible... it's unstoppable!
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THE "BOYCOTT WAR" Power Quiz
Answers
1) When did George W. Bush first bomb and kill Iraqi civilians? a) February, 2001. George W. Bush had barely been in office a month when he made his first deadly attack upon the people of Iraq.
2) Which computer company is NOT directly related to U.S. military contracts? c) Macintosh. At least as far as i can tell. If anyone knows different let me know.
3) Which company did NOT donate at least $1,000,000 to the Republican Party 2000? b) PepsiCo. (They donated "only" $700,000)
4) Which of the following companies did NOT donate at least $50,000 to BOTH George W. Bush's AND Al Gore's Presidential campaign? a) Bank of America.They did however contribute more than 50 K to both Kerry and Bush in the most recent Presiedential election.
5) Which of the following did NOT donate at least $50,000 to George W. Bush's inauguration festivities? e) Bill Cosby (God knows why not...)
6) Which of the following have the least connection to the other? d) Ronald Reagan - Iran First of all, he has very little connection to anything in the world right now. Secondly, the Iran-Contra scandal was only indirectly connected to him via George Bush, senior. Former national security advisor John Poindexter testified that Reagan had not been informed and indeed, it is likely that a great of government activities during Reagan's term occured without him having a clue. Donald Rumsfeld on the other hand, sat on the board of directors of the Swiss-Swedish company ABB while they sold material for nuclear power plants to North Korea in 2000. Dick Cheney was CEO of Halliburton (an oil company from which he still receives $1 million a year). Halliburton not only profited from $23.8 million in sales of oil-industry equipment and services to Iraq during the embargo (through its subsidiaries Dresser-Rand and Ingersoll-Dresser Pump) it also was one of the first companies to receive contracts for post-invasion Iraq. Halliburton is also the biggest non-union employer in teh United States. And as for George W. Bush, well the connections abound: 1) His father and Osama's father have a business venture together named the Carlyle Group. 2) His father helped funnel aid to Osama bin Laden and the Mujahedin in the 80's. 3) He and Osama both claim that killing civilians is an inevitable result of their global fight for justice and 4) They both benefited greatly from the attacks of September 11th and managed to turn their respective marginal grip on power into dramatic mobilizations against "evil".
7) Which of the following violations of the Geneva convention have NOT been recently committed by the United States? None of them. The U.S. has violated all of them. Displaying captured soldiers to the media (Taliban prisoners Guatanamo Bay) Targeting non-military areas for attack (Serbian and Iraqi Television stations - not to mention the "accidental" targetting of Mosques, schools, hospitals, and Red Cross buildings in Afghanistan) Using civilian vehicles to transport troops (Civilian airline agencies were hired to transport troops to the Middle East in prepration for the invasion of Iraq) Hiring civilians to engage in acts of war (The U.S. has hired a private company -Dyncorp- to perform such duties as security forces for President Karzai in Afghanistan and militarily assisting the government of Columbia in their battle against FARC and ELN)
8) In U.S. military jargon "blowback" is a word for what? c) A recipient of U.S. aid that turns on its financiers
9) Which of the following companies are currently being hurt by boycotts across the globe? All of them: ExxonMobil, Nike, Coca Cola, & McDonalds
10) Which of the following companies have NOT been connected to sweatshop labor in Asia? b) Taco Bell - well, at least not in Asia...
11) Which of the following companies is the largest military contractor in the United States? b) Lockheed Martin - and theri slogan is: "We remember who we work for"
12) Connect the following individuals to the company where they served on the Board of Directors (or as CEO):
13) Which company has Dick Cheney (current Vice President of the United States, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense 1989-1993) NOT been on the Board of Directors? d) Burger King (The second largest restaurant chain in the world)
14) Since 1970, how many times has the United States used its veto to block UN Security Council resolutions? e) 80-100 times
15) Since 1970, what is the sum total number of times that France, China and the Russian Federation have used their veto to block UN Security Council resolutions? c) 10-20 times
16) Which of the following countries has been condemned by the World Court for terrorism and... Why? b) United States Why? - for mining the harbors of Nicaragua in the 1980's. The real question is: "Why were they mining the harbors?"
How did you score? Flag-waver Zero answers correct. It was just too infuriating to read those annoying questions to bother wasting any time trying to answer them, right? The whole website just reeked of communism and you're still wondering why you haven't moved on to another home page yet. I mean, "USA is #1" and what more needs to be said? Perhaps a cold shower with some privatized arsenic-laden water might help you to stop identifying with the policies of the current (mis)administration. Or just take a trip to Haiti and experience the effects of U.S. foreign policy first hand.
We just invaded who?! 1-5 questions correct. Maybe you scored low because this stuff is all new to you...in which case keep up the good work - we all have alot to learn. Or maybe you have just been reading USA Today and watching Fox News for too long and, like Ronald Reagan, your grasp upon the world around you is steadily slipping. No, Iraq does NOT rhyme with gun-rack. Luckily, there is help for your situation: Join a study group at your local peace activist and recharge your brain! Independent Thinker (or good guesser)! 6-9 answers correct. Very good. You have managed to rise above the smog of media pollution and probably managed to steer clear of adhering to the 60% of the U.S. population (and approximately 5% of the global population) that supports the invasion of Iraq. Keep reading Znet and stop buying Phillip Morris and Kraft products!
A regular Chomskyite! 10-15 answers correct. Fantastic! You have either a very sharp analytical mind and a phenomenally accurate memory or your family has been bombed by the United States and you have been looking into the background of the culprits. In either case, we're glad that there are activists like you around. Take a shopping-free, media-free weekend in the woods and enjoy the nature that's still around!
The Man with the Plan! All answers correct. Congratulations! You have won the test. Amazingly, you knew all the answers regardless of how close to insider-sleaze-politics they were. Your name must be Dick Cheney and I'm glad to have your attention. Could you please tell your wife and the guy that you work for that the United States is about to give new meaning to the word "fiasco"? There is a global boycott going on and you may find yourself going bankrupt faster than you can say 'Halliburton' ...the U.S. economy is going down. Pull out our troops, Dick ....or we'll pull the Dick out of our troops! |