Why the Associated Press is part of the problem.
First, we will quote a recent obituary Verbatim:
The "Philanthropist" will be remembered for "setting a goal of 10 percent earnings growth per year early in his tenure." Gee golly, he also had an open door policy. Sounds like a what I would remember him for and not for quotes like these from an American soldier:
Why isn't Doan's obituary simply this quote:
1967, that is a good halfway marker in the Doan's philanthropy of genocide. Why not that quote? Did the Associated Press somehow make a mistake? Was the second part of the obituary accidentally left off? Will we see a correction tomorrow? Who made the choice that Doan should be remembered as an apolitical chemical corporation ceo and not someone who profited off the development of napalm and agent orange? This was a choice that the Associated Press made. There's a reason this is called History Is A Weapon.
Former Dow Chemical CEO Doan Dies
2006 The Associated Press
MIDLAND, Mich. — Businessman and philanthropist Herbert D. "Ted" Doan, the last Dow family member to serve as chief executive of Dow Chemical Co., died Tuesday in Ann Arbor at age 83.
Doan served as president and CEO of the company from 1962 to 1971, leaving the position at 48-years-old.
He is remembered for setting a goal of 10 percent earnings growth per year early in his tenure. The company had achieved the goal by the time Doan retired, making it the best record of any major chemical company at the time.
Doan implemented company practices including an open-door policy with employees and an emphasis on research.
He later founded venture capital firm Doan Associates and Doan Resources Corp., a small business investment company.
Shares of Dow Chemical dropped 65 cents to $40.72 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
The "Philanthropist" will be remembered for "setting a goal of 10 percent earnings growth per year early in his tenure." Gee golly, he also had an open door policy. Sounds like a what I would remember him for and not for quotes like these from an American soldier:
""We sure are pleased with those backroom boys at Dow. The original product wasn't so hot - if the gooks [Vietnamese] were quick they could scrape it off. So the boys started adding polystyrene - now it sticks like shit to a blanket. But then if the gooks jumped under water it stopped burning, so they started adding Willie Peter (white phosphorus) so's to make it burn better. It'll burn under water now. And just one drop is enough; it'll keep on burning right down to the bone so they die anyway from phosphorus poisoning."
Why isn't Doan's obituary simply this quote:
""One never forgets the bewildered eyes of the silent, suffering, napalm-burned child."- Dr. Richard E Perry, 1967
1967, that is a good halfway marker in the Doan's philanthropy of genocide. Why not that quote? Did the Associated Press somehow make a mistake? Was the second part of the obituary accidentally left off? Will we see a correction tomorrow? Who made the choice that Doan should be remembered as an apolitical chemical corporation ceo and not someone who profited off the development of napalm and agent orange? This was a choice that the Associated Press made. There's a reason this is called History Is A Weapon.
posted by History Is A Weapon at 5:49 PM
2 Comments:
Still, at least the fucker is dead now. Some consolation perhaps.
How quaint of you.
Dow didn't wage the war on Vietnam; it's not a company's responsibility to control or care what is done with its product.
We are not all active spokes in the wheel, nor should we be. A few are tasked by the American people with the decision to go to war, and this man wasn't one of them.
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