Arianna Huffington serves on the Board of Directors of the "Points of
Light Foundation," alongside ex-President George Bush, Neil Bush (Chair,
Interlink), Andrew Card (VP, General Motors), and others.
Sponsors of the foundation are a Who's Who of American
political/economic giants and the "military-industrialist complex,"
including Texas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate George W.
Bush, major military contractors, big oil companies,
auto manufacturers, and major banks and insurance companies
None of her bios ever mention her ex-husband Michael Huffington, their
Texas oil-money fortune, or her ranking by Forbes as one of the world's
richest women.
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http://www.pointsoflight.org/aboutus/boardofdir.html
Arianna Huffington serves on the Board of Directors of the "Points of
Light Foundation," alongside ex-President George Bush (Honorary Chair),
Neil Bush (Chair, Interlink), Andrew Card (VP, General Motors), Phillip
J. Carroll (Chair/CEO, Fluor Corp), J. Richard Munro (Chair, Genentech),
Edward Gardner (Pres, Industrial Solvents
Corp), Joseph Diamond (Merrill Lynch), Shirlene Anderson (BellSouth
Corp), Mitt Romney (Pres/CEO, Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the
Olympic Winter Games of 2002), and others.
http://www.pointsoflight.org/aboutus/sponsors.html
Sponsors of the foundation are a Who's Who of American
political/economic giants and the "military-industrialist complex,"
including:
George H. W. Bush (the Governor of Texas and Republican Presidential
Candidate);
Military Contractors - Fluor Daniel, Honeywell, Northrop Grumman,
Rockwell;
Big Oil Companies - ARCO, Conoco, Mobil, Shell;
Auto Manufacturers - Chrysler, Ford, Hitachi;
Banking & Credit Giants - American Express, Chase Manhattan, Fannie Mae,
NationsBank, Pitney Bowes;
Insurance Companies - Allstate, Farmers Insurance Group,
Utilities Conglomerates - AT&T, Bell Atlantic, GE, MCI;
Electronics Giants - Compaq, EDS, Samsung;
Food & Textile Giants - Anheuser-Busch, JCPenney, Kellogg, Levi Strauss,
Pillsbury, Procter & Gamble, McDonald's, Sears, Target;
and others, including - the American Cancer Society, Disneyland, Knights
of Columbus, UPS, the Walt Disney Company.
http://ariannaonline.com/biography.html
None of Arianna Huffington's bios ever mention her ex-husband Michael
Huffington, his inheritance of hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas
oil money, the more than $35 million that s/he spent to run for Congress
in 1992 and Senate in 1994, her divorce settlement of more than $10
million in lieu of alimony, the $10,000 per month she currently receives
in child support and will continue to receive for another ten years, nor
her ranking by Forbes as one of the world's richest women.
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The www trail:
Start at the Shadow Conventions homepage:
http://www.shadowconvention.com/
http://www.shadowconventions.com/conveners.htm
SHADOW
Arianna Huffington is the author of eight books and a
nationally-recognized syndicated columnist who has been published widely
on all three of the shadow convention issues.
http://www.ariannaonline.com/
Bio: Arianna Huffington
http://ariannaonline.com/biography.html
Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of
eight books. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was
sixteen and graduated from Cambridge University with a M.A. in
Economics. At twenty-one she became President of the famed debating
society, the Cambridge Union.
Her first book, The Female Woman, on the changing roles of women, was
published in 1974 by Random House and translated into eleven languages.
In 1978 she published After Reason, a book on political leadership and
the intersection of politics and culture.
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Her seventh book, Greetings From the Lincoln Bedroom, a book of
political satire, was published in 1998 by Crown.
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(NOTE: None of Arianna Huffington's bios ever mention her ex-husband
Michael Huffington, his inheritance of hundreds of millions of dollars
in Texas oil money, the more than $35 million that s/he spent to run for
Congress in 1992 and Senate in 1994, her divorce settlement of more than
$10 million in lieu of alimony, the $10,000 per month she currently
receives in child support and will continue to receive for another ten
years, nor her ranking by Forbes as one of the world's richest women.)
During Campaign '96, Arianna teamed up with Al Franken to provide
political coverage for Comedy Central during the Republican and
Democratic conventions, as well as on election night. She and Franken
also appeared in a point-counterpoint segment, Strange Bedfellows, for
Politically Incorrect.
She has made guest appearances on numerous other shows, including Larry
King, Oprah, Nightline, Inside Politics, Charlie Rose, Crossfire, Rivera
Live, Hardball, Firing Line, Good Morning America, the Today Show, 48
Hours and Roseanne.
She serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social
problems, including the Points of Light Foundation, where she chairs the
Communications Committee and works on the Foundation's families
volunteering project; the board of the Do Something organization that
challenges young people to get involved in bringing about social change;
and the board of A Place Called Home that works with at-risk children in
South Central Los Angeles. She also serves on the advisory board of the
Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University.
Arianna Huffington lives in Los Angeles and Washington D.C. with her two
daughters, Christina and Isabella.
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The Points Of Light Foundation
, The Points of Light Foundation's key initiative seeks
to engage families in year-round, community-oriented volunteer
projects. It is working to generate a national service movement by
creating linkages between families, neighborhoods, business and
not-for-profit organizations on the national and local levels. Family
Matters connects families of all sizes and definitions with their
communities, strengthening everyone.
http://www.pointsoflight.org/
http://www.pointsoflight.org/aboutus/aboutus.html
http://www.pointsoflight.org/aboutus/boardofdir.html
And there's the complete list of the Board of Directors!
http://www.pointsoflight.org/aboutus/aboutus.html
http://www.pointsoflight.org/aboutus/sponsors.html
