{"article":{"id":244,"heading":"ARIANNA IS A SHAM!","author":"Dee Tox","created":"2000-08-04 13:18:36","modified":"2015-12-18 10:15:28","last_modified":"Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:15:28","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Arianna Huffington serves on the Board of Directors of the \"Points of <br>  <br> Light Foundation,\" alongside ex-President George Bush, Neil Bush (Chair, <br>  <br> Interlink), Andrew Card (VP, General Motors), and others. <br><br> Sponsors of the foundation are a Who's Who of American <br>  <br> political\/economic giants and the \"military-industrialist complex,\" <br>  <br> including Texas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate George W. <br>  <br> Bush, major military contractors, big oil companies, <br>  <br> auto manufacturers, and major banks and insurance companies <br><br> None of her bios ever mention her ex-husband Michael Huffington, their <br>  <br> Texas oil-money fortune, or her ranking by Forbes as one of the world's <br>  <br> richest women. <br><br> ================================== <br><br> http:\/\/www.pointsoflight.org\/aboutus\/boardofdir.html <br>  <br> Arianna Huffington serves on the Board of Directors of the \"Points of <br>  <br> Light Foundation,\" alongside ex-President George Bush (Honorary Chair), <br>  <br> Neil Bush (Chair, Interlink), Andrew Card (VP, General Motors), Phillip <br>  <br> J. Carroll (Chair\/CEO, Fluor Corp), J. Richard Munro (Chair, Genentech), <br>  <br> Edward Gardner (Pres, Industrial Solvents <br>  <br> Corp), Joseph Diamond (Merrill Lynch), Shirlene Anderson (BellSouth <br>  <br> Corp), Mitt Romney (Pres\/CEO, Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the <br>  <br> Olympic Winter Games of 2002), and others.   <br><br> http:\/\/www.pointsoflight.org\/aboutus\/sponsors.html <br>  <br> Sponsors of the foundation are a Who's Who of American <br>  <br> political\/economic giants and the \"military-industrialist complex,\" <br>  <br> including: <br>  <br> George H. W. Bush (the Governor of Texas and Republican Presidential <br>  <br> Candidate); <br>  <br> Military Contractors - Fluor Daniel, Honeywell, Northrop Grumman, <br>  <br> Rockwell; <br>  <br> Big Oil Companies - ARCO, Conoco, Mobil, Shell; <br>  <br> Auto Manufacturers - Chrysler, Ford, Hitachi; <br>  <br> Banking &amp; Credit Giants - American Express, Chase Manhattan, Fannie Mae, <br>  <br> NationsBank, Pitney Bowes; <br>  <br> Insurance Companies - Allstate, Farmers Insurance Group,  <br>  <br> Utilities Conglomerates - AT&amp;T, Bell Atlantic, GE, MCI; <br>  <br> Electronics Giants - Compaq, EDS, Samsung; <br>  <br> Food &amp; Textile Giants - Anheuser-Busch, JCPenney, Kellogg, Levi Strauss, <br>  <br> Pillsbury,  Procter &amp; Gamble, McDonald's, Sears, Target; <br>  <br> and others, including - the American Cancer Society, Disneyland, Knights <br>  <br> of Columbus, UPS, the Walt Disney Company. <br><br> http:\/\/ariannaonline.com\/biography.html <br>  <br> None of Arianna Huffington's bios ever mention her ex-husband Michael <br>  <br> Huffington, his inheritance of hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas <br>  <br> oil money, the more than $35 million that s\/he spent to run for Congress <br>  <br> in 1992 and Senate in 1994, her divorce settlement of more than $10 <br>  <br> million in lieu of alimony, the $10,000 per month she currently receives <br>  <br> in child support and will continue to receive for another ten years, nor <br>  <br> her ranking by Forbes as one of the world's richest women. <br><br> ================================= <br><br> The www trail: <br><br> Start at the Shadow Conventions homepage: <br>  <br> http:\/\/www.shadowconvention.com\/ <br><br> <click on html the conveners who we are><\/click>  <br> http:\/\/www.shadowconventions.com\/conveners.htm <br><br> SHADOW <br>  <br> Arianna Huffington is the author of eight books and a <br>  <br> nationally-recognized syndicated columnist who has been published widely <br>  <br> on all three of the shadow convention issues. <br>  <br> http:\/\/www.ariannaonline.com\/  <br>  <br> Bio: Arianna Huffington  <br><br> <click on html arianna huffington> <br>  <br> http:\/\/ariannaonline.com\/biography.html <br>  <br>                                                      <br>  <br> Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of <br>  <br> eight books.  Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was <br>  <br> sixteen and graduated from Cambridge University with a M.A. in <br>  <br> Economics.  At twenty-one she became President of the famed debating <br>  <br> society, the Cambridge Union.  <br><br> Her first book, The Female Woman, on the changing roles of women, was <br>  <br> published in 1974 by Random House and translated into eleven languages. <br>  <br> In 1978 she published After Reason, a book on political leadership and <br>  <br> the intersection of politics and culture.  <br><br> [clip] <br><br> Her seventh book, Greetings From the Lincoln Bedroom, a book of <br>  <br> political satire, was published in 1998 by Crown.  <br><br> [clip] <br><br>  <br>  <br> (NOTE: None of Arianna Huffington's bios ever mention her ex-husband <br>  <br> Michael Huffington, his inheritance of hundreds of millions of dollars <br>  <br> in Texas oil money, the more than $35 million that s\/he spent to run for <br>  <br> Congress in 1992 and Senate in 1994, her divorce settlement of more than <br>  <br> $10 million in lieu of alimony, the $10,000 per month she currently <br>  <br> receives in child support and will continue to receive for another ten <br>  <br> years, nor her ranking by Forbes as one of the world's richest women.) <br><br> During Campaign '96, Arianna teamed up with Al Franken to provide <br>  <br> political coverage for Comedy Central during the Republican and <br>  <br> Democratic conventions, as well as on election night. She and Franken <br>  <br> also appeared in a point-counterpoint segment, Strange Bedfellows, for <br>  <br> Politically Incorrect.  <br><br> She has made guest appearances on numerous other shows, including Larry <br>  <br> King, Oprah, Nightline, Inside Politics, Charlie Rose, Crossfire, Rivera <br>  <br> Live, Hardball, Firing Line, Good Morning America, the Today Show, 48 <br>  <br> Hours and Roseanne.  <br><br> She serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social <br>  <br> problems, including the Points of Light Foundation, where she chairs the <br>  <br> Communications Committee and works on the Foundation's families <br>  <br> volunteering project; the board of the Do Something organization that <br>  <br> challenges young people to get involved in bringing about social change; <br>  <br> and the board of A Place Called Home that works with at-risk children in <br>  <br> South Central Los Angeles.  She also serves on the advisory board of the <br>  <br> Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University.  <br><br> Arianna Huffington lives in Los Angeles and Washington D.C. with her two <br>  <br> daughters, Christina and Isabella.  <br><br> ARIANNA ONLINE <br>  <br> 1158 26th Street, P.O. Box 428 <br>  <br> Santa Monica, CA 90403 <br>  <br> email: arianna@ariannaonline.com <br><br> <go back to http: and click on><\/go>  <br> html 'http:\/\/www.ariannaonline.com\/'&gt; <br><br> <scroll down and click on html> <br>  <br> http:\/\/ariannaonline.com\/community\/index.html <br><br> The Points Of Light Foundation <br>  <br> <family matters>, The Points of Light Foundation's key initiative seeks <br>  <br> to engage families in year-round, community-oriented volunteer <br>  <br> projects. It is working to generate a national service movement by <br>  <br> creating linkages between families, neighborhoods, business and <br>  <br> not-for-profit organizations on the national and local levels. Family <br>  <br> Matters connects families of all sizes and definitions with their <br>  <br> communities, strengthening everyone. <br><br> <click on the html matters> <br>  <br> http:\/\/www.pointsoflight.org\/ <br><br> <click on the html us> <br>  <br> http:\/\/www.pointsoflight.org\/aboutus\/aboutus.html <br><br> <click on the html board of directors> <br>  <br> http:\/\/www.pointsoflight.org\/aboutus\/boardofdir.html <br><br> And there's the complete list of the Board of Directors! <br><br> <click your back button to> <br>  <br> http:\/\/www.pointsoflight.org\/aboutus\/aboutus.html <br><br> <click on the html sponsors> <br>  <br> http:\/\/www.pointsoflight.org\/aboutus\/sponsors.html <br><br> <\/click><\/click><\/click><\/click><\/click><\/family><\/scroll><\/click><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The shadow convention is a is an opportunistic ploy by a corporate puppet. Just take a look at the ultra right thousand points of light website.  Will somebody pie her please?","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/ariankrbzjn.txt","filesize":"7.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/244.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}