Ridge's Product Endorsements' Payback
This is great - from the Center for American Progress' Christy Harvey:
In 2003, Former Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge warned Americans they needed to stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting if they wanted to stay safe from a terrorist attack. His advice incited panic and inspired a run on the items. Duct tape and sheeting flew off the shelves as Americans flocked to stores to stock up on as much as they could carry.
Ridge resigned as Homeland Security Director last December. So what’s he up to today? It was announced today that Ridge is joining the board of directors of Home Depot … national distributor of duct tape and plastic sheeting.
You'd be laughed out of the room if you made this stuff up.
A link to a bit of satire about the ducttape scare. This was on CounterPunch.
http://www.counterpunch.org/wells02262003.html
Posted by: Pat from San Marcos, TX | Feb 26, 2005 at 09:35 AM