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October 6, 2007 at 09:00:58

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Blackwater or Bloodwater? The New World Order's New World Military.

by Joe Rathbun     Page 8 of 21 page(s)

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AKA Erik D. Prince

Born: 1970
Birthplace: Holland, MI.

Gender: Male
Religion: Born-Again Christian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Military
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Blackwater USA mercenary firm

Military service: Navy SEAL Team Officer (1993-96, Bosnia, Haiti)

Erik Prince is a multi-billionaire right-wing fundamentalist Christian from a powerful Michigan Republican family. His wealth came from his father, Edgar Prince, who headed Prince Automotive, an auto parts and machinery manufacturer.

A major Republican campaign contributor, he interned in the White House of President George H.W. Bush and campaigned for Pat Buchanan in 1992, finding time to intern for conservative congressman Dana Rohrabacher as well. Prince founded the mercenary firm Blackwater USA in 1997 with Gary Jackson, another former Navy SEAL.

Prince's sister Betsy DeVos is a powerful conservative in her own right. Married to the son of Richard DeVos (Republican bankroller and co-founder of Amway), she served as chair of Michigan Republican Party in the 1990s.

Father:Edgar Prince(d. 1995, billionaire, started Family Research Council with Gary Bauer)
Mother: Elsa Prince Broekhuizen (Republican Party funder, remarried)
Sister: Betsy DeVos (former chair, Michigan Republican Party, m. Dick DeVos, Amway scion)
Sister: Emilie Prince
Sister: Eileen Prince
Wife: Joan (four children, d. 2003, cancer)
Daughter: Sophia

High School: Holland Christian H.S.
University: Hillsdale College

Blackwater Co-Founder and CEO (1997)
Family Research Council College intern
DeVos family by sister's marriage

ERIK CLAIMS HE HAS VISITED IRAQ 8 TIMES (SO HAS BUSH)

Edgar Prince

Religion: Born-Again Christian (now deceased)

Executive summary: Prince Manufacturing (parent company of Blackwater USA until recently it became Prince Minerals)Edgar Prince developed the lighted vanity mirror and made his fortune with Prince Automotive, an auto parts and machinery manufacturer that became, after his death, part of Johnson Controls. He established the Prince Foundation, which has spread millions of dollars to such groups as Focus on the Family, Promise Keepers, and Don Wildmon's American Family Association, and he co-founded the Family Research Council with Gary Bauer. Prince's children, Erik Prince and Betsy DeVos, have become major players in right-wing political circles.

Betsy DeVos

AKA Elisabeth Prince

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Sandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, 10-minute newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers...

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Sandy SandSandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, 10-minute newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers...

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One man's security can be another man's thug

I get the feeling it's time for everyone to get his own security.

We need security from the security.

The only businesses that were safe during the Rodney King riots in L.A. were the Korean businessmen who had armed security on the roofs of their establishments.  They weren't touched.  I wonder why.

by Sandy Sand (198 articles, 0 quicklinks, 227 diaries, 1548 comments) on Saturday, October 6, 2007 at 3:59:31 PM
 


Anthony Barnes, of Boston, Massachusetts, is a free-lance writer
Anthony BarnesAnthony Barnes, of Boston, Massachusetts, is a free-lance writer

Impressive

Joe,

Quite a piece of work!  Very comprehensive.  Good job.

by Anthony Barnes (12 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 4 comments) on Monday, October 8, 2007 at 9:42:33 AM
 


Christian tired of republican lies and smear campaigns.
lucydavisChristian tired of republican lies and smear campaigns.

Blackwater terrorists

Yup!  Bush is currently raising his very own, tax payer paid, private army.  All set for him to declare some home-made "emergency" and turn them loose on our country.  They have another 16 months to practice murdering people, so get set for the final act of what used to be the finest country in the world.  Then we'll be visiting those detention pens now being constructed all over the U.S.A., now being paid for by we who will be instructed in the fine arts of torture under Bush the Dictator.  All we can hope is that one of the few countries we haven't attacked yet, will come to our aid.

by lucydavis (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 88 comments) on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 8:19:53 AM
 


EWE ARE ALL ASLEEP! ENJOY YOUR EMPIRE!
Joe RathbunEWE ARE ALL ASLEEP! ENJOY YOUR EMPIRE!

Thank You to all who post here.....

this report was still not quite complete. I have over 150 pages of text. More to come.....

JR

by Joe Rathbun (8 articles, 4 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 142 comments) on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 4:23:45 PM
 


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Professor Emeritus Peter BagnoloProfessor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ, reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate ...

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JOE

Very comprehensive-Nice job!!
I predicted this in 2002. If you search writers archives here and my Blogspot, you will see letters exchanged between Tom Englehardt and I for TomDispatch in which I was concerned about Blackwater and he promised and followed threough on writing about them and Twin Canopy and KBR and others.

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1311 comments) on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 11:37:39 AM
 

 

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