{"id":97,"date":"2006-03-30T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-30T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heartwoodcollective.com\/infolantern\/2006\/03\/30\/lord-dick-devos\/"},"modified":"2006-03-30T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-30T06:05:00","slug":"lord-dick-devos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartwoodcollective.com\/infolantern\/2006\/03\/30\/lord-dick-devos\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Dick DeVos"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interesting article in the Nation, back in Sept\/Oct, titled, Blackwater Down<\/a>. It’s about the unwise privatization of security forces, such as the mercenaries that had armed troops in New Orleans after Katrina – specifically the Blackwater USA group, and its socially conservative founders, including billionaire Erik Prince. It includes this paragraph that mentions our new GOP candidate for Michigan, Dick DeVos. <\/p>\n

Prince, a staunch right-wing Christian, comes from a powerful Michigan Republican family, and his father, Edgar, was a close friend of former Republican presidential candidate and antichoice leader Gary Bauer. In 1988 the elder Prince helped Bauer start the Family Research Council. Erik Prince’s sister, Betsy, once chaired the Michigan Republican Party and is married to Dick DeVos, whose father, billionaire Richard DeVos, is co-founder of the major Republican benefactor Amway. Dick DeVos is also a big-time contributor to the Republican Party and will likely be the GOP candidate for Michigan governor in 2006.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dick DeVos must be so very in-bed with our current federal administration. Go Aristocracy, Go! <\/p>\n

Will the people vote this guy in, like they did George W.? Will the people stop listening to the words of the politicians and find a way to evaluate the actions of politicians? Stay tuned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An interesting article in the Nation, back in Sept\/Oct, titled, Blackwater Down. It’s about the unwise privatization of security forces, such as the mercenaries that had armed troops in New Orleans after Katrina – specifically the Blackwater USA group, and its socially conservative founders, including billionaire Erik Prince. It includes this paragraph that mentions our… Continue reading Lord Dick DeVos<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75BYE-1z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52,"url":"https:\/\/heartwoodcollective.com\/infolantern\/2008\/01\/15\/some-voting-direction-for-our-crazy-michigan-primary\/","url_meta":{"origin":97,"position":0},"title":"Some voting direction for our crazy Michigan primary","date":"January 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here in Michigan, I've been trying to figure out what to do with my vote in tomorrow's primary. 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