something i never thought id say

lets give it up for Harper Woods. you know, that little suburb of Detroit, MI. that one that most Detroiters only have a vague idea of where it is. that little inconsequential municipality is taking on one of the world's largest corporations and the world's richest family.

i heard this story on NPR this morning. the gist of which is that the Harper Woods municipal retirement fund has a few thousand dollars invested in BAE Systems, a huge one stop shop for making war. well Harper Woods alleges that in a Saudi defense contract that BAE gave the Saudi Prince Bandar $2 billion over 20 years. and whats more is that British intelligence had been pursuing this line before, when that Saudis threatened to stop their intelligence cooperation with the UK. the investigation was called off.

so now little Harper Woods is going after the Saudis and BAE. a line which Great Britain was startled out of pursuing. right is right. i applaud them for it. check out the whole story. this is the kind of stuff that makes people say that fact is stranger than fiction.

oh, and i love Michigan accents. LOVE them.