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Thursday, December 16, 2004

Bush Laughs At Victims

According to Knight-Ridder, Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli and President Bush took turns bashing trial lawyers and their work defending victims "to laughter" from the audience at the White House economic summit yesterday.

But if you ask scores of ordinary American shoppers and workers killed or maimed at Home Depot – or hurt by poisonous Home Depot products - they might not think bashing people's legal rights and protecting innocent victims is so funny. Please see this groundbreaking expose on how scores of innocent people have been killed or maimed because of Home Depot's safety record – and the company's merciless crusade to bully victims into keeping quiet. It may shed some light on why Nardelli, a top Bush campaign fundraiser, is pushing for so-called "tort reform."

Home Depot: Danger in the Aisles

Accidents Claim Lives of Home Depot Shoppers

Home Depot OSHA Violations Jumped 45 Percent

How Home Depot Keeps Store Accidents Secret

Home Depot Targeted for Using Poisonous Wood